The Tom's Hardware Show: Recent Episodes
Avram Piltch
Each week, the team of PC hardware experts at Tom's Hardware (tomshardware.com) takes on today's hottest topics. From new GPUs that push games to their limits to processors that overclock on a dozen cores or keyboards with swappable switches, we're covering all the latest products and trends. Stay up-to-date and overclock your hardware expertise with us.
Jarred Walton joins Michelle Ehrhardt to discuss the RTX 3090 Ti. Also, an update on the future of the Tom's Hardware Show.
Tom Butler from Lenovo joins us to show off the first Snapdragon ThinkPad, plus some design mockups for Z series models we might see in the future.
Senior Editor Andrew Freedman joins Michelle Ehrhardt to discuss his somewhat rough experience running Windows on the Steam Deck.
Apple revealed a bunch of new devices this week, including a new desktop chip that claims to have RTX 3090-rivaling integrated graphics. Andrew Freedman and Isaac Rouse join Michelle Ehrhardt to discuss that claim and more.
Backblaze's Andy Klein joins us to discuss its first SSD Drive Stats report! Why did Crucial's 500GB drive have a 43.22% failure rate over 2021? Tune in to find out.
Backblaze report: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/ssd-edition-2021-drive-stats-review/
Senior Editor Andrew Freedman joins host Michelle Ehrhardt to discuss both his Steam Deck review and his interview with Valve on what's coming next for the handheld PC.
Steam Deck Review: https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/steam-deck-valve-gaming-handheld
Interview with Valve: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/valve-steam-deck-interview-zen-2-sd-card-dock
Plenty of us are still deep in the work-from-home life, and Michelle Ehrhardt and Isaac Rouse have been busy reviewing the best peripherals to make your home office a little more comfortable. From Razer keyboards to trackball mice, we're breaking down how to stay comfortable in a home office.
Dying Light 2 can get very visually impressive, but what kind of frames can it pull? Jarred Walton joins us to discuss. Plus, more crypto news.
Dying Light 2 Performance Article: https://www.tomshardware.com/features/dying-light-2-pc-performance-benchmarks-settings#xenforo-comments-3749012
Nvidia's newest and least expensive RTX series card is finally out, but is it worth its theoretical $249 starting price? Jarred Walton joins us to discuss.
Roger from Patriot Viper joined us to debut a new headset, new DDR5 RAM and a new CPU cooler.
Are 'budget' GPUs back? Senior Editor Jarred Walton and Managing Editor Paul Alcorn join Michelle Ehrhardt to discuss AMD's new RX 6500 XT graphics card.
RX 6500 XT Review: https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-radeon-rx-6500-xt-review-xfx
How does the new PC port of God of War run? Senior Editor Jarred Walton joins Andrew Freedman and Michelle Ehrhardt to discuss his experience benchmarking Sony's latest console to PC conversion.
With this year's highly unusual CES at an end, we're discussing which products and concepts impressed us most.
Just in time for the holiday season, we discuss our favorite consumer tech of 2021.
Best of 2021 Awards: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/best-of-2021-awards
Dale Ludwig from Cherry joins us to talk about the Cherry MX 3.0 S, the company's ultra low profile switches currently making their way into laptops, other recently released products and plans for the future.
Jarred Walton joins Michelle Ehrhardt to talk about Nvidia's RTX 2060 12GB card, and Michelle shows off Movo's new webcam that's built into a desktop microphone. Also, video games.
Nvidia Confirms RTX 2060 12GB: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-confirms-rtx-2060-12gb
A special guest, Matt Swider from The Shortcut, joins us to share his tips for how to snag a new console or graphics card this holiday season.
Host Michelle Ehrhardt and Senior Editor Andrew Freedman reminisce on the latest generation of consoles now that we're a year into it.
Is Intel on its way back to the top? Managing Editor Matt Safford and Senior Editor Jarred Walton join host Michelle Ehrhardt to talk about our Alder Lake review.
Our editors Paul Alcorn and Jarred Walton join host Michelle Ehrhardt to show off the new Alder Lake chips and discuss their specs and pricing. Also, is GeForce Now's new RTX 3080 tier worth it?
Razer's Jason Coe and Jeff Sandoval join us to show off and discuss the new Razer components announced at RazerCon 2021. Also, a look at Razer's Zephyr Face Mask.
