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I was giving a first look at the news I'll post later and found this one that's too good to not post:

Intel Alder Lake CPUs may have compatibility issues with some DRMs
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/intel-alder-lake-cpus-may-have-compatibility-issues-with-some-drms/
Intel will soon release its next-gen CPUs for desktop PCs, the Alder Lake series. The Alder Lake CPUs use a hybrid architecture with big and smaller CPUs. And this hybrid architecture may introduce compatibility issues in some games that use third-party DRMs.

As Intel itself claimed, DRM manufacturers should release newer versions of their DRMs that can support the hybrid architecture of its new CPUs. This basically means that all existing games using, let’s say Denuvo, will have to patch it so that it can be compatible with Alder Lake. Otherwise, their older versions MAY introduce various issues.

Now we want to be crystal clear here. These DRMs MAY have compatibility issues. Nothing is set in stone yet, so we don’t really know. These DRMs (like for instance VMProtect) may work just fine with Intel’s new CPUs. Still, this is something you should keep in mind before purchasing a CPU that uses a hybrid architecture.

Also, a bonus, three reviews of that Noctua card:
in English: https://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/148494-asus-geforce-rtx-3070-noctua-edition-oc/
in German: https://www.computerbase.de/2021-10/asus-geforce-rtx-3070-noctua-review-test/
in French: https://www.cowcotland.com/articles/3334/test-carte-graphique-asus-rtx-3070-noctua-oc-it-s-oh-so-quiet.html

Cooling wise it's amazing, but it has a cost, it's a 4.3 slot card