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HW News – MSI Driver Code Breach, 10% 7800X3D Boost, Budget A620 Motherboards

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This week’s hardware news episode recaps MSI’s 10% boost update for the 7800X3D via BIOS, but also talks about potential breach concerns with external copies of MSI’s drivers and software. It’s just generally good advice to only download from the manufacturer itself, but due to new source code breaches, MSI has become concerned about the possibility of exploits. In unrelated news, AMD has officially announced its A620 motherboard chipset, EK and Seagate are selling Star Wars SSDs, and more.

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00:00 – Recapping the Week
01:21 – GN Project & Solder Mat Testing
06:01 – Warning: Possible Malware-Infected MSI Drivers
08:39 – MSI Enhanced Boost for 10% X3D Performance
10:44 – EK & Seagate Make ‘Lightsaber’…