PC Perspective Podcast

You didn't ask for it, but here it is. The greatest PC Perspective podcast ever recorded on March 27, 2024. China bans things, FSR 3.1, DirectSR, and EVGA PSU wiring ... Other topics below.

Oh, and sorry this is posted late this week!

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:01 Food with Josh
03:14 AMD announced FSR 3.1 at GDC
08:10 Radeon 7900 GRE gets memory OC unlocked
12:05 China bans AMD, Intel, and Windows from Government PCs
17:24 ASUS launching NUC 14 Pro
20:50 Microsoft DirectSR revealed
25:23 EVGA PSU RMA fries HDDs, company makes it right
29:09 TrueNAS Core bids goodbye to FreeBSD
33:16 (in)Security Corner
48:49 Gaming Quick Hits
59:36 ECS LIVA Z5 PLUS review
1:04:38 Picks of the Week
1:14:43 Outro

Another week, and another podcast. It seems like our destiny. In the words of Darth Vader, join us, and together we can rule the galaxy as ... distant cousins? I think that's what he said. Topics below include such morsels as Nvidia GTC (feel the power) and that delidded 14900KS cpus can come that way (feel the heat).

Recorded March 20, 2024.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:26 Food with Josh
02:54 NVIDIA at GTC - new Blackwell GPU architecture
14:19 Tiny Corp is apparently dumping AMD
16:26 SK hynix shows of their first Gen5 SSD, the Platinum P51
18:26 Intel and TSMC reportedly face delays in Arizona fab construction
20:32 MAINGEAR will sell you a delidded 14900KS - with a warranty!
29:10 Oh yeah, Intel officially launched the Core i9-14900KS just after our show last week
30:17 (in)Security Corner
40:25 Gaming Quick Hits
44:55 Picks of the Week
1:00:57 Outro

This week we discuss AMD's new 144 Hz requirement for FreeSync certification, the "perfection" of 12GB RAM capacity, Corsair's K65 PLUS keyboard that's actually 75%, Epic gets expensive, mining with Ryzen and more topics (listed below).

Recorded March 13, 2024.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:08 Food with Josh
04:54 Mining on Ryzen CPUs is a thing again
09:22 Epic doesn't despise ALL fees, as long as they aren't from Apple
13:34 DDR5 will soon be available in 12GB DIMMs
16:29 Data miners provide mixed reports on NVIDIA Blackwell memory configs
18:05 A new version of AIDA64 is here
23:22 AMD stops certifying FreeSync displays under 144 Hz
28:19 (in)Security Corner
40:56 Gaming Quick Hits
49:36 Corsair K65 PLUS keyboard review
54:43 Fosi Audio LC30 switcher and VU meter review
1:00:08 Picks of the Week
1:09:57 Outro

We talked at length about various things, some of which were actually the topics at hand! The Apple M3, Android apps on Windows 11, and Roku agreement - or else. See the list below for an approximation of the conversation.

Recorded March 6, 2024.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:19 Food with Josh
02:51 GDDR7 spec published - it's fast
06:31 Samsung reported planning to market 3nm as "2nm"
10:37 NVIDIA forbids use of CUDA translation for other GPUs (RIP ZLUDA)
12:08 Apple launches M3 MacBook Air models
14:07 Roku blunders with arbitration terms move
16:57 EU digital markets act goes into effect - plus Apple vs. Epic III
22:33 Android apps on Windows 11 to stop working next year
23:41 (in)Security Corner
32:19 Gaming Quick Hits
43:38 Crucial T705 Gen5 SSD review
55:04 Picks of the Week
1:06:38 Outro attempt
1:08:26 Josh Outro

Josh is traveling again, Kent is back, and we have plenty to discuss. Intel CPU crashes, the RX 7900 GRE, the AT&T outage, Nvidia is the GPU cartel - it's all here in this one show! Here us now, and believe us later. See all the times below for a list of topics - and don't worry, Jeremy did the burger segment.

Recorded February 28, 2024.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
03:32 Food with Josh via Jeremy
05:34 AMD Radeon GRE global launch and RX 7700 XT price drop
07:40 Limited OC headroom from GRE a bug, says AMD
08:38 Our RX 7900 GRE review - featuring the Sapphire PURE
15:02 Intel has a new FET - and wants back in the server room
20:53 Corsair launches new dual-chamber cases
23:29 That AT&T outage last week
28:05 More on the Intel 13th and 14th Gen crashing reports
34:59 Herkelman says NVIDIA is a GPU cartel
37:05 Security Corner
53:41 Gaming Quick Hits
1:01:29 Picks of the Week
1:10:01 Outro

After a couple of weeks we are back at full strength, and it will take our combined willpower to withstand the might of NVIDIA's ridiculous earnings report. We also talked about the reported listings for a 400W Core i9-14900KS, took a look at Corsair's A115 air cooler, and Josh reviewed some food. And also you can now trade one benevolent OS vendor for another with a Windows 10 -> ChromeOS upgrade! Plus other topics, found in the time stamps below.

Recorded February 21, 2024.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:14 Food with Josh
05:18 NVIDIA's insane quarter (is this AI stuff sustainable?)
18:49 Intel Foundry news
23:21 Reports of a 400W Intel Core i9-14900KS
26:15 AMD paused the RX 7600 XT launch in China due to competition from AMD
27:28 A brief mention of the new Cooler Master AiO lawsuit
28:29 Ryzen 8000G STAPM issue was fixed
33:46 Google Flexes a ChromeOS alternative to Windows 11
36:28 Josh talks about Arm
44:51 (in)Security Corner
56:13 Gaming Quick Hits
59:40 (GQH continues) Intel CPUs causing Unreal Engine crashes?
1:07:57 Corsair A115 air cooler tested
1:17:14 Picks of the Week
1:27:17 Outro

Josh is back, but Brett was stuck at work - so we podcasted as a trio for the second week in a row. And this time, somehow (without Brett to add stories to the list), the entire show is just over 45 minutes long. Don't despair - there's still a burger segment!

Recorded February 14, 2024.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:29 Food with Josh
04:02 ZLUDA - an AMD funded drop-in CUDA implementation?
10:44 NVIDIA intros RTX 2000 Ada Generation slot-powered GPU
14:53 Intel trying to supply the new XBox SoC?
22:44 Just another Ryzen 9 7945HX mini-ITX motherboard
25:13 Breaking news - the RTX 4080 Super is impossible to find at MSRP
26:55 VMWare kills off free vSphere Hypervisor
28:12 Security Corner
31:54 Gaming Quick Hits
37:15 Picks of the Week
45:45 Outro

Josh abandoned us this week to stream himself virtually attending a Flight Simulator event, so you will have to contend with a trio of cranky people as we discuss another week's PC industry news. Sorry in advance - though Jeremy did walk us through Josh's burger segment. There's still plenty to panic over in the Security Corner, and some AI coming to Google maps - just what we needed.

Recorded February 7, 2024.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:25 Jeremy Presents: Food with Josh
04:20 AMD drops Radeon RX 7900 XT price to 699 USD
05:49 Ryzen 8000G STAPM issue awaits firmware fix
07:58 TSMC might not be jumping on the High-NA EUV bandwagon yet
11:39 Resizable BAR mod for systems as old as Sandy Bridge?
15:24 Running Win10 on older hardware? Sorry about those app updates...
18:11 Google Maps - now with hallucinations
23:12 Backing up the Internet is a cache-22 proposition
27:38 Microsoft is bringing the sudo command to Windows Server
30:53 Security Corner
42:51 Gaming Quick Hits
46:59 Picks of the Week
55:43 Outro

Another week, another NVIDIA SUPER launch. But this is the last one, we promise. (We hope.) You probably already know it's barely any faster than the original, but it's $200 less (in the USA anyhow) so who cares, right??
We talked about more stuff, too like why security is terrible and a cool game named "Judas". Also, just check the time stamps below.

Recorded January 31, 2024 using digital recording technology unheard of in the Middle Ages.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:10 Food with Josh
03:59 RTX 4080 SUPER review
12:33 Josh's Soapbox (and further GPU rambles)
18:05 AMD's 2023 results are in
25:57 Microsoft Teams outage
27:35 Edge is taking over Chrome (just a "bug" so don't worry)
30:38 Are process nodes reality, or marketing?
37:34 Security Corner
45:26 Gaming Quick Hits
50:34 Fosi Audio ZA3 dual-mode amp review
58:32 Picks of the Week
1:06:29 Outro

Recorded live in GPU City, where a mutagen spill has radically altered our minds, but somehow left our bodies unchanged...and without any ninjutsu proficiency. Oh well, at least there are two GPU launches to talk about, and you'd better believe we talked about them. RTX gets a Remaster. Also, a burger.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:37 Food with Josh
04:02 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER launch review
16:47 AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT launch reviews
30:50 Finally, a new Radeon driver - and it adds Fluid Motion Frames
33:40 New Intel Arc driver promises up to 30% DX11 uplift
38:33 (in)Security Corner
47:13 Gaming Quick Hits (hit, really - there was just one this week)
51:17 Picks of the Week
1:01:09 Outro

We are back again this week to discuss, among other things, just how super the GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER actually is. There are also some weird tales about display tech at CES, thermal pad vs. paste, more Windows LLM shenanigans, and even a new version of memtest86! But wait! There's some "great" security scares (and theater?) with some gaming news thrown in too!

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
01:36 Food with Josh
03:07 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER launch
19:48 Weird displays at CES
24:41 Is this the year to dump thermal paste for a pad?
28:38 Windows Copilot autostart tests limited to larger displays
29:52 ChatGPT is coming to Notepad (ugh)
30:58 The Hobbes OS/2 Archive is logging off
33:49 A new version of memtest86!
35:01 Podcast sponsor: GreenChef
36:30 (in)Security Corner
44:50 Gaming Quick Hits
51:08 Picks of the Week
1:03:13 Outro

It's CES 2024 wrap-up time, and in this by no means comprehensive look at this year's show - the podcast crew covers some highlights, including AMD's newest GPU and new additions to the Ryzen lineup, plus NVIDIA's Super cards (and changes to the RTX 40 Series lineup). Oh and several other topics like Bifurcation on a GPU, the MSI Claw, and our review of the Corsair K55 CORE, plus at least one burger. Topics below.

Recorded January 10, 2024.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:17 Food with Josh
02:30 AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT
09:19 NVIDIA RTX Super cards
16:38 AMD Ryzen CPUs at CES
20:06 ASUS goes back to the future
25:17 MSI's Claw and more from their CES booth
32:06 be quiet! has white cases at CES
33:03 Micron first with LPDDR5X LPCAMM2
34:53 ASUS shows RTX 4060 Ti with an M.2 slot
38:28 Gemini 2XL 3D webcams for AI-based work stuff
43:07 (in)Security Corner
52:14 Gaming Quick Hits
59:55 Corsair K55 CORE gaming keyboard review
1:03:06 Picks of the Week
1:16:57 Outro

It's the first podcast of the new year, and we are less than a week from CES 2024. What is in store? If we ignore the inevitable deluge of AI integration into every imaginable consumer electronic device at the show, possibly some affordable-ish graphics cards. We can only hope. Also, AMD might have some interesting Zen4/RDNA3 APUs. Dial in some security scares and some gaming news, and boom: we have a show.
Oh, and Josh had another burger.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:44 Food with Josh
02:58 CES predictions
04:15 The rumored Radeon RX 7600 XT
07:10 NVIDIA is teasing a GPU
10:18 A Ryzen 8600G appears
14:01 Windows 11 can't escape the shadow of Windows 10
17:30 MSI is offering a Gen5 SSD with a massive heatsink attached
21:43 The oldest-known version of MS-DOS ancestor 86-DOS found
23:10 (in)Security Corner
32:27 Gaming Quick Hits
38:19 Picks of the Week
48:12 Outro

Ho ho ho! Josh has been naughty this year, but coal is controversial so we were forced to give him all of his presents anyway. But what, you may ask, about you, the viewer? Why, this podcast is your gift! And what a precious, priceless, incredible gift it is. Go ahead - show it off. Impress your friends! Watch it again and again. It's the last show of 2023, after all...

It has all the usual twists and turns naturally, with some of your favorite segments including Intel Arc news, (in)Security Corner, and gaming fun. It's the end for GTX and a quick look at the AVerMedia Live external capture device. It's a merry 'ole time.

Recorded December 20, 2023.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:17 Food with Josh
03:40 RX 7700 XT Price Drop
07:03 AMD releases FSR 3 source code
10:17 Intel XeSS frame generation could be coming
13:31 Intel says they are not spinning off foundry
18:35 Pat Gelsinger's initials hidden in every i386
20:09 ASUS introduces first ProArt enclosure
21:48 The end of the GTX era
23:42 (in)Security Corner
37:57 Gaming Quick Hits
47:19 AVerMedia Live Gamer Ultra 2.1 USB-C capture card review
55:13 Pick of the Year
55:45 Picks of the Week
1:02:53 Outro

This week we gather, virtually, to discuss a wide array of topics, listed below in the time stamps. Also, Josh eats one of the messiest looking things he has documented to date. Bye E3, 1.4nm process nodes, 20GB "evil" networking, and a DOOM'd celebration!

Recorded December 13, 2023.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:02 Food with Josh
02:55 AMD Threadripper OC blows hidden fuse
06:11 TSMC talks 1.4nm
15:39 Mutiple companies intro USB4 SSDs
21:16 RIP E3
22:59 It's not a blower, it's Lateral Flow
24:20 A seemingly unlikely rumor about PS5 Pro specs
27:30 L4S is a new network standard that you might see soon
29:58 Google Fiber 20 Gbps coming to select cities for 250 USD
34:56 (in)Security Corner
45:48 Gaming Quick Hits
52:45 Quick mention of a short review video
55:11 Picks of the Week
1:00:27 Outro

A picture is worth a thousand words, so a video this long must be worth about a billion. And that's how you'll feel, just watching it. Like a billion dollars. We've got Intel Oil of Snake, Monitors so flat, Stay with Windows 10 forever, and some great LogoFails.

I have no idea what any of that means, but you can check the time stamps below for the topics under discussion.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:52 Food with Josh
03:00 AMD's AI Event
13:54 Intel's embarassing snake oil presentation
23:02 AMD finally fixes Radeon 7000 idle power draw
24:09 Don't worry, you can stay on Windows 10 - for a price
26:13 (in)Security Corner
44:31 Gaming Quick Hits
52:32 A very flat 40-inch ultrawide from Monoprice
1:01:59 A USB Gen2x2 expansion card, and a PNY Elite-X Type-C flash drive
1:07:38 Chopping AMD's fastest desktop processor in half for better performance
1:18:52 Picks of the Week
1:44:06 Outro

In this special JoshTekk episode, we return from our Thanksgiving break with just over an hour of some of the best podcasting you'll ever experience in your life. Don't believe it? Watch, and be convinced. We've got Tiny 11, OwnCloud horror show soon, Google Drive files that are disappearing, YouTube slights Firefox users, and so much more!

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
02:13 Food with Josh
03:33 Intel to spend billions to have TSMC fab their CPUs
10:17 Tiny11 now available in 23H2 version
12:35 NVIDIA makes all the money
18:04 Build your own USB-C power delivery sniffer
20:41 The amazing disappearing Google Drive files
23:17 YouTube's continued war against adblockers
26:12 Insecurity Corner
41:08 Gaming Quick Hits
46:32 Samsung Portable SSD T5 EVO 8TB review
51:43 Picks of the Week
59:32 Outro

We won't be podcasting next week, so we encourage you to watch this week's episode repeatedly until we return. We've got SanDisk Extreme Pro with a whole-lotta failures, Intel Arc updates!, GeForce Five-Oh rumors, Gaming industry layoffs and so much more. We of course talked about several other topics, and provide you with a handy index below.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
01:37 Food with Josh
04:06 Intel Arc news - a minor driver update!
05:49 Josh interrupts to ponder AI or something
07:00 AMD MI300X to power new Azure VM series
08:47 Microsoft developed their own Arm superchip
11:49 Intel APO feature limited to 14th Gen CPUs only
13:29 NVIDIA rumor - GB202 to use 384-bit memory bus
15:10 Silicon Motion's 3.5 watt Gen5 SSD controller
19:54 The last Hackaday prize winners ever?
27:36 Security Corner
39:12 Gaming Quick Hits
51:10 Kingston Fury Renegade 96GB DDR5 review
58:30 Picks of the Week
1:15:51 There's sort of an outro in this section

Ryan may not be back this week, but I'm sure viewers won't tune out in droves. Right? Right?? Hello??? No one left, eh? Well, we did a podcast anyway. So much ARM, too much for ARC, and AMD Polaris / Vega is forsaken. All that and more in the subjects below.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
02:03 Burger of the Week
04:29 Arc News: Get your $1949 A770-equipped Alienware today!
07:19 AMD begins retirement of Vega and Polaris
08:45 New Starfield Steam Beta brings DLSS and PC optimizations
10:56 Mac DirectX game porting
16:00 Imagination has a DX11 GPU
19:03 Arm invests in Pi
25:11 Intel killed off Cryo cooling in July and media just noticed
31:20 Security Corner
38:11 Gaming Quick Hits
50:35 Picks of the Week
1:06:46 Outro

Ryan is back! At least, this week. As a guest. But he's BACK, darn it. We talked about stuff. M3. Qualcomm. ARM. So much financial. More topics in the time stamps below.

Timestamps:

00:00 Cold Open
00:45 Intro
04:39 Food with Josh
07:51 Qualcomm X Elite Windows benchmarks
24:32 Apple M3 discussion
36:23 Intel financials
42:57 AMD financials
47:48 Qualcomm had financials, too
48:57 AV1 is everywhere
50:27 Ryan is lit
51:45 Security Corner
59:14 Gaming Quick Hits
1:03:30 What 5 years at Intel did to Ryan
1:04:41 Back to Gaming
1:08:41 Picks of the Week
1:16:47 Outro

It was another week of news, rumors, game releases, four-year-old GPUs becoming irrelevant thanks to Mesh Shader support requirements, the industry freaking out about arm64 and declaring the death of x86, and other things. So many security fails to wedge into 1 show and then we flavor the cast with a Loupedeck review. Topics below!

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
02:16 Food with Josh
05:38 NVIDIA (and AMD) to make Arm CPUs - is this the end of x86??!!
11:59 Qualcomm's mighty laptop SoC claims
24:16 Alan Wake 2, mesh shaders, and the fate of old-ish GPUs
31:46 Microsoft has questions for you if you use Edge to download Chrome
36:11 Zotac has a mini PC with active solid-state cooling
39:56 Security Corner
52:35 Gaming Quick Hits
1:10:19 Loupedeck Live S reviewed
1:17:09 Picks of the Week
1:31:17 Outro

Words flow from us at an alarming rate, but be not afraid; we are the harbingers of semi-literate PC hardware and software discussion. Also, burgers.

In this episode, we discuss the VERY EXCITING Intel 14th Gen launch, look at a very fancy Falcon Northwest Talon desktop equipped with one of these processors, and eventually talk about AMD un-launching Anti-Lag+ after it caused some mildly inconvenient bans from popular games when using the feature. There's even a very exciting back and forth on programmable remotes during the SofaBaton pick!

The rest of the topics can be found in the time stamps below.

Recorded October 18, 2023.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
01:33 Burger of the Week
02:55 Intel 14th Gen launch (and a new Talon desktop)
18:01 MSI brings the heat - 115 C to be precise
20:24 AMD removes Anti-Lag+ from drivers amid issues
24:34 Microsoft backs off on OneDrive gallery storage
27:49 Windows 11 now active on close to half a billion devices
31:47 Fanatec Clubsport DD
36:03 Security Corner
43:18 Gaming Quick Hits
47:48 Drop + xDuoo TA-84
57:13 Total War Pharoh
01:04:01 Picks of the Week
1:22:42 Outro

What is fifty-three minutes in time, and yet timeless? This episode of the PCPer podcast, of course! Yes, we made Podcast History (tm) once again this week, and did it in just under an hour. Listen again and again, savoring every moment. We can't stop you. Enjoy the Arc, The VBScript, and the Dark Rock within.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
02:11 Josh did not have a burger
04:14 Intel launches Arc A580 as A750 goes on sale for $10 more
08:57 More Arc news - driver update massively improves Starfield perf
11:17 be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 5 and Dark Rock Elite air coolers coming soon
13:53 Microsoft says VBScript will be removed from future Windows release
16:19 MS provides tutorial on installing Linux?
17:54 Windows 11 21H2 already going EOL
19:57 Security Corner
32:02 Gaming Quick Hits
43:01 Picks of the Week
51:48 Outro

It might appear to be a lighter news week, but we still managed to talk for well over an hour, even after liberal editing. We've got RGB, Pi, and Arc news of course, plus FSR and some fast and interesting portable storage.

Full topic list in the time stamps below!

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:57 Burger of the Week
03:59 Arc A580 may actually be released soon
05:50 Radeon 7900 XTX and XT price drops
16:47 Mobile Radeon 7900 rumor
19:26 AMD FSR 3 has been released
25:19 Microsoft ends Windows 11 activation via Win7 and Win8 keys
29:38 Windows 11 ARGB control out of beta
30:55 Raspberry Pi 5
33:54 Security Corner
41:50 Gaming Quick Hits
53:36 Crucial X9 and X10 Pro portable SSDs reviewed
1:00:22 Samsung Portable SSD T9 review
1:07:32 Picks of the Week
1:18:31 Outro

Ryan left Intel! What does this mean for PC Perspective?? Nothing, actually. Except that we get to pontificate about Ryan's future. Don't worry, we'll ask him to visit soon. It will be more interesting when he can tell us where he's going.

