Thinkcomputers Weekly Tech Podcast

Episode brought to you by Amazon (http://www.thinkcomputers.org/amazon).     Reviews This Week: Scythe Mugen 5 TUF Gaming Alliance CPU Cooler Review ASRock Z390 Steel Legend Motherboard Review Other Stuff This Week: Case Mod Friday: Lian Li 011 Dynamic Razer Edition ASRock Z390 Steel Legend BIOS Overview (Video) News This Week: AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT and RX 5700 Official Specifications AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Revealed as World’s First 16-core Gaming Processor AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core Processor Official at $749 NVIDIA Ampere will be 7nm and Launch in 2020 The First NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Ti Rumors NVIDIA “Super” Details Leak Out MSI’s CEO Says Even Low-End AMD X570 Motherboards Will Be Expensive Leaked ASUS AMD X570 Motherboard Price-list Confirms X570 will be EXPENSIVE Google Stadia Pro Launching in November for $130 Plus $10 Monthly Polygoneer is Free on Steam till June 19th Coming Next Week: 2 new Corsair Mice Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 Gaming OC 6G Tech / Nerd Recommendations: Fever Crumb Trilog

Episode brought to you by Amazon (http://www.thinkcomputers.org/amazon).     Reviews This Week: ADATA XPG SX6000 Pro M.2 NVMe Solid State Drive Review Other Stuff This Week: Case Mod Friday: G.Skill Royal Crystal Rig Corsair Crystal Series 680X RGB (Video) News This Week: Apple is trying to sell us a $999 Monitor Stand and $6K Mac Pro AMD Confirms Ryzen 3000 Processors Have Soldered IHS Intel Teases Future Graphics Card Concepts Intel Displays Dual-Screen Honeycomb Glacier Gaming Laptop Concept ASUS Shows off Zenbook Pro Duo Dual-Screen Laptop In Win Adds ARGB LED Array to 309 Case FSP Debuts CM710 Open-Air Chassis Zalman Shows off Impressive Z-Machine-500 and Z-Machine 300 Cases Zalman’s New $100 CNPS20X CPU Cooler Noctua Shows Fanless CPU Cooler that can handle the Core i9-9900K KLEVV Shows off Attractive RGB M.2 and DDR4 Memory Phanteks is going to make Evolv Speakers Coming Next Week: Scythe Mugen 5 TUF Gaming Alliance CPU Cooler ASRock Z390 Steel Legend Motherboard Tech / Nerd Recommendatio

Episode brought to you by Amazon (http://www.thinkcomputers.org/amazon).     Reviews This Week: WD Black SN750 1TB Solid State Drive (with Heatsink) Review HyperX QuadCast Gaming Microphone Review Other Stuff This Week: Case Mod Friday: BMW Version II Cooler Master Q500L Case (Video) News This Week: AMD Announces 3rd Gen Ryzen Including the 12-core Ryzen 9 3900X AMD Ryzen 5 3000 Series Detailed as Well First Generation Ryzen CPUs will not Work on X570 Motherboards Intel Teases the Core i9-9900KS, all-core boost to 5GHz AMD Previews First Navi 7nm Gaming Graphics Card ASRock Shows Off Concept AMD Radeon RX 5000 Navi Graphics Cards MSI RTX 2080 Ti Lightning 10th Anniversary Edition Pictured GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 Ti HOF 10th Anniversary Edition Spotted AMD X570 Motherboard Roundup – Featuring AORUS, ASUS, MSI, and ASRock ASRock’s $1000 X570 Aqua Motherboard Detailed EVGA Shows off Massive SR-3 DARK For Intel’s W-3175X ASUS is Rethinking Motherboard Design with the Prime Utopia Thermaltake Announces TOU

Episode brought to you by Amazon (http://www.thinkcomputers.org/amazon).     Reviews This Week: Corsair Crystal Series 680X RGB Case Review Other Stuff This Week: Case Mod Friday: The Seasonic Build Noctua NH-U12A Review (Video) News This Week: Ryzen 3000 Series, Navi, and EPYC all Confirmed For Q3 Sapphire Leaks Details on Upcoming Navi Products MSI To Launch RTX 2080 Ti LIGHTNING 10th Anniversary Card at Computex COLORFUL Readies World’s Most Unique RTX 2080 Ti Intel Tried To Bribe Reseachers to Downplay The Severity of MDS Vulnerability AMD X570 Chipset Diagram Revealed, PCIe Gen 4 Confirmed MSI X570 Gaming Plus and Pro Carbon Motherboards Leaked ASRock X570 Taichi Packaging Spotted Corsair DIY Watercooling Products Leaked Ahead of Launch The Sims 4 is Free on Origin Till May 28th Coming Next Week: WD Black SN750 NVMe Solid State Drive (with heatsink) Tech / Nerd Recommendations: Meeting Owl

