Air Cooling is Dead. - Tech News March 24

[Arousing Intro Music] welcome back to Paul's Tech News! with just  one week remaining in March 2024 it's a good   time to take stock, to look back and reflect  upon the Many Wonders that Q1 2024 brought to   us - like back in January when CES happened  and new GPUs launched or in February when   it rained a lot. which brings us to March when  we were like "how is it March already what the   hell 2024." so many memories. but enough about  the past let's now look to the Future which is   what Nvidia AMD and even Intel are focused on  with multiple scintillating Revelations made   at multiple events that took place this week  here and across the globe. and if all the AI   fluffery doesn't keep your dander up, there's  cheaper PC Hardware to discuss too including a   $60 AIO CPU Cooler that's making me more  of a hypocrite than I already was. let's   see if we can bring water cooling back  from the dead on this week's Tech News. excellent today's video is brought to you by  the Tower 300 series cases from thermaltake   expanding their vertical Tower design with a  stunning new lineup available in a variety of   colors the larger frame now supports micro-atx  motherboards as well as huge gpus including the   RTX 4090 without compromising air flow thanks  to an abundance of filtered ventilation panels   two ct140 fans come pre-installed and the right  side can house up to 420 mm AIO radiators finish   your build off with a sold separately 3.9in LCD  panel kit or even go horizontal with a matching   chassis stand for a truly unique look for more  on thermaltake's the tower 300 series cases click   the sponsor Link in the video description.  there were multiple conferences this week   most notably for us nvidia's GPU technology  conference or GTC in San Jose California the   game developers conference or GDC very close  by and at the same time in San Francisco and   the AMD hosted Beijing ai pc Innovation Summit  which was held in Texas -- Beijing sorry. we'll   begin with nvidia's GTC announcements which  were highlighted during CEO Jensen huang's   Monday keynote and further elucidated in breakout  sessions as the week progressed the big news is   Blackwell the architecture that powers nvidia's  next gen gpus that have long been rumored which   seem like they'll continue nvidia's dominance in  the AI compute sector based on the specs alone   the Blackwell b200 is a two chip monstrosity  with each full-sized Blackwell die supporting   104 billion transistors for 208 billion in total  a big increase from the 80 billion transistors   in a hopper h100 or h200 or by comparison  an RTX 4090 GPU that has 76.3 billion the   b200 even has 192 gbs of hbm3E memory tucked in  there along each Edge and yes PC gaming fans the   Blackwell architecture will likely power the  next generation of GeForce video cards which   will probably be the RTX 50 Series so the specs  and performance increase is listed for Blackwell   which tsmc will be manufacturing on their 4ND  node should trickle down or carry over somewhat   to gpus made for gaming if and when they debut as  well but that's a big question mark since Nvidia   has made no promises about the RTX 50 Series  as of yet and it's clear that the data center   AI side of their business is far more lucrative  they already have major industry players such as   Amazon web services Dell Technologies Google meta  Microsoft open AI Oracle Tesla and xai lined up to   adopt the Blackwell platform and while pricing can  vary based on the implementation they're expecting   these gpus to go for $30 to $40,000 each but  Nvidia would rather not sell just the gpus   as they seem much more interested in providing  full data center Solutions full systems with gpus   and CPUs and memory and all such as the gb200  which combines two Blackwell b200 gpus and one   of nvidia's 72 core arm-based Grace CPUs. stack  36 gb200s together and you get the GB200 nvl72,   a multi- Node liquid cooled data center system  that houses 72 b200 gpus and 36 Grace CPUs. and   I don't even want to ask what the price for  one of these systems would be - "how much you   got" would probably be nvidia's answer. Blackwell  will come in three variants initially the full fat   b200 which can pull up to 1200 watts by itself, a  more power optimized b200 that'll pull 1,000 Watts   while still providing 90% of the performance,  and a a 700 watt B100 presumably for poor people,   maybe they'll have a coupon for that one or  something. Blackwell is expected to ship "later   this year" not to put too fine a point on it, so  there's your high-level recap but if you want to   nerd out about the specs and Nvidia provided  early performance numbers definitely check   out the Articles Linked In the description oh  and Jensen got a new leather jacket too if you   want one they're only about $9 Grand meanwhile  about an hour's Drive North at GDC AMD unveiled   FSR 3.1 which most notably includes a long overdue  update to their temporal upscaling solution which   had remained largely the same since FSR 2.2 the  new upscaler will debut in Ratchet and Clank Rift   apart although there is no set launch date as of  yet for the game it should improve image quality   problems that have plagued the tech for some time  such as flickering and ghosting although the demo   on their blog post about it was limited to  a couple short animations but it does look   like there is Improvement the other part of the  announcement that's perhaps more exciting is that   FSR 3.1 separates FSR upscaling and FMF frame  generation with the most practical application   being that Nvidia GPU users can now run dlss  for upscaling and amd's fluid motion frames   for frame generation and update that many users  have requested all of this seems like good news   but the main question is when we do not know when  FSR 3.1 will go public or when the new Ratchet and   clink game will launch all we know is the game  developers will have access to FSR 3.1 starting   in Q2 which is in like a week so hopefully it  will go live not long after that amd's other   announcement this week came from the Beijing ai pc  Innovation Summit so a bit further of a drive but   at least the hardware is consumer focused China  is getting access to the ryzen 8000g CPUs like the   8700g and they'll also have a couple more budget  options to choose from with the 8700 F and 8400f   CPUs from the desktop Apu 8000 series but the f  means they don't have igpus now call me crazy but   I thought the whole point of the horribly named  8000 series was to differentiate the newer apus   from the existing 7000 series am5 CPUs but what's  an APU without an igpu it's just a regular