Our graphics card expert Jarred Walton joins us to show off and give us his take on the Radeon RX 6600 GPU, which targets 1080p and has a starting MSRP of $329.
Our reviewers for the Surface Pro 8 and Surface Laptop Studio show off and take questions on their devices, plus we continue to discuss Windows 11 performance and design.
Join us as we show off and discuss the Windows 11 builds currently available to Windows Insiders and take your questions ahead of the operating system's October 5th release.
We discuss the recent Microsoft Surface announcements and give you a first hand look at the new Alienware x17.
Our CPU expert Paul Alcorn shows off AMD's Ryzen 4700S Mini PC kit, which uses a recycled PS5 chip and currently isn't available at retail.
Wooting CEO and co-founder Calder Limmen joins The Tom's Hardware Show to discuss the Wooting's upcoming analog mechanical keyboards. We also check out the new Razer Basilisk V3 gaming mouse.
The Tom's Hardware team takes a look at the Asus ROG Strix LC GeForce RTX 3080 Ti graphics card and MSI Pulse GL66 gaming laptop they're testing.
YouTuber, 3D printing enthusiast and hacker Riskable joins us to discuss his Void DIY magnetic levitation keyboard switches. We also demo the Roccat Torch gaming microphone.
The Tom's Hardware team discusses details on Intel's Arc Alchemist GPU and takes a look at the Acer Predator Triton 500 SE gaming laptop.
Tom's Hardware editors discuss the new AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT graphics card. We also get into the AMD Ryzen 5 5600G APU.
Tom's Hardware editors discuss testing the new AMD Ryzen 7 5700G APU, AMD's latest financial numbers and the AOG Agon AGM700, one of AOC's first gaming mice.
Keyboard modder and YouTuber Alexotos drops by for the latest episode of The Tom's Hardware Show. We also check out the new Intel NUC 11 Extreme Kit.
Raijintek's director of product development and operations, Tony Sahin, joins us to discuss the latest in liquid cooling and PC cases. We also look at the DIY Framework laptop and AMD-powered Razer Blade 14.
We take a preview of AMD’s new 7nm “Cezzane” Ryzen 5 5600G APU. Retro gaming collector and streamer Contra_Viction also joins us to explain how to hack an SNES Classic console to add more games. And we take a look at the new Secretlab Titan Evo 2022 gaming chair.
The Tom’s Hardware team checks out Asus’ compact ROG Zephyrus M16 gaming laptop with an RTX 3060. We also get into the Nintendo Switch OLED and preview AOC’s Agon AGK700 gaming keyboard.
Mac Marshall, Turtle Beach Senior Director of PR and Brand Communications, joins us to talk about Turtle Beach, as well as what’s going on with Roccat and Neat Microphones.
Tom's Hardware editors discuss Microsoft's Windows 11 announcement and testing AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR), Team Red's response to Nvidia DLSS.
Viotek's director of product development Steve Kowalski stops by The Tom's Hardware Show for a live Q&A and to talk all things gaming monitors. We also look at our review of the HP Elite Dragonfly Max 5G laptop.
Tom's Hardware gets into their review of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti graphics card. We also discuss benchmarking the AMD-powered Lenovo Legion 5 Pro gaming laptop.
Tom's Hardware editors discuss their review of the Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti and the AMD Radeon RX 6800M in the Asus ROG Strix G15 Advantage Edition gaming laptop.
Intel exec turned Chia Project VP of Storage Business Development Jonmichael Hands joins us to discuss all things chia farming.
The Tom’s Hardware crew discusses its review of the AMD-powered Alienware m15 Ryzen Edition R5 gaming laptop and benchmark results for Intel’s top-end Tiger Lake-H mobile CPU, the 8-core Core i9-11980HK. We also take a sneak peek at the Dell XPS 13's new OLED touchscreen option.
Tom’s Hardware editors discuss this week’s hot component news: Nvidia’s RTX 3050 and RTX 3050 Ti announcement and Intel’s new 8-core Tiger Lake-H 11th Gen mobile CPUs.
Ray tracing has been available in mainstream PC games for a while now. Is it worth it yet? And how do Nvidia and AMD flavors of ray tracing compare? Tom’s Hardware editors discuss. We also demo the new Razer Orochi V2 wireless gaming mouse.
