WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.040 Your RAM, it kind of sucks, especially your laptop's RAM. 00:00:03.040 --> 00:00:06.320 Because you have to choose between having slim but speedy, 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, 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. 00:00:17.920 --> 00:00:21.760 What are you going to do? Well, we're going to switch to Cam, baby. 00:00:21.760 --> 00:00:26.240 Now, what the heck is Cam, too? Well, it's a new form factor for RAM 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 00:00:30.960 --> 00:00:35.440 or faster than your desktop's RAM. And it does it in a low profile form. 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? 00:00:39.520 --> 00:00:44.240 Well, you see, Gigabyte is bringing Cam to their motherboards. 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. 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. 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. 00:00:59.200 --> 00:01:02.240 If you want to learn more, go check out our Cam 2 video on LTT. 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, 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. 00:01:11.920 --> 00:01:15.440 It also means that more of these traces have to be very specific lengths 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, 00:01:19.360 --> 00:01:22.640 the easier it is to make sure that all of those traces are connected. 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 00:01:28.880 --> 00:01:33.200 and these slots are coming on well over 20 years old at this point. 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. 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? 00:01:41.440 --> 00:01:44.880 Yes, they did. The space savings that Cam provides typically come 00:01:44.880 --> 00:01:48.880 in the form of vertical space, which is what makes it so important for laptops. 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. 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. 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 00:02:02.000 --> 00:02:05.120 one or two centimeters to accommodate your RGB RAM. 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. 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. 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. 00:02:22.640 --> 00:02:26.720 You have a connector with an array of pins. You screw down your module onto that 00:02:26.720 --> 00:02:31.360 and that compresses them to ensure that they have a really, really strong and stable contact. 00:02:31.360 --> 00:02:34.960 This does wonders for signal integrity. There's a reason we use it on CPUs. 00:02:34.960 --> 00:02:38.160 And that signal integrity has so many benefits. We already talked about speed, 00:02:38.160 --> 00:02:41.600 but it also has up to 80% more power efficiency. 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. 00:02:46.000 --> 00:02:49.520 Now, I know that you nerds at home are drooling all over this. 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. 00:02:54.800 --> 00:02:58.400 They're not really for sale. And they're also very expensive. 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 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. 00:03:07.600 --> 00:03:10.960 And Gigabyte won't be releasing a compatible motherboard anytime soon 00:03:10.960 --> 00:03:14.400 because they have to wait for market viability as well. 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? 00:03:17.920 --> 00:03:20.640 This system's running right now using the Cam memory. 00:03:21.280 --> 00:03:24.560 And it looks pretty good. Now let's talk about something that you're actually 00:03:24.560 --> 00:03:30.880 will be able to get pretty soon. This is the ARS8670E Master X3D Ice. 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 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. 00:03:40.880 --> 00:03:44.000 The idea is that if you have like a third party in case display, 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. 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, 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. 00:03:56.080 --> 00:04:00.480 Tons and tons of IO all over the board, super densely packed in there. 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. 00:04:05.600 --> 00:04:08.640 But the coolest part is their OC chip with turbo mode. 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. 00:04:13.920 --> 00:04:18.000 But how does it work? Well, it uses AI to analyze your CPU's performance 00:04:18.000 --> 00:04:25.040 and adjusts the clock speeds and voltages to bring out apparently up to 15% more performance. 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. 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 00:04:36.160 --> 00:04:40.080 or if that's only in specific games. They said that they tested it in Cyberpunk 00:04:40.080 --> 00:04:43.680 as well as a couple of other games but they said a couple of other games. 00:04:43.680 --> 00:04:47.280 If you're a gaming enthusiast who wants absolutely everything, 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. 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, 00:04:55.920 --> 00:05:00.560 it will be in that master price point range which is not cheap. 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. 00:05:04.880 --> 00:05:07.840 Just click the links that are on the screen right now. Do it. I love you.