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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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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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Episode 29: There's recently been some discussion about reviews, stemming from Marques Brownlee's review of the Humane AI pin. We have decades of experience doing product reviews, so it's time to give our thoughts on what reviews really are all about, and how we approach them
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:41 - Marques Brownlee Makes a Fair Review, Who Are Reviews For?
30:00 - YouTubers Are Unfairly Grouped and Called Paid Shills
1:15:13 - Updates from Our Boring Lives
SOURCES
Marques Brownlee's Humane AI Pin Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TitZV6k8zfA
Marques Brownlee's Response to Criticism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QztFpzKsdeA
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Episode 28: We discuss Intel 13th and 14th gen CPUs maybe being pushed a bit too far and crashing games, Steve has tested some really bad AMD B650 boards recently, Intel has started discontinuing 13th gen processors already and there's also XeSS 1.3 now.
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
01:58 - Intel CPUs Crashing Games and Being Pushed to the Limits
24:20 - New Entry-Level B650 Motherboards are Trash
36:13 - Intel Discontinues 13th-gen K-series CPUs
53:39 - AMD Launches Ryzen 7 8700F and Ryzen 5 8400F
58:12 - Intel Launches XeSS 1.3
1:05:21 - Updates From Our Boring Lives
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Episode 27: Two discussion topics in this podcast episode, firstly on CPU/GPU scaling and when it makes sense to upgrade a CPU vs a GPU, and then we re-rank all the current GPUs from worst to best. Lots of interesting chat in this one!
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:25 - CPU and GPU Scaling Discussion
28:25 - Re-Ranking All Current GPUs
1:05:10 - Updates From Our Boring Lives
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Episode 26: Steve and Tim have been "playing" (for work) Horizon Forbidden West and Dragon's Dogma 2 and share their thoughts on what the games are bringing to PC. Then we answer some listener mails on voting with your wallet and how the channel has been going in a relatively slow period.
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:31 - Testing Horizon Forbidden West and Dragon's Dogma 2
30:04 - Should Buyers Vote With Their Wallet?
47:37 - Health of Hardware Unboxed Channel
1:15:43 - Updates From Our Boring Lives
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