We also talked about Scott "Jebaited" Herkelman's pending departure from AMD. So many moves in the PC hardware industry, eh?? Oh, and you won't want to miss our CASO discussion. This might be the biggest thing to happen to gaming laptops, ever. EVAR. Should be mention the proliferation of affordable 2.5Gb switches again? Yes, we'll do that.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:59 Food with Josh
03:54 Ryan Shrout leaves Intel
12:20 Scott “Jebaited” Herkelman leaving AMD
14:54 Newegg now has a GPU trade-in program
20:24 No, Intel will not be offering a socketed Meteor Lake CPU
22:17 CASO makes everything better (including laptop GPUs)
30:15 Podcast sponsor - Hello Fresh
31:36 Security Corner
39:01 Gaming Quick Hits (“quick”)
54:57 Picks of the Week
1:07:40 Outro

The fab five are back at it again. Well, maybe not "fab" in the traditional sense, or even in the silicon sense. But we recorded a podcast and talked about various things anyway. Please consult the list below. It includes the usual security theater, gaming bits, and even a ROG Strix keyboard review for those of you that swing that way!

Recorded September 20, 2023.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
01:10 Burger of the Week
02:50 Intel details Meteor Lake architecture - a big departure
11:58 Overreacting to very early RTX 5090 rumors
16:01 Mandatory Arc News - Intel's commitment to building GPUs
19:29 New AMD driver adds Anti-Lag support to Starfield (and more)
24:39 Intel talks about moving to glass core substrates
30:08 Podcast sponsor - Hello Fresh
31:29 Security Corner
41:30 Gaming Quick Hits
49:37 ASUS ROG Strix Scope II 96 Wireless keyboard review
1:00:24 Picks of the Week
1:14:49 Outro

We present for your approval just over one hour of hardware and gaming banter, from a personal computer perspective. Also we talked about iPhone stuff. Some of us are sorry about that. Topical topics include Starfield, the lack of RX 7800 XT's, WiFi 7 and of course the Atari 2600.

00:00 Intro
00:51 Food with Josh
02:30 Starfield is officially getting DLSS
11:05 It's Apple season so we talk about the iPhone 14S (they are rounding up to 15)
17:54 TSMC on a buying spree
20:00 On the eve of the Arm IPO
21:21 ASUS has a cable-free RTX 4070
23:16 Wi-Fi 7 routers begin to appear - but why?
31:45 Mandatory Arc News
34:29 Security Corner
39:39 Gaming Quick Hits
47:51 A look at the completed FragBox review
52:31 Picks of the Week
1:06:21 Outro - take 1
1:07:14 Outro - take 2

Are you ready for a podcast filled with verbose discussion interrupted by digressions into random topics? You've come to the right place!
We've got Security nightmares, Gaming updates, Starfield lunacy, regular lunacy, Intel Arc news and even Usenet!

00:00 Intro
01:41 Food with Josh
03:18 Radeon review - take one (with odd CPU cooler digression)
05:11 The actual Radeon RX 7800 XT and RX 7700 XT review
24:23 Josh reviews the XFX QICK 319 Radeon RX 7700 XT Black Edition
36:34 More RX 7700 XT price puzzlement
38:58 One more look at that Starfield bundle eBay auction
40:48 Podcast sponsor - Hello Fresh
42:13 Mandatory Arc News - the Starfield driver issue
46:41 A brief digression into old graphics APIs
48:22 Intel Core i9-14900K Geekbench leak
50:47 Usenet is still going strong
52:41 Podcast sponsor - DeleteMe
54:26 Security Corner
1:04:25 Gaming Quick Hits
1:10:59 Picks of the Week
1:20:14 Outro

We decided to podcast yet again this week because, honestly, you demand it (you know who you are). The show must go on, and we had a lot to talk about this week - and sometimes we even sounded halfway intelligent! Like when we talked about the new Radeon cards, which bring the promise of $450+ midrange cards to AMD buyers. And we looked at the very compact - and ridiculously well-equipped - FragBox from Falcon Northwest (you know, that little PC that looks like a Playmate cooler?).

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:39 Food with Josh
03:13 AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT and RX 7700 XT announced
12:08 Finally an update on FSR 3
14:39 Is MSI giving up on Radeon?
18:10 Mandatory Arc News: Battlemage in the lab already?
19:45 Starfield bundle going for a bundle
21:41 AMD warns of fake Starfield bundles
24:11 That ASUS mobo GPU power connector uses a server standard
27:41 Podcast sponsor - DeleteMe
29:18 Security Corner
41:23 Gaming Quick Hits
47:00 EPOS Impact 1060 professional headset review
57:14 Falcon Northwest FragBox review
1:12:34 Picks of the Week
1:23:20 Outro

Do you like piña coladas, and getting caught in protracted discussions about DLSS 3.5 and NVIDIA quarterly financials? And that's just the FIRST HALF HOUR. You won't want to miss a single second of this episode. Also, there weren't any piña coladas. Sorry. But there would have been if you had brought your own. There is quite a lot of monitor discussion, right down to the Picks-of-the-Week(tm). Also, there was only the one 737 plane.

Recorded August 23, 2023.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:22 Food with Josh
03:24 DLSS 3.5 announced (with extended discussion)
16:33 NVIDIA earned so much money last quarter
28:17 Microsoft brings some PC Game Pass games to GeForce Now
30:00 The reviews are in - Ryzen 9 7945HX3D is the fastest gaming CPU
33:28 Samsung's dual-UHD 57-inch monitor
38:14 A trio of new OLED displays in the ASUS ROG Swift lineup
39:33 Minisforum Project DRFXI puts the GPU on top of the case
43:35 Podcast sponsor - DeleteMe
45:11 The status of the Windows 11 OOBE
49:24 Microsoft's Secure Time Seeding "feature"
53:11 Security Corner
1:00:04 Gaming Quick Hits
1:11:25 Picks of the Week
1:25:20 Outro

Who would have guessed it? We gathered and we made podcast history, AGAIN. An hour (or more!) of content, just ready to be watched, liked, subscribed. Topics include: Dell doesn't like getting caught, the Intel Arc A750 reviewed, Inception fix is going be a bummer, and security scares galore! Enjoy!

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:23 Food with Josh
03:25 96-core AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX leaked?
05:17 The China-only Ryzen 5 7500F makes its way to the USA
08:17 Intel Tower acquisition cancelled
09:44 Dell fined for marking up monitors before discounting them
11:41 Mandatory Arc news
12:35 Up to 54 percent performance drop after AMD Inception fix
18:41 More Security Corner stories to terrify you
32:36 Podcast sponsor - DeleteMe
34:14 Gaming Quick Hits
38:38 Intel Arc A750 review
1:01:32 Picks of the Week
1:13:12 Outro

We're back with a podcast that's BIGGER and possibly BETTER than ever before. We talk about the latest news and rumors, and Kent goes absolutely crazy in his quest to tame the thermals from his Core i9-13900KS. Security Corner scares with Inception and Downfall, Bots and Captcha, plus Gaming Quick Hits with deals and server shutdowns.

Topics in the list below.

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
01:29 Josh makes a bold statement about pens
03:38 Food with Josh
04:50 Ratchet & Clank update adds raytracing for AMD cards
06:12 Rumor suggests no high-end RDNA 4 GPUs
18:01 NVIDIA driver boosts Baldur's Gate 3 performance
20:07 NVIDIA says they bet the farm on AI
26:05 Intel reportedly working on a new DUAL CORE processor
29:16 Big tech really wants to invest in the Arm IPO
32:13 Robert Hallock joins Intel
33:45 Podcast sponsor - Hello Fresh
35:06 Security Corner
46:44 Gaming Quick Hits
52:51 Taming Intel 13th Gen Thermals
1:11:13 Picks of the Week
1:30:31 Outro

Podcast history has been made. The first and ONLY PC Perspective podcast number 734 has been recorded, edited, and uploaded. This is the video, as if you needed further proof. We've got AMD gaming CPUs for laptops, Intel and AMD financials, RDNA3 GPUs getting better, security scares and gaming deals!

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:21 Food with Josh
02:40 AMD announces X3D for laptops
09:53 AMD confirms new enthusiast RDNA3 gpus this quarter
15:13 AMD quarterly financial results
19:08 Intel quarterly financial results
23:04 Intel USA fab expansion plans
27:06 Mandatory Arc coverage: new Sparkle cards
31:14 DirectStorage performance penalty
36:23 Windows 11 finally learning about high refresh rates?
38:10 Cablemod 12VHPWR adapter replacement
40:53 Podcast sponsor - Hello Fresh
42:14 Security Corner
48:28 Gaming Quick Hits
1:03:15 Pre-outro ramblings
1:06:30 Outro

When it came time to make an episode, we did this. Solidigm blesses us with gigantic SSDs now, Futurama is back, the future of Windows is bloatware, and AMD finally offers a Phoenix driver. Plus security scares with Mikrotik and Gigabyte and let's not leave out Ubuntu this time, eh? Of course our non-stop coverage of everything Intel ARC continues unabated. Enjoy!

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:35 Food with Josh
05:15 AMD unifies GPU drivers, adds Phoenix support
11:14 Faster, higher capacity HBM from Micron
13:14 Solidigm has a 61.44 TB SSD
17:14 Mandatory Arc Coverage
18:26 Crucial launches X9 Pro and X10 portable SSDs
22:55 Meet Windows 11 23H2
28:17 Microsoft up, Windows down
29:55 Hackaday accessibility tech prize
32:54 Futurama is back, again
36:51 Podcast sponsor - Hello Fresh
38:12 Security Corner
53:28 Gaming Quick Hits
59:46 Picks of the Week
1:14:56 Outro

This week we gather yet again for an unforgettable hour. An hour you will cherish forever. Or, just skip around using the time stamps. We can't stop you. Take in the Corsair DROP acquisition, the Asus Intel NUC acquisition, Linux acquiring marketshare, or the RTX 4060 Ti not acquiring any reviews. Enjoy.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:52 Food with Josh
02:39 ASUS agrees to terms to take NUC from Intel
06:32 BeeLink GTR7 puts Zen 4 in a tiny package
11:36 Radeon RX 7800 rumor
14:03 RTX 4060 Ti 16GB non-review
17:09 New AIDA64 version has preliminary Zen 5 support
18:10 Corsair aquires DROP
20:13 Linux accounts for nearly half of the Linux market
22:16 Apple Core-ner: How long will the last Intel Macs be supported?
25:21 Security Corner
35:08 Gaming Quick Hits
46:59 Picks of the Week
59:17 Outro

Another hour plus of tech talk from your favorite group of podcasters (and also Sebastian). Topics below. Recorded July 12, 2023.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:47 Food with Josh
04:09 Intel to end NUC production
06:27 Buy a 2TB Intel 670p NVMe SSD for $69 while they last
08:17 The Radeon RX 7900 XTX hits $799 (briefly)
10:26 NVIDIA not seeding RTX 4060 Ti 16GB to reviewers
25:02 ThinkPad 701c upgraded via FrameWork motherboard and iPad screen
27:15 Brett's Apple Corner (AR headset discussion)
30:58 Google AR head quits
33:25 Podcast sponsor - Hello Fresh
34:47 Security Corner
44:48 Gaming Quick Hits
53:41 Crucial T700 Gen5 SSD review
1:05:39 Picks of the Week
1:15:29 Outro

Post-July 4th holiday here in the USA and everyone has all of their fingers. Which enables some of us to use clicky keyboards during the podcast recording! What could be more perfect. And just look at that list of topics. Where's AMD HYPR-RX AMD? Where's your Microcenter? And where's that new power connector to replace 12VHPWR already?

Timestamps:

00:00 Pre-roll and Intro
00:53 Food with Josh
03:22 RIP 12VHPWR already?
06:50 Microcenter exclusive Ryzen X3D
10:32 RTX 4080 sees a $200 price cut
12:57 Mandatory Arc coverage - a low-profile A380
15:17 Get your discounted Radeon RX 6950 XT while you can
17:22 Where is AMD HYPR-RX (and FSR 3.0)?
19:06 The Book 8088
22:31 YouTube limits some adblock users to 3 videos
24:28 Security Corner
34:45 Podcast Sponsor - Hello Fresh
36:11 Gaming Quick Hits
44:16 Monoprice 28-inch CrystalPro USB-C Monitor review
55:12 Picks of the Week
1:03:25 Outro

We talk at some length about the RTX 4060 and competing products that offer a better value right now, plus other stuff like so much bad news in Security, Windows in the Clouds, and AMD anti-DLSS drama! See the list of topics in the time stamps below.

Timestamps:
00:00 Pre-roll and intro
00:51 Food with Josh
02:02 The RTX 4060 review
20:45 Is AMD blocking DLSS?
23:45 Microsoft wanted Windows 11 as a service
27:59 That 4-slot RTX 4090 cooler shows up again
30:46 Podcast sponsor - Hello Fresh
32:12 Security Corner
41:11 Gaming Quick Hits
48:28 FlexiSpot gaming chair review
54:20 Fosi Audio V3 amp
1:00:02 Picks of the Week
1:13:55 Outro (I think)

No, Arc isn't EOL - just the flagship card made by Intel. It doesn't bode well, as Battlemage seems pretty far away, and the A770 seems to have run its course with A750 getting all of Intel's marketing attention lately.

Beyond that, Intel decided to re-brand their desktop CPUs starting with the next generation Core, and Ultra is added to the mix to keep you on your toes. Also, other topics (in the list below). FYI, Josh was traveling, so he was absent this week - but don't worry, Kent stepped up with his own burger review. We've got the usual security scares (router and S3 hacks) and gaming updates within (Steam, EA, and deals!)

Recorded June 21, 2023.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:50 Burger of the Week
02:49 Intel discontinues their Arc A770 card
10:18 Intel re-brands desktop CPUs
14:42 Intel German fab news
16:54 AMD Radeon RX 7600 overclocking futility
23:01 AI ruining search (long rant)
30:36 Microcenter expanding
31:56 Security Corner
38:31 Gaming Quick Hits
50:48 Picks of the Week
1:01:57 Outro

It was another week, and that means more pcper podcast goodness. Josh had his very, very old headset and a bad laptop sound card on the road with him, Kent was back again, with a fab case review and we talked about a lot of other tech and newsy stuff. We even had Clippy.

00:00 Prologue and Intro
02:38 Burger of the Week
04:26 RTX 4060 (non-Ti) release date moves up
09:40 AMD's EPYC Bargamo CPUs
14:07 AMD ups their AI game (and more AI discussion)
24:31 Microsoft offering official Surface parts
27:31 Josh interrupts to talk about AMD EPYC some more
28:57 Are larger cards the key to more VRAM? (satire)
30:15 Moving 12VHPWR to the back of the GPU
32:42 Kent uses a 4090 as wall art
34:00 Just in time, PCI-SIG is working on PCI Express 7.0
37:11 Mandatory Arc coverage
40:32 Desktop GPU sales lowest in decades (and much rambling)
49:27 Clippy shame (and Kent's LGR story)
53:07 Security Corner
1:03:57 Gaming Quick Hits
1:09:39 Fractal Terra corrections
1:12:39 Thermaltake Ceres 500 TG ARGB case review
1:26:35 Picks of the Week
1:42:43 Outro

It's been another week, and that means another PCPer podcast. Good thing Josh had another tantalizing burger, because he needed his strength to talk for over an hour about the latest in PC hardware and software. But let's not bury the lede, as the Fractal Terra is the star of the show in this episode, and Kent took some amazing photos (the review begins at 40:31 ). Full list of subjects in the time stamps.

Recorded June 7, 2023.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:40 Burger of the Week
07:14 AMD Radeon RX 7600 vs. RX 7900 XTX (memory latency)
14:38 Framework laptop gets another update
17:20 The Beelink EQ12 Pro is an all E-Core mini PC
22:05 Security Corner
33:23 Podcast sponsor - Bloomberg Careers
34:40 Gaming Quick Hits (Diablo IV edition)
40:31 Kent's Fractal Terra review
1:01:39 Picks of the Week
1:08:09 Outro

Allyn Malventano joins us for a very special (and storage-centric) episode! We talk about some of the things at Computex that captured our interest, and have an extended discussion about the promise of DirectStorage and how it could solve the GPU VRAM problem (if anyone actually implements it beyond that one game). Plus Jeremy has a fancy new desk to talk about, Josh reviews another racing wheel stand, and much, much more!

00:00 Intro
01:20 Burger of the Week
02:31 Solid-state SSD cooling? (plus NAND temp talk)
08:14 Crucial's T700 is a passively-cooled Gen5 SSD
11:41 Shouting at your PC for better performance
13:56 Noctua shows a 2nd Gen D15 cooler
15:43 Realtek offers low-power, low-cost 5GbE NIC
19:11 Remeber AGP Pro? ASUS is making PCIe Pro (sort of)
21:18 NVIDIA's trillion dollar moment - plus AI/ML chat
30:53 A world where NVIDIA makes CPUs, too?
33:09 Podcast sponsor: Bloomberg Careers
34:24 Featured topic: can storage save PC gaming?
1:07:11 WD Red power on hours warnings after 3 years in a NAS
1:14:48 Security Corner
1:20:19 Gaming Quick Hits
1:26:29 FlexiSpot Pro Plus Standing Desk E7 review
1:34:13 Monoprice Dark Matter GT Foldable Racing Stand review
1:41:43 Picks of the Week
2:04:36 Outro

You love to hate it, it's the pcper podcast! Wait - that's not right. You probably just love to hate overpriced, underspecified hardware. Oh well. That's the world we live in now. Other things include IE11 will be "forever", The Radeon RX 7600 might save mid-tier gaming, and Bungie is bringing back Marathon - sorta. Complete list of topical topics in the time stamps below.

00:00 Intro
02:30 Burger of the Week
04:20 The RTX 4060 Ti review fallout
09:22 More pointless RTX 4060 Ti discussion
18:49 AMD Radeon RX 7600 review
29:08 Intel Arc A750 drops to 199 USD in some places
32:20 Podcast sponsor - Hello Fresh
33:44 NVIDIA made a lot of money
40:01 Microsoft Surface Pro X cameras are failing suddenly
42:51 Internet Explorer lives on
44:08 Podcast sponsor - Bloomberg Careers
45:23 Sandisk Extreme 4TB SSD data loss issue
48:04 Native RGB support is coming to Windows
50:32 WinRAR and 7-zip integration is also coming to Windows
51:37 Security Corner
56:30 Gaming Quick Hits
1:04:02 Picks of the Week
1:10:56 Outro

Catch up with the Monoprice Mic and be quiet! Dark Power 850w reviews, plus SSD performance software from Solidigm, and a big balanced build discussion.

This was recorded the night before NVIDIA announced the GeForce RTX 4060 Family but we still had plenty to discuss, as you can see from the list of topics in the time stamps below.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:14 Burger of the Week
02:34 Intel Arc Balanced Builds (and build pricing discussion)
15:49 ASUS changes their AM5 motherboard warranty policy
20:13 Logitech and iFixit team up
27:20 EU approves Microsoft Activision-Blizzard deal
28:41 A mandatory update for Windows 10
33:21 Scrutinizing Solidigm Synergy SSD software
37:10 Games demos coming back?
42:37 Podcast sponsor - Bloomberg Careers
43:52 Security Corner
54:11 Gaming Quick Hits
59:28 Our be quiet! Dark Power 13 PSU review
1:05:23 Monoprice Dark Matter Sentry mic review
1:11:53 Picks of the Week
1:19:00 Outro

Another podcast has occurred, and we had more to talk about than originally anticipated. Such as that MSI hack which keeps on giving and if you've got a flickering monitor - check your chair! MS and AMD vs Nvidia, large hard drives die faster, PC game making is actually profitable and does real gaming need 16GB of VRAM?

Topics in the time stamps below.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
01:24 Food with Josh
03:23 RTX 4060 Series may have a 16GB version (and more VRAM discussion)
15:38 Large hard drives live shorter lives?
20:22 Microsoft lets users pay for beta AI in Office 365
23:31 DDR4 prices may be going down again
26:20 MS and AMD team up to fight NV at AI
30:26 An alarming Google Pixel Pixie story
32:52 Coldplay lyrics found in Kingston SSD firmware
33:35 Gaming chair ESD blues
38:30 Podcast sponsor - Bloomberg Jobs
39:46 Security Corner
47:36 Gaming Quick Hits
50:03 Picks of the Week
57:19 Outro (with recent livestream discussion)

It's our seven hundred and twenty-first podcast! And what a podcast it is. We even had a fake visit from Allyn, who didn't join us because I forgot to ask him to. And so many other topics like Ryzen burns, AMD TPM exploited, NVIDIA supply issues, and Intel loses billions and rebrands!

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:17 Burger of the Week
02:58 RIP Microsoft ... branded keyboards and mice
04:45 No more features updates for Windows 10, either
06:59 More pointless pontification about Ryzen burnouts
12:37 A fake cameo from Allyn Malventano!!
13:34 Solidigm Synergy 2.0 released - a free performance boost
19:26 Intel loses billions in worst quarter ever
24:08 AMD also lost money
27:27 Intel might re-brand Core CPUs because marketing fixes everything
30:18 Arc update: employees hint at Battlemage and Celestial GPU process nodes
31:40 More Arc! This time, Matrox has Intel inside
34:15 NVIDIA supply rumors
36:09 Some RTX 4070 vs RX 6950 XT chatter
39:40 Podcast sponsor - Bloomberg Careers
40:56 Security Corner
45:56 Gaming Quick Hits
52:31 G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB DDR5-7200 memory reviewed
56:20 PNY EliteX-PRO60 SD card for 4K video (and what V30, V60, and V90 mean)
1:00:25 Picks of the Week
1:07:02 Outro
1:07:31 Tire

Are you ready to overreact to the latest explosive computer hardware drama?? Sure, AMD has found the root cause already (I added their latest statement to the show during editing), but when we recorded this the subject was very hot. Get it? HOT. Like Josh. He hosted, by the way. Sebastian's voice was worse than usual, and his video/audio sync was off anyway.

We've got Security Scares, Rumors, Vintage news, Reviews and all that podcast host craziness to go along with it all. Enjoy.

