CES may get the most important headlines, however for desktop followers, there is no higher commerce present than Taeipei’s Computex. The present was placed on hiatus for 2 years, and technically returned however severely muted in 2022, so this 12 months is the primary return to its full prominence. Along with masking fascinating particular person merchandise and broader developments, PCWorld had the chance to speak with a number of the finest minds across the know-how publishing world about the whole lot starting from Ryzen CPU voltages to the best way to construct PCs differs around the globe as to whether or not StarCitizen is value taking part in but.
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Gordon had a frank dialogue with the always-amicable Steve of Players Nexus on the tradition of the web laptop group. Which, like several such group, likes to get its fingers on a very good leak from a producer. However is {that a} good factor, for them or for us? Let’s break it down.
Gordon and Steve additionally waded into what makes a very good benchmark, and the way GamersNexus chooses their testing software program.
Talking of leaks, Wendell of Level1Techs joins Gordon to speak about an upcoming (and unofficial) refresh of Intel’s Z790 chipset. That signifies that the following CPU refresh will keep on with the LGA1700 socket, albeit with some improved capabilities. That may imply “beefier” motherboard designs appropriate together with your present {hardware}.
On the opposite aspect of the aisle, let’s ask Aris of {Hardware} Busters about some AMD processor tech. Particularly, what’s the easiest way to measure the voltage of the most recent high-powered AMD chips? AMD says it is the brand new Scalable Voltage Interface 3 by way of the CPU’s inner sensor…however that provides some thorny issues for those who’re in search of extra granular info.
Pedro of PCMR provides us a extra worldwide perspective on each PC constructing and buying. Do you know Taipei has retailers that can let you choose your parts and construct a desktop for you proper there within the retailer? Do you know Brazil’s import taxes have created a thriving DIY retro PC scene?
Star of the TechTechPotato channel and frequent visitor on The Full Nerd Dr. Ian Cutress joins Gordon for a deep dive into RISC-V. For the uninitiated, RISC is a set of open-source decreased instruction set laptop rules for microcontroller chip design, which could be capable of compete with requirements like x86/x64 and ARM. However will we ever see it rise to rival the titans of the trade?
One of many frequent themes of this 12 months’s Computex was making it simpler for PC builders to make clear, organized inner builds. However that is malarky, and Gordon joins fellow “grumpy previous PC gamer” Leo of KitGuru to let you know why. Dang spoiled youngsters.
Gordon talks with Shannon Robb, the advertising and marketing supervisor at Patriot Reminiscence, for a geeky deep-dive into all issues DRAM and DDR5.
For the final interview, let’s check out Star Citizen, one of many white whales of PC gaming talked about in the identical breath as Half-Life 3, Past Good and Evil 2, and (previously) Duke Nukem Perpetually. The house sim has been in improvement for over 13 years, and it is nowhere close to completed. However Terrence of TechTok and the DaPoets channel explains why it’s best to play it in its years-long “playable alpha” state.
Lastly, we did a reside episode of The Full Nerd reside from the Computex present flooring, the place Gordon and Adam have been joined by scintillatingly good of us like Paul from Paul’s {Hardware}, Dr. Ian Cutress from TechTechPotato and MoreThanMoore, and Alex Clark from Linus Tech Ideas for ample tech dialogue and somewhat tomfoolery.
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