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MUSIC CREDIT
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Intro: Laszlo – Supernova
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKfxmFU3lWY
iTunes Download Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/supernova/id936805712
Artist Link: https://soundcloud.com/laszlomusic

Outro: Approaching Nirvana – Sugar High
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngsGBSCDwcI
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Artist Link: http://www.youtube.com/approachingnirvana

Intro animation by MBarek Abdelwassaa https://www.instagram.com/mbarek_abdel/
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Mechanical RGB Keyboard by BigBrotherECE / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/mj6pHk4
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CHAPTERS
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0:00 – Intro
0:49 – Glasswire
1:10 – Test setup
1:40 – Quad Cores getting dominated
2:13 – But life isn’t just Cinebench
3:30 – Gaming Benchmarks
4:42 – lttstore.com
5:00 – But life isn’t just gaming
6:45 – Why overbuilding can be good
7:26 – The i7-4770K looks tasty at $100
8:35 – Ting Mobile
9:25 – Outro

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