Tom’s Hardware editors discuss the new Asus ZenBook 13 with AMD Ryzen and pit the GeForce RTX 3090 against the RX 6900 XT in a graphics card faceoff.
Patriot’s Les Henry, VP of North America and South America Sales, and Roger Shinmoto, VP of Product, unveils the new Patriot Viper VP4300 PCIe 4.0 M.2 SSD. We also compare the Intel Core i9-11900K and AMD Ryzen 9 5900X in our latest CPU faceoff.
Logitech G's Erin Morgan and Ashray Urs, Streamlabs’ head of product, join the show to discuss the latest in game streaming trends and how streamers can level up their setup. Pro streamer Junae Benne also weighs in.
Tom’s Hardware editors unite to discuss Intel’s new 11th Gen Rocket Lake CPUs, the Intel Core i9-11900K and Intel Core i5-11600K.
Razer senior marketing managers Ashe McKeague and Mike Scharnikow join us to discuss Razer’s latest PC gaming peripherals and more. We also get into the Lenovo ThinkPad X12 Detachable we just reviewed.
Sapphire Technology’s Edward Crisler joins us as we discuss our review of the new AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT graphics card.
Explore Modding joins us to discuss Project A.R.E.S., his PC case mod that won Best Tower in Cooler Master’s Case Mod World Series this week. And MP-Customized shows off -= Gravity Control =-, which won the modding contest's Small & Mighty award.
It’s Thunderbolt’s 10th birthday! Intel’s Jason Ziller, general manager of the Client Connectivity Division, and Ben Hacker, director of I/O strategy in the Client Connectivity Division, join us to discuss the port’s history, the latest iteration, Thunderbolt 4, and the future.
The Tom’s Hardware team discusses the new cryptomining craze and what it means for graphics cards. We also take a sneak peek at the all-AMD Alienware Aurora R10 Ryzen Edition gaming desktop.
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Intel’s GM of premium and gaming notebook segments, Fredrik Hamberger, sits down to discuss Intel’s H35 processors. The new 11th Gen Tiger Lake mobile CPUs target ultraportable gaming laptops.
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Pixio operation manager Kevin Park joins us to discuss budget gaming monitors. We also get into performance variations among gaming laptops with the same Nvidia RTX 30-series mobile graphics card.
In this week’s episode, we discuss our review of the Asus ROG Flow X13, which packs an AMD Ryzen 9 5980HS, Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q and proprietary dock with an RTX 3080, and Hitman 3 benchmarking.
HDMI Licensing Administrator CTO Jeff Park joins us to discuss HDMI 2.1 and what it means for gamers. We also preview a couple of the latest products to hit the Tom's Hardware lab.
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The Tom's Hardware staff shares their thoughts on CES 2021 and the best hardware they saw this year.
Craig Wiley, VESA board member and senior director of marketing at Parade Technologies, joins us to discuss DisplayPort 2.0 and what it means for gamers. We also take a look at the HP 28u monitor that just hit our lab and graphics card availability in 2021. (Image credit: Shutterstock)
Modders Staszek "Tips" Wiertelak and Tim “Timpelay” Malmborg join us to discuss the Cyberpunk 2077-themed PC builds they brought to life. And we also get into Cyberpunk refunds.
In this week’s episode of The Tom’s Hardware Show, we sit down with Glorious PC Gaming Race CEO Shazim Mohammad to discuss the new GMMK Pro keyboard and get into our Cyberpunk 2077 performance testing. (Image credit: CD Projekt Red)
The Chairman of VESA’s DisplayHDR task group and Principal Engineer at Intel, Roland Wooster, answers our HDR and OLED monitor questions. We also get into our review of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti.
The Tom's Hardware gang discusses its review and benchmark results for the new AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT and RX 6800 graphics cards.
Corsair senior product line manager Michael Grey joins us to discuss the latest happenings in mechanical and gaming keyboards.
In this special episode of The Tom's Hardware Show, we go hands-on with both next-gen consoles and take questions from the audience.
This week, we discuss the launch of AMD's Ryzen 5000 Zen 3 CPUs, including our review of the Ryzen 9 5950X and 5900X.
HyperX's Daniel Kelley joins the Tom's Hardware editors to discuss eSports trends, and we also get into the new Nvidia RTX 3070 graphics card.