Timstamps:
00:00 Intro
02:07 Burger of the Week
04:36 We may have a Ryzen 7000 problem on our hands
14:09 UPDATE (added just before publishing): AMD says they have identified the root cause
15:09 AMD Ryzen Z1 Series for gaming handhelds
21:45 MSI un-launches their RTX 4060 Ti SUPER 3X
23:40 AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT rumors
28:26 NVIDIA RTX 4060 Ti rumors
34:23 Gettin' vintage wit' it
37:38 Podcast sponsor - Bloomberg Careers
38:57 Jeremy reviews a Monoprice headset
44:13 Security Corner
52:24 Gaming Quick Hits
56:49 Lexar's ARES DDR5-6000 memory reviewed
1:02:32 Picks of the Week
1:13:03 Outro

Quoting one of the greats: What's hotter than a 12VHPWR connector? This podcast. People just can't get enough of either one.
RTX4070 review and news, more RTX 3060Ti's, get your Afterburner on, but no longer with Intel ASICs plus so much more!
Full list of topics in the time stamps below.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:36 Food with Josh
04:15 Is an RTX 4070 price cut coming already??
14:49 MSI launches an RTX 3060 Ti SUPER that isn't an NVIDIA SUPER
16:45 Intel boosts Arc performance yet again
19:48 There's finally a new official Afterburner release!
20:50 Josh wants to talk about Arc some more
23:08 How much RX 6000 Series stock does AMD still have?
27:17 DirectStorage 1.2
28:35 Sony invests in Raspberry PI
30:54 Intel discontinues their mining ASICs
32:38 Netflix is still shipping DVDs in the mail - but only until September
37:06 Podcast sponsor - Bloomberg Careers
38:17 Security Corner
42:24 Gaming Quick Hits
52:07 MSI RTX 4070 GAMING X TRIO 12G review
1:00:21 Picks of the Week
1:10:00 Outro

Help us drive the experience.

It's been another week, and we have another new hardware launch to talk about! Yes, it's the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070, and we looked at the Founders Edition card beforehand to find out just how much like an RTX 3080 it really is.

Jeremy continues to review things, and this time he has an update to the surprisingly good Fosi Audio amp he reviewed last year - and this BT20A Pro is apparently the real deal. We also discussed news and various other topics, found in the list below.

00:00 Intro
01:10 Burger of the Week
03:03 The GeForce RTX 4070 review
17:02 PC sales are down 30 percent
20:06 Mac sales are down 40 percent
22:22 AMD wants to know: are you an enthusiast? (16 plus GB VRAM flex)
28:34 Google is killing off more stuff (Dropcam and Nest Secure)
30:50 Intel stops selling prebuilt servers and discontinues a datacenter GPU
33:48 Stunning Revelation: Last-gen laptops are nearly as good and much less expensive
35:20 Podcast sponsor - Bloomberg Careers
36:32 Security Corner
42:56 Gaming Quick Hits
48:27 Fosi Audio BT20A Pro amp review
59:48 Picks of the Week
1:10:45 Outro

Boeing didn't release a 717. Ok, yes they did. I just looked it up. BUT WE DID, TOO. Sure, podcasts aren't airplanes. However, they can still take you on a wild ride through various topics (with frequent digressions). You will be enthralled. How could you not? Just look at those topics in the list thingy below.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:50 Burger of the Week
03:29 AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D is THE ONE
14:28 AMD launching A620 chipset (plus PCIe Gen5 discussion)
23:02 Podcast sponsor - Bloomberg Careers
24:16 The ASUS ROG Ally is no joke
26.56 Falcon Northwest's massive DRX desktop replacement laptop
28:58 AMD makes another attempt at simplifying mobile branding
32:07 Computing and Graphics leadership change at AMD
33:01 e-file malware - just in time for tax season!
37:06 Cyberpunk 2077 Overdrive is the new Crysis?
40:11 Jeremy Malventano's SK hynix Platinum P41 review
54:44 Kent's epic Phanteks EVOLV Shift XT review
1:18:32 Picks of the Week
1:28:23 Outro

Another week, another sloppy PC port. But we talked about more things than just The Last of Us: Part I (which has already been patched multiple times to correct some of the stuff we showed). Yes, another game was allegedly killing graphics cards, LTT was hacked and had their channel deleted for a short time, and Josh goes full JoshTEKK for an extensive racing rig review.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro (and no burger)
02:03 The Last of Us: Port I launch issues
05:59 Was Diablo IV killing RTX 3080 Ti cards?
10:01 STH did a big 2.5 GbE switch roundup
16:30 Podcast sponsor - Factor Meals
17:35 ISA cards on modern PCs!
20:27 Intel intros NUC 13 Pro 4x4
22:23 Sony ZV-E1 set to take over YouTube
25:28 The LTT hack
30:31 Security Corner
37:24 Podcast sponsor - Kolide
38:28 Gaming Quick Hits
43:59 JoshTEKK review: NLR F-GT sim racing cockpit
1:02:00 Picks of the Week
1:08:32 Outro

Nvidia has Grace, Intel does not have Raja, Cyberpunk 2077 has paths, Games have DLSS, Josh has food, Sapphire has the Pulse + MORE!

Recorded March 22, 2023.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:49 Food with Josh
02:00 Counter Strike 2
05:38 Raja leaving Intel
17:08 Cyberpunk path tracing
20:06 DLSS 3 adoption set to increase significantly
23:02 NVIDIA Grace CPU superchip
25:18 The 3GB GPU is becoming obsolete
27:30 What can brown do for your RTX 4080?
32:13 Microsoft support shows their warez
34:10 Podcast sponsor - SaneBox
35:20 Security Corner
40:53 Gaming Quick Hits
47:44 Sapphire PULSE RX 7900 XT review
51:59 Picks of the Week
1:05:07 Outro

It's time for another week of Ryzen X3D discussion! Well, until about the 19 minute mark, anyway. There were a lot of other topics, and our original livestream began with an interview with Sapphire's PR manager Ed Crisler (to be released soon!).
(Recorded March 15, 2023.)

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:12 Food with Josh
02:27 AMD's first official Ryzen 7 7800X3D benchmarks
06:09 Ryzen 9 7950X3D benchmarking adventures
18:57 Samsung wants to be world's #1 chipmaker
23:25 Microsoft fixes SMB Windows 11 copy speeds
26:06 Podcast sponsor - Kolide
27:12 Synology launches new 4-bay DiskStations
31:06 Microsoft lays off AI ethics team
33:08 Default Windows VBS setting slows down GPUs
34:46 Security Corner
42:43 Podcast sponsor - Factor
43:48 Gaming Quick Hits
50:59 Picks of the Week
59:17 Outro

Not a heavy news week, but still much fun to be had! But ... this makes for a 45 minute show after the fluff was removed (and if you like all the fun+ fluff, visit patreon.com/pcper !) Radeon pricing adjustment, Agesa 24GB support issues, Nvidia hot fixes CPU usage, more RTX 3060's are probably on the way, TPM 2.0 is probably terrible, and AMD might preview FSR 3.0 and so much more!

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:36 Food with Josh
02:27 NVIDIA issues hotfix for high CPU usage
04:13 AMD AGESA not yet supporting the new 24GB DIMMs, apparently
05:08 AMD platform maturity ramblings
08:02 Yet another RTX 3060 variant rumored
09:16 Microsoft vs 3rd Party UI customization utilities
11:51 Podcast sponsor - SaneBox
13:01 Radeon RX 7900 XT finally selling for $799
15:02 Intel Arc high idle power draw fix
17:09 Intel scraps Rialto Bridge server GPU
24:18 AMD to possibly show FSR 3.0 at GDC - DLSS 3 FG competitor
26:26 Cooler Master has a 4K high-refresh mini-LED monitor for under $1k
29:03 Podcast sponsor - Kolide
30:09 Security Corner
35:34 Gaming Quick Hits
41:19 Picks of the Week
46:12 Outro
46:32 Bonus clip: Josh turns the camera around!!!

We recovered from the Midwest ice storm that knocked out power at podcast HQ for a few days using one weird trick, and you'll never believe what happened next! (Recorded March 1, 2023.)

Intel Arc fresh takes, Ryzen 9 7950X3D perf talk, Nvidia financials, Microsoft asks you to stop using Chrome + security and gaming fun!

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:50 Burger of the Week
04:58 Ryzen 9 7950X3D launch
24:38 iGPU overclocking excitement
26:41 New mobile parts are faster than older ones
28:27 NVIDIA financials
33:46 Podcast sponsor - Factor
34:47 RTX video enhancement
38:09 Xbox games come to GeForce Now
39:31 Intel defers 3nm TSMC orders?
41:19 Mandatory Arc coverage
48:44 Podcast sponsor - Kolide
53:52 Microsoft really wants you to stop using Edge to download Chrome
55:53 Wear Minecraft Crocs in your round Meta cubicle
58:58 Josh wants to tell you that Anthony G joined Allied Gaming
1:01:59 Security Corner
1:06:37 Podcast sponsor - Sanebox
1:07:48 Gaming Quick Hits
1:15:24 Picks of the Week
1:21:59 Anti-pick and Outro

Where did we learn to podcast like this? 7-Eleven probably. Ryzen 7950X3D is available (in Europe), AI goes wild, AMD released RX 6000 drivers finally! The PCIe 4 NVME SP UD90 is very decent, and Intel brings back some sort of HEDT CPUs. Much more fun for episode 7-11 with dead IE, Security issues and RGB!

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:53 Burger of the Week
05:46 New Radeon RX 6000 drivers!
14:19 Google AI thing
21:17 Google GO is built for telemetry
24:56 Internet Explorer is nearly gone
26:27 Windows 11 RGB control
29:34 Intel graphics hampered by Windows Update
32:10 Security Corner
39:09 Gaming Quick Hits
44:15 SP UD90 SSD
48:01 Picks of the Week
57:51 Outro

Intel Arc day 1 drives for Hogwarts, our review of the very fast Samsung 4TB T7 shield, the Thermalright Intel CPU frame works magic on the 13900KS, both Microsoft and Adobe want your PDFs, and Tiny 11 (no relation to Tiny Rick), why is Josh finally cleaning his room plus much more!!

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:59 No burger this week?!
04:58 Mandatory Intel Arc coverage! A new driver... (and some rambling)
09:09 Discord was slowing NVIDIA VRAM? (NVIDIA fixes with new driver)
11:37 Thermalright contact frame made a HUGE difference with 13th Gen thermals
17:09 RIP Intel RKL
18:37 A Voodoo 5 6000 card is currently selling for $14k
23:30 Are Edge and Adobe conspiring to take over your online PDFs?
25:49 An alternative to Windows 11 is... tiny11
27:44 Podcast sponsor SaneBox
28:53 Security Corner
35:43 Gaming Quick Hits
42:07 Samsung Portable SSD T7 Shield 4TB review
45:26 Picks of the Week
58:14 Outro

This week we assemble yet again to talk about AMD's big reveal - and now that the wait for Ryzen 7000X3D Series pricing and availability information is over, the wait for physical Ryzen 7000X3D Series product begins.

Not to be outdone, Intel has lowered Arc A750 pricing and provided a new driver with even faster DX9 performance! Just don't look at their quarterly financial statement. AMD, on the other hand, had a good quarter. Josh talked about both. (Full list of topics below.)

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:29 Food with Josh
04:37 AMD announces Ryzen 7000X3D pricing and availability
14:01 Intel lowers Arc A750 price and boosts DX9 perf
21:50 An incongruous story about a PSU
25:20 Podcast sponsor - Factor
26:23 Intel Quarterly Financials
39:34 AMD Quarterly Financials
50:52 Podcast sponsor - Rocket Money
52:01 Smartphone sales dive
57:16 Security Corner
1:03:14 Josh talks about Samsung 980 Pro firmware
1:05:34 Gaming Quick Hits
1:07:41 Picks of the Week
1:13:55 Outro

It was a day just like last Wednesday. A day in which we talked about more PC hardware and software news, including more contradictory information about upcoming Ryzen 7000 Series X3D processors. We talked at great length, and we did it live. This version however, is not live. Subjects can be found in the time stamps below.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
01:54 Burger of the Week
03:33 Arc 4090! (driver)
04:24 More Ryzen 7000 X3D rumors
05:35 Media begins testing DirectStorage...with one game
08:39 MorePowerTool will never work with RDNA3
11:16 Beware of painted VRAM
13:28 Buy a Ryzen 7000 CPU, get Jedi Survivor
17:26 Companies upset by lack of wi-fi connected appliance owners
20:56 This week in German graphics card sales
24:28 Security Corner
31:28 Gaming Quick Hits
34:53 Lenovo ThinkStation P620 with 64-core TR 5995WX
50:53 Picks of the Week
1:01:05 Outro

This time we report, speculate, paraphrase, and pontificate on another week's worth of product launches, press releases, and insecurity news. Also, a burger. Apple M2's many things, Intel does 13900KS and Gen 4 scalable Xeons, CAMM winns finally, 30TB of Micron and Monoprice small speakers. See the timestamps below for all the rest!

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:11 Burger of the Week
02:50 Intel launches Core i9-13900KS
04:27 More Intel: the 4th Gen Xeon Scalable processors
09:52 Apple announces M2 chips and things that use them
18:58 CAMM might be the new laptop memory standard
23:18 Put your Radeon RX 7900 XTX under water
25:04 G.Skill Flare X5 6000 CL32 Ryzen memory
29:53 Podcast sponsor - Rocket Money
31:08 Razer NAGA v2 mouse
33:14 Micron 9400 Pro enterprise SSDs
36:23 Security Corner
44:32 Gaming Quick Hits
47:00 Monoprice DT-3BT desktop speaker review
54:18 Picks of the Week
1:02:33 Outro

Our second show of 2023, and, debatably, our best so far this year. AMD responds to XTX throttling, our Sapphire NITRO+ RX 7900 XTX GPU review, so many security issues (password hacking), AMD Ryzen Non-X CPUs are upon us almost, will MSI's Afterburner flameout? Adobe really thanks you for training its AI + so much more! Drop in for the tech news, stay for the food segment, and let the banter pull you along.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:04 Food with Josh
03:49 AMD Ryzen non-X CPUs
12:40 AMD responds to Radeon RX 7900 XTX throttling
15:41 MSI Afterburner flaming out?
18:17 Meta ending support for Quest VR
21:42 Adobe opting users into AI training
22:57 Security Corner
35:22 Gaming Quick Hits
37:05 NLR Free Standing Monitor Stand review
44:09 Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 7900 XTX review
56:47 Picks of the Week (and some rambling)
1:09:22 Outro

Kicking off the PCPer 2023 podcast by ... podcasting!

The 4070 Ti review you needed! The roasting of the RX 7900 XTX continues. Solidigm P44 Pro drives ... Intel reborn? (yes essentially) Also Intel lets loose with a slew of skus. ASUS WiFi spider-looking router! Security tears! Gaming smiles! Josh brings the food. And much more...

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:10 Food with Josh
04:10 AMD Ryzen 7000 X3D announcement
12:46 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti review
35:38 Podcast sponsor - Rocket Money
36:53 New Intel processors at CES
40:11 No Intel Battlemage until 2024??
41:53 AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX thermal issue
43:19 Phison has the first PCIe 5.0 SSD
46:05 ASUS has the first quad-channel WiFi 7 gaming router
47:50 Security Corner
53:01 Gaming Quick Hits
56:24 Solidigm P44 Pro SSDs reviewed
1:00:18 Picks of the Week
1:07:34 Outro

It's the last show of 2022, but we didn't do a "year end" retrospective thing. Another week of tech news, some food with Josh and a nice review of the Fractal Ridge from Kent.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:13 Food with Josh
02:45 AMD Ryzen non-X CPU rumors / current prices
11:29 Ryzen 7 5800X3D vs Ryzen 5 7600X
18:26 How smart is SAM with Navi 31?
20:43 A keyboard with its own GPU...among other things
25:07 Podcast Sponsor - TextExpander
26:22 A story about webcams for some reason
30:16 Thermaltake's ToughPower GF3 ATX 3.0 PSU
31:24 Intel Graphics Group breakup
33:52 Security Corner
40:22 Podcast Sponsor - Rocket Money
41:31 Gaming Quick Hits
47:06 Fractal Ridge review
1:09:34 Picks of the Week
1:15:43 Outro

The long-anticipated RDNA 3 launch has finally happened. Are you still excited? Do you want to know what Josh thinks about it? What about that other guy? You know, the Canadian? Sad security news, gaming updates plus way MORE as you can clearly see from the timestamps below.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:32 Food with Josh
03:13 Radeon RX 7900 Series review and discussion
28:40 Is RNDA 3 broken?
32:04 High idle power fix coming (and further RDNA 3 discussion)
37:03 Podcast sponsor - Coda
38:18 AIDA64 update
39:31 Rumored Intel 13th Gen non-K performance
41:55 Corsair Vengeance DDR5-6000 built for AMD
47:00 Windows 7 and 8 support fully ends in January
48:25 Podcast sponsor - RocketMoney
49:32 Security Corner
54:34 Gaming Quick Hits
59:48 Podcast sponsor - MasterClass
1:01:15 Picks of the Week
1:08:50 Outro

It's awards season, and we have an award-winning podcast for you this week. Just read the reviews:

"Josh steals the show in this delightful podcast. Five stars."
- JoshTekk Reviews

Full list of subjects below. Please, for the safety of those around you, try to contain your excitement.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:21 Food with Josh
01:56 Intel Arc DX9 update
05:50 Report on Radeon RX 7900 launch supply
09:01 Ryzen 7000 X3D at CES?
15:26 Microsoft working on mobile "super app"
18:05 Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus Gaming Edition
21:07 Podcast Sponsor - MasterClass
22:28 AMD says Moore's Law isn't dead
28:57 Handcrafted Electrostatic Headphones
33:06 The ORB X
36:52 Apple kills photo scanning
38:08 Lastpass hacked again
41:36 More browser 0-day fun
43:00 Podcast Sponsor - RocketMoney
44:07 Gaming Quick Hits
49:53 Picks of the Week
55:31 Outro

AMD lowered prices on their Zen 4 processors, but for how long? Also, we look at a massive aftermarket RTX 4080 from MSI, with none other than the SUPRIM X edition of the card. Plus other things, including a gaming chair review from Jeremy and the state of the GPU market. Don't forget all the super scary security issues! Full list in the time stamps below.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:11 Food with Josh
03:55 AMD Ryzen 7000 price drops
12:34 Samsung presents GDDR6W
16:15 NVIDIA's Priority Access program
19:04 GPU shipments take a nosedive
27:41 Intel software-defined silicon rides again
30:57 Windows 11 slow? There's a patch for that
35:13 NVIDIA patches 29 security vulnerabilities
39:12 Twitter and Meta leaks
42:15 Beware MSI Afterburner imposters
45:11 Gaming Quick Hits
49:15 MSI RTX 4080 SUPRIM X review
57:13 Josh's Thustmaster Airbus review
1:02:56 Vertagear PL6800 gaming chair review
1:11:51 Picks of the Week
1:26:44 Outro

We have made it to episode 700!!! Sure, only half of the crew made it this far, but that's just how it goes. It's a war of attrition, and Jeremy was there from episode one (Josh joined a bit later). And this week we decided to gather, virtually, once again, and talk about the most affordable graphics card ever made!

RTX 4080 review, gaming PC building vs consoles, Nvidia earnings, some good security news for once, and more!

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
01:39 Food with Josh
03:08 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Founders Edition review
36:07 You aren't dreaming...it's NVIDIA quarterly earnings coverage!
42:34 Podcast sponsor - Masterclass
44:03 Did Gamers Nexus solve the 4090 connector mystery?
55:47 AMD's EPYC new server processors
1:00:53 Josh talks memory controllers
1:04:23 AMD brings HYPR-RX to Radeon Software next year
1:06:09 Google settles Android tracking lawsuit
1:08:02 Lenovo patches UEFI vulnerability
1:10:01 Gaming PSA
1:13:12 Picks of the Week
1:25:45 Outro

We are back after a week off (mostly spent traveling to the AMD event), and can finally talk about Radeon RX 7000 Series specs and pricing, and try to extrapolate (very popular word these days) performance. In fact, I think Josh may have over-extrapolated himself, but he will recover soon.

We also talked about other stuff, as Brett tried to make it more balanced, in spite of my best efforts. Full list in the time stamps below.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:27 Food with Josh
03:20 AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX and XT launch event discussion
20:12 TSMC 3DFabric Alliance to accelerate chiplet design
22:19 Chiplet startup Eliyan and NuLink interconnect tech
24:39 Intel takes their HPC offering to the Max
29:32 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti rumors (and further RX 7000 Series speculation)
36:41 Podcast sponsor - Coda
37:51 Windows 11 adoption isn't high
39:18 Qualcomm says Arm wants money
43:07 A custom racing rig that looks pretty neat but that's about as far as we go with this segment
44:43 Microsoft AI steals code?
46:37 OpenSSL fixes two high severity vulnerabilities
48:43 Gaming Quick Hits
55:05 Picks of the Week
1:08:20 Outro (Josh gets it right the second time)

This week we talk about Intel Core i9-13900K performance and power, dip our toes into the emerging RTX 4090 power adapter discussion (the night before Igor's Lab released a more definitive look at the problem), and chat about NVIDIA's RTX 4080 12GB un-launching. Plus one more hurrah for Window 10 updates, updates for Display Port and Thunderbolt (and even our old friend AIDA64!).

We also talked about some other topics, including the performance of the new Samsung 990 PRO. It's all in the time stamps below.

00:00 Intro
00:21 Food with Josh
03:05 Intel Core i9-13900K Review
26:04 NVIDIA RTX 4090 power adapter investigation
32:34 NVIDIA cancels the 12GB version of the RTX 4080
35:30 DisplayPort 2.1 standard
37:33 Intel talks Next Gen Thunderbolt
39:29 There's a Windows 10 22H2 now
43:10 Podcast sponsor - TextExpander
48:10 Memtest86+ and AIDA64 updated
50:42 Gaming Quick Hits
54:35 Samsung 990 PRO 2TB NVMe SSD Review
1:00:22 Picks of the Week
1:07:53 Outro

Recorded October 12, 2022. You know, a couple of days before NVIDIA unlaunched the RTX 4080 12GB. Guess we'll talk about that NEXT week.

