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| Processor | Pentium II 400 @ 516MHz |
|---|---|
| Motherboard | AOpen AX6BC EZ |
| Cooling | Stock |
| Memory | 192MB PC-133 |
| Video Card(s) | 2x Voodoo 12MB in SLI, S3 Trio64V+ |
| Storage | Maxtor 40GB |
| Display(s) | ViewSonic E90 |
| Audio Device(s) | Sound Blaster 16 |
| Software | Windows 98 SE |
OK let me try to clear it up.
NDAs will be signed by anyone who has access to or knowledge (legitimate, as in they're meant to know about it - not someone getting "free" info from someone else) of the product. This means that, as an example, there would have been an NDA signed by motherboard vendors for Ryzen during the course of last year. They would need extensive knowledge of the workings of the CPU as well as samples of the CPU in order to design motherboards - they're not reviewers, but all staff working on AM4 motherboards would have been under NDA.
Staff at AMD working on Ryzen would also have been under NDA, etc. It's certainly not exclusive to reviewers.
Secondly, I didn't say I HAVE the sticks, I said I've had knowledge of them. In theory I could have had second hand access to them, but I never had them in my hands personally
Lastly, knowing about upcoming products is a part of what puts food on my table - let's leave it at that
Those prices made me poop my pants a little bit. I thought the 4x8 GB DDR4-3000/3200 RGB disco lightshow RAM kits were expensive... 