Episode brought to you by Amazon (http://www.thinkcomputers.org/amazon).     Reviews This Week: Noctua NH-U12A CPU Cooler Review NZXT HUE 2 Ambient RGB Lighting Kit Review Other Stuff This Week: Case Mod Friday: Zeaginal 20 of the Worst PC Setups – April 2019 Cooler Master's Tiny SK621 Keyboard (Video) News This Week: Another Security Vulnerability Found in Intel CPUs AMD Confirms their Processors are Unaffected by RIDL and Fallout Vulnerabilities NVIDIA To Launch Turning Refresh to Counter AMD Navi AMD Announces “Next Horizon Gaming” Event for E3 2019 HP Launches World’s First Dual‐Screen Gaming Laptop Lenovo working on World’s First Foldable PC Logitech Launches the G502 Lightspeed Wireless Mouse Crypto Exchange Binance Hacked, Over $40 Million In Bitcoin Stolen Mobile Version of Apex Legends on the Way Coming Next Week: WD Black SN750 NVMe Solid State Drive (with heatsink) Corsair Crystal Series 680X Case Tech / Nerd Recommendations: Glass Athenascope

Episode brought to you by Amazon (http://www.thinkcomputers.org/amazon).     Reviews This Week: Razer Nommo Chroma Speakers Review Cooler Master MasterBox NR600 Case Review Cooler Master SK621 Low Profile Keyboard Review Other Stuff This Week: Case Mod Friday: The Rojo Build ASRock B450 Steel Legend Motherboard (Video) News This Week: Zen 2 Threadripper Missing from AMD’s Latest Roadmap AMD Ryzen 9 3800X, Ryzen 7 3700X, Ryzen 5 3600X Surface in Online Stores AMD To Release Radeon RX 3090 XT in 2020 for $499 AMD Radeon RX 3080 XT to offer RTX 2070 Performance for $330 Intel Xe GPUs will Support Raytracing Hardware Acceleration ASRock Outs a Intel LGA 3647 Mini-ITX Motherboard EKWB Releases the EK-Classic Product Lineup AMD CEO Lisa Su Hints at 2020 Release For PlayStation 5 Valve Officially Launches the Index VR HMD, Full Kit is $999 Epic Games Buys Pysonix, Rocket League to be Epic Games Exclusive Borderlands 3 Gameplay Reveal Live Stream and New Trailer Coming Next Week: NZXT HUE 2 Ambient Light

Episode brought to you by Amazon (http://www.thinkcomputers.org/amazon).     Reviews This Week: Fractal Design Define S2 Vision RGB Case Review Corsair Ironclaw RGB Wireless Gaming Mouse Review Other Stuff This Week: Case Mod Friday: Tower 900 Hulk News This Week: AMD “Navi” Graphics Card PCB Pictured, Features GDDR6 AMD Radeon VII Gold Edition Graphics Card Available Now AMD Ryzen 7 2700X 50th Anniversary Edition is more than just a Fancy Box AMD X570 Reportedly Offers 40 PCIe Gen 4 Lanes, USB 3.1 Gen 2 ASUS Outs List of Ryzen 3000 Compatible Motherboards, A320 Boards Missing Intel CPU Roadmap Leaked – Will Use 14nm into 2021 Bitspower Launches New CPU Block – Summit MS OLED – For Intel Platform Epic CEO Tim Sweeney Says if Steam Matches Their Commission Rates They’ll Stop Exclusives Coming Next Week: Cooler Master MasterBox NR600 Razer Nommo Chroma Speakers

Episode brought to you by Amazon (http://www.thinkcomputers.org/amazon).     Reviews This Week: Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB DDR4-3200 32GB Memory Kit Review Cooler Master MasterBox Q500L Case Review Other Stuff This Week: Case Mod Friday: Project Midnight News This Week: The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 is Official 50th Anniversary AMD Radeon VII and Ryzen 7 2700X Teased Sapphire to Launch Gold RX 590 Nitro+ For AMD’s 50th Anniversary AMD’s Upcoming Ryzen 3 3200G Pictured and De-lidded Intel Expands 9th Gen Core Desktop and Mobile Processor Families ADATA Launches XPG SPECTRIX D60G DDR4 Memory Module Microsoft Starting to Notify Users About Ending Windows 7 Support Next-Gen Playstation to be Powered By 8-Core Zen 2 and Navi Coming Next Week: Fractal Design Define S2 Vision Case New Corsair Mouse Tech / Nerd Recommendations: Extraordinary: The Stan Romanek Story

