We talk AMD’s Threadripper… it’s a 16 core 32 thread MONSTER coming this summer! Why Ryzen’s 1080p gaming performance is all about memory latency. And Vega, which promises to spank the Fury X. In news that doesn’t involve AMD, Google IO showed off a standalone Daydream VR headset, Amazon has 4K Fire TVs and new $50 Fire Tablets…and if you need a ton of storage, WD has released 10TB Reds. All that and more on This Week In Computer Hardware!
Nvidia’s new Tesla V100 packs the new Volta GPU architecture, and the specs are obscene! Ryzen CPUs are getting cheaper, USB C Docks from Dell and Kensington reviewed, Amazon’s Echo Show… is this a ripoff? Nvidia’s power gonna be in Toyota’s self driving vehicles, all that and more in This Week In Computer Hardware!
AMD Radeon RX 500 series GPUS, Intel Optane SSD DC P4800X 375GB, one beast of an Optane drive, Logitech’s G413 backlit mechanical keyboard, Facebook wants you to type WITH YOUR MIND, Nintendo’s gonna break your heart w/ a Mini Super Nintendo Entertainment System, and more!
Ryzen 5 Benchmarks rock, and what’s up with AMD’s custom Power Plan?!? FreeNAS or Hardware RAID, Nintendo cancels the NES Classic, Unigen’s got a sick stress test for your GPU, and more! All in this episode of This Week in Computer Hardware!
Nvidia unlocks GP102 performance for consumers with the Titan Xp, Microsoft reveals the specs for Project Scorpio, Nvidia Quadro cards tested, Corsair’s Carbide 600Q case reviewed, Windows 10 Creators Edition is here, and more! All in this episode of This Week in Computer Hardware!
Samsung S8 & S8+… will it make up for the S7 fires? Ryzen gets a big performance bump from an Ashes of the Singularity update, Corsair’s One PC looks gorgeous, Drobo 5N2 NAS reviewed, and more!
Optane storage is epic, and Intel’s SSD DC P4800X is here! ARM updates: we’ve got Snapdragon 835 benchmarks, and info on the new DynamIQ technology. Reviews of Lenovo’s Y900 gaming laptop and Yoga Book, and a great viewer question: will I regret buying a FreeSync (or G-Sync) monitor???
AMD announces Ryzen 5 CPUs… lots of cores for not much cash! Thinking about a new TV? Robert Heron joins us to talk up the latest from LG, Samsung, and Sony. Headphones burst into flames, tuning the Ryzen 7 for best performance, all the 1080Ti GPUs are sold, and are we going from Lithium batteries to glass batteries?!? Tons of hardware news in this week’s TWiCH!
Nvidia’s new GTX 1080 Ti: we’ve got benchmarks, and a review! Does overclocking the Ryzen 7 1700 boost gaming performance? And where are all the Ryzen motherboards, anyhow??? Logitech’s G533 Wireless 7.1 Gaming Headset Review, $105,000 in electrostatic headphones from Sennheiser, HiFiMan, and Mr. Speakers, and some bargain earbuds that sound great!
Google Can’t Ship Hardware? You might think so if you’re looking for Google WiFi or a 128GB Pixel. We’ve got a sweet budget gaming PC build with an RX460. Plus, Scythe’s new Fuma CPU cooler, what’s up with Qualcomm getting sued, and more!