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How SLOW can these B660 Motherboards make your CPU?

Posted by wendell on

Not one, not two, but four Motherboards in one video! It's time for a DDR4 B660 Roundup with Wendell. In this video, Wendell, using the 12700K cpu and 6800xt gpu, compares and contrasts the Gigabyte B660m DS3H AX DDR4, the ASRock B660 Pro RS, the ASRock B660M Steel Legend, and the ASUS PRIME B660M-A D4! How much of a difference with $10 make?

0:00 Intro
0:26 The motherboards and why
4:32 Gigabyte Layout
6:07 ASRock Pro RS Layout
8:16 ASRock Steel Legend Layout
9:54 Asus Layout
11:40 Results
25:22 TL;DR

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Level1 Live - May 16, 2 pm Eastern - The Stream of Poor Planning

Posted by wendell on

#level1news 2022-05-16

https://forum.level1techs.com/t/live-news-may-16-2022-2-pm-eastern/1850…

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Icy Dock Ramble For the Ultimate Home Server

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How much do you want to invest in your Home Server? Well, maybe you don't have to spend as much as you think! Don't be afraid to color outside the lines! Join Wendell in this ramble as he breaks down his thoughts on reusing e-waste and shifting the use cases of motherboards!

Here are a few more vids we've done about Icy Dock solutions
https://youtu.be/-h6aaJdJ-Ts
https://youtu.be/qPp2e-KzyWo
https://youtu.be/l84G9SIZ-k8
https://youtu.be/c-mZALht3Qs

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Level1 News May 13 2022: Your Cashier Is In Another Call Center

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0:00 - Intro
0:42 - Grindr Caught Sharing Location Data For Years, Report Says
1:36 - Mental health apps have terrible privacy protections, report finds
3:00 - Russia to Rent Tech-Savvy Prisoners to Corporate IT?
5:20 - Apple thinks my own AirPods are stalking me
6:25 - Botnet that hid for 18 months boasted some of the coolest tradecraft ever
7:30 - GitHub will require all code contributors to use two-factor authentication
8:21 - Remote lockouts reportedly stop Russian troops from using stolen Ukrainian farm equipment
9:59 - Report shows that Amazon uses data from Alexa smart speakers to serve targeted ads
11:05 - Private equity executive sought to undermine NSO critics, data suggests
12:36 - Apple, Google, and Microsoft want to kill the password with “Passkey” standard
14:19 - Vatican announces it will open an NFT gallery to ‘democratise art’
15:34 - A Chinese man called "Ma" was detained. The news wiped $26 billion off Alibaba's stock
17:05 - MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell banned from Twitter hours after return
18:00 - Spotify CEO: “You can’t record music every three or four years and think that’s going to be enough”
20:11 - British MP to resign after watching prawn in the House of Commons
22:01 - To Save Money, Canadian Company Freshii Outsources Cashier Positions to Nicaragua
23:50 - ‘We're embarrassed’: Polk County sheriff volunteer arrested for selling drugs out of patrol vehicle
25:03 - Eden Project installs plastic grass to stop children getting muddy
26:29 - Watch: Wild rabbit raids the garden section at Colorado Walmart store
27:38 - Man dressed as poop emoji lets off stink bomb at city council meeting
29:09 - Lake Mead body: Homicide victim in barrel was likely shot decades ago
30:49 - Including "And. And. And. And. And." in a Google doc causes it to crash.
31:59 - The xenotransplant patient who died received a heart infected with a pig virus
33:07 - Ulta Beauty apologizes for wording in Kate Spade promo email
34:22 - These green books are poisonous—and one may be on a shelf near you
36:01 - San Diego airport pelican delay caught on video

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Checking Out The FSP Twins Pro Dual 930w PSU!

Posted by wendell on

Check out the build video here: https://youtu.be/zTav7r38y-Y

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L1 News Story of the Week: 5/9/2022 #shorts

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I like the cute bunny.

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Level1 News May 10 2022: With Great Censorship Comes Reduced Profits

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0:00 - Intro
2:00 - CDC Tracked Millions of Phones to See If Americans Followed COVID Lockdown Orders
2:58 - As Roe v. Wade reversal looms, should you delete your period-tracking app?
4:43 - Spy report: 3.4M warrantless searches of US data under FISA last year
5:51 - SEC Charges NVIDIA Corporation with Inadequate Disclosures about Impact of Cryptomining
7:32 - SEC launches a hiring spree to fight cryptocurrency fraud
8:41 - California Governor Signs Executive Order to Spur Crypto Industry in the State
9:21 - New York bitcoin mining moratorium proceeding through state house
10:40 - Biden Administration Begins $3 Billion Plan for Electric Car Batteries
11:28 - Every ISP in the US has been ordered to block three pirate streaming services
14:02 - Sony rejects China's censorship request in 'Spiderman'
15:46 - Data centres now consuming more electricity than rural homes
17:14 - German-Funded Consortium to Develop Battery Passport to Track Carbon Footprint
19:04 - Apple Under Antitrust Allegations in Brussels
21:03 - China Orders Government, State Firms to Replace Foreign Computers
22:27 - Russian Cinemas Are Showing Pirated Movies Downloaded From Torrents
23:58 - Spanish prime minister's mobile phone infected by Pegasus spyware, government says
24:48 - India to launch open e-commerce network to take on Amazon, Walmart
25:51 - Sequoia, Binance and a16z back Elon Musk’s $44 billion Twitter bid
26:50 - Twitter latest filing admits to risk of losing advertisers and staff due to Musk takeover
28:42 - Twitter’s open-source offshoot Bluesky releases first experiment
30:05 - TikTok Pulse: Program Will Share Ad Revenue With Popular Creators
31:27 - Facebook will shut down its podcast service on June 3rd
32:32 - Meta Plots Ambitious VR Release Schedule of Four Headsets by 2024
34:16 - Telegram Premium: the new features for iOS beta users
35:30 - ‘Cheering section’ for violence: the attacks that show 4chan is still a threat
37:50 - VR Researches Simulate Kisses With Ultrasonic Transducers

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AMD Radeon Relaunch Redux 6650 XT -- Sapphire Nitro -- what don't you know about it?

