This Week in Computer Hardware (Audio)

AMD's new Zen CPUs have a new name, Ryzen, but do we have a price yet? Radeon Crimson ReLive looks good, Kaby Lake desktop performance, and memory prices are going up in 2017...will SSDs start going up in price?

Hosts: Patrick Norton and Allyn Malventano

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The Khronos VR Standard Initiative sounds so ominous, but it'll be great for gamers. Kaby Lake desktop performance numbers, what's coming in Intel's 270 chipsets, Maglev PC fans, and Samsung beats Apple!

Hosts: Patrick Norton and Allyn Malventano

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Is Kaby Lake the real deal? Will Zen bring AMD back to the world of processor dominance? This week we tested Kaby Lake performance in notebooks as well as early benchmarks from a desktop Core i7-7700K processor. AMD might have a leak on its hands with information about Zen pricing, clocks, and relative performance surfacing. And can you turn that aging OEM PC into a gaming rig with a simple $130 upgrade? Find out on This Week in Computer Hardware!

Hosts: Ryan Shrout and Patrick Norton

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HDTV Picks for Black Friday, and how to make sure you get a good deal! NES Classic Edition, Samsung 960 EVO is Faster than the Pro, Serious Sam VR Scales, WD PiDRive Foundation Edition, is your phone sending your data to China, and what's up with the SSD in the Touch Bar MacBook Pro models?

Hosts: Patrick Norton and Robert Heron

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VRMark? Patrick Norton and Allyn Malventano talk about FutureMark's new VR benchmark, cheaper NVMe SSDs, Microsoft's Surface Book 2016, the problems testing 9 of MSI's gaming laptops, and what Intel putting USB and WiFi inside the chipset will mean! All that and more in This Week in Computer Hardware episode 389.

Hosts: Patrick Norton and Allyn Malventano

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GeForce Experience Login woes, DX12 Multi-GPU scaling on AMD's RX 480 with Deux Ex: Mankind Divided, the launch of the Alphacool GPX Pro 120 AIO kit, Kaby Lake BIOS updates for Gigabyte Motherboards, dongle hell in the MacBook's future, the case of the "cumbersome" card slot, Sebastian's Prodigy G231 gaming headset review, PowerColor's Devil Box, and more!

Hosts: Ryan Shrout and Patrick Norton

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Microsoft's introduces the $2999 Surface Studio, the $99 Surface Dial, the $299 VR headset, and Windows 10 Creators Update. Apple also shows off their newest MacBook Pro models (13 or 15-inch) featuring the Touch Bar for application-specific functionality. Dyn gets attacked by Mirai malware, Apple's AirPods get delayed, Fanatec ClubSport V2 Ecosystem provides quality simulation gear for a high price, the EVGA SuperNOVA 750W G2L Power Supply displays white LED lights on its modular connectors, and more!

Hosts: Ryan Shrout and Patrick Norton

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Allyn's review of the Samsung 960 PRO 2TB M.2 NVMe SSD, Nintendo's announcement of the Switch, NVIDIA's GTX 1050 and GTX 1050 Ti launch date, a leak of Intel Optane (XPoint) First Gen Product Specs, Qualcomm's announcement of the Snapdragon X50 5G Modem, Sebastian's review of the Acer Predator Z850 UltraWide 24:9 Gaming Projector, Razer's reveal of the Razer Blade Pro gaming laptop, and more!

Hosts: Ryan Shrout and Patrick Norton

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The Galaxy Note 7 is tarnished, Gear VR becomes incompatible with the phones, Western Digital Blue and Green SSDs, Drobo 5C 5-bay USB Type-C DAS review, Forza Horizon 3's PC issues possibly explained, the XG-U2008 switch, Google WiFi's wireless Mesh Networking, and the Chip Pro!

Hosts: Ryan Shrout and Patrick Norton

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Intel Core i7-7700k Benchmark rumors, Dell's U3417W curved monitor, NVIDIA's Xavier SoC tease, GeForce GTX 1050 Ti apparently based on Pascal GP107, Oculus Touch, Oculus earbuds, and Asynchronous Spacewarp. Plus, Google's Pixel phone, Daydream VR, Home, and 4K Chromecast!

Hosts: Ryan Shrout and Patrick Norton

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