CES would possibly get the largest headlines, however for desktop followers, there’s no higher commerce present than Taeipei’s Computex. The present was placed on hiatus for 2 years, and technically again however severely muted in 2022, so this 12 months was the primary return to its full prominence. Along with protection of fascinating particular person merchandise and broader developments, PCWorld had the prospect to speak with a few of the greatest minds across the expertise publishing world about every thing starting from Ryzen CPU voltages to how constructing PCs differs world wide as to if or not Star Citizen is price 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 pc group. Which, like all such group, likes to get its palms on a superb 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 superb 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 suitable along with your present {hardware}.
On the opposite facet of the aisle, let’s ask Aris of {Hardware} Busters about some AMD processor tech. Particularly, what’s one of the best ways to measure the voltage of the most recent high-powered AMD chips? AMD says it’s the brand new Scalable Voltage Interface 3 by way of the CPU’s inner sensor…however that provides some thorny issues should you’re searching for extra granular data.
Pedro of PCMR offers us a extra worldwide perspective on each PC constructing and purchasing. Do you know Taipei has outlets that may let you choose your elements 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 diminished instruction set pc 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 business?
One of many widespread themes of this 12 months’s Computex was making it simpler for PC builders to make clear, organized inner builds. However that’s malarky, and Gordon joins fellow “grumpy old PC gamer” Leo of KitGuru to let you know why. Dang spoiled children.
Gordon talked with Shannon Robb, the advertising 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 Eternally. The house sim has been in growth for over 13 years, and it’s nowhere close to completed. However Terrence of TechTok and the DaPoets channel explains why you need to play it in its years-long “playable alpha” state.
Lastly, we did a dwell episode of The Full Nerd dwell from the Computex present ground, the place Gordon and Adam have been joined by by scintillatingly sensible people like Paul from Paul’s {Hardware}, Dr. Ian Cutress from TechTechPotato and MoreThanMoore, and Alex Clark from Linus Tech Ideas for plentiful tech dialogue and a bit tomfoolery.
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