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Benchmarking an MSI Build with "Cheaper" Memory, a 4070ti and the i7 Ultra 270k Plus

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Intel Xeon 6 658X for Workstations Launching Now.. but how's it stacking up?

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Tired of Waiting for the Steam Machine? Build One Yourself!

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Building a Somewhat More Affordable AM5 Server in the Silverstone RM32 3U Case!

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A threadripper build??! in this economy??

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Building a PC to help with the Existential Dread (w/ PZ MSI Mobo and Fractal North XL Momentum Case)

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Ultimate Proxmox Guide: Set Up a Production Cluster ft. OpenMetal.io Dedicated Servers!

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Fractal Pop 2 Air Quick Build

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Minisforum MS O2 Ultra Is a Fantasy Level Mini PC

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Is Custom Building a Forbidden Router in 2025 a Good Idea? Featuring Editor Grant

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MSI Tomahawk X870E and B850 Tomahawk WiFi: Mobo Double Trouble!

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I'm seeing double; TWO MSI motherboards! But which should you pick for your AM5 build? Wendell investigates!

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Keeping up with AI with the Minisforum X1 AI Mini PC Ft. 96GB Memory

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NOT OUT YET!!
96 GB memory in a mini PC might just be what you need for your personal AI uses!

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The Level1 Show February 25 2025: Salt Typhoon Keeps On Spinning

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0:00 - Intro
1:06 - Trump says he will introduce 25% tariffs on autos, pharmaceuticals and chips
2:03 - Trump, Justice Department delete federal police misconduct database
3:18 - In a last-minute decision, White House decides not to terminate NASA employees
4:08 - USDS Engineering Director Resigns: ‘This Is Not the Mission I Came to Serve’
4:47 - ‘Big Tech Censorship’ of Users Targeted by Trump’s FTC Chief
5:37 - The IRS Is Buying an AI Supercomputer From Nvidia
6:08 - More Tesla showroom protests planned for this weekend
7:12 - US Army soldier pleads guilty to AT&T and Verizon hacks
7:55 - Palantir Drops 10% on Report of Pentagon Slashing Budget
8:52 - Apple pulls data protection tool after UK government security row
10:29 - EU accused of leaving ‘devastating’ copyright loophole in AI Act
11:09 - Apple says UK regulator's remedy options on mobile browsers will hit innovation
11:39 - Microsoft declutters Windows 11 File Explorer for GDPR
12:26 - Poland's $700M Microsoft deal sparks EU digital sovereignty concerns
12:57 - DeepSeek removed from South Korea app stores pending privacy review
13:31 - Local officials in China told to use DeepSeek AI to help them make decisions
14:03 - South Korea to launch AI dream team to build homegrown ChatGPT
14:52 - Argentinian president Javier Milei promotes memecoin that then crashes 95% in apparent $100 million+ rug pull
16:12 - South Africa is said to halt Starlink talks as US tensions escalate
16:50 - China's Salt Typhoon hackers continue to breach telecom firms despite US sanctions
17:55 - Palo Alto warns firewalls flaws are under active attack
18:33 - Hackers planted a Steam game with malware to steal gamers' passwords

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A Build for Productivity: Intel Ultra 285 in the Falcon Tiki

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Why so many intel vids, when AMD is better? Because maybe there is more to PCing than Gaming.

The Falcon build here https://builder.falcon-nw.com/configure/template/buildset-tiki-intel-co…

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16TB of Storage and DDR5-8000 on AM5? Featuring the Phantom Gaming X870E Nova Wifi

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Alright, enough about Intel! What about a build for my 9800X3D!!?? Well, here you go...

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The Level1 Show February 7 2025: Chicken McBlindness