ass CPU   in my humble opinion hey AMD don't you already  have a few 8 core ryzen 7000 CPUs is this new   8700 F actually just a ryzen 7700 or 7700 X well  it will probably also have ai Hardware built in   which AMD calls their xdna engine I just wish they  would actually show that actually being used for   something back to the presentation though apart  from the Chinese market announcements they also   shared a road map that lists strix point which has  been rumored for some time and will apparently be   an APU lineup powered by Zen 5 with rdna 3 plus  graphics and an xdna 2 AI engine they moved to   version 2 with xdna before they even showed us how  version one helps with it anything again we have   no clear launch date for these new apus just later  this year but if the Zen 5based ryzen 9000 Series   CPUs launch at or sometime after computex in early  June I would expect these strix point apus to land   not long after I have a basic philosophy about PC  hardware and I guess consumer products in general   the more companies you see coming to Market with  a specific type of product the higher the profit   margins on that product will be headphones  and headsets are a good example just how many   brands that make headphones are there a lot and  all-in-one liquid CPU coolers I will note seem to   have a new brand jumping into the market each week  to me that means there's a well-established set   of OEM companies who can provide parts or ad hoc  product solutions for AO liquid coolers and that   it's relatively lucrative to sell based on Market  perception with custom water cooling being so   pricey the AIO Market hasn't had a problem selling  coolers for upwards of $100 for quite some time   I've talked about one coolers a lot recently  and I still think that they are impractical   and uncompetitive especially when it comes to  price in light of some of the excellent Tower   air coolers out there most specifically thermal  RS $30 to $40 Phantom Spirit 120 and 120 Evo   but my opinion in this matter has been challenged  once again and quite strongly by none other than   thermal R themselves with the debut of their new  360 mm all-in-one liquid cooler the Frozen Edge   360 which costs $60 less than $60 actually and  yes it includes all three 120 mm fans and even a   bit of argb lighting performance is what really  matters though and yes according to wccf Tech's   review this cooler is right up there with other  360 mm aios that cost 50 to 100 bucks more the   only real disadvantage was with noise where it's  in the middle of the pack but when normalized and   when tested at real world wattage loads the  Acoustics are just fine so if I may correct   my headline from a few weeks back liquid cooling  is not dead but I still think it's unnecessary   unless you're cooling a higher end CPU or going  small form factor where Tower coolers just don't   fit it does also introduce more points of failure  to your system that you should be aware of for $59   though or even $54 for the White Version I would  have much less of a problem pairing this with say   an Intel 13700 K or ryzen 7700x speaking of more  news and less time Tech briefs intro and speaking   of Cheaper PC Hardware the Radeon RX7 7900 XTX  the best alternative to an RTX 480 super is now   $900 or msi's gaming Trio version is at least as  well as XFX is Speedster Mark 310 if you count   a $30 instant promo code which means more GPU  horsepower can now be obtained for less money   which is supposedly a continuous and ongoing Trend  in the PC Hardware space at least if you're not   the person at Nvidia who decides what the prices  should be if you are not too impressed by Ray   tracing and you'd like 24 GB of vram instead of 16  the 7900 XTX for $900 is clearly a better choice   than the $1,480 super Intel is Midway through  building out new Fabs in Licking County Ohio but   the state department of development seems a bit  tongue tied about the progress intel was supposed   to have coughed up $20 billion in investment money  towards the buildout in order to get things up and   running by 2025 but as of the end of 2023 they  only accounted for $1.5 billion spent and it's   now estimated that the Fabs won't spin up until  2027 or 20283 billion more has been laid out in   contracts but even $4.5 billion is less than a  quarter of the amount that they promised so Intel   the people of Licking County deserve more break  out the checkbook and Fab faster Apple's message   to DIY PC Builders has been pretty consistent  over the years don't do that still there has   been a thriving if relatively small community of  Hackintosh Builders over the years who recognize   that you can get a lot more hardware for your  money if you're okay with jumping through some   hoops to get Mac OS running on non-mac Hardware  unfortunately though the latest Mac OS 14 somoma   kills off Legacy Wi-Fi drivers that were crucial  for Hackintosh builds and a change to the driver   format makes workarounds difficult if not  impossible good old Apple making arbitrary   software changes that break basic functionality  for DIY users so rip hackintoshes and I guess   we should ALS also welcome former Mac OS DIY  Builders to our community good to have you here   guys windows isn't the greatest thing ever but  at least Microsoft doesn't make you feel like a   criminal for using it with a homebuilt PC speaking  of apple and criminals there's a new side Channel   attack specifically aimed at Apple M1 M2 and M3  processors that kind of sucks a lot it's called   go fetch and it can steal cryptographic keys from  the cash of these modern Apple processors check   the bleeping computer article if you want the full  technical description but the bad news is that the   exploit does not require physical access to the PC  and it is a hardware vulnerability that can't be   patched with the software or firmware update and  if you do use an M1 M2 or M3 based Mac there's not   much you can do besides practicing safe browsing  habits keeping your system updated and regularly   running antimalware scans to prevent the type of  infection that can leave your system vulnerable   to go fetch but there you have it guys Tech news  for the week and if you liked it click that like   button or leave me a comment down below while  you're down there all the articles I talked about   today are linked in the video's description if  you're interested and you can check out my store   at paul.net for highquality merchandise t-shirts  hoodies beer sets and more subscribing to my   channel is always a good call too thanks again  everyone and we'll see you next week. 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Published: Sun Mar 24 2024