In this episode of The Full Nerd, Gordon Ung, Brad Chacos, Adam Patrick Murray, and special guest Keith May of Wccftech talk about new AMD hardware before taking a stroll down memory lane.
We kick this off by discussing AMD’s newly revealed 3rd-gen Ryzen 3 processors and long-awaited B550 motherboards, a tandem that aims to bring blazing-fast PCIe 4.0 speeds to the masses with affordable pricing—though you’ll be waiting a couple months more before the new boards hit the streets. We also wade into whether or not it’s still a good idea to buy a four core, eight thread chip for a gaming PC. (Spoiler: yep!)
But the real meat comes from the hardware of yesteryear. Gordon cleaned out his garage this past weekend, and it was a treasure trove for PC geeks. He takes us on a visual tour of his first laptop (an ancient Toshiba T1600 with a removeable screen), Monster sound cards, a slew of ultra-unique graphics boards (one’s up for auction on Ebay for $2,500 right now!), an Nvidia-branded Half-Life crowbar, and a whole lot more. Not to be outdone, Keith also brought a fun vintage ATI card for show and tell.
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