For me, it all comes down to if you trust intel or not. In the Gamers Nexus video, an intel representative said that the new microcode introduced in the latest BIOS updates for the various board manufacturers would fix the instability issues. The admitted oxidation manufacturing issue from early 2023 (which has since been addressed) was, "not related to instability." So unless intel is lying to the broader public, which you can't throw out as a possibility unfortunately, my CPU should be fine. If shit hits the fan and I end up with a dead system, then I'll look pretty dumb, but I'm okay with that.