Episode brought to you by Amazon (http://www.thinkcomputers.org/amazon).     Reviews This Week: Fractal Design Meshify S2 Case Review ASRock B450 Steel Legend Motherboard Review Cooler Master CK530 Gaming Keyboard Review Other Stuff This Week: Easy Upgrades: Hard Drive to Solid State Drive Case Mod Friday: Crown News This Week: AMD Could Launch Next-Gen Navi Graphics at E3 2019 NVIDIA’s Latest Drivers Add DXR to GeForce GTX GPUs AMD To Release 50th Anniversary Special Edition Ryzen 7 2700X AMD Processors Outselling Intel 2-to-1 At European Retailer AOC Working On 4K HDR 200 Hz Gaming Monitor NZXT Releases H500 Vault Boy from its Shelter Cooler Master Introduces New Square Fan Series EA Announces Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Borderlands 3 Release Date Official, Will Be Epic Games Exclusive Old Borderlands Games are Getting Review Bombed on Steam Ubisoft Giving Away Assassin’s Creed Unity In Light of Notre Dame de Paris Fire Apex Legends Cheaters are Getting Hardware Banned By Respawn Coming Next We

Episode brought to you by Amazon (http://www.thinkcomputers.org/amazon).     Reviews This Week: In Win 915 Chassis Review WD Black SN750 1TB Solid State Drive Review Other Stuff This Week: Case Mod Friday: Greenhorn Dragon News This Week: AMD Could Launch 3rd Gen Ryzen and Unveil Radeon “Navi” at Computex NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Release Date Revealed Galaxy Unveils HOF M.2 SSD With Heat-pipe Heatsink ASUS Responds to Reports of ASUS Live Update System Being Compromised by Hackers Corsair Recalls Some H100i RGB Platinum SE Coolers Valve VR Headset A Reality, Pre-Orders Start May 2019 Borderlands 3 is Official! Borderlands 3 Release Date Leaked, Could Be Epic Games Exclusive? All Games in the Halo Master Chief Collection Will Be Available by the End of the Year Coming Next Week: ASRock B450 Steel Legend Motherboard Cooler Master CK530 Gaming Keyboard Worst PC Setups Tech / Nerd Recommendations: Reply All - podcast Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse

Episode brought to you by Amazon (http://www.thinkcomputers.org/amazon).     Reviews This Week: Alphacool Eisbaer Extreme Liquid CPU Cooler Review Gigabyte Z390 AORUS Ultra Motherboard Review Other Stuff This Week: Case Mod Friday: The Anodize News This Week: Only 2% of NVIDIA Users Are on Turning GPUs Intel Shows off Graphics Card Prototype Renders at GDC Intel Introduces Their Graphics Command Center App Google Announces Stadia Cloud Gaming Service at GDC 2019 List of Upcoming ASUS X570 Motherboards Leaked Hackers Plant Malware Using ASUS’s Live Update HyperX Announces HyperX QuadCast Microphone for Streamers and Casters Valve Announces Steam Interface Overhaul Epic Games Announces $100 Million Grant Program PUBG Celebrates 2-Year Anniversary – Gives out Special Anniversary Virtual Item DICE Unveils 2019 Battlefield V Roadmap Coming Next Week: In Win 915 E-ATX Chassis WD Black SN750 NVMe Solid State Drive Tech / Nerd Recommendations: Us

Episode brought to you by Amazon (http://www.thinkcomputers.org/amazon).     Reviews This Week: MSI GeForce GTX 1660 Gaming X 6G Graphics Card Review AVADirect AMD Raven Ridge Gaming System Review Cooler Master SK630 Low Profile Keyboard Review Other Stuff This Week: Case Mod Friday: Golden Dragon News This Week: NVIDIA to Enable DXR Ray Tracing on GTX (10 and 16 Series) GPUs Over 80% of Steam Users are Using Intel CPUs KINGPIN Pushes The RTX 2080 Ti to 2.7 GHz! Turtle Beach to Acquire Roccat Kyle Bennet of HardOCP Joins Intel Apex Legends Season 1 Battle Pass Launches Today Halo: The Master Chief Collection Coming to PC DICE Unveils Battlefield V “Firestorm” Battle Royale Trailer Gearbox Teasing Borderlands 3 for PAX East Valve Releases DOTA 2 Betting App Coming Next Week: ROCCAT Vulcan 120 AIMO Mechanical Keyboard In Win 915 E-ATX Chassis Gigabyte Z390 AORUS Ultra Motherboard