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0:00 - Intro
0:34 - OpenAI has evidence that its models helped train China’s DeepSeek
2:21 - SoftBank in Talks to Invest Up to $25 Billion in OpenAI
2:49 - Microsoft makes DeepSeek’s R1 model available on Azure AI and GitHub
3:36 - Alibaba’s Qwen2.5-Max challenges U.S. tech giants, reshapes enterprise AI
4:20 - Hugging Face researchers are trying to build a more open version of DeepSeek's AI 'reasoning' model
4:53 - Don't You Call Me a Virgin, Says Virgin Money's Chatbot
5:44 - LinkedIn Removes Accounts of AI 'Co-Workers' Looking for Jobs
6:28 - Anthropic builds RAG directly into Claude models with new Citations API
7:35 - Meta AI can now use your Facebook and Instagram data to personalize its responses
8:51 - DeepSeek hit with large-scale cyberattack, says it's limiting registrations
9:26 - ChatGPT's mobile users are 85% male, report says
10:37 - Alphabet's Waymo to test its autonomous driving technology in over 10 new cities
11:19 - Bennu asteroid contains building blocks of life, say scientists
12:10 - Astronomers discover 196-foot asteroid with 1-in-83 chance of hitting Earth in 2032
13:02 - Atomic scientists adjust 'Doomsday Clock' closer than ever to midnight
14:02 - Police officers' union says man who posted video of police doing doughnuts is a ‘snitch'
15:38 - Georgia healthcare worker arrested for exploiting a disabled patient
16:21 - School closes after copper wiring stolen, knocking out power
17:01 - Flew drone drunk – sentenced for flying under the influence
17:41 - Homewood Learning Lab day care worker caught on camera putting child in garbage can
19:14 - Police investigate Musk salute projected on Tesla factory
20:07 - Detroit rapper files lawsuit against Lyft for weight discrimination
21:15 - Oklahoma senator proposes bill to ban pornography, imprison creators
23:11 - Children starting school unable to climb stairs and using Americanisms due to screen time, teachers warn
25:51 - Buc-ee's sues North Texas gas station chain claiming logo is too similar to beaver
26:38 - Elementary school student goes permanently blind after eating too many chicken nuggets
27:19 - Mice with two dads have been created using CRISPR
28:10 - Microplastics found in the brains of mice within hours of consumption
28:42 - Peeing Is Socially Contagious in Chimps
29:57 - Oklahoma Legislature sees renewed efforts to change cockfighting laws
31:18 - UK: Royal Navy mistakes 'farting whale' for Russian drones

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Will the MinisForum BD795M Change the PC Building Industry?

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Mobile CPUs have come a long way, and nowhere is this more evident than in the MinisForum BD795M. Wendell investigates!

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The Level1 Show January 21 2025: TikTok: The Clock Strikes Midnight

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0:00 - Intro
0:45 - A New Jam-Packed Biden Executive Order Tackles Cybersecurity, AI, and More
1:56 - FTC sues John Deere over farmers' right to repair tractors
4:27 - Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban in the U.S.
5:37 - US finalizes rule to effectively ban Chinese vehicles, which could include Polestar
6:57 - FTC Says Refunds For Razer's False N95 Face Masks Are Going Out Now
7:42 - GM banned from selling your driving data for five years
8:29 - US removes malware allegedly planted on computers by Chinese-backed hackers
9:39 - Nvidia says US wants to control global access to AI chips
10:52 - Gov. Murphy calls for classroom ban on cellphones in N.J.
11:20 - Texas Sues Allstate for Collecting Driver Data to Raise Premiums
12:38 - New York starts enforcing $15 broadband law that ISPs tried to kill
13:23 - NY State Assembly Bill 2025-A2228
15:09 - AT&T Is Stopping Its 5G Internet Air Service in NY Because of New Broadband Law
15:47 - Texas defends requiring ID for porn to SCOTUS: “We’ve done this forever”
17:29 - Ohio Governor Will Let the Cops Charge the Public $750 for Bodycam Footage
19:07 - FBI Director Wray on threats America faces, decision to step down as Trump returns to the White House
20:43 - Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Darrin Bell arrested on child pornography charges
21:35 - Ministers mull allowing private firms to make profit from NHS data in AI push
22:39 - UK kicks off review into training AI models on copyrighted content
23:18 - UK plans to ban public sector organizations from paying ransomware hackers
24:02 - Apple's new fees for app developers under fresh EU scrutiny, Bloomberg reports
25:02 - Zuckerberg urges Trump to stop the EU from fining US tech companies
26:20 - Indonesia plans minimum age for social media use
27:35 - Governments call for spyware regulations in UN Security Council meeting
28:53 - Google brings back digital fingerprinting to track users for advertising
30:17 - UnitedHealth hid its Change Healthcare data breach notice for months
31:05 - PowerSchool data breach victims say hackers stole 'all' historical student and teacher data
31:47 - Snyk security researcher deploys malicious NPM packages targeting Cursor.com
32:33 - Ransomware crew abuses AWS native encryption
33:14 - Microsoft sues service for creating illicit content with its AI platform
33:47 - Startup necromancy: Dead Google Apps domains can be compromised by new owners
35:31 - Russia's largest platform for state procurement hit by cyberattack from pro-Ukraine group

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Testing 256 GB of Memory on the ASUS Pro Art Z890!

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256 on a desktop platform? It's more likely than you think! Wendell investigates!

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What I've Learned Building High End Systems In 2024

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Check Opera One R2 out here!: https://www.opera.com/one

We built a ton of high end systems last year, and with Xeon and Threadripper both being very good options, we thought we'd get a video together about how to go about a high end PC build!

0:00 - Intro
0:49 - Cases
3:10 - Power Supplies
5:56 - Cooling
8:49 - Storage
14:39 - Networking
18:00 - Outro

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