On this day, we conversed about the RTX 4090's performance, talked about how thermal paste buildup can affect your life, looked at pictures of Intel's massive new NUC Extreme, and Kent reviewed the Thermaltake The Tower 500 (yes it is called "The Tower") Snow (as in white) enclosure. Plus other stuff. The full list can be found below.

00:00 Intro
00:49 Food with Josh
2:25 RTX 4090 FE Review
42:52 Noctua AM5 paste guard
47:03 PC sales plummet
55:30 Podcast sponsor
56:51 Intel's triple-slot GPU NUC
1:02:30 Windows 10 support winding down?
1:03:01 Intel Arc Launch
1:04:44 Gaming Quick Hits
1:08:03 Thermaltake The Tower 500 Snow case review
1:23:39 Picks of the Week
1:32:44 Outro

Recorded on October 5, 2022. The panel discusses Intel Arc A770 and A750 reviews, AMD Ryzen 7000 undervolting, and we go hands on with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition card. More subjects in the time stamps below.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:41 Food with Josh
4:08 More intro stuff
05:42 Intel Arc A770 and A750 reviews
19:06 AMD Ryzen 7000 undervolting
29:05 NVIDIA RTX 4090 in hand
33:42 Deepcool LS720 liquid cooler likes AMD better?
36:03 The highly technical subject of solid state cooling
40:50 Podcast sponsor - Beard Club
42:14 PS5 jailbreak
44:25 Google Stadia is dead, Jim
46:03 Gaming Quick Hits
50:46 Security Corner
1:01:43 Picks of the Week
1:16:21 Outro

We're back after a week off - and there's been a ton of news in the meantime.

Prepare yourself for some very long form content as we talk about AMD Ryzen 7000 for half an hour, and later talk about NVIDIA's RTX 40 Series for nearly as long. Then there's Intel 13th gen, ARM, EVGA breakupPlus a lot of other stuff. It's in the time stamps below. Enjoy!

00:00 Intro
02:27 Food with Josh
04:06 30 minutes of AMD Ryzen 7000 perf, thermals, delidding, undervolting, etc.
34:50 Intel 13th Gen Core processors
39:26 NVIDIA RTX 40 Series
1:02:35 Podcast sponsor - TextExpander
1:03:54 EVGA breaks up with NVIDIA
1:11:29 Intel Arc A770 is coming soon
1:15:48 Some Acorn Arm history
1:18:22 Gaming Quick Hits
1:21:20 Security Corner
1:23:14 Picks of the Week
1:35:08 Outro

Catch those final 4090 series rumors, revel in the 50% off current GPU pricing, lament at the Windows 11 beta-ness of it all. Cry at the security vulnerabilities and jump with joy for gaming news. It's all here. For you.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:22 Food with Josh (and Corrine)
04:27 One more RTX 4090 rumor segment before GTC
13:07 GPUs now half of their inflated peak pricing
15:09 AMD admits mobile CPU naming sceme is a mess
18:28 AMD RX 6400 performance discussion for some reason
24:55 Windows 11 isn't a beta OS. Really.
26:21 Corsair's ultra-low profile K100 AIR keyboard
27:16 One more VideoCardz Intel Raptor Lake CPU leak
28:41 Gaming Quick Hits (with demo disc digression)
37:10 Security Corner
46:44 Picks of the Week
54:32 Outro

AMD 670E pricing is extreme alright, but so is their mobile CPU naming conventions? This is also the audio review show you never knew you wanted, enjoy that. Apple held some sort of iPhone event. And USB4v2 is so well named. Intel Arc news of course too.

Who wants subjective audio reviews? How about THREE of them, in a row!! Ok, skip all that if you want to, but the first half of the show is news news news. News like AMD's EXTREME X670E pricing, decoding the Ryzen 7000 mobile CPU names, and so much more that you'll just have to look at the list of time stamps right below this to find out what they all are.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro and Food with Josh
04:07 AMD X670E pricing is EXTREME!
11:06 Decoding AMD's new mobile CPU names
17:59 Blender Arc support
19:00 Intel Arc A770, A750 launching very soon
27:28 Apple's iPhone event
31:27 Some weird AI image stuff
35:09 Podcast ad break - Beard Club
36:34 Gaming Quick Hits
41:32 Security Corner
44:42 Review #1: Monoprice SYNC-ANC Headphones
50:07 Review #2: Sound Blaster Katana V2 Soundbar
1:01:32 Review #3: FOSI TB10D Desktop Amp
1:14:39 Picks of the Week
1:23:56 Outro

AMD Ryzen 7000 and AM5 - All the things. Rumors on the RTX 4070, ARC GPU on Intel, Apple does "Right to Repair" ... uh huh. Gaming updates for System Shock and Razer mice. Security issues for 80,000 devices, how fun!

This week the hardware talk got so hot that Jeremy's system overheated. Don't worry, he took off the side panel and pointed a box fan at it (a true story), and we were able to make podcasting history. Presenting the WORLD'S FIRST pcper podcast number 692. It's never been done before. It may never be done again.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:11 Burger of the Week
03:56 AMD Ryzen 7000 Series specs, pricing, and other thoughts
17:34 AMD smart NIC
20:39 NVIDIA testing different RTX 4070 specs?
23:21 Arc does Linux (6.0)
25:56 Intel XeSS better than DLSS??
28:01 Apple and the Right to Replace (or "repair")
31:23 NETAC NV7000 - an SSD that is transparent about component swaps
34:33 Gaming Quick Hits
42:13 Security Corner
45:25 Picks of the Week
56:43 Outro

RTX 4080 power projections and rumors, ASUS AM5 board updates and recall, new VESA ClearMR standards, Homekit is good, Hyundais get hacked, and Nvidia made less money. V-Color DDR5-6600 review and much more.

Another installment of the world's most famous podcast bearing the name PCPer. A full list of this week's subjects can be found in the time stamps, below.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
00:35 Burger of the Week
01:44 Lower power for NVIDIA RTX 4080 than we thought?
05:08 RTX 4090 (allegedly) already in production
06:09 NVIDIA's woeful earnings are official
14:32 ASUS announces AM5 motherboard
17:15 Some X670 chipset discussion (Sebastian is confused, Josh is right)
18:39 Certain ASUS ROG Z690 HERO mobos recalled
20:00 Yet another display standard! VESA ClearMR
26:41 Somehow Homekit and Home Assistant are good?
29:00 Ad break: TextExpander
30:20 We talk altogether too long about a UST projector
37:56 Moonbreaker: a pirate-themed, tabletop-style PC game
41:24 Plex breach
43:28 Hyundai car insecurity
45:20 Warhammer III Immortal Empires reviewed
52:38 V-Color DDR5-6600 reviewed
58:56 (late addition to news) Samsung 990 Pro SSD
1:02:30 Picks of the Week
1:10:21 Outro

This week is very heavy on product reviews, though we do begin with our traditional Intel Arc news - and this time there's a retail card available right here in the USA! As if this isn't enough to excite you into a frenzy, AMD is announcing a livestream in which they will announce new CPUs that you can eventually buy at a later date!

Timestamps
00:00 Intro
02:02 Retail Intel Arc A380 card available in USA
04:55 Arc does DX9 via DX12
07:04 AMD's upcoming livestream to announce new CPUs
09:18 All-new Rescuezila
12:02 Gaming Quick Hits
13:19 Realtek RTL819X vulnerability
18:08 Another Chrome zero-day
18:31 iOS VPNs leak data?
19:39 Drop LoTR keyboard
25:43 Monoprice Horizon TrueWireless ANC earbuds review
30:56 Fractal Focus 2 case review
43:43 ECS LIVA One A300 AMD mini PC barebone review
55:10 Picks of the Week
1:04:31 Outro

It's another week, and another PCPer podcast! Recorded August 10, 2022.

News is first, and while it may be mid-August of 2022, NVIDIA had a bad quarter in Q2 2023 already. Not the first thing we'd do if time travel was realized, but it takes all kinds. We also discuss reports of the AMD Ryzen 7000 DDR5 sweet spot, look at some re-purposed retro tech from the 2022 Hackaday Prize winners, and look into Gigabytes replacement for the Z690i Ultra mobo. Plus mandatory Intel Arc news (they went PRO), and the usual 'gaming quick hits' and depressing 'security corner'.

Featured this week is Kent's third installment in the 'upgrading in mid-2022' blog, with further explorations of the major and minor components he chose, and why.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:13 Food with Josh
02:49 Ryzen 7000 DDR5 sweet spot?
06:38 NVIDIA had a bad quarter
16:57 Hackaday prize
21:12 Gigabyte's Z690i Ultra replacement
27:48 Intel Arc Pro A-Series GPUs
30:09 Hard West 2 rides out
32:51 Final Frontier Humble Bundle
33:59 Netflix gaming?
35:47 Quantum computing vs. Ivy Bridge
40:15 Critical VMWare patch
42:27 Kent's upgrade blog, part 3
59:32 Picks of the Week
1:12:52 Outro

We explore another week of tech news, including about 17 straight minutes of Intel and AMD Q2 financial analysis from Josh. If that isn't stimulating enough for you we also talk about upcoming CPU launches, a mandatory look at Intel Arc (new drivers this time), a possible Winamp scam, and the new be quiet! Pure Base 500 FX case - among other topics listed below.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:53 Food with Josh
02:47 Intel Q2 financial results
11:29 AMD Q2 financial results
17:54 Ryzen 7000 launches this quarter
18:49 Intel Raptor Lake in October?
22:29 Intel Arc A380 re-tested at Igor's Lab
35:08 A Sonos soundbar for your PC?
38:48 Sharkoon returns with the Elite Shark CA700 case
42:15 Google says Stadia is NOT being shut down
44:11 New Winamp version in 2022 (or is this just an NFT scam?)
49:00 Buying 0-day exploits to attack Windows and Adobe Reader
50:20 be quiet! Pure Base 500 FX case review
1:03:43 Picks of the Week
1:13:18 Outro

Josh took himself out to a ballgame, so we podcasted without him. But that doesn't mean you won't see some OG PCPer faces, if you listen to at least the 24-ish minute mark. Heck, you might as well watch to 26 min, as well. Maybe even to the end.

Enjoy the Z690 build series, GPU sales, gaming updates and security sadness!

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:52 Where's Josh?
02:01 Game On AMD sale
05:38 New Radeon Software
07:49 Micron's new 232-layer NAND
10:14 CORSAIR Vengeance RGB DDR5
14:47 Tiny Core i7 system
18:24 Razer Blade Advanced
22:23 Mandatory Intel Arc news (with familiar faces)
26:27 Podcast Sponsor TextExpander
27:47 KotOR NoMORE
30:15 GTA6 non-update
31:30 CosmicStrand UEFI insecurity
36:38 Atlassian vulnerabilities
37:49 Browser 0-day
39:55 Kent explores the Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Master
1:02:43 Picks of the Week
1:11:54 Outro

Link to the Intel Intel Arc A750 Limited Edition Graphics Card Showcase used in the podcast: https://youtu.be/fsij4LgXmZw

Kent gives us a personal rig build update, we take a look at the full Intel ARC lineup as it's known now, then a review of the EPOS H3PRO Headset, there's plenty of GPU pricing discussion, with gaming quick hits and security issues! Yeah!

So we did it again. Recorded a podcast on a Wednesday night, it's just over an hour of tech talk (and burger of the week), so get comfortable. Josh-level comfortable.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:47 Burger of the Week
02:00 Full Intel Arc lineup leaks, and there will be no A780
07:56 NVIDIA price drops
10:08 3090 Ti vs 6950XT GPGPU battle
13:20 A very high-end FiiO DAC/AMP
16:22 Microsoft going big into T-shirts and messaging
21:52 Kent's PC upgrade - part 1
35:01 Into the Breach Advanced Edition
36:49 Lego PC games are cheap right now
37:57 Four id Software classics currently free
40:18 Aftermarket car GPS insecurity
42:47 Digium VoIP services under attack
44:42 EPOS H3PRO Hybrid headset review
49:41 Picks of the Week
1:03:08 Outro
1:03:20 Outtake

We are back at it YET AGAIN, podcasting about another week's worth of PC hardware and software news. It's the kind of content you can only find in a few thousand other places, so you really don't want to miss this one.

Note: we recorded this BEFORE the Gamers Nexus video on Arc graphics with Tom (and Ryan) from Intel was published. You can watch that here: https://youtu.be/AN8ZAf15DrM

And no, it didn't end up being "50 min and 36 sec" after all. Somehow the running time ballooned up to a whopping 50 minutes and 39 seconds between rendering and uploading. Where did the extra 3 seconds come from? ALIENS. (Probably.)

00:00 Intro
02:04 Food with Josh
04:12 Arc A750 GPU at GN (they released another video the next day)
06:12 Intel Core i9-13900K sample apparently tested
10:40 Brief digression
11:34 Bluetooth audio poised to improve soon
14:52 Corsair's new HXi Series PSUs
16:58 PC sales decline
24:03 Skyrim Together Reborn
28:33 Unity and ironSource merger
31:45 Spectre never dies
35:38 MS 365 requires Win 10 and up after this year
36:52 Picks of the Week
48:08 Outro

Intel A380 GPU Preview, More X3D processors?, PCIe Gen 5 NVMe drives and more! Brett wasn't here tonight, secret mission and all that. We are fans of BeQuiet! fans, game updates and someone wants to monetize your lock screen!

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:53 Food with Josh
02:11 Into the Unknow: Ryan shows off the Gunnir Photon Intel Arc A380
07:07 Arc drivers don't "enhance" 3DMark results anymore! (If you toggle APO)
08:03 Intel 13th Gen lacks PCIe Gen5 NVMe support?
10:56 AMD possibly prepping additional X3D CPUs on AM4
13:41 Use Rufus for a better Windows 11 installation experience
16:08 Intel shipping crypto ASIC just in time
17:02 be quiet! launching many Silent Wings 4 fans
20:12 Dune: Spice Wars update
21:17 Microsoft's Activision takeover update
21:48 Thrustmaster has a HOTAS
23:13 Google at a Glance
26:06 Picks of the Week (yes, already)
34:53 Outro

It may seem like the year is half over already (because it is), but things are just starting to heat up (because it's summer). And if you thought Intel's Arc A380 was hot, then get a load of NVIDIA's GTX 1630! You will barely be able to contain yourself. But you will be able to contain your new computer gear in a Fractal case POP!

Check out the timestamps below!

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:42 Burger of the Week
03:17 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630 launched
11:25 Arm has new CPU and GPU cores
28:09 Win11 patch fixes what the last one broke
30:44 Windows 8.1 support ends next year
31:36 Podcast sponsor TextExpander
32:57 GEEKOM MINI IT8 mini-PC seems like a good deal (RESUME HERE)
34:55 7-Zip story
38:23 Gaming Quick Hits
43:08 Reboot your router
46:26 Hot tub exposes users!
48:46 Podcast sponsor Kolide
50:08 unpopular Ryzen 7 5700G APU mini-review
0:59:39 Kent's Fractal Pop Air and Mini Air review
1:11:21 Picks of the Week
1:20:32 Outro

Josh returns with food. The off-beat tech news continues. Come along for the ride, won't you? Check out the topics here!

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:23 Food with Josh
02:27 Intel Arc A380 desktop card tested!
06:02 Another debate about GPU pricing...
10:33 Threadripper non-Pro is no more
13:20 PCI-SIG Announces PCI Express 7.0 Spec
14:10 Radeon Rumors! 16384 Stream Processors coming?
17:03 USB 4 is clear as mud
22:57 AMD's AM5 introduction
25:45 Adobe blocking security apps
29:09 Using an older Cisco small biz router?
31:46 Jeremy reviews Starship Troopers and Field of Glory II Medieval
43:15 Quick look at the MSI RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G
46:43 Picks of the Week
54:27 Outro

Join us as we attempt to catch up on another busy week - with discussion of AMD's move to chiplet architecture with the upcoming RDNA 3 GPUs, more from AMD's Financial Analyst Day (including Zen 4 IPC), Intel's "4" process node, the end of Internet Explorer, and so much more...

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:04 Burger of the Week
02:28 RDNA 3 Chiplets
09:04 AMD Tech and Product Updates
13:39 A Retail Intel Arc GPU??!!
16:23 Intel 4 Process Detailed
19:49 Podcast Sponsor: Linkedin Jobs
20:57 More AGESA Excitement
22:12 RIP IE
24:24 Is a cat simulator what the world needs now?
26:29 Fallout 5 is coming (eventually)
28:36 AMD Raise the Game games
30:49 Sammy cheating TV benchmarks
33:01 Apple chases Pacman
35:37 Podcast Sponsor: Kolide
37:02 Jeremy reviews DROP + EPOS PC38X headset
45:21 Picks of the Week
51:49 Outro

Apple M2 specs and Ryzen 7000 layout and delidded, Intel ARC tested, and our review of the Phanteks G360A. Free games from Amazon, satellite hacking, and fun observations from the Steam hardware survey.

Recorded the night before AMD announced all the things. Oh well, there's always next week. Anyway, we made it to 680. What's next?! Oh yeah. 681. But not before we talked about the following things for an HOUR:

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:39 Burger of the Week
03:01 Apple M2
05:25 Ryzen 7000 delidded?
12:22 Intel Arc A730M tested
16:36 Samsung Odyssey Neo monitors
19:59 MS wants SSD
21:51 New Arm ISP
23:59 May Steam Survey
27:17 Prime gaming
29:07 Euro Sat Hack
30:47 Express VPN does the right thing?
31:33 Phanteks Eclipse G360A case review
44:28 Patriot Viper VP4300 PS5 SSD upgrade story
49:40 Picks of the Week
1:01:54 Outro

AMD Ryzen 7000 TDP's on AM5, Lian Li O11D MINI Case Review, are GPUs returning to MSRP? Old tech forever? Amiga's and NASA ingenuity, Intel Falcon Shores XPU, Zero day vuln in Microsoft Office and DDR4 on Z690.

It's been a week, I'll tell ya. And that can only mean one thing: it's time once again for four (or five, in this case) people to attempt not to talk over one another in a virtual hangout recorded for your viewing/listening/reading (subs) pleasure!

Topics in the time stamps below.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:38 Burger of the Week
02:11 AMD corrects themselves on Ryzen 7000 CPU power limits
05:14 Intel Falcon Shores XPU
12:11 Intel Arc desktop update! (but not really)
13:00 Broadcom buys VMWare
18:12 Another DDR4 vs DDR5 comparison
22:23 Is it finally time to buy a GPU?
28:40 Another Amiga emulator
33:14 NASA Mars rover rescue
35:24 Gaming Quick Hits
40:51 Security Corner
46:42 Lian Li O11D MINI case review
57:02 Picks of the Week
1:11:51 First hands-on with Arc!!!

The PCPer hardware leaderboard returns! Ryzen 7000 news, Nvidia financials, and the Framework laptop actually appears upgradable, which is nice? There's even ARGB, so avert your eyes?

Recorded before AMD knew what the TDP and PPT of Ryzen 7000 actually is. Topics in the list below.
Watch the JoshTekk XFX MERC 319 RX 6800 XT review here: https://youtu.be/I7EC_H-BrJ0

#OgelBatter64

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:26 Food with Josh
03:15 AMD at Computex 2022
10:48 Josh presents NVIDIA Q1 23 Earnings
15:00 Ryzen 5800X vs 5800X3D (again)
20:18 Run Android apps on Win11
23:26 Ad break: TextExpander
24:49 Return of the Leaderboard
30:15 SK hynix P41 SSD finally available
33:20 New RGB cable extensions that make your build brighter than the sun
37:23 The Framework laptop 12th Gen upgrade kit
42:18 Ad break: Kolide
43:39 Hardspace: Shipbreaker
46:10 Portal ported to N64?
46:44 OGEL BATTER 64
47:18 Monero Mining Botnet for Windows AND Linux!
51:48 Twitter 2FA Hilarity
53:11 Josh did a video review!
58:21 Picks of the Week
1:08:11 Outro

Another podcast has been "successfully" recorded, edited, and uploaded. Topics in the list below.

AMD has a very healthy X86 market share now, not just in servers. There have been some fast and loose claims around adaptive sync monitors so far, bluetooth hack gets more air time for remote hacking, the RX 6650 XT might get the nod for most improved "50" version, and more!

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:00 Food with Josh
04:11 AMD Claims Nearly 30% CPU Market Share
06:21 Arc vs. Larabee
10:44 VESA Adopts Adaptive Sync Claim Certification
16:30 Phison PCIe 5.0 Redriver Excitement
20:47 Geometric Future Model 8 Cowboy Case?
23:55 Radeon 6650 XT is Interesting
29:21 Podcast Sponsor: Linkedin Jobs
30:30 Gaming Quick Hits
37:44 A New Bluetooth Hack
43:30 Picks of the Week
55:10 Outro

Fresh review for the RX 6750 XT, Intel announces 12th gen Core HX CPUs, Tesla recalls 130k vehicles, Nvidia got crypto issues but does go open source! We gathered for two hours over the internet, and this is what remains. Also, if you watch closely, you might hear a wild Malventano.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:20 Burger of the Week
02:26 AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT (Sapphire NITRO+) Review
20:39 Intel puts desktop CPUs into laptops with the Core HX series
28:11 NVIDIA's surprise open source announcement
29:43 NVIDIA's crypto calamity
33:39 Wi-Fi 7 is coming
39:58 Will updated Sound Recorder convince skeptics to adopt Windows 11?
43:14 Hard West 2
45:22 Kaspersky finds malware in low places
49:57 Allyn stops by to talk Tesla recall
1:03:50 Picks of the Week
1:13:58 Outro

Five older guys attempt not to yell over each other for an hour and thirteen minutes. Plus AMD is had a great year, Edge includes a VPN of sorts, CAS28 DDR5, Intel buys SIRU, Amazon Echo listens because it cares, Radeon 6X50 rumors, and write once SSDs! Plus more, as usual.