Episode brought to you by Amazon (http://www.thinkcomputers.org/amazon).     Reviews This Week: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Gaming OC 6G Graphics Card Review Mushkin Redline DDR4-3200 16GB Memory Kit Review Other Stuff This Week: Beginner’s Guide To Twitch Streaming – Part 2 Case Mod Friday: Copper II News This Week: MSI GTX 1660 (non-Ti) Cards Spotted, GDDR5 Memory and 1408 CUDA Cores EVGA and Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 Cards Spotted NVIDIA Discrete GPU Market Share Grew To 81.2% In Q4 2018 Are the Long Awaited GPU Price Drops Finally Coming? Intel Teasing New Control Panel For Discrete GPUs Intel CPU Shortages To Get Worse Through Q2-2019 AMD 3rd Gen Ryzen Threadripper Confirmed For Late 2019 Launch TrendForce: Recent DRAM Pricing Decline Biggest Since 2011, Nearly 30% Decrease CORSAIR Launches Crystal Series 680X RGB and Carbide Series 678C Cases Battlefield V Firestorm Battle Royal Mode Detailed In Leaked Video Apex Legends Battle Pass Rumored To Launch March 12th Respawn Has Banned 355,000 Cheat

Episode brought to you by Amazon (http://www.thinkcomputers.org/amazon).     Reviews This Week: Cooler Master Hyper 212 RGB Black Edition CPU Cooler Review Other Stuff This Week: Case Mod Friday: Tauren 7980SLI Infinity 20 of the Worst PC Setups – February 2019 News This Week: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Marketing Materials Leak, Could Be 4GB GDDR5 VRAM NVIDIA Updates Game Bundle to Include Metro Exodus AMD Ryzen 3000 Series CPU Prices Leaked By Singapore Retailer USB-IF Confuses us Again with USB 3.2 Specification LIAN LI Teams Up With Razer for PC-O11 Dynamic Case Cooler Master Releases Gaming Keyboard with Aimpad : MK850 Apex Legends Hits 50 Million Players in Just One Month! Coming Next Week: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Gaming OC 6G Patriot Viper Steel DDR4-4400 16GB Memory Kit Beginners Guide To Twitch Streaming Part 2 Tech / Nerd Recommendations: The 2000s Netflix How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

Episode brought to you by Amazon (http://www.thinkcomputers.org/amazon).     Reviews This Week: Viotek GN34C 34-inch Curved 1440p Ultrawide Monitor Review Cooler Master MK730 Gaming Keyboard Review Razer Kraken Tournament Edition Gaming Headset Review Other Stuff This Week: Case Mod Friday Project N.E.R.G.B. News This Week: The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti is Official NVIDIA GTX 1660 and GTX 1650 Pricing and Availability Revealed Galax Working On 17.5 cm-long RTX 2070 and RTX 2060 Cards AMD Radeon RX 590 and RX 580 To Receive Price Cuts Logitech G Announces the 2019 MX518 Gaming Mouse Alphacool Launches the Eisbaer Solo Chrome DIY CPU Pump+Block Steam Users Give Metro Exodus Positive Reviews While Bashing The Epic Games Store Coming Next Week: Mushkin Helix-L 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD Cooler Master Hyper 212 RGB Black Edition Tech / Nerd Recommendations: Alita Battle Angel 

Episode brought to you by Amazon (http://www.thinkcomputers.org/amazon).     Reviews This Week: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 Gaming OC Pro 6G Graphics Card Review Drevo Durendal Gaming Keyboard Review Cryorig H7 Plus CPU Cooler Review Other Stuff This Week: Case Mod Friday: PHANTEK EVOLV – MMXIX News This Week: NVIDIA Reports Q4 and 2018 Financial Results – Down 45% NVIDIA Limiting When You Can Enable DLSS? More GTX 1660 Ti Cards Revealed and Benchmarks Leaked MSI GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Unboxing Video Posted Online ASUS GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 3GB Models Registered With the ECC Plugable Launches the First NVMe SSD Enclosure with a Completely Tool-free Design You Can Now Run Windows 10 on the Raspberry Pi 3 Steam Logo Hidden Under Sticker on Metro Exodus Physical Copies Steam Fanboys Review-bomb Metro Exodus on Metacritic Razer Games Store is Closing, Less Than a Year After it was Launched Vox Media Going After YouTubers Over Verge PC Build Video Coming Next Week: Viotek GN34C Ultrawide Curved Monitor Razer K

