2.5 Geeks: Important Happenings For DIY Tech Enthusiasts, Gaming PC Giveaway Hints And More!

by Marco Chiappetta — Thursday, July 08, 2021, 10:45 AM EDT

Biden's FTC order for right to repair, NewEgg building PCs from your personal parts wish list, the fastest SSD on the planet and pointless pixel peeping with AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution - All of this and a some hints of our next Gaming PC giveaway on this episode of HotHardware's 2.5 Geeks...

Show Notes:
06:16 - ASUS ROG Zephyrus M16 Review: Powerful Tiger Lake-H Gaming
11:12 - Doom Eternal Ray Tracing Tested: The Devil's In The Details
16:43 - Intel Optane SSD P5800X Review: The Fastest SSD Ever
23:25 - AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution And The Problem With Pixel Peeping
32:47 - President Biden Orders FTC To Enact Consumer-Friendly Right-To-Repair Policies
47:33 - Newegg Will Build A Dream PC From Your Carefully Curated Components With New $99 Service

Tags: Asus, podcast, Geeks, webcast, Livestream, optane, right-to-repair

Marco Chiappetta

Marco's interest in computing and technology dates all the way back to his early childhood. Even before being exposed to the Commodore P.E.T. and later the Commodore 64 in the early ‘80s, he was interested in electricity and electronics, and he still has the modded AFX cars and shop-worn soldering irons to prove it. Once he got his hands on his own Commodore 64, however, computing became Marco's passion. Throughout his academic and professional lives, Marco has worked with virtually every major platform from the TRS-80 and Amiga, to today's high end, multi-core servers. Over the years, he has worked in many fields related to technology and computing, including system design, assembly and sales, professional quality assurance testing, and technical writing. In addition to being the Managing Editor here at HotHardware for close to 15 years, Marco is also a freelance writer whose work has been published in a number of PC and technology related print publications and he is a regular fixture on HotHardware’s own Two and a Half Geeks webcast. - Contact: marco(at)hothardware(dot)com