Random crashes - Since 10.2.7

The chip has many issues related to heat and overclocking. You need to check that the BIOS is up to date and not doing any overclocking, that Alienware control center isn’t doing anything in that regard, and that any intel software you have is well behaved.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/is-your-intel-core-i9-13900k-crashing-in-games-your-motherboard-bios-settings-may-be-to-blame-other-high-end-intel-cpus-also-affected

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-denies-reports-that-it-identified-a-root-cause-for-core-i9-crashing-issues-investigation-continues

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-offers-new-guidance-on-13th-and-14th-gen-cpu-instability-but-no-definitive-fix-yet

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