The Full Nerd 2021 hardware awards...

This may be the only way to actually have a PC in a few years' time...

Yesterday, I watched the latest episode of the excellent Full Nerd Show, presented by PC World staff. They covered their favourite tech for the year in the categories of CPU, GPU, PC case, "Accessory", Laptop, PC game, Best innovation, and Worst Trend. I highly recommend a watch of this episode in particular as there's a lively debate over the CPU and GPU picks but I recommened subscribing to their channel in general as The Full Nerd is always of high quality.

However, I did have some thoughts about those two hotly debated categories and on what my own picks woud be for the CPU and GPU of the year....

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Yeah, I splurged on a stock photo license for this piece...

Dear friends, 

We are gathered here today to lay to rest our dear friend, Zen 3. Zen 3 was received in this world in a mostly positive way, despite their parent, AMD, charging more for them than was expected or deemed seemly. However, Zen 3's life was cut dramatically short on the 04th November 2021 after just one year  on the market, when Intel released their 12th generation of processors, previously codenamed "Alder Lake".

And so, we pay our respects to Zen 3. Ashes to ashes, dust to- OMG, it's alive! It's STILL alive!