PC Part Disaster: Disappointment PC Build 2023 (Worst Parts of the Year)
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The Disappointment PC series is a super fun way for us to reset and recalibrate our expectations as reviewers and consumers, because it forces us to look at a year's worth of the worst products. We already posted a bunch of Best Of round-ups, so now we need to look back and cherish the moments of complete and utter let-down from each of the big PC companies. This past year began with hope as cryptomining collapsed and released its deathgrip on GPU prices, only to give way to a newfound AI obsession from NVIDIA, AMD, and Intel that ultimately began re-driving some of those prices back up. We also got to witness the pure hubris required to launch a 16GB RTX 4060 Ti for $500 and target it at "1080p gaming," perhaps challenged only by ASUS' best efforts to blame the customer when CPUs exploded in their motherboards. And of course, our thanks to Intel for sneaking its Snake Oil meme in right before the end of the year.
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Disappointment Build 2022: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-LQua3toJ0
Disappointment Build 2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHhUtAOmGKc
Disappointment Build 2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGnBI0rDgA4
Disappointment Build 2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO_xDzDOua4
Disappointment Build 2018: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PNuE7N-prM
Disappointment Build 2017: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tbD-vX-Kks
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - GPU AI OBSESSION
04:28 - The Worst Parts of the Year
05:50 - 4070 Ti Marketing Lies
08:36 - Samsung's Dying SSDs
09:15 - Used GPU Fraud
10:01 - CEO AI Memes, ft. Intel, AMD, & NVIDIA
12:46 - Bad Games: Starfield & Cities Skylines 2
15:27 - Origin Pre-Built Disaster
15:58 - SEVEN SEGMENT MINI-RANT
17:17 - Exploding CPUs & ASUS
18:55 - The 4060 Ti 16GB & RX 7600
20:50 - CPUs Give Us Hope - And Take It Away
23:45 - THE POSITIVES
25:55 - GN's 2024 Plans
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