Intel has hit back with a new class action lawsuit

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Key Takeaways

  • Intel has been facing a class action lawsuit over the Raptor Lake instability issue since December 2022.
  • Plaintiff Mark Vanvalkenburgh said Intel 13th Gen CPUs experienced a flaw and Intel was aware of the problem.
  • Intel is accused of fraud by omission, breach of warranty and violation of New York's general business laws.



A new class action lawsuit was filed Intelclaims that the company knowingly sold 13th and 14th generation Raptor Lake CPUs that could cause instability and damage issues. The problem of instability has caused a lot of debate for Intel until 2024, because the company has done a thorough investigation to find out the real reason.

After receiving user reports of crashes and performance issues in April, Intel confirmed that high-clocking and overclocking caused its 13th and 14th gen CPUs to fail. work outside the recommended context. This can damage the CPU over time, causing it to become disabled or completely unusable. At the time, Intel said that the problem was widespread with systems using low performance and overclocking on 600 and 700 chipset motherboards. In collaboration with the board and Intel, the problem was not resolved, prompting Intel to conduct an investigation to determine the cause. The results of the investigation determined that the microcode algorithm of the affected CPUs was sending incorrect bill requests, resulting in abnormal pressure and frequency of the CPU. These Intel Raptor Lake instability issues seem to continue to affect PC gamers after 2024.


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As reported by Techspot, Intel is now being sued in federal court in San Jose, California, with plaintiff Mark Vanvalkenburgh of Orchard Park, New York claiming to have first encountered the problem and the failure of the i7-13700K in January 2023. After releasing Intel's microcode patch, crashes and performance issues continued to occur with Vanvalkenburgh's Intel 13th Gen CPU, according to a recent lawsuit. Vanvalkenburgh's attorney hopes more Intel customers will join the class action lawsuit, as he says Intel became aware of the problem and the flaw in December 2022, shortly after the 13th CPU was launched. owned by Intel. Specifically, the lawsuit alleges that the problems faced by consumers were well documented in media reports and social media posts in 2022 and 2023, before the start of the Intel is investigating the case.



Intel faces class-action lawsuit over Raptor Lake defect issues and faulty CPUs

  • A class action lawsuit against Intel was filed in federal court in California.
  • The lawsuit claims that Intel knew about the Raptor Lake problem as far back as December 2022, shortly after the 13th generation was launched.
  • Publisher Mark Vanvalkenburgh said the i7-13700K experienced problems shortly after he purchased it in January 2023.
  • Intel is accused of fraud by omission, breach of implied warranty, and violation of New York's general business laws.

In the lawsuit, Intel is accused of committing fraud by omitting and breaching implied warranties for the product. Additionally, the lawsuit alleges that Intel violated New York's general business laws by selling the defective product in Vanvalkenburgh's state. It is also worth noting that Intel did not recall 13th and 14th generation CPUs that were affected this year.


Intel's Raptor Lake microcode patch was released in September 2024, but it prevented the Vmin instability from occurring, Intel said. As a result, damaged or damaged 13th and 14th generation Intel Core CPUs must be completely replaced.

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