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AMD's New Redstone Driver: Performance Gains for Radeon 9070 and 9070 XT, But There's a Catch

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AMD has a new driver out for their Radeon GPUs, and there's some neat stuff in there! But there's also some growing pains, so let's take a look!

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

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You might remember our forbidden router series from a few years ago, but is it really a good idea to build your own router? Wendell and Grant investigate!

ASUS Router (not forbidden): http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DGZZJ996/?tag=level1techs-20

Minisforum N5 Pro: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FQV7FD2T/?tag=level1techs-20

Mikrotik Switch: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0723DT6MN/?tag=level1techs-20

Mini PC (doesn't have to be this exact one): http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C3QHDVYL/?tag=level1techs-20

Check out the forum here: https://forum.level1techs.com/t/grants-forbidden-router-adventure-wip/2…

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Building a Monster Threadripper System in the All New Fractal Epoch XL

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Check out the forum thread here: https://forum.level1techs.com/t/fractal-epoch-xl-threadripper-build-wit…

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Nvidia is actually having a SALE!

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Check them out here:
https://x.com/NVIDIARobotics/status/1994410867178307689?s=20
or
https://marketplace.nvidia.com/en-us/enterprise/robotics-edge/jetson-de…

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Attempting to Troubleshoot the ASRock Motherboards of Death!

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Whenever Wendell sees a problem that involves computers, there is nothing he won't do to figure out the what, why and how! But sometimes, that process takes forever and there are no good solutions. At least not yet...

Check out the forum thread here: https://forum.level1techs.com/t/attempting-to-troubleshoot-the-asrock-m…

0:00 Intro
1:16 Wendell is Troubled
1:56 Workbench
3:54 Troubleshooting to get to the trouble
5:05 ASRock Steel Legend
6:33 Phantom Gaming B850i Lightning
8:22 Failures Due to the Customer
9:14 What about These 3 Boards?
9:52 X870 Taichi Creator
10:14 X870 LiveMixer
10:33 X870 Phantom Gaming Nova
11:16 Conclusion

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The MSI EdgeXpert is FASTER than the Nvidia Spark? Let's Check it Out!

Posted by wendell on

The Nvidia DGX Spark is a crazy piece of kit, but has MSI beat them at their own game? Let's take a look!

0:00 - Intro
1:08 - Overview
7:43 - Who is this for?
14:49 - Benchmarks
25:20 - Can you use two of these things at the same time?
27:12 - Outro

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WRX90 Madness! Building a Fire Breathing Threadripper Pro System!

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We recently built a sensible TRX50 system, but what's the fun in that when you can throw caution to the wind and build something truly crazy?

Check out the forum thread here: https://forum.level1techs.com/t/the-ultimate-guide-to-building-a-thread…

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Building a Decent Intel Workstation for Relatively Cheap

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The office is in need of some new minor workstations, so Wendell went out to Micro Center and got his hands on some Intel Core Ultras 7s!

Intel CPU:
Newegg: https://newegg.io/nca021db7c
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DFK2WHF8/level1techs-20

Motherboard:
Newegg: https://newegg.io/ncbc901080
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FKV1RZV9/level1techs-20

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Sapphire Makes Motherboards? Sapphire Nitro+ B850A Wifi7 Review

Posted by wendell on

That's right, the GPU guys make Motherboards too!
But where can you buy it? Only place we could find was ebay: https://ebay.us/7lExHD

0:00 Intro
0:18 Overview and Layout
2:47 Bench Time and Memory Time
4:19 BIOS Tour
6:40 Conclusions

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What's the Buzz on the Beelink GTI15?

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Mini PCs, mini PCs, mini PCs! Here's another one from Beelink!

Check it out here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FM7SBXH7/?tag=level1techs-20

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