Tom's Hardware editors discuss what they've been testing this week, including the Nvidia Reflex Latency Analyzer found in 360Hz monitors, Alienware Aurora R11 gaming desktop with RTX 3090 graphics and Varmilo MA108M Moonlight keyboard with new EC Sakura V2 electro capacitive mechanical switches.
The Tom's Hardware crew discusses the new Microsoft Surface Laptop Go, Xbox Series X's backward compatibility with all Xbox games and Corsair's new budget K60 RGB Pro gaming keyboard.
Tom's Hardware editors discuss and answer questions about AMD's Zen 3 announcement, namely expectations for Ryzen 5000 "Vermeer" desktop CPUs.
On this week's live episode of The Tom's Hardware Show, the Tom's Hardware gang discusses RTX 30-series, drivers, stability and how the Nvidia Ampere graphics cards look 2 weeks after launch. We also get into the arrival of Intel 11th Gen Tiger Lake laptops and Razer's gaming mouse with an 8,000Hz polling rate.
EQNX eSports team member Junae Benne talks pro gaming life and the best streaming platforms (there's more than just Twitch!). We also discuss performance of the new Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 graphics card.
Laptop Mag Editor-in-Chief Sherri Smith joins the Tom's Hardware gang to discuss the best and worst laptop brands of 2020. Plus, Tom's Hardware Senior Editor Jarred Walton shows off the third-party RTX 3080 graphics cards he's testing.
This week on The Tom's Hardware Show, special guest Daniel Guermeur, CEO and Co-Founder of Das Keyboard, stops by to talk all things keyboards -- and even weighs in on some mice!
The Tom's Hardware team is joined by overclocker and tech enthusiast Hardware Numb3rs for some live overclocking of the Intel Core i9-10900K CPU. We also talk Intel's 11th Gen Core Tiger Lake launch and 360Hz monitor news.
In this special edition of The Tom's Hardware Show, we break down Jensen Huang's big unveiling of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3000-series graphics cards. (Image credit: Nvidia)
JPModified joins The Tom's Hardware Show to show off his latest mod and talk about how to become a professional PC modder. We also get into Microsoft Flight Simulator and joysticks, plus Logitech's colorful new gaming peripherals.
Tom's Hardware editors dish on the Xbox Series X's AMD architecture deep dive released this week, as well as the Intel Xe HPG GPU.
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Professional PC modder MP-customized joins Tom's Hardware editors to discuss the latest modding trends. We also get into desktop PC designs of 2020, answer live viewer questions and more!
In this special edition of the Tom's Hardware Show we talk about today's breaking news. Micron let the cat out of the bag and we know a lot about the speed of the GDDR6x. Graphics editor Jarred Walton joins for this breaking news episode.
Twitch streamer ZombaeKillz joins the Tom's Hardware gang live as they talk PC builds for streaming, PS5's DLSS-like potential and more.
While Intel’s 7nm CPUs are in troubled waters, AMD’s Q2 numbers have soared into record territory. We get into it all on this week’s live episode of The Tom’s Hardware Show. Plus, we’ve got a surprise, a live audio test with a new Razer headset.
This week on the Tom's Hardware show, we're talking about AMD's newly-announced Ryzen 4000 APUs, performance-testing Intel's Lakefield processor and taking a look at a mouse with a built-in fan and a budget keyboard from Redragon. Special guest Mike Williams from usgamer.net joins us.
We take a closer look at the Ryzen-powered Minisforum DMAF5, check out Razer's new 60% keyboard and chat with special guest LowSpec Alex about what it takes to run Death Stranding on PC.
On the July 9th episode of the Tom's Hardware Show, we dive deep into AMD's new Ryzen XT processors, including the Ryzen 9 3900XT, talk about Nvidia exceeding Intel's market cap and check out HyperX's latest keyboard.
The most-anticipated game of 2020, Cyberpunk 2077 won't be out until November, but you can get a jump on the action by planning your PC upgrade. We talk about what CPU, GPU and other components you'll need to get the best experience.
June 25, 2020: This was a big week for new product announcements with Apple, Acer and Dell all making headlines. We discuss Apple's move to Arm processors, show you to change your keyboard switches and look at all those new gaming PCs.
June 11, 2020: This week, we talk about Intel's new Lakefield CPUs, the first chips based on the company's Foveros 3D technology, try out some wireless-charging mice and look at some of the world's smallest laptop chargers.