Timestamps:
00:00 Cold Open
00:10 Intro
05:06 Burger of the Week
07:44 Intel Financials
12:24 AMD Financials
29:30 MS Edge VPN
31:44 G.Skill DDR5 at CAS 28
33:25 The Write-Once SSD?
35:21 Intel Buys SIRU
38:21 AMD Radeon 6x50 XT Rumors
41:09 Gaming Quick Hits
47:50 Apple Silicon Vulnerability
51:00 Amazon's Echo Listens (because it CARES)
54:12 Geshelli ARCHEL 2.5 XL Headphone Amp Review
1:05:40 Picks of the Week
1:12:32 Outro

It's that time again! Time to enjoy a podcast recorded just days ago and now presented in its edited state with fewer Shatnerian pauses. But that's the way you like it.

We've got RAM reviews, what-the-Dell RAM, AM5 DDR5 RAM only, washing machines being stripped of chips and hot fresh graphics research from Intel! Move over Bethesda launcher, get on Steam ... but also GOG is the best game launcher anyway.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:01 Food with Josh
03:50 Intel's new Graphics Research Group
08:21 Will AM5 be DDR5 only?
14:41 Parting out a new washing machine for chips is totally normal and sane
16:09 Worst podcast joke of 2022
16:14 DELL CAMM RAM JAM
20:40 Awkward jump cut
20:41 Deepcool's $30 air cooler
23:54 Podcast Sponsor - TextExpander
25:01 Elder games free on Steam
27:13 Humble Bundle X collection
27:58 Sony game preservation
28:54 Brett just discovered My Abandonware, apparently
30:33 The Great Bethesda Launcher Migration of 2022
32:10 A subjective list of the 7 "best" game launchers, according to some website
33:03 Java signature bypass
36:01 v-color Manta XPrism RGB DDR5-6200 review
41:32 Picks of the Week
50:01 Outro

To commemorate "4/20", which of course means the first day of official Ryzen 7 5800X3D availability on Wednesday, April 20, 2022, we recorded a podcast. We also took a look at a very small gaming desktop from Falcon Northwest built around this new AMD processor.

2nm process from TSMC, the C64 is 40 years old, 12 gen Intel delidding tool, iOS app tracking and Nvidia AD102 preview specs. Enjoy!

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:50 Burger of the Week
03:13 AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D goes on sale
10:07 AMD Ryzen PRO 6000 Series mobile CPUs
13:09 Raja Koduri has been promoted
18:06 TSMC 2nm possibly delayed
25:36 The ADATA SSD 2fer
28:12 NVIDIA allegedly begins testing RTX 4090...
29:50 ...and the 2kW PSU you need to power it (JUST KIDDING)
32:18 Rockit Cool's Alder Lake delidding tool
35:01 C64 turns 40
36:13 Podcast sponsor - LinkedIn Talent Solutions
41:23 iOS tracking is alive and well
42:54 ESET finds Lenovo laptop vulnerabilities
44:12 More fun with log4j
46:13 Falcon Northwest Tiki 2022 Review
1:04:00 Picks of the Week
1:11:25 Outro

Another week, another negligent podcasting job. Now, before you start pointing fingers, Brett wasn't available this week, so there was no one to mention Micro Center or Apple. Also, other excuses.

The Ryzen 7 5800X3D is getting some air time, Intel ARC GPUs in South Korea, RX 6950 XT early listings and GDD6X memory bandwidth and our looks the some Monoprice BT headphones! Plus hospital software security fail and more!

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:44 Burger of the Week
03:28 First AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D review (at TPU)
19:07 Zen 4 is all about the OC
23:21 Intel Arc laptops ARE available (in Korea)
28:01 Podcast Sponsor: Kolide
29:26 AMD Radeon RX 6950XT listed for sale early
33:36 GDDR6X gets bigger, faster, and stronger
34:45 Weird West
39:39 A scary hospital robot
42:07 Jeremy reviews Monoprice ANC headphones
51:45 Picks of the Week
59:34 Outro

This week Jeremy, Josh, Brett and the person in the upper left hand corner reconvene to discuss another week's worth of news in the world of personal computer hardware and software. You won't want to miss it.

AMD overclocking surprises, SK Hynix is going to buy ARM now?, Intel and AMD and an interesting patent observation, ray traced DOOM and the return of Monkey Island!, and the 12900KS edition is now available.

A full list of the topics discussed in this video are helpfully provided in the list of time stamps below.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:51 Burger of the Week
03:05 AMD automatically overclocking your CPU?
06:15 Did Intel actually copy AMD's CPU patent?
10:22 Core i9-12900KS goes on sale
13:47 AMD buys Pensando
20:43 Ramblings about a 12th Gen Core i3/i5 review
26:14 Now SK Hynix wants to buy Arm?
31:29 Podcast Sponsor: Kolide
32:54 Noctua releases NH-D12L low-profile dual tower cooler
36:16 The return of Monkey Island
37:46 DOOM gets ray traced!
39:19 Killing Floor Humble Bundle
40:50 Apple doesn't seem to care about security on "older" MacOS versions
43:46 Spring is here! And by that we mean Spring4Shell is here!
45:07 VLC hacked?
46:27 Jeremy reviews Distant Worlds 2
55:23 Picks of the Week
1:06:37 Outro

It's another week, and this time we actually have a new graphics card release that's semi-available to buy! For $2k. And, while having the fastest hardware for PC gaming has become a hobby for only the wealthy among us, that is FINALLY changing this year, we think. We talked about this possible downward trend in GPU prices, along with other things. The list is below.

00:00 Intro
00:34 Burger of the Week
02:34 RTX 3090 Ti launches (and it's available!)
11:15 Intel Arc Discrete GPUs arrive (on mobile)
24:58 Podcast Sponsor - Kolide
26:23 GPU prices are dropping
30:48 3D from 2D
34:23 RIP GIF creator (and we end the pronunciation debate forever!)
36:08 Also RIP TRS-80 creator
38:48 Podcast Sponsor - TextExpander
39:53 Gaming 'quick hits'
45:14 Some good security news?
48:22 Hacking group caught
51:01 IPV6 security
53:42 Picks of the Week
1:00:47 Awkward jump-cut to awkward outro

There's GTC coverage, Intel has got a new bag of tricks with their ATX PSU spec, and a nice review of the Monoprice IGZO Monitor, plus some DLSS and FSR2.0 talk. Check the topics below!

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:04 Burger of the Week
03:44 NVIDIA Hopper at GTC 2022
10:07 Podcast Sponsor - Kolide
11:31 AMD RSR and FSR 2.0 at GTC 2022
20:28 Intel's BIGGEST ATX Revision Since 2003!
29:12 Podcast Sponsor - New Relic
30:35 Jeremy Reviews a Monoprice IGZO Monitor
45:38 A FAIRLY SPECIAL GUEST Appears (and then we talk about the Apple display)
53:46 Picks of the Week
1:02:30 Outro

AMD Processor updates with the 5800X3D, Ryzen in 300 series motherboards, APC UPS Security Risk, Spectre haunts us still, D&D Gold Box Games, Windows 11 ads in file explorer? Intel invests in European expansion for making chips ... well you can read the timestamps for sure.

Another week, another podcast. And you know there will be banter. Lots of banter.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
02:05 Burger of the Week
04:09 AMD Processor Spring Update
10:42 Extended Ryzen 5000 Chipset Support
12:42 Intel Expands Into Europe
13:34 Big Accelerator Memory - Connect Your GPU to Your SSD
16:28 Microsoft Tests Ads in Explorer (but say it was an accident)
17:25 Now You Can Have Tabs in Explorer?
18:20 Podcast Sponsor: Kolide
19:43 RiffTrax the Game Coming to Steam
21:44 Classic Gold Box D&D Games Also Coming to Steam
24:38 Some Capcom Mech vs. Dino Battle Thing
27:49 Ghost of Spectre's Past
29:27 Is TP-Link Sharing ALL Router Traffic with 3rd Party
32:21 APC Smart UPS Vulnerabilities
35:03 Podcast Sponsor: LinkedIn Talent Solutions
36:14 A500 Mini is Perhaps Soon to be Available (maybe)
41:34 Cherry MX 10.0N Low Profile Mechanical Keyboard Review
47:27 Picks of the Week
57:02 Outro

AMD Fixes Stuttering but is removing OC from the 5800X3D, Apple debuts the M1 Ultra and it's formidable, Threadripper is coming back in, Linux catches a dirty pipe, so many gaming bundles and more topics in the timeline below!

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:50 Burger of the Week
05:27 Threadripper is BACK
07:36 Apple M1 Ultra
13:40 Basemark's new ray tracing benchmark
16:13 AMD Ryzen stuttering with firmware TPM?
18:25 Podcast Sponsor: New Relic
19:37 No OC for Ryzen 7 5800X3D?
23:51 3D V-cache EPYC on the way
24:28 Linux nobody account bug
26:32 NVIDIA and Samsung cyberattack updates
32:02 Amazon Echo hack
33:06 Intel W680 chipset supports ECC memory on Alder Lake CPUs
35:16 Gaming segment: a bunch of bundles
40:33 Picks of the Week
52:15 Outro

The dreadful episode 666. AMD worth more then Intel, Intel buys Linutronix, FreeDOS update, Nvidia gets hacked big time, review on the ICY Diamond Graphite Thermal Pads, Windows 10 and 11 tablet mode, Acer Predator RAM, Open Source laptop and more!

00:00 Intro
03:21 Burger of the Week
04:55 That time when AMD was worth more than Intel
06:34 NVIDIA cyberattack! News, leaks, rumors, and excitement
17:29 Intel buys a company called Linutronix
19:04 Windows 11 - channeling the spirit of Windows 8
21:18 Podcast sponsor: TextExpander
22:14 Neon gas also a problem with chip shortages?
23:58 FreeDOS 1.3 is out
27:00 The MNT Open Source Laptop
30:10 A CPU thermal pad review (and lengthy thermal paste discussion)
49:45 Samsung B-die DD4 memory from Acer?
57:20 Picks of the Week
1:03:22 Outro

Intel in the GPUs news with new ARC and getting a Radeon architect. Don't like Win 11, try Chrome! Win 11 Pro requiring online account, TrueNAS at scale, Nvidia Lovelace GPU rumors, Bethesda shuts down launcher, E-Win Racing Gaming chair review + more!

We are ONE EPISODE AWAY from the ill-fated "666". Will it ever happen? Who knows. This could be the last episode ever.

Timestamps
00:00 Cold Open
00:11 Intro
01:41 Burger of the Week
04:54 Intel Arc graphics roadmap
11:48 Lead Radeon architect leaves for Intel
13:57 Do you believe the 850W NVIDIA GPU rumor?
20:37 Chrome OS Flex
25:20 A 25GbE router on a PCIe card
30:19 TrueNAS Scale released
34:32 The tiny AMD Ryzen-powered Lenovo ThinkCentre M75q
38:51 hand break (not handbrake)
39:24 Microsoft account REQUIRED for future builds of Win11 Pro
40:15 Total War Warhammer 3
43:03 Bethesda launcher shutting down
46:30 Synology DSM has a vulnerability, no patch yet
47:05 E-Win Racing Champion Series gaming chair review
53:27 Picks of the Week
1:01:12 Outro

AMD finishes buying Xilinx, we review the Fractal Torrent Nano case and the Corsair K70 RGB Pro keyboard, malware talk and gaming quick hits + ruined NAND, Nvidia financials, and no more Crucial Ballistix RAM, Samsung does not make a smart VR play ... check the timestamps for more!

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:03 AMD completes Xilinx acquisition
04:31 Samsung's metaverse event needed a second life
08:27 Contamination destroys exabytes of flash memory
10:02 Crucial Ballistix RAM will soon be a memory
11:42 Podcast Sponsor: New Relic
13:09 Critical flaw in Android 12 patched
15:58 Chrome zero-day - patch ASAP!
17:46 We think Kent was hacked
21:44 Some Mac security story
23:27 AMD Radeon refresh rumors
28:43 NVIDIA earned a lot of money
33:34 New Dune game - does not look like Dune II
36:44 Humble Bundle for a cause
38:13 Steam Deck compatibility list grows
39:43 Podcast Sponsor: Linkedin Jobs
40:48 Corsair K70 RGB PRO keyboard review
47:11 Fractal Torrent Nano video review overview
49:17 Picks of the Week
1:01:38 Outro

AMD Sets all time market share, Nvidia is not getting ARM'd, Intel making big investment in RISC-V, more Malware! Sound Blaster X4, "Random" things, Be Quiet! Pure Power 11 discussion and some retro storage discussions.

Timestamps
00:00 Intro
03:54 Burger of the Week
05:16 NVIDIA's Arm acquisition is no more
11:29 Intel invests in RISC-V
16:44 AMD enjoys record CPU marketshare
18:03 Panic at the CISCO
19:42 ExpressVPN offers $100k bounty if you can hack them
20:24 WD Black SN770 - decent DRAMless drive
23:38 Creative Sound Blaster X4 (and further random discussion)
31:21 Replace your outdated MFM drives the modern way!
34:12 Do you want TRUE random numbers!
38:32 Warhammer 40K
40:13 Star Citizen something something
43:30 be quiet! Pure Power 11 FM 850W quick look
46:55 Picks of the Week
56:23 Outro

It was a Wednesday like no other: a twos-day. 2/2/22. Now, we could have done an even MORE twos-day show on 2/22/22, but we didn't think that far ahead. Also, that hasn't happened yet. Kyle at HardOCP discussing the end of MSRP's for GPUs, AMD is buying Xilinx, Sony jumps in the game with buying Bungie, we review the EVGA XR1, Battlefield 2042 going to get finished, Intel 12gen laptop CPU performance, Android Malware and Raspberry Pi goes 64bit. Check the timestamps...

Timestamps
00:00 Cold Open/Intro
03:40 Burger of the Week
05:21 HardOCP Kyle's post on end of GPU MSRPs (and reviewers)
23:37 AMD gets go-ahead on Xilinx deal
26:33 A brief look at 12th Gen Alder Lake laptop CPU performance, kind of
29:04 Intel had two billion reasons to build in Ohio
30:16 EVGA E1 is a wild prebuilt gaming PC
33:59 BRATA Android malware
37:36 JEDEC reveals HBM3 specs
41:02 Google relents on legacy G-suite user payment plan
42:30 Raspberry Pi 64-bit OS arrives
43:56 Battlefield 2042 to be finished, supposedly
46:07 Sony buys Bungie
49:40 EVGA XR1 review
55:40 Picks of the Week
1:07:58 Outro

Are you ready for another entry-level graphics card you can't buy anywhere near MSRP? Perfect! Let the argument about availability of RTX 3050 vs. RX 6500 XT begin! Need a topic? How about, should NVIDIA have made the RTX 3050 as undesirable as the RX 6500 XT (still on shelves) to enhance product availability?

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:15 Burger of the Week
03:45 RTX 3050 review discussion
22:20 DDR5 at 8888 CL88
26:15 Earthquake forces Toshiba fab in Japan to shut down
29:40 Silicon manufacturers are doing JUST FINE
31:14 A hand-built 1200 transistor chip from a garage
35:01 Microsoft keeps messing with Windows 11
36:10 Ad Break: TextExpander
37:13 Sniffing malware emissions with a Raspberry Pi?
40:46 WD My Cloud OS patched
41:38 12-year-old Linux bug can give root access
42:31 NVIDIA may not be buying Arm after all...
47:28 Crysis 4 announced
48:57 Surviving Mars bundle thing
50:12 Steam Deck will ship February 28
51:33 Picks of the Week
59:44 Outro

The RX 6500 XT is 4GB or 64bit mobile GPU wrapped in a PCIe desktop card. It behaves accordingly. Review of the Thinkpad P15 Mobile Workstation review, TSMC expanding, Nvidia CPU time, and Samsung finally reveals the EXYNOS 2200. Plus Microsoft is looking to buy Activision / Blizzard, and they discontinued the Xbox One a while ago, and welcome to Sysjoker! The next cross-platform hack. And more, see below

Timestamps
00:00 Prologue
00:22 Intro
05:03 Burger of the Week
06:58 Radeon RX 6500 XT Excitement
24:56 Microsoft Buying Activison Blizzard for $68.7 BILLION
31:40 SYSJOKER Runs on Anything!
34:04 Samsung's Exynos 2200 with RDN2 GPU Announced
38:18 TSMC Has FABulous Plans for 2022
45:57 NVIDIA Hiring for CPU R&D in Isreal
48:10 What Supply Chain Shortage? (PC Sales in 2021)
52:69 Microsoft Discontinued ALL Xbox One Consoles! In 2020!
54:26 Linux and Apple Support for Humble Bundle Ends February 1st
58:35 Forever Skies (looks a bit like Subnautica up in the air)
01:00:11 Lenovo ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 Mobile Workstation Review
1:11:31 Picks of the Week
1:19:48 Outro

Post-CES is generally pretty light for a few weeks, but not this year! Josh was out sick but Kent stepped in and we had a low-key discussion of the topics of the evening. The 3080 12GB, a 2000w PSU, the Intel NUC 12 will have LGA socket, Nvidia latest resolution dance with DLDSR, the RX 6500 XT is only x4 for PCIe, the Intel i9 is hitting 5.5Ghz OOTB? More below!

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:07 NVIDIA introduces a 12GB version of the RTX 3080
07:50 NVIDIA's latest driver brings another scaling tech: DLDSR
11:12 Does it matter that AMD's Radeon RX 6500 XT is limited to a x4 interface?
13:55 Intel's 5.5 GHz Core i9-12900KS announced
15:40 NUC 12 Extreme uses DESKTOP processors, has standard LGA socket
20:14 Podcast Sponsor: Linkedin Jobs
21:17 Samsung has apparently delayed the Exynos 2200 with RDNA2 graphics
23:21 PCI Express 6.0 announced
24:53 Norton-owned Avira Antivirus wants you to mine ETH
28:45 Canon's copy-protected ink component shortage forces workaround
31:20 SilverStone's 2050W PSU
35:59 Half Life gets ray traced
38:14 NVIDIA updating all Shield devices to Android 11
39:45 Picks of the Week
49:45 Outro

First show of 2022, and we cover announcements and new tech from some of the top names in the industry. Plus have a good discussion on OLED TV's. And you still probably cannot buy a GPU at the price they should be sold at.

Timestamps
00:00 Intro
02:28 Burger of the Week
03:37 AMD Ryzen 6000 Mobile Processors Announced
08:54 First 3D V-Cache CPU is the Ryzen 7 5800X3D
15:32 Radeon RX 6500 XT Announced
21:56 NVIDIA GPUs Announced - RTX 3050 and Mobile 3070 Ti / 3080 Ti
25:38 One more thing... the RTX 3090 Ti
30:36 Alder Lake Goes Mobile: 12th Gen H-Series CPUs
36:57 Phison E26 PCIe Gen5 SSD Controller Specs (and a look at Ryan's Gen5 SSD video)
45:37 Can the ASUS ROG DDR5 to DDR4 adapter be a real product?
50:09 NVIDIA BlueField-2 DPUs are probably faster than your NIC
54:33 LG's 16:18 Monitor
59:20 Picks of the Week
1:13:49 Outro

Alder Lake NonK pricing, Spectra Hack, Final Fantasy VII update, Windows 11 continues shuffling control panels, Games updates, and DDR4 vs DD5.
It's our final show of 2021, and we DID NOT do a year in review! Instead, enjoy the usual nonsense for about an hour, if you can make it that long.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:53 Non-K Alder Lake CPU Pricing Leaked
05:15 Another DDR4 vs. DDR5 Discussion
08:24 FFVIIR Intergrade PC Launch Issues
13:21 Microsoft Shuffles Windows 11 Settings
15:21 RTX 2050 Excitement
17:48 Podcast Sponsor: TextExpander
18:55 Another Week, Another Vulnerability
22:08 The "audiophile" SSD
31:45 A Case Made From Two Pieces of Curved Metal
34:03 Halo Infinite is Rather Demanding
39:22 An Infusion of Enfusion
42:01 Games of the Week
46:34 Picks of the Week
55:59 Outro

It's our pre-pre-holiday show, wherein we talk about the few stories of interest from the week that was, and get derailed quite a bit. Don't miss it. Or do. But if you don't watch, why on earth are you reading this?

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:06 Burger of the Week
02:41 Final Fantasy VII Remake Comes to PC
06:04 New Radeon Driver Improves Halo Infinite Performance
10:05 Android 10, Teams, and 911
13:44 Log4J and Log4Shell
18:28 Podcast Sponsor: LinkedIn Jobs
19:19 SteamOS Slims Down
21:08 SK Hynix Sampling 24Gb DDR5 Chips
22:13 Seagate's 20TB Hard Drives
25:14 You think 20TB is big? How about 30TB (next year, maybe)!
27:16 Games of the Week
33:18 Podcast Sponsor: VPLS
34:31 Picks of the Week
47:40 Outro

Some of the news that's fit to talk about. Includes Microsoft Browser and Start Menu "fixes", the upcoming 3090ti, the N-Gauge rides again?, Roku and YouTube don't break up, and the Intel Alder Lake issues with games and DRM is getting better and M1 Macs are getting along with external displays better.