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Need a refresher? Try this Radeon 6650 XT! Well, actually, if you somehow managed to get your hands on a 6600 XT graphics card, you don't need to go to the 6650, they're nearly identical. However! If you missed out on the 6600, you're in luck, cause the 6650 is all about supply! So sit back and enjoy this short review of Sapphire's AMD Radeon 6650 XT!

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Level1 News May 11 2022: The Sweet Space Serenades of Spaghettification

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0:00 - Intro
1:04 - AMD promises ‘extreme gaming laptops’ in 2023 with new Dragon Range CPU
1:54 - AMD doubles the number of CPU cores it offers to Chromebooks
3:19 - Microsoft Edge Overtakes Safari as World's Second Most Popular Desktop Browser
4:22 - Paramount Plus subscriber count has grown to nearly 40 million
6:17 - Alibaba Cloud gets more of Android working on RISC-V silicon
6:58 - Apple employees criticize work-from-home policy in open letter
8:36 - Apple lawsuit says 'stealth' startup Rivos poached engineers to steal secrets
11:28 - Apple Reaches Settlement to Pay $15 to Some iPhone 4S Owners Who Experienced Buggy Performance After iOS 9 Update
12:23 - Intuit to pay $141M settlement over 'free' TurboTax ads
13:39 - Square Enix sells all of its Western game studios—and their games—to Embracer
15:08 - New York Bill Would Force Amazon to Limit Grueling Warehouse Quotas
15:55 - Amazon Kindle E-Readers Will Now Convert EPUB to Kindle Format
17:01 - Amazon pledges $20 billion in exports from India by 2025
20:19 - Starbucks to launch NFTs this year, offering access to ‘unique experiences and benefits’
21:27 - NY Times says Wordle drove “tens of millions” of new users, record growth
22:59 - All 2023 Volvos Will Have Hybrid or Fully Electric Powertrains
23:22 - Google Overhauls Performance Review System After Employee Criticism
24:15 - A major Patreon survey shows that most creators don’t want crypto payments
24:59 - 1 Billion Cryptocurrency Users in a Decade, Predicts Coinbase CEO
26:05 - iPhone users complain Apple Music is installing itself to the dock, booting out their other apps
27:31 - Sonos is about to introduce its own voice assistant
28:41 - SpaceX engineer says NASA should plan for Starship’s “significant” capability
29:46 - NASA Is Sending Artificial Female Bodies to the Moon to Study Radiation Risks
31:32 - NASA's James Webb Space Telescope completely aligned and fully focused
32:08 - Rocket Lab catches falling rocket with a helicopter — then drops it in the ocean
34:53 - Japan firm develops AI system to catch shrine box donations thieves
36:08 - Hear the Sound of a Black Hole ‘Echo’

#Level1News

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Level1 News May 6 2022: Rest In Peace Hatsune Miku

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0:00 - Intro
0:37 - Snap announces a mini drone called Pixy
2:59 - All of the bases in DNA and RNA have now been found in meteorites
5:13 - China Hopes to Redirect a Nearby Asteroid Within the Next Four Years
6:05 - Meta's newest AI discovers stronger and greener concrete formulas
7:03 - Crimes on the moon could soon be added to Canada's Criminal Code
8:20 - Crabs and lobsters may get similar rights to mammals in UK experiments
10:14 - Red Bull Pilots Will Attempt to Swap Planes Mid-Air in Death-Defying Feat
11:59 - Dakota school board member accidentally posts ‘porn’ link while advocating for abstinence
13:06 - Scientists: Japan's Plan To Dump Nuclear Waste Into The Pacific Ocean May Not Be Safe
15:27 - Katharine Birbalsingh: Girls dislike hard maths, says education adviser
17:29 - ‘No one is immune or exempt’: Sheriff arrests his own daughter for meth trafficking
18:48 - Illinois Law Bans Schools From Fining Children With Tickets. So the Police Are Doing It for Them.
21:07 - EgyptAir plane crash that killed 66 likely caused by pilot's cigarette, documents reveal
22:29 - Tropicana creates cereal to be mixed specifically with orange juice
23:58 - Man stacks 7 M&Ms to break previous Guinness World record
25:23 - Woman marries pet cat in bid to stop landlords separating them
26:46 - Tory MP accused of watching pornography in Commons chamber
27:34 - Germany to Evict Existing Afghan Refugees for Clearing Out Accommodation Centres for Arriving Ukrainians
28:29 - Feral cat hunting season proposed by Licking County official
30:36 - Great, Wisconsin has the fattest dogs
32:53 - Fictosexual man who married hologram says he can't communicate with her anymore

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