The Full Nerd episode 25: Core i9 review, build an Xbox One X PC, and Creative's 32-bit sound card
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In this week´s The Full Nerd, Gordon Mah Ung, Brad Chacos, Alaina Yee, and Adam Patrick Murray discuss Intel´s new Core i9-7900X ($1,000 on Newegg). This 10-core beast is the most powerful processor ever released, but is it a must buy? We dig in.The gang also digs into Creative´s Sound BlasterX AE5 ($150 on Newegg), the first 32-bit sound card for consumers, and whether or not sound cards are worthwhile for PC gamers in the first place. (Spoiler: It depends.) Then we try to build an Xbox One X-beating PC for the same $500 price tag as Microsoft´s cutting-edge console. It gets bleak fast-but not as bleak as the current state of emergency around graphics cards.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here