Presented for your perusal is a plethora of topics from another week of tech news. And a burger.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:22 Burger of the Week
02:46 Qualcomm N-Gages Their Mobile Gaming Platform
09:13 Intel Alder Lake DRM Issue Down to Three Games
12:31 Microsoft Decides Win11 Users Can Change Their Default Browser After All
14:35 RTX 3090 Ti Rumors
17:39 RTX 2060 12GB is Real!
22:50 The M1 iPadMac Doesn't Have Good External Display Support
27:02 YouTube Isn't Leaving Roku
30:49 Games of the Week
38:17 SilverStone ALTA G1M Case Review
47:31 ASUS and Noctua's Very Large, Very Brown RTX 3070
48:58 Picks of the Week
57:35 Outro

After a week away to eat regrettable amounts of food, we are back to discuss a seemingly random list of topics (see the time stamps for all of them). Also, the burger this week was a little weird.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
03:22 Burger of the Week
04:46 Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
09:44 AMD RZ600 Series Wi-Fi 6E Chips Coming Via MediaTek Collaboration
11:47 Break for Sponsor: Work smarter and faster with TextExpander
12:51 Did you know that Microsoft and Qualcomm were exclusive?
18:44 Getting Nostalgic About Netbooks and Webcams (???)
21:28 Kingston Joins the PCIe 4.0 SSD Club with the KC3000
27:17 Bricking Samsung TVs remotely
30:08 Break for Sponsor: VPLS, a full services IT company
31:26 Seaberry Turns A Raspberry Pi 4 Into A Linux Powered ITX System
35:35 With DDR4 At 5000MHz, Who Needs DDR5?
44:55 Break for Sponsor: SimpliSafe, complete home security system
46:00 Picks of the Week
57:02 Outro

Join us for a look at another week of PC hardware and software news, including NVIDIA's big November update, Seagate's bizzarre NVMe HDD (as in HARD DISK DRIVE, not SSD), more Intel CPU BIOS patches, and more - all listed below in the time stamps.

00:00 Intro
01:07 Burger of the Week (sort of)
01:52 NVIDIA Intros DLSS 2.3, Image Sharpening, ICAT
10:57 Intel 4004 Turns 50
13:20 Seagate Developing NVMe HARD DRIVES?!
15:36 Podcast Sponsor: LinkedIn Talent Solutions
16:47 Get Yer (70+) Windows 11 Fixes Here!
18:49 Time to BIOS Patch Your Intel CPUs
21:45 TPU Looks at Win11 vs Win10 ADL Performance
26:42 The Elder Scrolls 6 on PC and Xbox Only
27:35 CHERRY MX Board 3.0 S Keyboard
35:42 Picks of the Week
47:10 Outro

Obviously the Steam Deck falls victim to the supply chain problems, AMD EPYC announcements and how big they're getting in the datacenter, Cisco switch vulnerabilities, review of the Lexar DDR4 3600, why Intel wanted Centaur, and beQuiet! intros some RGB fans. Plus all the "more". You're here for that.

Another week is in the books, much more in a pure stream of consciousness that was originally streamed live, and has now been edited for human consumption. Full list of subjects in the time stamps list below.

Timestamps
0:00 Intro
01:19 Burger of the Week
03:30 Steam Deck Delayed
06:15 AMD’s EPYC Data Center Event
26:41 Podcast Sponsor: Comet Backup
27:58 Why Intel Wanted Centaur
33:04 Alder Lake Has AVX-512 Support?
34:42 Some Cisco Switch Vulnerabilities
37:33 Podcast Sponsor: VPLS
39:01 be quiet! Intros Company’s First ARGB Fans
41:38 The Stylish Raijintek PAN SLIM Case
46:36 Lexar Hades RGB DDR4 3600 RAM
51:19 Picks of the Week

The Intel 12th Gen equipped Talon system from Falcon Northwest was. Also, Alder Lake is very fast. Faster than AMD?!! Everyone is saying so. It's just so hot right now. Literally. It pulls 241 watts. The i9 looks to be a reactor in heat output, the i5 looks promising - more testing required!

Plenty more chatter where that came from, enjoy!

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:16 Burger of the Week
04:01 Intel Alder Lake Performance, Power, and Pricing
32:58 Phase Change Memory
36:48 AMD Zen 4D Rumors
39:58 Meta Removing Facebook Login Requirement for Quest Headsets
42:37 Weird West is Well Named and Well Designed
48:40 Picks of the Week
1:01:10 Outro (or is it?)

Intel Alder Lake discussion and availability, performance metrics from M1 Pro and Max, AMD and Intel Earnings report and comparison, Google deletes FTP....yeah, and a burger. See the full breakdown below.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:05 Burger of the Week
07:12 Intel Alder Lake Desktop CPUs
24:18 Intel Q3 Earnings
31:30 AMD Q3 Earnings
37:37 Podcast Sponsor: VPLS
38:55 Apple M1 Pro and M1 Max Performance at AnandTech
41:50 M1 Max vs. Leaked Alder Lake Geekbench Numbers
46:29 A New Starfield Trailer
48:31 The End of UWP
49:55 Microsoft Force-Installing PC Health Check on Win10 PCs
52:09 Podcast Sponsor: TextExpander
53:14 RPCS3
56:03 What is the MSI SPATIUM?
58:05 Google Deletes FTP from Chrome
59:27 Picks of the Week
1:07:40 Outro

Yes, Apple is in the news, and yes, we know most of our audience probably doesn't care. But it happened! We have to talk about it (well, not really, but we CHOOSE to do so)! There's also the return of an actual burger this time, plus other things. Other subjects list in the time stamps below.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:16 Burger of the Week
02:51 Random Discussion
05:35 Apple M1 Pro and M1 Max Chips
15:01 MacBook Pros Have I/O Again
22:48 GPSD Bug Hitting Unpatched Systems
27:02 Canon Sued for Tying Low Ink to Scanning
29:24 Podcast Sponsor: SimpliSafe
30:44 Ray Traced Game List Growing
32:18 144Hz 1440p Ultrawide Monitor Under $400
38:35 The FPS Review Overclocks the RX 6600
42:55 Using a $1 Antenna to Sniff CAT6 Packets
46:35 EPOS H3 Hybrid Gaming Headset Review
48:46 Picks of the Week
57:50 Outro

Are you ready for some subdued conversation about another graphics card you can't buy? Great! We also talk about how Windows 11 Ryzen performance is still problematic (pending further updates), and some other topics listed in the time stamps below.

Timestamps
00:00 Intro
01:32 Burger of the Week
05:20 Radeon RX 6600 Review
16:30 First Windows 11 Patch Worsens Ryzen Performance
19:56 Possible DRAM Price Correction (and DDR5 rant)
25:47 Podcast Sponsor: LinkedIn Talent Solutions
26:49 Samsung’s 2nm Process
32:27 Android Hasn’t Forgotten You(r data)
35:59 Far Cry 6 Performance at FPSReview
40:49 Picks of the Week
47:05 Outro

We have gathered here today to join in wholly insightful commentary about the week's computer-related news. If you object, comment now or forever hold your peace. Full list of topics below. The Flexispot Kana Pro motorized desk is pretty fine, Windows 11 continues to have issues for some, especially on Ryzen CPUs, Clearview AI is super creepy it seems, Acer is making a PCIe x4 NVME, and plenty of ray tracing going on.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:12 Burger (?) of the Week
07:16 Windows 11 “Performance” with Ryzen CPUs
13:50 Twitch Data Breach
16:38 Samsung / AMD RDNA 2 SoC Supports Ray Tracing
18:47 Trying to Understand Intel’s LOIHI 2
23:33 4K Support Found in OLED Switch Dock
25:02 Quick Note on PS4 Bricking Fix
26:01 Predator NVMe SSD with INNOGRIT Controller
30:14 Nothing to See Here from Clearview AI
34:10 Who’s Excited About Far Cry 6?
38:30 FlexiSpot Kana Pro Adjustable Standing Desk Review
46:55 Picks of the Week
54:06 Outro

Nvidia 30 series Super cards, Intel ARC cards, AMD 6600 rumors. Bluetooth and RGB vulnerabilities, epic EPYC market size, Silicon Lottery leaving us, the best Aliens game yet, Razer THX headphones, Nuclear power bitcoin +++ oh yeah.

Join us for yet another week of rumors, speculation, banter, and burgers. Subject list in the time stamps below.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:50 Burger of the Week
05:16 NVIDIA RTX SUPER Rumors
09:36 Intel ARC GPU Rumors
12:43 AMD RX 6600 Rumors
16:55 AMD Server Market Share Growing
21:51 New Bluetooth Vulnerability
26:33 Yes, M.2 Socket Selection Affects Performance
31:32 Nuclear Powered Bitcoin Mining
36:50 Podcast Sponsor: TextExpander
37:57 Warning: RGB Breach - FULL ALERT
40:02 Razer Barracuda X Headset Features DLC!
43:11 Silicon Lottery Shutting Down
48:56 Aliens Fireteam Elite: the ONLY new Aliens Game
51:59 HyperX SoloCast USB Mic Review
56:38 Picks of the Week
1:03:14 Outro

Thermaltake "Get to the choppa!" mATX case, Microsoft releases the Surface Pro 8, RIP Sir Clive Sinclair, Nvidia has got a new way of improving imagery with their DLAA, RTX 3060's with 3070 ti GPU chips, OWC external Thunderbolt SSD, Pi with RX 6700 XT.

Topics and timeline below!

00:00 Intro
02:06 Burger of the Week
05:48 EVGA Launches X570 DARK
09:08 What is NVIDIA DLAA?
13:46 A Fast OWC Thunderbolt SSD
15:47 RIP Sir Clive Sinclair
19:33 RTX 3060's with RTX 3070 Ti GPUs?
21:31 Sponsor: LinkedIn Talent Solutions
22:44 Microsoft Announces Surface Pro 8
25:11 Raspberry Pi with RX 6700 XT
27:21 AMD and NVIDIA Driver Updates
28:59 Arm Automotive Products
34:15 Josh Monitor Update
36:28 Sponsor: SimpliSafe Home Security
37:48 Thermaltake AH T200 Helicopter Case
48:41 Picks of the Week
56:23 Outro

Power and internet have been restored, so we're back after some weather-related, tree-related issues prevented us from gracing the 'tube last week. And things happened. Like AMD's fancy new overclocking feature built into the latest Radeon drivers that automatically voids your warranty! And other stuff. Plus burger of the week and more than our fair share of unrelated banter. Oh, and tree damage photos if you want to laugh at Sebastian's bad luck. It's all here. Including other various tech news and reviews as well.

Check the timestamps below for most of the topics.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
03:14 Burger of the Week
05:19 Is Windows 11 Ready to Start?
12:17 AMD Brings Auto Overclocking to Latest Drivers
17:16 How Josh Hurt His Back
20:32 The REAL Apple News - Emergency iMessage Bug Patch
22:32 The FAKE Apple News
31:20 The An0m Phone Honeypot
35:09 Show Sponsor: LinkedIn Talent Solutions
36:19 Leopold FC660C Keyboard - Capacitive 65% Option
40:59 ExpressVPN Bought by Kape
44:59 Battlefield 2042 DELAYED
46:37 Splitgate
50:38 Samsung Pro Plus 512GB MicroSD Card Review
53:35 Single Strand Fiber is Real

We're back once again to discuss burgers, Windows 11, AMD servers use a lot less power than Intel (NO WAY), various security issues, SSD component swaps, EVGA’s RTX 3090 investigation, and not one, but TWO be quiet! CPU cooler reviews (featuring Kent, who fills in for Jeremy as our resident long-haired person).

Full topic list in the time stamps below, as usual.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:24 Burger of the Week
02:59 Windows 11 Launch Date Announced
05:54 Cloudflare Chooses AMD
08:39 Meltdown-Like Vulnerability for Ryzen CPUs?
10:43 Malware Hiding in Your GPU's VRAM?
14:45 Josh Shares Thoughts on Hardware Availability
17:41 SSD Manufacturers Swapping Components
24:45 EVGA: Bad Soldering to Blame for RTX 3090 New World Failures
29:08 be quiet! Shadow Rock Slim 2 Review
38:18 be quiet! Dark Rock TF 2 Review
45:47 Picks of the Week
52:14 Outro

We're back after a week off, and please pretend you missed us. Good show tonight though! Intel Architecture day, Cores VS Cache for gaming, the new Fractal Torrent case review, the Corsair HS80 headset review, Nvidia Q2 Results, Gamescon 2021, EVGA X570 DARK ...

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
04:04 Burger(s) of the Week
07:00 Intel Arch Day 2021 Highlights
23:27 Intel 12th Gen Geekbench Leaks Already?
27:33 Josh Breaks Down NVIDIA Q2 Financials
38:21 Ad Break: TextExpander
39:22 EVGA's X570 DARK Motherboard Pictured
46:00 Gamescom 2021 - NVIDIA RTX Games
48:31 Josh Guest Stars on the Broken Silicon Podcast
52:47 Cores vs. Cache TechSpot Article
1:01:36 Ad Break: SimpliSafe
1:02:47 Fractal Torrent Review
1:11:53 Corsair HS80 Headset Review
1:20:28 Picks of the Week
1:31:21 Outro

It turns out that 640 wasn't enough for everyone, so we made one more. This week's episode talks about AMD's Radeon RX 6600 XT performance, as well as the painful realities of pricing and availability. We also talk about the crazy Rocket 4 Plus Destroyer, and the A500 mini - which is the mini console that Amiga fans have been waiting for, unless it isn't. Full list of topics in the timestamps below.

Programming note: There will be no show next week! We return the week after (August 25).

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:19 Burger of the week
07:07 Radeon RX 6600 XT review
29:28 Sabrent's Rocket 4 Plus DESTROYER
34:08 Amiga LIVES: the A500 mini
39:05 Ad Break: LinkedIn Talent Solutions
40:13 So long, 3dfx parody account
48:27 Need for Speed 27th anniversary
52:29 Battlefield 2042 tech preview arrives
56:41 Picks of the week
1:06:54 Outro

Someone once (reportedly) said, "640(K) ought to be enough for anybody". If that's true then this is the LAST EVER edition of the podcast. However, Bill G. claims never to have said this, so I guess he wants us to keep going. FINE.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:28 Burger of the week
05:15 AMD announces the Radeon RX 6600 XT graphics card
16:51 Some Mac Pro related Radeon graphics thing
18:47 AMD Ryzen 7 5700G reviews are out
29:04 ASUS launching Crosshair VIII EXTREME X570 board
32:18 3dfx coming back??!!
41:23 TPM busted!
47:44 SKYNET (sort of)
54:10 MS Cloud PC PRICING excitement
1:00:23 Picks of the week
1:12:58 Outro

Discussion on the topics of the week, recorded just before AMD announced the 6600XT, but there's plenty more here to enjoy.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:17 Burger of the Week
06:12 AMD financials
19:05 Intel accelerates their process tech
27:30 New PC power rules limit sales to certain States
31:55 Ad Break: TextExpander
33:01 PlasticARM
37:29 Chernobylite
41:09 New top-flow be quiet! cooler announced
42:59 Lemonduck
46:20 MAINGEAR VYBE review (needs airflow)
52:47 Lexar's Professional 1066x SDXC card (cheap, fast)
55:09 Picks of the Week
1:02:32 Outro

The Steam Deck was announced the morning after our show last week, so we're talking about now - a week late! We also explore the evolving story about the "New World" beta reportedly bricking RTX 3090s (and apparently some AMD cards now, too).

More details below in the timestamps.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:22 Burger of the Week
03:50 Steam Deck
16:35 GlobalFoundries Selling to Intel?
23:37 Is an Amazon MMO Bricking GPUs?
27:56 NVIDIA RTX and DLSS Coming to Arm and Linux
32:04 AMD FSR Applied to Vulkan Linux Games via Proton FSHack
33:36 DirectStorage Coming to Windows 10 After All
35:52 Windows 10 Gets 5 More Years of Life (with a catch)
38:29 Another Terrible Tuesday for SysAdmins
44:10 Picks of the Week
54:45 Outro

Another week, another hour of scintillating PC hardware and software discussion. Topics in the list below. Don't miss a moment. Or do. That's what the time stamps are for.

00:00 Intro
01:16 (???)
02:15 Burger of the week
03:33 Would you buy a used mining GPU from China?
08:01 Intel 12th Gen samples allegedly appear
11:24 Don't get caught smuggling 256 CPUs
14:31 Cooler Master goes SUB-ZERO
17:11 Ad Break: LinkedIn Talent Solutions
18:21 The desktop STILL isn’t dead
21:41 Windows 11 in a browser??
24:30 NVIDIA Cambridge-1 EPYC Supercomputer
28:37 Battlefield 2042 has much AI
30:12 An AMD NUC-like mini PC
34:30 More PrintNightmare nightmares
37:00 Picks of the week
43:30 Vintage hardware corner
50:26 Outro

Another week, another stroll through the week's topics of the personal computing persuasion. Plus burger discussion and a perfunctory look at vintage hardware from the shelf. Check the time stamps for the full list of topics.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:06 Burger of the Week
04:57 PrintNightmare
07:18 Intel (reportedly) Erased ALL Ryzen Marketshare Gains
18:57 AMD's Ryzen 7 5700G: Fastest Ever Processor Graphics
23:17 Nintendo's Surprise Reveal of the Switch OLED Model
29:34 NEO FORZA FAYE: Another 4400MHz DDR4 Kit Tested on Ryzen
34:19 Reflecting on AMD's Slot A Era
35:38 Audacity SpyGate
37:45 New Version of pfSense Has Issues
40:41 The Baffling Bellows-Cooled PC
43:25 Tie Fighter Total Conversion
45:20 EPOS GSP 602 Headset Review
51:00 Picks of the Week
58:25 Weekly Look at Old PC Hardware From the Shelf
1:03:27 Outro

What is left to say about Microsoft's "security" requirements for Windows 11? How much time do you have?? But we also talked about some other stuff, and then went down memory lane with AMD's forgotten 1990's sound card. (Vintage hardware at the end!)

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
01:24 Burger of the Week
02:49 Windows 11 Requirements: The Saga Begins
17:55 HP's New Pavilion 13 Aero: an ULTRA-light all-AMD laptop
22:18 Ad Break: TextExpander
23:28 ASUS ZenWiFi ET8 is a 6GHz mesh network
27:46 Aqua Computer LEAKSHIELD: worry-free liquid cooling?
33:30 Build Your Own Lego Microscope
36:08 Microcenter Apologizes for Insulting AMD GPUs
39:27 Picks of the Week Begin...
42:51 Store Your Vintage Hardware on Plate Racks (BONUS: the rare AMD sound card!)
48:26 Outro

AMD's FSR is here! So is Windows 11! And other things like Fallout: London, and the passing of John McAfee, and discussion of the global chip shortage, oh and Silverstone crams a 1000w PSU into the SFX-L formfactor. And we cover a couple of reviews published this week on the SK Hynix 1TB P31 Gold and the Z590 ASRock Taichi. The gears move. Plus burger of the week. Topics are all accounted for in the timestamps below.

00:00 Intro
00:58 Josh's New Electric Smoker
05:17 Burger of the Week
08:04 AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) Launches
25:03 Windows 11 Event Incoming (already happened as you read this)
29:04 Ad Break: CLEAR
30:20 Jeremy/Josh Face Off
30:47 Changes at Intel
34:50 SilverStone's 1000W SFX-L PSU
37:17 Counterfeit Components?
40:05 Fallout London
42:44 Intel's SSD DC P5800X is FAST
49:03 Ad Break: Molekule
50:16 SK Hynix Gold P31 NVMe SSD Tested
54:02 ASRock's Z590 Taichi Motherboard
1:05:54 Remembering the ECS Anti-Dust Shield
1:08:04 Picks of the Week
1:15:00 Outro

Join us this week as we present all the news that's fit to podcast! We explore the SI-only launch of AMD's 6900XT LC, take a first look at Windows 11, and revel in the Meshlicious mini-ITX experience. And best of all, this week's show features some of the worst audio quality in recent memory thanks to an echo that can be heard through most of it! (Somehow the phenomenon does not occur when Josh is talking...not placing blame on anyone's open-back headphones or anything...)

00:00 Intro
02:18 Burger of the Week
04:02 AMD Launches Radeon RX 6900XT Liquid Cooled Version
09:05 Windows Goes to 11?
11:46 Noctua's NH-P1 Officially Launches, Actually For Sale Now
15:21 Snarky Commentary On a Totally Noise-Free Lifestyle
21:15 G.Skill Announces the Z5I Mini-ITX Case
24:22 Ad Break: LinkedIn Talent Solutions
25:20 Starfield: Like Skyrim in Space?
30:34 Amazon's New Luna Cloud Gaming Service
36:47 Kent's SSUPD Meshlicious Case Review
53:16 Picks of the Week
1:00:23 Outro

Another week, another Ti card. And it's already sold out! But don't worry, we talk about other stuff you can't buy, like the massive Noctua NH-P1 fanless CPU cooler. We probably also talked about something you CAN get, but you can judge for yourself from the listed topics in the time stamps below.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
03:31 Burger of the Week
07:14 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Founders Edition Review
20:59 Noctua NH-P1 Listed Early on Newegg
26:09 AMD RDNA 2 Radeon Pro GPUs
30:51 More Intel ATX12VO PSU Discussion
35:54 Amazon Sidewalk Paranoia
39:39 Battlefield 2042's 128-Player Combat
41:15 Power Over Wi-Fi?
44:48 TechSpot's DIY vs Boutique PC Article
52:55 Picks of the Week
1:06:16 Outro

Just in the nick of time, we're back podcasting to discuss (at some length) the RTX 3080 Ti launch, as well as AMD's COMPUTEX news and some other things. Oh, and a "burger" of the week. You won't want to miss this episode. Then again, if you watched it live then you probably didn't read this, and if you didn't then you almost certainly didn't read this. Good day.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:37 Burger of the Week
05:54 NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti and 3070 Ti Announced
08:20 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Founders Edition Review
32:07 Ad Break: Clear
32:57 AMD at COMPUTEXVirtual - Radeon RX 6000 Mobile GPUs, Advantage Laptops, FSR
39:59 AMD Ryzen 5000 APUs Coming to Retail Market
43:45 AMD Gets STACKED: 3D V-Cache Technology
49:38 RDNA 2 Comes to Mobile: New Radeon-Powered Exynos SoC
52:11 Ad Break: Upstart
53:26 ASRock Thin Mini-ITX AM4 Motherboard
55:43 This is the YEAR OF THE DESKTOP (because you can't buy laptops)
1:01:13 Picks of the Week
1:10:51 Outro

They said it couldn't be done. Well, actually they said it shouldn't be done. But we did it anyway, and now YOU can watch and/or listen to it! Yes, it's episode 630 in the long-running series of podcasts from your friends at PCPer. Subjects covered this week appear below, in the timestamp list!

