The Hardware Unboxed Podcast

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Steve and Tim from the YouTube channel Hardware Unboxed bring to you a weekly show discussing all the latest news and interesting topics in the PC hardware and gaming scene. With our decades of experience testing and benchmarking hardware, you'll be sure to enjoy various insights into tech and the occasional guest, especially if you love building PCs and playing PC games.
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Intel Has a CPU Power Problem Yet Again

May 02 2024 110 mins  
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.CHAPTERS00:00 - Intro02:14 - Further Thoughts on EKWB Situation20:02 - Intel's Power Spec Problem27:38 - Partners Can't Just Do W

Intel Are "Clearly The Better Choice" for Gaming PCs... Apparently

Apr 25 2024 86 mins  
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.CHAPTERS00:00 - Intro00:27 - EKWB Update and a Few Rumors09:58 - Breaking Down A Terrible Article on Intel CPUs13:16 - AMD Has "Worse Stability" Than In

Our Thoughts on Reviews Killing Companies

Apr 19 2024 95 mins  
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 themCHAPTERS00:00 - Intro00:41 - Marques Brownlee Makes a Fair Review, Who Are Reviews For?30:00 - YouTubers Are

Unstable Intel CPUs, Trash B650 Boards, 13th-Gen Discontinued and XeSS 1.3

Apr 12 2024 75 mins  
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.CHAPTERS00:00 - Intro01:58 - Intel CPUs Crashing Games and Being Pushed to the Limits24:20 - New Entry-Level B650 Motherboards are

Re-Ranking All Current GPUs From Worst to Best (2024 Update)

Apr 03 2024 72 mins  
Episode 27: Two discussion topics in this podcast episode, firstly on CPU/GPU scaling and when it makes sense to upgrade a CPU vs a GPU, and then we re-rank all the current GPUs from worst to best. Lots of interesting chat in this one!CHAPTERS00:00 - Intro00:25 - CPU and GPU Scaling Discussion28:25 - Re-Ranking All Current GPUs1:05:10 - Updates From Our Boring LivesSUBSCRIBE TO THE

Horizon Forbidden West, Dragon's Dogma 2, VRAM and Bad Optimization

Mar 28 2024 92 mins  
Episode 26: Steve and Tim have been "playing" (for work) Horizon Forbidden West and Dragon's Dogma 2 and share their thoughts on what the games are bringing to PC. Then we answer some listener mails on voting with your wallet and how the channel has been going in a relatively slow period.CHAPTERS00:00 - Intro00:31 - Testing Horizon Forbidden West and Dragon's Dogma 230:04 - Should

AMD's FSR 3.1 Surprise, Intel's Dumb 14900KS, And Steam Gets Even Better

Mar 21 2024 69 mins  
Episode 25: Steve is back from his holiday, so that means a discussion on Intel's pretty dumb Core i9-14900KS that no one should buy, thoughts on AMD FSR 3.1 upscaling improvements, Steam gets better with new family share options and we're destroying OLEDs on purpose.CHAPTERS00:00 - Intro00:26 - Not Testing the Core i9-14900KS17:56 - AMD FSR 3.1 Surprise Announcement25:31 - Steam F

Nvidia's Last Good $200 GPU, GDDR7 Arrives, FSR Upscaling Going AI?

Mar 07 2024 60 mins  
Episode 24: It's news time! Nvidia has apparently discontinued their last good $200 GPU series, the GTX 16 series. AMD AI-enhanced FSR and DirectSR discussion and talk of what GDDR7 will bring to next-gen GPUs.CHAPTERS00:00 - Intro00:25 - Nvidia Apparently Discontinues GTX 16 Series19:58 - AI-Based FSR and Microsoft DirectSR28:12 - GDDR7 Is Coming Soon37:56 - Updates From Our Borin

Radeon RX 7900 GRE Issues, This GPU Generation Sucks!

Feb 29 2024 82 mins  
Episode 23: A recap of the Radeon RX 7900 GRE and all the issues with stock vs AIB testing, followed by our general thoughts on reviewing this generation of graphics cards. It's been boring, and Steve is feeling it! In more interesting news we also have a generator update and chat about the current state of gaming.CHAPTERS00:00 - Intro00:27 - Issues Testing the Radeon RX 7900 GRE17

Nvidia Fixes Their Biggest GPU Issue (Aside From Pricing)

Feb 22 2024 74 mins  
Episode 22: After Steve discusses his four day power outage, we chat about the new Nvidia App replacing the slow Control Panel and annoying GeForce Experience. Also some chat about moving from Threadripper over to AM5 for Tim's workstation PC.CHAPTERS00:00 - Intro00:32 - Steve Had No Power for Four Days13:57 - Nvidia App Beta29:58 - Tim Ditches Threadripper for AM51:00:00 - Updates