AMD backtracked an old statement about 4GB cards, Intel is manufacturing Bitcoin mining ASICs, AMD Ryzen 5000 CPUs get formal X370 support, and NVIDIA tries to bury its own 3080 12GB. Sponsor: be quiet!'s Silent Base 802 https://geni.us/DaGYu The Disappointment PC 2021 Shirts are almost out of stock, get them while you can in cotton https://store.gamersnexus.net/products/disappointment-pc-t-shirt-2021-100-cotton-black or Tri-Blend https://store.gamersnexus.net/products/disappointment-pc-t-shirt-2021-triblend-black to support us, our special intros, even more in-depth testing as we continue to expand the lab in 2022, and to commemorate a year of disappointment! Sources & show notes: https://www.gamersnexus.net/news-pc/3677-hw-news-amd-4gb-intel-mining-machines Check out our review of AMD’s RX 6500 XT here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFpuJqx9Qmw We also reviewed an Asus Prebuilt and it wasn’t as bad as we thought it would be, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQE0BWmGzto For something more uplifting, we restored a viewer’s PC that was caught in a hurricane, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lDSdLkMC-8 Like our content? Please consider becoming our Patron to support us: http://www.patreon.com/gamersnexus TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Recapping the Week 01:09 - GN Disappointment PC Shirts are Almost Gone 02:27 - AMD Confronted By Own Past Bullsh#@ 06:07 - Intel Makes Bitcoin Mining ASIC 09:01 - AMD RAMP: An XMP Alternative 11:02 - ASRock First to Offer Zen 3 Support on X370 12:29 - Nvidia Released RTX 3080 12GB SKU 15:13 - Puget Systems’ Most Reliable Hardware of 2021 17:49 - Sony to Migitage PS5 Shortage with More PS4s 18:43 - AMD Aims to Avoid Intel’s “ILM” Woes With AM5 21:47 - Noctua Roadmap 2022: New Dual-Tower Cooler ** Please like, comment, and subscribe for more! ** Links to Amazon and Newegg are typically monetized on our channel (affiliate links) and may return a commission of sales to us from the retailer. This is unrelated to the product manufacturer. Any advertisements or sponsorships are disclosed within the video ("this video is brought to you by") and above the fold in the description. We do not ever produce paid content or "sponsored content" (meaning that the content is our idea and is not funded externally aside from whatever ad placement is in the beginning) and we do not ever charge manufacturers for coverage. Follow us in these locations for more gaming and hardware updates: t: http://www.twitter.com/gamersnexus f: http://www.facebook.com/gamersnexus w: http://www.gamersnexus.net/ Host, Editorial: Steve Burke Editorial: Eric Hamilton Video Editing: Keegan Gallick