1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,040 Your RAM, it kind of sucks, especially your laptop's RAM. 2 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:06,320 Because you have to choose between having slim but speedy, 3 00:00:06,320 --> 00:00:11,440 soldered RAM that gives up upgradeability, or if you're someone who wants to maybe expand in the future, 4 00:00:11,440 --> 00:00:17,920 you have to use these thick and slow Sodium slots that can't run RAM nearly as fast as your desktop computer could. 5 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:21,760 What are you going to do? Well, we're going to switch to Cam, baby. 6 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:26,240 Now, what the heck is Cam, too? Well, it's a new form factor for RAM 7 00:00:26,240 --> 00:00:30,960 that solves both of those problems and will allow your laptop to run at RAM speeds as fast 8 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:35,440 or faster than your desktop's RAM. And it does it in a low profile form. 9 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:39,520 So why am I talking about this when I'm in front of a bunch of desktop computers? 10 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:44,240 Well, you see, Gigabyte is bringing Cam to their motherboards. 11 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:50,880 Right here is 48 gigabytes of RAM running at 8,000 megatransvers per second at CL40 speeds. 12 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:55,280 So why is Cam so much faster? Well, it's not to do with the memory chips specifically. 13 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:59,200 It almost all comes down to the form factor. I won't go into a ton of detail on this. 14 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:02,240 If you want to learn more, go check out our Cam 2 video on LTT. 15 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:08,480 But here's a very service level overview. Because of how far data has to travel from your CPU to your RAM, 16 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:11,920 it has to go up and then down and all the way even as far up to here. 17 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:15,440 It also means that more of these traces have to be very specific lengths 18 00:01:15,440 --> 00:01:19,360 to make sure that the signals are arriving at the exact same time. The smaller the landing zone, 19 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:22,640 the easier it is to make sure that all of those traces are connected. 20 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:28,880 Another failure comes in the form of these pins. Listen, man, DDR has been very similar for a very long time 21 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:33,200 and these slots are coming on well over 20 years old at this point. 22 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:36,960 There's probably a better way to do it. And that's what Cam hopes to do. 23 00:01:36,960 --> 00:01:41,440 Now, some of you might be looking at this and being like, hey, didn't they just take this part and turn it like this? 24 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:44,880 Yes, they did. The space savings that Cam provides typically come 25 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:48,880 in the form of vertical space, which is what makes it so important for laptops. 26 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:52,960 If you want a thin, powerful laptop, this allows you to get it. But also something to consider. 27 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:57,600 It's how much easier it's going to be to provide cooling to your CPU, especially with low profile coolers. 28 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:02,000 And even tower coolers will benefit from it because you won't have to have your fans up like an extra 29 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:05,120 one or two centimeters to accommodate your RGB RAM. 30 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:10,880 And the RAM itself will be easier to cool. But I'm getting ahead of myself. Let's take a look at how this actually connects to the motherboard. 31 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:16,320 And we'll do that after this word from our sponsor. And that is how Cam connects. 32 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:22,640 It might look a little familiar because it's the same mechanism that our CPUs connect to in a land grid array. 33 00:02:22,640 --> 00:02:26,720 You have a connector with an array of pins. You screw down your module onto that 34 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:31,360 and that compresses them to ensure that they have a really, really strong and stable contact. 35 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:34,960 This does wonders for signal integrity. There's a reason we use it on CPUs. 36 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:38,160 And that signal integrity has so many benefits. We already talked about speed, 37 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:41,600 but it also has up to 80% more power efficiency. 38 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:46,000 I can't speak about that specifically for this model, but that is with Cam in general. 39 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:49,520 Now, I know that you nerds at home are drooling all over this. 40 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:54,800 Sadly, we're not going to be able to get it yet. Even just getting Cam modules is very difficult. 41 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:58,400 They're not really for sale. And they're also very expensive. 42 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:03,600 They're in the so new that it's too expensive to make and therefore too expensive to buy 43 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:07,600 that kind of chicken and egg scenario that a lot of new technology gets stuck in for a little while. 44 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:10,960 And Gigabyte won't be releasing a compatible motherboard anytime soon 45 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:14,400 because they have to wait for market viability as well. 46 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:17,920 But it's really cool that they have a working prototype. Oh yeah, did I mention that? 47 00:03:17,920 --> 00:03:20,640 This system's running right now using the Cam memory. 48 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:24,560 And it looks pretty good. Now let's talk about something that you're actually 49 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:30,880 will be able to get pretty soon. This is the ARS8670E Master X3D Ice. 50 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:35,920 And it's not just another motherboard. One, it's ATX but seems to pack as many features 51 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:40,880 as you'd find on a much larger motherboard, including this curiously placed HDMI port on the front. 52 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:44,000 The idea is that if you have like a third party in case display, 53 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:48,400 you don't have to route an HDMI cable out through the back of your PC and into the back of your motherboard. 54 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:52,800 You can put it right here for a much cleaner and easier run. Also, if you have a test bench, 55 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:56,080 you might find this a little bit easier to access than the back of the board. And that's just the start. 56 00:03:56,080 --> 00:04:00,480 Tons and tons of IO all over the board, super densely packed in there. 57 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:05,600 You might not care but I care. It's got two of these easy release PCIe slot locks. 58 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:08,640 But the coolest part is their OC chip with turbo mode. 59 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:13,920 Chip that's included with this. What does it do? It allows the motherboard to overclock your chip for you. 60 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:18,000 But how does it work? Well, it uses AI to analyze your CPU's performance 61 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:25,040 and adjusts the clock speeds and voltages to bring out apparently up to 15% more performance. 62 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:29,520 They say in their testing it's 10 to 15% more. That is an absolute game changer. 63 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:36,160 It's hard to say if that's going to be true across the board or if you're going to be somebody who needs to have like a golden CPU 64 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:40,080 or if that's only in specific games. They said that they tested it in Cyberpunk 65 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:43,680 as well as a couple of other games but they said a couple of other games. 66 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:47,280 If you're a gaming enthusiast who wants absolutely everything, 67 00:04:47,280 --> 00:04:52,080 including installed Wi-Fi drivers, they're already on there. But we won't know until it releases in September. 68 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:55,920 They haven't given up price point or anything. I'm assuming because it's part of their master lineup, 69 00:04:55,920 --> 00:05:00,560 it will be in that master price point range which is not cheap. 70 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:04,880 And neither am I, which is why I'm giving you this free tip. You can watch more short circuits from Computex. 71 00:05:04,880 --> 00:05:07,840 Just click the links that are on the screen right now. Do it. I love you.