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There are a lot of factors to consider and thats what makes this particularly thorny.

Are some 13900K or14900K processorsactually faulty?

An Intel Core i9-14900K with its promotional packaging

Or adjusting the motherboards default power limits, or indeed current limits (as per thisReddit thread).

A combination of factors, in other words.

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