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:09 Burger of the Week
05:30 AMD Zen 4 Rumors
12:14 How NOT to Install LGA CPUs
13:35 Intel's Next Socket Not Compatible with Current Coolers?
15:03 TechSpot's Ryzen 7 5800X vs. Core i7-11700K Face-off
20:36 Josh Guides You Through NVIDIA Earnings
29:55 Ad Break: TextExpander
31:06 Arm Hiring Freeze?
34:17 Microsoft and Qualcomm Team For Windows on Arm Mini PC
39:17 The Mysterious Case of the Thermal Pad Thickness
41:30 The Next Version of Windows Will Be the BEST EVER
44:24 Ad Break: Clear
45:47 Linux on Chromebooks Out of Beta
47:20 Intel's H20 - A Fusion of Optane and QLC
51:17 The Promise of Biomutant
53:42 USB-C 2.1 Supports 240W
56:21 ASUS Offers MASSIVE Power Delivery on new Z590 Board

1:00:01 GeIL ORION RGB 4400 MHz RAM Review
1:07:32 Picks of the Week
1:18:55 Outro

Thanks for joining us here again for another week of tech talk on the things we found interesting enough to discuss and cool products we review. Topics include NVIDIA's announcement of LHR (Low Hash Rate) graphics cards, the modular Framework laptop, a surprisingly good $26 be quiet! air cooler, a VERY quiet mouse, and more (listed below). AMD is XT'ing all the things, Intel wants to 12VO all the things, Microsoft Flight Sim wants us to tour all the things! Enjoy.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:42 Burger of the Week
05:55 NVIDIA's LHR Graphics Card Announcement (and some Ti rumors)
14:30 Framework Modular Laptop
21:38 AMD Ryzen 5000 XT Processors Incoming?
24:33 AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT Rumors
27:00 Intel Wants To Make 12V Only PSUs Standard
34:29 Ad Break: Molekule Air Purifiers
36:07 AMD PCI Driver Excitement
39:24 Hackaday Prize 2021
44:16 MSFS Audio Tours
48:42 Total War: Warhammer III Update
50:58 A Lesson in News Headline Puns
53:09 Review #1: be quiet! Pure Rock Slim 2 CPU Cooler
1:02:44 Review #2: Cherry Stream Desktop Keyboard and Mouse
1:06:42 Picks of the Week
1:23:18 Outro

A podcast so jam-packed with content that we talked non-stop for an hour and a half! Yes, there is incredibly intelligent commentary, but far more important there is a BURGER OF THE WEEK. Full list of subjects in the timestamps down below.

Warning: There is a small amount of Microcenter in this show. And Macs. And Apple. But waaaay more Intel, so it all works out.

Timestamps
00:00 Intro
03:36 Burger of the Week
05:43 Intel Launches Tiger Lake-H Mobile Processors
15:20 Intel's Alder Lake-S First to Market with DDR5, PCIe Gen5?
23:32 IBM Claims Smallest Processor Ever (2nm)
28:35 Wi-Fi FragAttacks
32:01 Inland SSD - The Microcenter Brand
35:41 SSD Prices Headed Up
36:30 Ad Break: LinkedIn Talent Solutions
37:38 Newly Detected Qualcomm Vulnerability
40:58 RIP Windows 10X
42:14 Resizable BAR Benchmarks
46:44 Our SilverStone SUGO 15 Review
56:28 Ad Break: Upstart Personal Loans
57:45 A Look at the be quiet! Pure Power 11 FM 750W PSU
1:02:33 RE Village AMD FidelityFX Perf (via FPS Review)
1:06:17 NVIDIA Releases RTX 3050 and 3050 Ti Notebook GPUs
1:10:06 Our ThermalTake Tower 100 Case Review
1:21:38 Picks of the Week
1:30:17 Outro

Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with us! There's charming tech laced banter, Intel rumors that we (really) cannot talk about, Dishwasher DRM and the right to repair things we own, Retro Hardware, Core i7 over everything, Windows game store still sells games?!, Discord and Sony, Resident Evil and Metro Exodus are living the RTX dream, and so many other witty observations. Timestamps with subjects below!

Timestamps
00:00 Intro
03:55 Burger of the Week
08:03 Intel CPU Rumors
13:26 Windows Store Makes an Epic Choice
16:48 Core i7-11700KF For Your Non-IGP Intel Needs
20:58 Resident Evil Village and Metro Exodus Ray Tracing
28:44 DRM on a Dishwasher?? (and "bonus" appliance ranting)
40:26 RETRO HARDWARE BREAK: A Tiny AMD 386 Motherboard
41:39 Another Desktop vs. Laptop GPU Article (feat. RTX 3080)
43:41 Samsung's FABulous News
49:23 Discord Partners with PlayStation
50:49 AMD Warning X370 Mobo Makers Against Ryzen 5000 BIOS Support?
53:27 Oculus Quest 2: The Price of Privacy is HIGH
56:29 Phanteks P200A Mini-ITX Case
1:00:16 Picks of the Week
1:11:42 Outro

Tonight, some rumors on GPUs and APUs, Josh talks about Arm's latest Tech Day and how much money AMD made last quarter, and we look at a dual-bay NVMe enclosure and a new gaming headset. Plus other stuff. It's all in the timestamps below:

00:00 Intro
02:36 Burger of the Week
04:04 Intel Optane LIVES
08:05 RTX 3080 Ti Coming May 18??
16:58 AMD Ryzen 4700S is the XBox APU For PC???
19:17 Another Arm Tech Day
38:17 AMD 3nm Zen 5 APU Rumors
46:31 Ad Break: TextExpander
47:41 AMD Finacials
46:43 eGPU Scaling
59:17 Zen and the Art of Version Maintenence
1:01:33 PineCube Open IP Camera
1:04:20 ThermalTake ToughAir Fans
1:08:31 JoshTEKK Review: IcyDock Dual-Bay NVMe Enclosure
1:15:45 EPOS H3 Headset Review
1:22:27 Picks of the Week
1:39:18 Outro

This week we scrape the bottom of the (Apple) barrel to bring you over an hour of... CONTENT. But we don't just talk about Apple's colorful new iMacs, as there are AMD drivers, new Fractal ION power supplies, and a little external sound card to discuss as well. Discord not going to Microsoft, Chia is a new coin ... for SSDs? Plus some other stuff, listed in the timestamps below.

Timestamps
00:00 Intro
01:39 Josh Interjects with Manos: Hands of Fate (?) Film History
02:30 Burger of the Week
05:09 AMD Radeon Software Update
11:57 Apple M1-Powered 24-inch iMacs
22:27 Ad Break: Upstart Loans
23:47 Complications for NVIDIA Arm Acquisition in UK
31:29 Chia: A Digital Coin You Mine On SSDs
37:27 Valve Patches Steam Exploit
39:28 Discord No Longer Selling to Microsoft (because IPO)
42:36 Fractal ION Power Supply Review
53:25 EPOS GSX 300 External Sound Card Review
59:10 Picks of the Week
01:13:40 Outro

This week Wendell from Level1Techs (@tekwendell himself) joins the show! We talk about AMD's new (and OEM-only) Ryzen 5000 APUs, enhanced Rocket Lake-S performance after BIOS update, NVIDIA's GTC announcements, a Corsair TKL keyboard, and much more listed in the timestamps below.

We might have broken the Wendell.

00:00 Intro
06:04 Burger of the Week
08:38 AMD Ryzen 5000 G-Series Launch
17:14 Rocket Lake Revisited (higher clocks! more power!)
30:46 The FPS Review Benchmarks Intel 750 GPU Performance
33:33 Ad Break #1: LinkedIn Talent Solutions
34:39 Half-Life Alyx VR-Free Mod
38:18 NVIDIA GTC Ramblings
50:53 Intel Offers to Produce Car Chips
56:47 Power Outage at TSMC
57:44 Ad Break #2: CLEAR
59:15 be quiet! Has New PSUs
1:03:19 IceGiant ProSiphon Elite is a MASSIVE CPU Cooler
1:06:50 IBM Keyboards Explored
1:15:42 Gord (?)
1:18:39 Corsair K70 RGB TKL Keyboard and Sabre RGB Pro Mouse
1:30:19 Picks of the Week
1:37:07 Non-Picks and Outro

No news?! Not in our world!

We have plenty to talk about in this unrehearsed, totally unscripted episode which in no way typifies our usual output. Not at all. But far more importantly, after last week's omission we are happy to report that Josh returns with a rousing BURGER OF THE WEEK (tm).

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
05:18 Burger of the Week
09:11 Do AMD Zen 3 Processors Have A Spectre-Like Vulnerability?
12:04 NVIDIA Makes RTX Voice GTX Support Official
15:16 AMD Launches RX 6800 XT Midnight Black Edition
17:56 NVIDIA RTX 3080 (coolers) IN STOCK NOW!
21:01 Some Informal AMD Rumor Discussion
23:27 A $1 Chip Disrupting the Entire Display Industry??
27:45 Just Days Until GTC Kicks Off
29:50 AMD Radeon Ray Tracing in Cyberpunk 2077
36:24 You Can Buy an 8TB NVMe SSD (for just $1300)
42:39 QNAP Critical NAS Bugs Revealed
45:18 Yahoo Answer is Shutting Down (finally)
48:01 Right to Repair Legislation Fundraising Excitement
52:10 Brett's Corsair K55 Pro XT Keyboard Review
57:01 Picks of the Week
1:10:31 Outro

We can barely contain our excitement about Intel's latest desktop processors this week. In addition, Brett tries his hand at power supply testing, and Josh discusses the latest in Arm technology (and lets us all down with his burger fail). And some other stuff. It's all in the list below.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
04:02 Josh Burger FAIL
05:14 Way Too Much Intel Rocket Lake Discussion
38:04 Josh Talks About Arm's v9 update & Virtual Conference
52:10 Computex Cancels In-Person 2021 Show
56:20 AIDA64 v6.33 Arrives
58:26 Ad Break #1: Helix Sleep
59:53 GeForce GA102-250 Rumors
1:03:35 NVIDIA Officially Enables GPU Passthrough
1:06:21 Disco Elysium Final Cut
1:08:59 Sonos 24-bit 48 kHz Excitement
1:16:43 Ad Break #2: TextExpander
1:17:54 RGB Hair (not really a thing)
1:20:33 VoltsWagon Rebrand (made fools of us all)
1:22:48 Brett's Corsair RMx PSU Review
1:39:01 Picks of the Week
1:47:57 Outro

This episode has some of the "All" in it. It's got a Fryday, and XFX MERC319, Corsair SP RGB fans, Zadak RGB Storage, GeForce Now, DLSS maybe on the Switch and Patriot storage goes into Supersonic Rage Pro mode. Is the fastest DDR4 5000 worth it? What's in Patch 1.2 for Cyberpunk 2077 and what's coming for gaming in 2021? Is Intel on their way back to tick and tocking with their new fab? All that and more in this episode of the PC Perspective Podcast.

Timestamps for your pleasure:

00:00 Intro
01:18 Burger of the Week (FryDay Edition)
04:40 XFX RX 6700 XT MERC319 Review
13:18 Gaming in 2021 - What's Coming?
19:51 Cyberpunk 2077 Patch 1.2
23:17 Intel Unleashed Event
32:50 Nintendo Switch Pro 4K DLSS Rumors
37:44 Microsoft May Buy Discord For Over $10 Billion
45:47 Ad Break: ExpressVPN
47:30 GeForce Now Costs More
51:39 IceSLEET X7 Dual is a Big Aqua Air Cooler
57:45 DDR4-5000 RAM Somehow Not Univerally Compatible
1:04:34 Patriot Supersonic Rage Pro Thumb Drives: Brett Learns About UASP in 2021
1:07:28 Zadak Spark - An RGB Device That Doubles as a 1TB SSD
1:13:36 OVH Data Center Woes Continue
1:16:02 Brett Reviews Corsair SP120 and SP140 RGB Elite Fans
1:21:53 Picks of the Week
1:29:36 Outro

Not one but TWO launch reviews for the RX 6700 XT, the long term use review of the Lenovo P1 Gen 3 4k laptop (the online article has way more info) and Corsair released their first 60% mechanical keyboard. As per the timestamps, we also dive into pricing and performance for the Intel 11th Gen CPUs, Micron done with 3D XPoint, RTX 3060 mining speed self-own, and AMD AGESA updates maybe finally fixing USB issues on 500 series platform. Oh, let's not forget the Justin Long Intel shilling discussion and how a gifted rando finally fixed Rockstar's terrible loading times for GTA V and got what he deserved. A reward. There's way more, but the show tends to speak for itself.

As you wish, might I present the timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:16 Burger of the Week
05:37 AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Launch Review
26:08 Intel Announces 11th Gen Desktop Pricing
36:00 RTX 3060 Mining At Full Speed
42:45 Your Webcam Probably Isn't Safe
46:04 Ad Break: LinkedIn Talent Solutions
47:10 The New AMD EPYC 7003 Family
54:00 Shortages at Samsung Delay the Next Note
58:34 Micron Pulls Plug on 3D XPoint
1:01:40 Reminiscing About Last Week's Epic Burger of the Week
1:02:54 AMD AGESA Update Addressing USB Issues
1:05:30 Devs Plan To Fix Poor GTA Online Load Times
1:07:36 TOP STORY - Justin Long Does Intel PC Ads
1:11:39 Brett's Lenovo P1 Gen 3 15-inch Laptop Review
1:18:39 Corsair K65 RGB MINI 60 Percent Keyboard Review
1:25:41 Picks of the Week
1:33:24 Outro

Join us this time for a spirited, meandering look at the week in personal computer news. A long and winding road, if you will, that leads to Josh's door. And burgers. There will be burgers. And cat-butt. Use your imagination if you're listening.

00:00 Intro
02:38 Josh's Burger of the Week
06:10 Surface May Get More Ryzen Options
09:10 Microsoft Bethesda Acquisition Now Offical
10:49 AnandTech Reviews Intel's Unreleased Core i7-11700K
41:32 Solarwinds Keeps Getting Worse
45:00 When a 3070 Isn't a 3070 (or a 3070)
49:46 Ad Break: ExpressVPN
51:29 Corsair's Liquid Cooled SSD
59:45 Fooling AI with Pen and Paper
1:02:35 Apple Discontinues iMac Pro
1:06:12 OVHcloud Fire
1:07:45 Samsung 980 SSD Review
1:13:37 Hardware Availability Woes Continue
1:17:30 Kent's Thermaltake View 51 TG ARGB Review
1:31:08 Picks of the Week
1:43:07 Outro

This week we look AMD's Radeon RX 6700 XT announcement and talk expected performance and (sigh) availability. We also look at Intel's new consumer SSD (they're still making those??), Josh explains the Newegg Shuffle, and we cover some other topics visible in the timestamps below:

Timestamps:
00:00​ Intro
01:49​ Josh's Burger of the Week
05:01​ AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Announced
23:21​ AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO Hits DIY Market
28:14​ Intel SSD 670p Launched
32:38​ Ad Break: Helix Sleep
34:13​ Josh Does the Newegg Shuffle
37:21​ Light Shaking Makes Hard Drives Faster
42:21​ Game Break Part 1 - Aliens: Fireteam - Coming This Summer
45:30​ Game Break Part 2 - Space Beast Terror Fright
48:45​ Intel Discontinues Performance Tuning Protection Plan
52:00​ NASA's Mars Rover Is Powered by a 233 MHz PowerPC 750 Processor
55:36​ Intel DG2 GPU Will Indeed Arrive This Year
1:02:40​ Picks of the Week
1:11:44​ Outro

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OH yes, another GPU you probably cannot get easily, it's the RTX 3060! A great new case in the Fractal Design line up, the Meshify 2 Compact (looks good in purple, go see it). Also we review a gigantic mouse mat and a new gaming mouse from Corsair, the Katar Pro XT. Diablo is going MMO, Apple M1's might be wearing out SSDs, Firefox tosses its cookies in a jar, and Sabrent offers an inexpensive USB-c home for NVME.

Enjoy all that and more!

Timestamps
00:00​ Intro
02:12​ Josh's Burger of the Week
03:33​ NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Review
17:56​ NVIDIA Reduces 3060 Mining Performance, Intros Mining GPUs
27:19​ PC Build Recommendations in a Time of Drought
31:45​ Josh Talks About NVIDIA Earnings
37:57​ Brett's Corsair Katar Pro XT Mouse and MM700 Mat Review
47:13​ Ad Break: TextExpander
48:18​ Sabrent $30 USB-C NVMe Enclosure
51:10​ AMD Investigating X570 USB Issues
57:53​ Firefox Keeps Cookies in Containers
1:02:43​ Apple M1 Mac Excessive SSD Wear?
1:05:27​ Diablo is Blizzard's Destiny
1:09:39​ Brett's Fractal Meshify 2 C Review
1:27:06​ Picks of the Week
1:31:56​ Outro

RTX 3060 about to be released, ray tracing enhancements from the consoles ported over to PCs for Metro Exodus, spyware from Supermicro part deux, clock tuner for Ryzen and reliability - plus so much more! Like bit coin mining uses just a bit of power.... here's the break down - back by request!

00:00​ Intro
02:13​ Burger of the Week
04:14​ NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Release Date and Specs
09:06​ Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition
12:43​ Audio Technica Streaming Starter Pack
15:53​ Clock Tuner for Ryzen 2.1
20:18​ Report of Abnormal Zen 3 DOA Numbers?
28:15​ Ad Break: LinkedIn Talent Solutions
29:30​ SuperMicro SpyChipGate Part Deux
34:30​ Qualcomm Objects to NVIDIA Arm Purchase
40:15​ Breaking News - Bitcoin Mining Uses a Lot of Power
41:36​ Samsung 980 PRO 2TB Review
50:35​ Picks of the Week
1:07:27​ Outro

Latest on Intel 11th Gen CPUs, Western_Digital Game Dock and a discussion of the AMD FidelityFX DLSS competitor. Epic game store exclusives, Android on your Switch, CD Project Red gets really punked, and a review of the HyperX Quadcast S mic. Don't miss out on the Apple VR glasses or the SX CPU chatter as well. Finally, we finish off this non-star-studded episode with our not yet patented Picks of the Week!

In this high-powered edition of the PC Perspective podcast the legendary Allyn Malventano (or is it Maltavino?) joins us for TWO HOURS of spirited tech talk. Expect technical discussion, leaking Tesla screen props, angry rants about display latency, and intense burger talk. And probably some other things like MSI Suprim GPU reviews, TridentZ ram for Ryzen, and a Monstargear DIY keyboard.

Seems like Wednesday continues to happen, at least once each week so here we go streaming out the tech variety show again!

On this episode:

• AMD Earned well in 2020
• Scalpers Got $ too unfortunately
• RTX 30 Laptops are coming, but how to tell the difference?
• Plex Gaming? Maybe not
• MS does you a favor taking your $ for Live? Pray they do not alter the deal further.
• We reviewer the reviewer which enjoys a $300 DIY keyboard from Drop, the Carina
• and More!

Not a huge hardware release week, so a few news items and reviews for all.

Getting at AMD Smart Access Memory is not super easy and doesn't always result in a "win", Samsung revises the 870 EVO, PC Sales are WAY up, and Thermaltake has a new ITX tower. Also we take a look at our reviews for the Corsair 5000D Airflow, the mini LIVA Q1D, and look at 3nm coming soon from TSMC.

Nvidia launches a new Pascal card and we look at the Intel leaks for Rocketlake-S pricing. Plus MORE! Enjoy.

Fear not, Sebastian does rejoin the show after about 5 minutes.

We do the run down on a few newsy CES items:

• The Burger Update - because.
• AMD makes snooze, I mean news
• Intel CPUs - yes, they'll have better ones!
• Intel CEO - yes, they'll have a different one!
• Nvidia Gaming Event and GPU updates. What's MSRP again?
• Other CES Releases and Announcements from such manufacturers as:
  Thermaltake
  Samsung
  LG
  NZXT
  MSI

There was not planned to be a musical number this evening, but a short one did sneak in.

Join us this week as we brace ourselves for the media onslaught that is Virtual CES 2021, and offer many random thoughts about various subjects.
Such as:

• Will AMD use chiplets in GPUs soon
• Those Intel 11th gen CPUs look "hot" and single core fast
• Will 5G be more widely available
• Exactly when can we expect availability of "X" thing?
• Upcoming games like Halo Infinite and System Shock 3
• Reviews we're working on
• Nintendo Switch gaming in the cloud

Burger update and so much more. Come along for our first show of 2021!

Welcome to the oversized year end podcast where we bid 2020 a buh-bye. Please welcome special guests Jim Tanous and Kent Burgess as well! In fact, this is our Christmas special and New Years show all action packed into one show. We talk about MiniPCs, the use of Chkdsk on SSDs, Rage Mode, our review of the Azulle Byte 4 and some of the "top" stories of 2020.

Tackling the weekly topics, some of them getting a real beating over this almost 2 hour episode. Cyberpunk 2077 check in and its too bad about your console. Random numbers, encryption, and the Solar Winds hack, oh my. Something <em>bad</em> can be bought from Microcenter! The Nvidia / reviewers controversy, a few points. Actual reviews for the Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 and Western Digital Blue SN550 NVME drive. Photography only comes up a few times and then more of course.<

<p>Back with a hard hitting podcast, talking about Cyberpunk 2077 demands, continued production of the 6000 series AMD reference design cards, the 6900XT performance &amp; availability, and reviews of the Phanteks Shift Air 2 and the Lian Li LANCOOL 215. Oh, there's also the rise of the <strong>ultra</strong> wide screen monitors as a viable immersive gaming experience (and affordable!), and 10c / GB TLC NAND.</p>

<p>Josh has a meaty story to share and also tells a Dad Joke (tm). Featuring Chet.</p>

Thanks for joining us for the podcast after our week off! On this episode: Graphics cards you cannot buy! Our review of the RTX 3060ti, Is a cheap X570 worth it? 11 seconds of Zen: performance on AMD laptops is questioned by Intel, we review the Corsair iCUE H115i Capellix AIO, and is 14nm+++ so different from 7nm? Find out a bit more.

