The Hardware Unboxed Podcast Hardware Unboxed
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Steve and Tim from the YouTube channel Hardware Unboxed bring to you a weekly show discussing all the latest news and interesting topics in the PC hardware and gaming scene. With our decades of experience testing and benchmarking hardware, you'll be sure to enjoy various insights into tech and the occasional guest, especially if you love building PCs and playing PC games.
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"AI" Has Reached Embarrassing Joke Levels
Episode 35: Live from Taipei for Computex again, we discuss the insane amount of rubbish "AI" products shown at the show and how things are reaching overhyped levels. Also, our impressions of Nvidia G-Assist and other things at the show.
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
01:31 - AI Is Reaching Insane Levels of Hype
19:42 - Our Impressions Using Nvidia G-Assist
28:21 - Other Stuff That Happened At Computex
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Zen 5, New Motherboards, CAMM2 Memory, RDNA4 Whispers - Computex Recap
Episode 34: Live from Taipei for Computex, we recap everything interesting we've seen at the show, from new AMD Zen 5 processors, to CAMM2 memory, to whispers of what RDNA 4 might bring.
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
01:14 - Our Initial Thoughts on Zen 5 Announcement
13:34 - Longer Platform Longevity for AM5
21:08 - More on Zen 5
24:18 - CAMM2 Memory is Incoming
40:23 - Things Not Shown at Computex
46:22 - Updates From Our Boring Lives
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LINKS
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Sony PlayStation is Wrong About PC Gamers
Episode 33: Ahead of Computex, we discuss Sony believing that PC gamers will want to switch to using a PlayStation for future games, potential tariffs impacting the PC component market, and of course a preview for what's to come in the next week of announcements.
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
07:59 - Sony Wants PC Gamers Playing on PlayStation
26:02 - Impending Tariffs on Motherboards and Graphics Cards?
37:39 - What's Coming at Computex 2024
55:12 - Updates From Our Boring Lives
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LINKS
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Asus Screws Up (Again) And The Industry Needs to Improve
Episode 32: We discuss the Gamers Nexus Asus warranty situation, giving our perspective as Australians with different consumer laws, plus give updates on the Intel power spec situation, and annoyances with Google Drive
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
05:42 - Tim Gets Frustrated By Google Drive
13:32 - Asus Screws Up with Warranties Again
43:10 - Current Intel Power Spec Situation
1:06:52 - Updates From Our Boring Lives
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Intel Has a CPU Power Problem Yet Again
Episode 31: After testing the new Intel Baseline Power Profile on Asus and Gigabyte motherboards, we've come to the conclusion that once again, Intel has a power spec problem. Also, some hot takes on the EKWB situation following Gamers Nexus second video.
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
02:14 - Further Thoughts on EKWB Situation
20:02 - Intel's Power Spec Problem
27:38 - Partners Can't Just Do Whatever They Want
34:05 - Differences to AMD 7800X3D CPUs Blowing Up
46:35 - What Actually Is the Intel CPU Power Spec
55:11 - Our Theory Why CPUs are Crashing
1:07:01 - Multiple Power Configs Are Fine, Misleading Consumers Isn't
1:20:25 - Why Do Some People Take the Side of Companies?
1:33:37 - Updates From Our Boring Lives
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Intel Are "Clearly The Better Choice" for Gaming PCs... Apparently
Episode 30: We spend most of this episode discussing a really bad article that claims Intel CPUs are clearly better than AMD CPUs for gaming PCs, including plenty of UserBenchmark-level reasoning. It's a bit of a roast to be honest.
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:27 - EKWB Update and a Few Rumors
09:58 - Breaking Down A Terrible Article on Intel CPUs
13:16 - AMD Has "Worse Stability" Than Intel
25:56 - AMD's Power Efficiency "Doesn't Matter"
34:51 - Intel Provides "More Bang for Buck"
41:27 - AMD's Platform Longevity "Isn't A Must Have"
1:03:32 - Updates from Our Boring Lives
SOURCES
Terrible Article: https://www.xda-developers.com/intel-is-better-than-amd-for-average-gamer/
Gigabyte Ryzen 9000: https://www.gigabyte.com/Press/News/2161
EKWB Apology: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/liquid-cooling/ekwb-issues-public-apology-regarding-delayed-payments-promises-employees-and-suppliers-it-will-change-its-ways
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