The Hardware Unboxed Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Episode 45: We work through the latest Intel Arrow Lake rumors to give our thoughts on what has been suggested so far, and hopefully what the motherboard platform will look like.

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

00:42 - God of War Ragnarok Testing

05:47 - AMD AGESA Code Reduces Zen 5 Latency

11:52 - Arrow Lake Rumors and Expectations

41:47 - Updates From Our Boring Lives

NEWS ARTICLES

https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-core-ultra-9-285k-box-design-has-been-leaked

https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-core-ultra-9-285k-and-ultra-7-265kf-arrow-lake-cpus-geekbench-scores-featuring-msi-z890-pro-motherboard-have-been-leaked

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Episode 44: AMD has officially shifted gears in the GPU market, exiting the high-end market to focus on the mid-range with RDNA4. Is this a strategy that will actually work? Plus we chat about the PlayStation 5 Pro reveal from a PC gaming perspective.

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

00:36 - AMD Exits the High-End GPU Market

25:40 - AMD Says They Want to Gain Market Share

31:17 - AMD to Unify Their GPU Architecture Again with UDNA

40:20 - PlayStation 5 Pro Reveal Thoughts

58:59 - Updates From Our Boring Lives

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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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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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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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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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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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