Josh has fries, but take heart, they’re still good and Brett wonders how Apple might play a part in shipping constraints.

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AMD is now totally killing it with their GPUs! We take a deep dive on the testing we did on the game-changing RX6800 & RX6800xt models.
TL;DR: They’re totally worth it, if you can get one. We discuss the performance history of Intel and AMD, a new Microsoft security chip (ala the T2), Android phones home no matter what it seems, Starwars Squadrons is getting a big update too! Plus we review the be quiet! Silent Base 802.

Once again, It’s a long show, go get a beverage.

Timestamps:

00:24 Intro
02:43 Burger of the Week
05:12 AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT and RX 6800 Review
46:51 NVIDIA Earnings
53:25 AD: Linkedin Jobs
54:50 A History of AMD vs. Intel Desktop Performance
1:07:18 Microsoft's New Security Chip
1:10:03 The Hidden Cost of Android?
1:14:17 Star Wars Squadrons Update
1:17:37 be quiet! Silent Base 802 Case Review
1:25:24 Picks of the Week
1:33:56 Outro

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Prepare yourself for a feature-length podcast this week, packed to the brim with the panel's thoughts about Ryzen 5000 CPU performance, value, and which new CPU represents the "sweet spot". We also look at AMD's latest peek at Radeon RX 6000 performance ahead of next week's launch, explore Apple's M1 SoC launch, spend altogether too much time talking about the photos from Brett's Fractal Meshify 2 review, and chat about various other topics.

On the docket this evening we recap the AMD live event, and examine the details of the multiple RX 6000 GPU announcements, seemingly rivaling and topping(!) the recent performance levels set by Nvidia’s 30 series. Impressive, and we’re looking forward to testing these new cards. Swerve over to the AMD Xilinx acquisition and AMD’s great quarter – some might say it was Epyc. Har! Also in this show: Ryzen & RTX in the same laptop, it can happen with ASUS — Cyberpunk 2077 Delay!? — Nvidia Reflex isn’t talked about much yet, but it’s interesting!

This week we bring you news of Intel's exit from the consumer SSD space, more AMD Radeon RX 6000 Series rumors (the clocks are HIGH), Silicon Motion's long-awaited entry into the PCIe Gen4 SSD controller arena, Google kills off yet another product, high framerate gaming performance, NVIDIA possibly moving 30 Series GPUs to 7nm TSMC in 2021, Corsair's new 4000D AIRFLOW case, and our picks of the week!

There's also a random Zotac 1x GPU.

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Tonight we discuss the upcoming Zen 3 Ryzen 5000 series and how they achieve their IPC uplift, do some educated guesses on how the Radeon 5000 GPU series will perform - minus what-ever Sebastian says about TDP's, and fawn over a screamin' fast WD PCIe 4 NVME SSD. Additionally there's some "uninterrupted" discussion on the Apple iPhone 12, complete with music and endless scrolling - very moving, don't miss. We round out the night featuring an interesting AIO from be quiet!, Samsung mobile card storage, and a Corsair KATAR gaming mouse.

You could become hungry during the hamburger sequence. Be informed, no complaints later - they will be ignored.

Within this show, please find where we go full review on the iStorage datAshur BT super controllable encrypted USB storage, the Corsair K100 RGB Gaming Keyboard (Lasers!?), Crucial’s fast portable and “feels-good-in-the-hand” X6 and X8 SSDs, how about some UEFI hacks – and Macs not immune from this style of attack, Nvidia’s GTC 2020 recap, RTX 3070 delay, SK Hynix brings DDR5 to market, some ARM / Nvidia supercomputer and Zen3 chat and we’re out! Nyet! We’re not done! We’ve included the aftershow here, with maybe some special OG PCPer guests! Show #600! Wooooohooo! Yeah.

This week we have another exploration of various personal computer-related topics, including a software fix for the NVIDIA capacitor drama, an alleged Ryzen 5800X performance leak, and QLC NAND invades the PCIe Gen4 SSD space.

And, as if that wasn't enough, we also chat about some very early access to the upcoming Xbox Series X console, discuss some space games, and take a first look at a secure USB drive. And probably some more stuff, but it's been a long week and who can remember everything.

Oh, we also do our world-famous picks of the week AND there may be an actual burger update this time!

Timestamps:

Intro 00:05
Burger Update 02:34
RTX 30 Series Capacitor Drama Resolved? 03:16
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Performance Leak 20:21
Sabrent Brings QLC To Gen4 SSDs 24:33
Ars Gets the Xbox Series X Early 32:42
Yet Another AGESA Update From AMD 37:12
Space Games Update Interlude 41:00
iStorage DATASHUR BT Preview 48:34
Picks of the Week 51:52
Outro 1:04:59

And Josh flexes his very own 3080. It looked heavy.

Also, our Patreon members get the uncut version with an after-the-show-Show visit from former PCPer storage editor: Allyn M. That version is literally the “3 Hour Tour” of Podcasts however. Seriously.

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00:37 Intro
02:59 RTX 3090 Launch
07:09 Samsung 980 PRO Review
14:13 OnLogic AMD Server Offerings
18:21 Arm Neoverse
26:50 AMD Radeon Rumors
33:00 Microsoft Buys Bethesda
35:28 Fallout Miami Mod
37:56 Random Discussion (and Josh buys a 3080)
41:44 Picks of the Week
52:32 Outro

Join us this week as we upload several days late, but attempt to make up for it with some unprecedented levels of ... content.

We have for you a very long discussion about NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 3080 graphics card, a short film about the Ti that got away, a look at AMD's Radeon RX 6000 series GPU design, Josh's thoughts on NVIDIA's Arm acquisition, PlayStation 5 pricing, Apple announcements, and our picks of the week!

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
2:20 Burger Update
3:35 RTX 3080 Discussion
24:48 RTX 3080 Performance
47:53 WORLD PREMIERE: GeForce Noir (short film)
50:28 AMD Radeon RX 6000 Design
59:55 NVIDIA Buying Arm
1:11:08 PlayStation 5 Launch Pricing
1:13:06 Apple Announcements
1:18:35 Picks of the Week
1:23:50 Random Thoughts
1:25:11 Outro

Show Topics

• Timestamps: Intro 00:11
• Burger Update 01:06
• Rebuilding the GPU Testbed with AMD 02:18
• AMD Mountain Bike 17:00
• AMD Event Announcement 18:58
• Xbox Series X and S Pricing 25:06
• Doom ... On a Digital Pregnancy Tester? 32:18
• Gabe Newell Falcon Northwest Giveaway 35:17
• Picks of the Week 42:36
• Outro 49:56

Picks of the Week (*Affiliate Links)

• Josh: XPG SX8100, 4TB PCIe Gen3 M.2 SSD
• Jeremy: Kickstarter Kinetic Driver (you do not need this)
• Brett: *Glide Gear OH 50 Camera/Phone Overhead Metal Mount Stand, Tripod Extension Arm (with Ball Head)
• Sebastian: Get DDU

Show Topics

• 00:00:00 - Intro / Teaser
• 00:00:35 - The Burger Update / Tomato Plant
• 00:02:15 - Nvidia Announces RTX 30 Series Uber discussion
• 00:49:30 - How about a 15TB SSD?
• 00:58:10 - Boom, done. Outro

Show Topics

• 00:00:00 - Intro
• 00:03:00 - Threadripper PRO
• 00:14:04 - DDR5
• 00:19:44 - NVIDIA 12-Pin Rumors (Fake)
• 00:23:40 - Half-Life: Alyx - Final Hours
• 00:28:47 - Twitter Hack
• 00:32:05 - Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
• 00:39:13 - Sponsor: ExpressVPN
• 00:41:13 - Random Joystick Discussion
• 00:43:37 - Corsair iCUE NEXUS
• 00:50:39 - Picks of the Week
• 01:07:52 - Outro

Picks of the Week (*Affiliate Links)

• Josh: *ASUS TUF X570-Plus
• Jeremy: SSTV Pictures from the ISS
• Brett: *ARRIS Surfboard DOCSIS 3.1 Modem
• Sebastian: *Cat 7 Ethernet Cable

Show Topics

• 00:00:00 - Intro
• 00:02:51 - Ryzen XT Processors
• 00:12:15 - Thunderbolt 4
• 00:18:18 - H.266
• 00:24:44 - Windows File Recovery
• 00:28:21 - Sponsor: LinkedIn Jobs
• 00:29:29 - Windows PowerToys
• 00:33:34 - Samsung 870 QVO
• 00:37:14 - Death Stranding RTX Promo
• 00:39:32 - Charles Chiang
• 00:40:59 - Dell S3220DGF
• 00:48:10 - Sponsor: TextExpander
• 00:49:39 - Corsair iCue LT100
• 01:02:01 - EPOS Sennheiser GSP 300
• 01:14:16 - ORICO M2PJM-C3
• 01:23:33 - Picks of the Week
• 01:33:37 - Outro

Picks of the Week

• Josh: Ryzen 7 3800X
• Jeremy: Lego Submarine
• Brett: GoPro Extended Battery
• Sebastian: AT&T Fiber
• Jim: X-Wing Alliance Upgrade & XWVM

Other Links

• Laikin Morris Opera
• SSD Data Deletion & Recovery

Show Topics

• 00:00:00 - Intro
• 00:02:48 - Apple Silicon
• 00:42:54 - Elgato Wave:3
• 00:44:47 - WD Red Plus
• 00:47:48 - NVIDIA DirectX 12 Ultimate Drivers
• 00:52:26 - Microsoft Kills Retail Stores & Mixer
• 01:00:20 - Drop + Dan Clark Audio Aeon X
• 01:07:20 - ASRock Z490 Taichi
• 01:26:30 - Picks of the Week
• 01:35:51 - Outro

Picks of the Week (*Affiliate Links)

• Josh: *Low Latency Ryzen Memory
• Brett: *10Gbps Switch & *Transceivers
• Jim: RCR Podcast & *Magic 2.0

Other Links

• Unidentified Flying Oddball

Show Topics

• 00:00:00 - Intro
• 00:06:02 - Ryzen 3000XT Specs
• 00:27:16 - B550 Motherboards
• 00:37:13 - Zen 3 Launch Timing
• 00:46:38 - Radeon Pro 5600M
• 00:52:11 - Intel Xe Tiger Lake Demo
• 00:57:57 - Sponsor: ExpressVPN
• 01:00:28 - NVENC Limit Increase
• 01:03:25 - New ThinkPads
• 01:13:05 - Edge Launch Issues
• 01:16:26 - Star Wars: Squadrons
• 01:27:29 - Picks of the Week
• 01:39:39 - Outro

Picks of the Week (*Affiliate Links)

• Josh: G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3600MHz
• Jeremy: Boston Dynamics Spot
• Brett: *Core i7-8700K
• Jim: Eye of the Beholder & Witcher 3

Other Links

• Gamers Nexus Video on Ryzen 3000 Memory
• Ryzen DRAM Calculator

Show Topics

• 00:00:00 - Intro
• 00:03:44 - Jim Keller Leaves Intel
• 00:11:51 - Apple Shifts Macs to ARM
• 00:26:09 - Ryzen Motherboard Power Issues?
• 00:42:58 - Sponsor: LinkedIn Jobs
• 00:44:19 - XFX RX 5600 XT THICC II PRO
• 00:54:08 - RTX 3080 Leaks
• 01:00:50 - Graphics Drivers for KBL-G
• 01:04:15 - PlayStation 5 Design
• 01:09:06 - No Man's Sky Crossplay
• 01:13:25 - Picks of the Week
• 01:27:10 - Outro

Picks of the Week (*Affiliate Links)

• Josh: *Humble Codemasters Bundle
• Jeremy: Itch.io Bundle
• Brett: SilverStone CS330
• Sebastian: *10-Drawer Storage Cart
• Jim: BlueMaxima Flaspoint

Other Links

• Intel Blog Post on Keller Departure
• HWiNFO v6.27-4185 Beta
• HWiNFO Forum Post
• AnandTech Response on Ryzen "Burn Out"
• Gamers Nexus Video on Ryzen "Burn Out"

Show Topics

• 00:00:00 - Intro
• 00:06:57 - ECS LIVA SF110-A320 AMD Mini PC
• 00:23:06 - Fractal Define 7 Compact Case
• 00:41:49 - HyperX Double-Shot PBT Pudding Keycaps
• 00:48:56 - Corsair Dominator Platinum White RGB Memory
• 00:53:27 - Sponsor: TextExpander
• 00:57:31 - Corsair SF PSU Issue
• 00:59:53 - NUC Roadmap Leak
• 01:10:26 - Big Navi Release Rumors
• 01:30:39 - Lenovo Linux Certification
• 01:33:51 - Windows 10 2004 Rollout
• 01:37:52 - Picks of the Week
• 01:48:59 - Outro

Picks of the Week (*Affiliate Links)

• Jeremy: Wearable Supercapacitor
• Brett: Cheap 12TB HDD
• Sebastian: *Vacmaster Professional
• Jim: Star Trek: Picard Review

Other Links

• ServeTheHome: SMR vs. CMR HDD
• Corsair SF PSU Replacement
• Level1Techs

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Show Topics

• 00:26 - Intro
• 04:04 - Ryzen XT Rumors
• 14:35 - Arm Tech Day
• 25:19 - Sponsor: ExpressVPN
• 26:36 - NVIDIA GameGAN Pac-Man Demo
• 29:27 - AMD Dell Laptop
• 33:16 - Windows 10 2004 Update (Known Issues)
• 38:56 - NVIDIA 446.14 Drivers
• 41:20 - Task Manager Origin
• 45:05 - Gaming News (Civ6, GOG, Steam, Edge Surf)
• 50:43 - Picks of the Week
• 55:46 - Outro

Picks of the Week (*Affiliate Links)

• Josh: *Lawnmower Carburetor
• Jeremy: Linux on e-ink
• Brett: *FSP Twins PSU

Show Topics

• 00:00:06 - Intro
• 00:07:20 - i9-10900K & i5-10600K Review
• 01:10:27 - Zen 3 Support for B450 & X470
• 01:23:40 - Intel Acquires Rivet Networks
• 01:25:49 - Corsair Vengeance LPX 5000MHz Memory
• 01:33:22 - Samsung T7 Portable SSD
• 01:35:17 - ZFS vs. RAID
• 01:39:19 - New Windows Terminal
• 01:41:17 - Plex "Skip Intro" Feature
• 01:42:48 - Picks of the Week
• 01:54:28 - Outro

Picks of the Week (*Affiliate Links)

• Jim: Upgrading Every Windows Build
• Josh: *Ryzen 9 3900X
• Jeremy: Wolfgang's Vault
• Sebastian: Office 97 Floppy Install
• Brett: Cheap Walmart PC Repair Kit

Show Topics

• 00:00:25 - Intro
• 00:01:05 - NVIDIA GTC 2020
• 00:26:53 - Unreal Engine 5
• 00:31:11 - Radeon Pro VII
• 00:37:04 - 10th Gen Desktop Retail Prices
• 00:43:27 - Ryzen 9 4900U
• 00:47:48 - Thunderbolt Vulnerabilities
• 00:56:13 - AMD GPUOpen
• 01:01:37 - Eve Spectrum HDMI 2.1 Monitor
• 01:13:13 - Backblaze Q1 HDD Report
• 01:18:38 - Game News (Halo 2, Mafia, GTA V)
• 01:22:01 - Picks of the Week
• 01:30:26 - Outro

Picks of the Week

• Jeremy: Alan Wake
• Sebastian: *Final Fantasy VII: Remake
• Brett: AKiTiO Neutrino U3 1TB

Show Topics

• 00:00:06 - Intro
• 00:01:10 - Ryzen 3 3300X & 3100
• 00:15:25 - Ryzen PRO 4000 Mobile
• 00:28:38 - AMD B550 Chipset
• 00:40:53 - Surface Book 3 & Surface Go 2
• 00:47:23 - Apple-Exclusive Ice Lake CPUs
• 01:00:18 - Sponsor: TextExpander
• 01:04:24 - DisplayPort 2 USB4 Support
• 01:09:04 - NVIDIA DXR Spotlight
• 01:12:55 - PC Gaming Show 2020
• 01:14:06 - ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming X
• 01:30:47 - HyperX x Ducky One 2 Mini
• 01:38:32 - Picks of the Week
• 01:46:19 - Outro

Picks of the Week

• Jeremy: POWER-SUPPLaY Attack
• Sebastian: Interview with TSMC Founder Morris Chang
• Brett: Suction Cup Camera Mount (Demo Video)

Show Topics

• 00:00:26 - Intro
• 00:02:48 - Intel 10th Gen Desktop Launch
• 00:30:47 - Game Benchmarking Discussion
• 00:43:18 - Intel & AMD Q1 Earnings
• 00:49:06 - Western Digital SMR Update
• 01:00:22 - ARM's 35th Anniversary
• 01:06:34 - Gears Tactics
• 01:11:19 - be quiet! Pure Base 500DX
• 01:25:01 - Sennheiser GSP 370 Headset
• 01:36:53 - Picks of the Week
• 01:45:41 - Outro

Picks of the Week (*Affiliate Links)

• Jim: Star Trek InTakes
• Sebastian: DVD+R vs. DVD-R
• Kent: GOG Square Enix Sale
• Brett: *Link2Home Sofa Socket
• Jeremy: PCB Cleaning Alternatives

Show Topics

• 00:00:06 - Intro
• 00:03:08 - Ghost Canyon NUC Follow-Up
• 00:26:02 - Ryzen 3 3000 & B550 Chipset
• 00:41:44 - NVIDIA RTX Voice
• 00:54:23 - Z490 PCIe 4.0
• 00:58:10 - Microsoft Flight Simulator
• 01:07:55 - Steam Proton
• 01:10:51 - NVIDIA & COVID-19
• 01:13:28 - CPU Game Benchmarks
• 01:35:15 - Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML240L V2
• 01:44:18 - Picks of the Week
• 01:50:39 - Outro

Picks of the Week

• Jim: Windows 95 Video Guide
• Jeremy: Beamdog Steam Sale
• Josh: DiRT Rally 2.0
• Brett: HP Z27n G2

Other Links

• RTX Voice Non-RTX Workaround
• Krisp Noise Cancelling App

Show Topics

• 00:00:20 - Intro
• 00:01:54 - Ryzen 4000 Laptops
• 00:13:57 - Minecraft RTX Beta
• 00:24:14 - iPhone SE
• 00:34:33 - WD SMR Drives
• 00:46:57 - Folding@Home
• 00:53:11 - PC Sales Decline
• 01:00:08 - dark_nexus Botnet
• 01:10:41 - Crysis Remastered
• 01:13:23 - Sponsor: LinkedIn Jobs
• 01:15:28 - Ghost Canyon NUC
• 01:35:36 - ASRock Z390 Phantom Gaming X
• 01:57:41 - Picks of the Week
• 02:15:14 - Outro

Picks of the Week (*Affiliate Links)

• Jim: *Focusrite Scarlett
• Sebastian: PS4 Play at Home
• Brett: Micron 5100 Pro SSD
• Jeremy: Auddict PercX

Other Links

• Worst. Episode. Ever.
• Bo McCready on Twitter
• GRC Security Check
• PCPer Folding Frogs

Show Topics

• 00:00:06 - Intro
• 00:00:49 - TWiCH RIP
• 00:03:26 - Ryzen 9 4900HS
• 00:33:01 - Ryzen 9 4900U
• 00:40:13 - Intel 10th Gen H-Series
• 00:56:07 - Sponsor: LinkedIn Jobs
• 00:58:12 - Zen 3 and Comet Lake-S Release Rumors
• 01:07:24 - RTX SUPER Mobile
• 01:15:03 - Fractal Celsius+
• 01:21:30 - 800Gbps Ethernet
• 01:27:24 - Firefox Exploit
• 01:31:00 - Chromium Edge Market Share
• 01:37:09 - Sponsor: TextExpander
• 01:41:15 - Corsair Dark Core RGB PRO
• 01:52:37 - Corsair iCUE H100i RGB PRO XT
• 02:05:58 - Picks of the Week
• 02:17:31 - Outro

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See the full show notes: https://pcper.com/2020/04/pc-perspective-podcast-581/

Picks of the Week (*Affiliate Links)

• Jim: Local Business Gift Card Matching
• Jeremy: Metro Exodus
• Josh: *Rollerblade Chair Wheels
• Brett: SendCutSend & ITX PC Template

Note: Jim's audio feed had some level issues that weren't discovered until after the recording was completed. We've done our best to correct the issues but you may notice some distortion and noise in Jim's audio feed. Our apologies!

Show Topics

• 00:00:06 - Intro
• 00:08:27 - Computex 2020 Rescheduled
• 00:11:07 - NVIDIA DLSS 2.0
• 00:26:59 - AMD Graphics IP Theft
• 00:34:25 - HP Enterprise SSD Doomsday
• 00:36:38 - DOOM Eternal GPU Benchmarks
• 00:43:07 - Half-Life: Alyx
• 00:54:43 - Quarantine Relief
• 01:07:31 - be quiet! Shadow Rock 3
• 01:16:40 - Picks of the Week
• 01:30:40 - Impromptu Game Discussion
• 01:40:12 - Outro

Picks of the Week

• Jim: Folding@Home
• Sebastian: *8Bitdo SN30 Pro
• Josh: *Logitech G610
• Brett: NASCAR Virtual Race Series
• Jeremy: MSI Alpha 15

Other Links

• Janelle Shane on Twitter
• DOOM Eternal Benchmarks: FPS Review & TechSpot
• Minecraft Uncensored Library
• The Earth in Minecraft
• The Last Super Bowl
• Morels: The Hunt
• Live for Speed
• Joshtekk DiRT Rally Club
• How Much Toilet Paper?