ASRock issues longer warranty amid failing CPU controversy — but only in Japan

AMD’s Ryzen 7 9800X3D processors are the best gaming CPUs in the world, but the AM4 platform that they drop into hasn’t been without problems, as there have been numerous reports of failures. So far, the issue appears limited, with around three hundred systems reported to be affected (as far as we know). It’s not limited to any one particular motherboard vendor, but there does seem to be a bias toward those using ASRock motherboards. As a result, some people have described it as the “ASRock CPU burning…