Episode 403: Raptor Lake RE-Refresh Leaks, Could Pricing Kill Consoles? & More

Join The Full Nerd gang as they offer level-headed takes about the latest PC building news. In this episode the gang is joined for the first time by newcomer Alex Wawro to discuss the recent leaks of DDR4 based "Raptor Lake Next" CPUs, how storage and memory prices could kill console gaming, and more. And of course we answer questions live!

Timecodes:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:06:39 - Raptor Lake Next

00:31:00 - The death of consoles?

00:55:24 - Q&A

01:26:13 - Outro

Links:

- Raptor Lake Next: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-reportedly-preparing-surprise-return-to-ddr4-systems-with-raptor-lake-next-ddr4-platform-slated-for-the-first-half-of-2027-on-the-lga-1700-socket-takes-a-page-from-amds-book-by-extending-budget-platform-longevity

- Xbox CEO on Project Helix: https://www.polygon.com/xbox-asha-sharma-ram-crisis-project-helix-business-model/

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