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The Full Nerd

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The Full Nerd is PCWorld's enthusiast PC hardware and PC building podcast. Each week Gordon Mah Ung, Brad Chacos, Adam Patrick Murray, and Alaina Yee cover everything hardware related from news to reviews to tips. We also answer questions from the live audience or submitted to our Discord. Join us live on the PCWorld YouTube channel every Tuesday at 10:30 am Pacific and interact with us in real time!

Episodes

Episode 37: The Reckoning Edition

We made some bold predictions for how 2017 would turn out for the PC and here's just how wrong and how right we were. And to show we haven't learned anything, we predict exactly what will happen in 2018 because we have detailed files.

Dec 19, 20171 hr 56 minEp. 37

Episode 36: The Full Nerd Awards - Best PC Hardware of 2017

It's the end of the year, so it's time for The Full Nerd Awards! In this episode Gordon, Brad, Adam, and special guest Alaina debate our picks for the best PC hardware of 2017. The topics include best CPU, GPU, laptops, and much much more.

Dec 05, 20172 hr 2 minEp. 36

Episode 31: the state of 4k gaming, Intel's 4 player VR box, our upcoming PC builds, and more

Join The Full Nerd gang as they talk about the latest PC hardware topics! This week we go over a couple of the biggest stories on PCWorld right now including an article written by our own Brad Chacos about the state of 4k gaming. After that we cover Intel's crazy 4 player VR PC that they brought by to let us play Star Trek: Bridge Crew on. And then we wrap up with some talk about upcoming builds and you're burning questions!

Sep 11, 20171 hr 6 minEp. 31

Episode 29: Threadripper reviewed and benchmarked, full Core i9 details, and 8th Gen Intel Eclipse

PCWorld's Gordon Mah Ung, Brad Chacos, Adam Patrick Murray, and special guest Alaina Yee go over all the charts and graphs from AMD's Ryzen Threadripper review. After that they detail the full list of Intel's Core i9 chips and finish up covering the 8th Gen Great American Eclipse party! For audio listeners, don't forget you can tune in live on PCWorld's YouTube or Facebook in order to chat along with us.

Aug 10, 20171 hr 25 minEp. 29

Episode 23: Vega is here, Threadripper announced, and what's the deal with Core i9?

PCWorld's Gordon Mah Ung, Brad Chacos, Adam Patrick Murray, and special guest Alaina Yee get together to talk about the weeks big PC hardware announcements. Topics include AMD's Radeon Vega, Threadripper - the 16-core CPU, and the rumors of Intel's Core i9 aka Skylake X. We finish it off with a bunch of audience questions!

May 19, 20171 hr 24 min

Episode 16: PC audio blowout with Ryan Schlieper from Creative Labs

This week Gordon, Adam and Brad host Creative Lab's Ryan Schlieper for some in-depth nerding about PC audio, the API wars and whether your computer will have a soundcard or not again. Tune in every other Tuesday on PCWorld's YouTube or Facebook for the live show and don't forget to leave a review!

Feb 07, 20171 hr 22 minEp. 16

Episode 14: Moar Ryzen, CES PC trends, exotic laptops

And we're back. This week Gordon, Hayden, Adam and Brad give you the latest on Ryzen and detail: HDR G-sync monitors, USB 3.1 headers, GeForce Now, backpack VR and more. Finally did they go too far? Acer shows off a $9,000 gaming laptop while Razer puts three 4K panels on a Razer Blade Pro.

Jan 10, 20171 hr 26 minEp. 14

Episode 13: Predictions for 2017

This week, Gordon, Alaina, Adam and Brad predict what will happen in 2017 and vow to literally eat their words if wrong. When will GTX 1080 ti come? What will happen with Ryzen? Will Vega be faster? Will Marty make it back in time to save Doc Brown? (Pardon this late post. The holidays.)

Jan 10, 20171 hr 31 minEp. 13

Episode 12: The Full Nerd Awards

This week Gordon, Hayden, Brad and Adam award the totally not real Full Nerd Prize to the best hardware and games of the year. And yes, the best CPU of the Year is a shocker!

Nov 30, 20161 hr 12 minEp. 12

Episode 11: Cheap PC buying tips, 8-core AMD Zen for $300?! and PS4 Pro vs. PC

Gordon Mah Ung, Alaina Yee, Brad Chacos and Adam Patrick Murray break out the tips on how to get PC hardware on the cheap. The crew then pours cold water on rumors that you'll be able to get an 8-core AMD Zen for $300. Finally, Brad breaks down the PlayStation 4 Pro's 4K capabilities vs. a cheap PC.

Nov 16, 20161 hr 30 minEp. 11

Episode 9: $110 GeForce card, Razer Blade Pro, Battlefield 1 and mechanical keyboard showdown

Gordon Mah Ung, Brad Chacos, Hayden Dingman and Adam Patrick Murray talk about Nvidia's new hunnert dollar GeForce GTX 1050 and Razer's super thin and super fast Razer Blade Pro. Hayden gives us the details on Battlefield 1 and why it might be the game of the year. Finally, Hayden takes the Pepsi-challenge on a stack of keyboards to see if anyone can really tell the difference between different color Cherry keyboards.

Oct 21, 20161 hr 5 minEp. 9

Episode 8: $500 PC build challenge, gaming laptops and 4K gaming

Brad Chacos, Alaina Yee, Adam Patrick Murray and Gordon Mah Ung show off the latest in monster gaming laptops and discuss why they're awesome. Brad also gives his advice on what you need to run 4K gaming and why you do and don't need it. The crew then show off four different $500 builds configs and argue over who made the best PC (Hint: Gordon's is the best because he wrote this.)

Sep 29, 20161 hr 9 minEp. 8
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