Episode brought to you by Amazon (http://www.thinkcomputers.org/amazon).     Reviews This Week: FSP CMT340 Case Review MSI GeForce RTX 2060 Ventus 6G OC Graphics Card Review Kingston DataTraveler Bolt Duo Review Other Stuff This Week: Case Mod Friday: IN WIN D-Frame 2.0 Gold Projekt 20 of the Worst PC Setups – January 2019 News This Week: UK’s Allocation of Radeon VII’s is only 100 Cards More Details Emerge on the GTX 1660 Ti More Pictures of the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Surface Softbank Dumps its Entire NVIDIA Stock Holding More Ryzen 3000 Details Could Be Revealed at GDC 2019 Raidmax’s sub-$50 Case has an Infinity Mirror Battlefield V Will Get NVIDIA DLSS Support Tomorrow Fortnite Makes $1.5 Million Per Day on iOS, $500m in Just 326 Days! The Division 2 Open Beta Revealed on Livestream EA Releases Anthem Launch Trailer Early Apex Legends Hits 10 Million Players in 3 Days! Apex Legends Could Be Getting Solo and Duos Modes Coming Next Week: Drevo Durendal Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Gigabyte GeForce RT

Episode brought to you by Amazon (http://www.thinkcomputers.org/amazon).     Reviews This Week: MetallicGear Neo Case Review ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro Solid State Drive Review Cooler Master MM830 Gaming Mouse Review Other Stuff This Week: Case Mod Friday: PIP-BOY 2000 News This Week: ASUS Outs the GeForce RTX 2060 TUF Gaming Graphics Card ASUS’s GPU Tweak II Puts Ads In Your Games Intel Xeon W-3175X 28-core Processor Now Available at $2,999 Asetek Unveils the 690LX-PN AIO For the Intel Xeon W-3175X G.SKILL Announces New Hexa-Channel Massive Capacity DDR4 Memory Kits Be Quiet! Unveils Dark Base 700 White Edition Case Antec Announces Prizm Cooling Matrix Compound Fans Logitech G Announces New Lineup of Gaming Headsets Razer Presents the New Quartz Pink Edition for Valentine’s Day Metro Exodus Ditches Steam for the Epic Games Store Apex Legends Already Hits 1 Million Players Coming Next Week: MSI GeForce RTX 2060 Ventus 6G OC FSP CMT340 Case Kingston DataTraveler Bolt Duo Drevo Durendal Mechanical Gaming K

Episode brought to you by Amazon (http://www.thinkcomputers.org/amazon).     Reviews This Week: Zotac Gaming GeForce RTX 2060 Twin Fan Graphics Card Review ASRock Z390 Extreme4 Motherboard Review Other Stuff This Week: Case Mod Friday: Vulcan X Scorpion News This Week: AMD Radeon VII Benchmarks Leaked Ahead of Launch NVIDIA GTX Turing Shown In Leaked Photo The NVIDIA GTX 1660 Ti Will Be $279 MSI and Gigabyte GTX 1660 Ti Models Listed Colorful Announces an RTX 2080 Without a Cooler AMD 12-core Zen 2 Processor Spotted in UserBenchmark AMD Restructures Leadership Team, James Prior No Longer With the Company Intel Working on Low-Power 35W Core i9-9900T Processor ASRock Preparing at least Nine X570 Motherboards Phanteks Announces the Eclipse P600S Hybrid Silent and High-Performance Chassis Legal Battle Brewing Between Mayhems & Thermaltake Fortnite is Being Used to Launder Money Coming Next Week: Beginner’s Guide To Twitch Streaming – Part 1 Metallicgear Neo Case ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe Solid Stat

Episode brought to you by Amazon (http://www.thinkcomputers.org/amazon).     Reviews This Week: iStorage diskAshur2 External Hard Drive Review Cooler Master MasterAir MA620P CPU Cooler Review Other Stuff This Week: Case Mod Friday: Zotac CES 2019 Build News This Week: NVIDIA Working on GTX 1660 Ti Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Benchmarked In Ashes of the Singularity Gigabyte Working on RTX 2070 AORUS Gaming Box Western Digital Announces the WD Black SN750 NVMe SSD Samsung Launches the 970 EVO Plus NVMe SSD Family HDPLEX Reveals Their 800-Watt DC-ATX Power Brick Add the Finishing Touch with a Host of New Premium PC Accessories from CORSAIR Call of Duty Blackout is Free To Play Until January 24th New Blizzard Job Posting Hints to Diablo 4 Coming Next Week: ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2060 Twin Fan ASRock Z390 Extreme4 Motherboard FreeTail Evoke Pro 1000x 64GB Micro SDXC Card Tech / Nerd Recommendations: IO Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened