PC Perspective Podcast (PC Perspective)

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

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

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"

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

Intel Core Ultra 200V:  Worlds best integrated GPU!?  AMD Ryzen with more performance improvements, and 105W is the power draw for new top rated Ryzen parts.  So much more in the timestamps below.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:33 Food with Josh
03:42 AMD will reportedly raise 65W Ryzen 9000 TDPs to 105W
05:52 That Windows Update Ryzen boost might be unrealistic (via Hardware Canucks)
11:44 Highly skippable rant about the Ryzen provisioning process setup procedure
15:22 Back on the Windows Update topic
16:55 Intel Core Ultra 200V Series launching
24:23 Intel says Arc Xe2 is the fastest iGPU ever
29:10 Replacement Core i9 CPUs are apparently in short supply
33:42 Sometimes it feels like Microsoft wants to destroy Windows
36:43 Podcast sponsor - Green Chef
38:32 RIP AnandTech
43:30 (in)Security Corner
56:44 Gaming Quick Hits
1:09:46 Picks of the Week
1:18:19 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

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

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

While Josh might not have been with us, we certainly did mention him.  In mostly good ways.  All this while we discussed the latest AMD 8000 F-Series, Dell XPS with AMD and Snapdragon CPUs, zero day exploits for DLink routers, and even self driving vehicle hacks.  More in the list below.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:25 AMD launches Ryzen 8000 F-Series processors
06:05 AMD Ryzen coming to Dell XPS laptops (in 2027, maybe)
07:01 Qualcomm's Snapdragon X is coming to XPS laptops
11:46 Snapdragon X Elite will offer native Linux support
14:00 VMWare Workstation Pro and Fusion Pro are now FREE
15:23 AMD reportedly ends Windows 10 support beginning with Strix Point
20:54 (in)Security Corner
32:00 Gaming Quick Hits
41:12 Picks of the Week
54:28 Outro

Are you insecure at any speed?  So why not get your dose of tech news and reviews here with us and relax. Let the our dulcet tech tones wash over you with the bits of news that caught our attention this week.  Hear why you had better get yer AMD 6000 series while you can and about that new 50w Nvidia GPU, plus Fallout talk and our review of the Eazeye Radiant LCD Touchscreen Monitor.  More below.

00:00 Intro
02:16 Food with Josh
04:28 Ryzen 8000 CPUs launch - for business (with an LLM focus)
07:17 NVIDIA launching two new RTX cards - but they are 50W workstation SKUs
12:52 HighPoint has a 56GB/s SSD RAID card
19:05 Lamptron gets caught using fraudulent AIDA64 keys
20:33 Windows 11 on Intel 11
22:56 High-end Radeon RX 6000 Series supplies are drying up
26:08 (in)Security Corner
39:35 Gaming Quick Hits
47:00 Jeremy reviews the Eazeye Radiant - a transflective LCD display
54:49 Picks of the Week
1:04:54 Outro

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!

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

Our first podcast of 2025 is the reason that playback speed control exists. Just set to at least 1.5x and you should be able to stay awake through most of it.  But do stay for the RTX rumors, the "AirJet" cooling, hot takes on 12vHPWR, and the usual suspects on the (in)Security portion.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
00:59 Food with Josh (minus the food)
01:46 NVIDIA RTX 50 Series rumors and pricing discussion
09:48 TSMC finds a way to overcome USA fab labor issues
12:59 Radeon RX 9070 XT rumors
19:01 Is CRT beam simulation better than BFI?
21:32 As if you needed a warning, there will be a ton of “ai” at CES
26:05 AirJet active solid-state cooling
30:24 Podcast sponsor 1Password
31:48 (in)Security Corner
40:33 Gaming Quick Hits
50:49 Picks of the Week
1:09:00 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

You will be pleased to learn that we did indeed get together on Wednesday night (at 10 Eastern) to podcast this week. Here is the edited version of that podcast recording session.  Within you find side-quests, insights, food, camera lens talk - and tech.  Lots of tech talk on such things like Microsoft making terrible decisions, bad security theater, and idle data.  Join us.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:41 Food with Josh
03:29 XFX Mercury RX 7900 XTX Magnetic Air (false start)
06:08 The review actually begins here
17:21 Boring camera lens talk
19:31 Microsoft makes OneDrive backups automatic
22:40 Microsoft hides the local account option even more
23:31 PSA: you don't actually have to use Windows
26:46 The great Optane 905P fire sale of 2024
30:30 Amazon moves Alexa to a subscription model
33:19 Seagate opens official eBay store for refurb HDDs
37:26 Most stored data is never accessed again
41:28 (in)Security Corner
44:33 We interrupt (in)Security Corner to talk about seamless integration
46:12 Back to (in)Security Corner
54:27 Gaming Quick Hits
1:03:08 Picks of the Week
1:18:16 Outro

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

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 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

What's more colorful than a $100 RGB mousepad? The personalities of the PCPer podcast crew, of course!  Enjoy the banter and conversations we had between each other and our audience.  Tune in and take part next week!

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:56 Food with Josh
03:48 An extremely long segment on Intel and AMD's latest quarterly earnings
35:56 Intel responds to Core i9 instability issue
42:55 Windows patch breaks some VPNs
45:35 A new watermark for non-Ai capable Windows PCs
47:57 (in)Security Corner
55:52 Gaming Quick Hits
58:41 Jeremy reviews the Razer RGB mousepad
1:03:49 Picks of the Week
1:18:02 Outro

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.

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

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

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

It's quite a lot about the latest Nvidia GPUs, power and performance numbers and value.  You GTX 10 series is going to be left behind soon, Windows is forcing some updates, and QNAP actually fixes something.  All that and so much more!

00:00 Intro
02:16 Food with Josh (a tragedy)
05:32 RTX 5080 performance
14:26 Compute performance is a underrated part of the RTX 50 Series story
18:33 More RTX 5090 thoughts - putting power in perspective?
26:21 AMD denies 899 USD RX 9070 price rumors (and a tangent or two)
39:18 Could DeepSeek end the "ai" hardware boom (and run better on AMD)
45:32 NVIDIA winding down GTX 10 Series support?
50:43 Windows 11 24H2 is finally mainstream
51:45 (in)Security Corner
57:09 Gaming Quick Hits
1:04:34 Picks of the Week
1:14:40 Outro

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.

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

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.

Thank you to our podcast sponsor this week: LinkedIn Jobs!  Save $50 with on your first post with our link!

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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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

Josh OLED wipe included at no extra charge.  So much Arm coverage, even with Nvidia.  There's even some good Security news!

00:00 Intro
01:41 Josh's home office update
02:50 Burger of the Week
04:40 Arm Tech Days coverage from Josh
26:12 NVIDIA reportedly prepping an Arm PC chip
29:35 A long response to a viewer question about OLED monitor burn-in
39:51 Microsoft DirectSR is here - if you have Windows on Arm
42:54 PayPal mines your order history to serve targeted ads
45:17 ICQ is gone
47:22 How to stop AI search boxes appearing Google searches with Chrome
50:21 iFixit and Samsung break up
53:21 Cooler Master says AI thermal paste was just a translation issue
57:20 (in)Security Corner
1:06:39 Gaming Quick Hits (you can't take it with you)
1:15:10 Picks of the Week
1:22:55 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

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

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

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

The RTX 5090 is almost here, and we discuss the performance and value proposition that some have called the RTX 4090 Ti that never was. We also talk about the delayed release of AMD's latest Radeon GPUs, and much more.    See the timestamps for all the topical goodness.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
01:19 Food with Josh
03:58 RTX 5090 Review
25:24 Kingpin switching teams?
29:27 Some RTX 40 Series cards might become scarce
31:23 Prepare for low 5090 stock levels
35:57 Radeon RX 9070 launch delay
39:17 Lower-cost AMD B850 chipset isn't far from an X870?
46:05 Fixes for some Server 2022 and Outlook issues
49:06 Windows 11 24H2 being forced on home and pro users
50:10 (in)Security Corner
58:33 Gaming Quick Hits
1:03:38 Picks of the Week
1:13:39 Outro

This episode is brought to you by “start ms-cxh:localonly”, available at your local Windows 11 installer Shift+F10 command prompt and also by USB-C the choice of a new generation.  Check out the topics below for more!

00:00 Intro
01:17 Food with Josh
02:20 Reported Ryzen 9800X3D failures addressed by ASRock and AMD
04:54 Josh upgrades his gaming PC
07:56 Microsoft closes offline account loophole in Windows 11…
09:43 …but another workaround is already available (and other Redmond repartee)
13:32 Intel reportedly cancelled high-end Arc Battlemage last year
18:29 Qualcomm is accusing Arm of anticompetitive behavior
19:33 Napster acquired by a company you probably don’t know for what seems like too much money
20:25 USB for “ai”
22:53 Speaking of USB, how about a portable USB-C display that can attach itself to your laptop?
24:29 We briefly talk about the Switch 2
30:09 (in)Security Corner
41:16 Gaming Quick Hits
48:48 Picks of the Week
59:23 Outro

Show Topics

• 00:00:42 - Intro
• 00:03:40 - AMD Financial Analyst Day
• 00:27:33 - i9-10980HK vs. Ryzen 7 4800H
• 00:31:08 - SurfingAttack
• 00:34:57 - Seasonic CONNECT
• 00:41:44 - Apple iPhone Slowdown Settlement
• 00:45:09 - SETI@Home Update
• 00:50:28 - Baldur's Gate 3
• 00:57:05 - Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary
• 00:59:19 - Star Wars: Project Maverick
• 01:02:18 - Scythe Mugen 5
• 01:09:19 - InWin ALICE
• 01:18:58 - Picks of the Week
• 01:29:36 - Outro

Picks of the Week (*Affiliate Links)

• Jim: Spying on the Scammers
• Jeremy: *Noctua Hoodie
• Josh: *Heavy Duty Chair Mat
• Sebastian: *Samson Mounting Arm
• Brett: Plague Inc. & IsItCanceledYet.com

It was another week in computer hardware, and Brett is BACK to help us talk about it. We've got so much Financial Talk, some RX 9070 info, comparisons to the 5070ti, and much more!  List of topics below.

00:00 Intro
01:58 Food with Josh
04:01 Radeon RX 9070 reportedly launches March 6
14:17 X3D is everything (well, 90 percent)
16:36 Quarterly Financial Segment Part 1 - Intel
22:00 Quarterly Financial Segment Part 2 - AMD
32:02 Quarterly Financial Segment Part 3 - Arm
35:06 Bypass Google "ai" search results using simple profanity
36:46 Microsoft redefines what it means by "deprecation"
42:25 RTX 5070 Ti launch leak and rumored performance
48:11 (in)Security Corner
1:00:51 Gaming Quick Hits
1:09:22 Picks of the Week
1:20:45 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CES 2025 wrap-up show, featuring at least 15% more energy than last week!  We've got semi-hot takes on some CES 2025 gear, discussions on Nvidia cards, what's up with AMD, Thermaltake, HDMI and the usual cadre of Security scares.   Even DOOM gets in on the act.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
01:28 Food with Josh
02:54 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 Series announcement
08:44 AMD’s curious lack of Radeon news
13:53 Phison’s new Gen5 controllers
15:26 Thermaltake’s new compact cases
17:21 Thermaltake DD racing wheel bundle
18:50 HYTE has a big new THICC cooler
20:22 Corsair has a big new touchscreen accessory
21:58 HDMI 2.2 cables are coming
25:54 Dell rebrands (and it seems rather familiar somehow)
28:40 Some Intel 18A and Arc discussion
32:42 (in)Security Corner
46:46 Gaming Quick Hits
51:53 Josh talks NVIDIA a bit more
56:49 Picks of the Week
1:05:33 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!

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Josh returns this week, and of course there are financials to discuss (NVIDIA is making insane money right now), plus Josh's latest burger, Josh's renovated home office, and other Josh-related content.  Where are Josh's boxes, what's in Josh's closet, what are Josh's floors made of, and who handled his 49" monitor while he was away.

Oh, and we also did a show about this week in tech ... those topics are below.

00:00 Intro
01:35 Food with Josh
03:25 Josh's office update
05:06 NVIDIA is making an insane amount of money
12:55 Dan Cases and Lian Li make a micro-ATX case
14:44 Is Noctua becoming a lifestyle brand?
18:00 Big brother is watching - with the new built-in Windows screen logger
25:21 Cooler Master offers "ai" thermal paste for streamers
27:28 The demand for HBM could cause DRAMa
29:29 RescueZilla 2.5 released
31:03 (in)Security Corner
38:13 Gaming Quick Hits
45:59 Corsair 6500X case review
49:29 Picks of the Week
56:43 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

Josh finally had another burger, and published his SECOND review of the month!!  All hail the Thrustmaster!   Mindfactory never went anywhere, Windows likes your printers again, and all the GPU news you can stand!  And we know who you are, since 23andMe sold all your data... J/K!

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00:00 Intro
01:33 Food with Josh
03:19 RTX 5060 series delay rumor, 8GB and 16GB Ti confirmed
06:19 AMD says RX 9070 series had 10x more first-week sales
12:12 Making wafers at TSMC Arizona might be just 10% more expensive
14:02 Mindfactory attempts a comeback
15:31 Windows update fixes printer issues
16:32 Also, Windows update breaks VEEAM recovery
19:28 MSI selling PSUs with only one 8-pin PCIe connector
21:58 Google Maps may have deleted your timeline data
25:48 23andMe potentially selling all of your personal data
29:31 Podcast sponsor - Incogni
30:55 (in)Security Corner
43:16 Podcast sponsor - Stash
44:25 Gaming Quick Hits
51:36 Thrustmaster T818 Review
1:05:51 Picks of the Week
1:14:27 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

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

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

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'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

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

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

Show Topics

• 00:00:16 - Intro
• 00:03:50 - DirectX 12 Ultimate
• 00:11:37 - Xbox Series X & PS5 Specs
• 00:39:56 - Sponsor: ExpressVPN
• 00:44:17 - Ryzen 9 4900H
• 00:54:50 - MacBook Air 10th Gen Intel Update
• 01:04:19 - DOOM Eternal
• 01:05:53 - Corsair iCUE 220T RGB Case
• 01:11:26 - Picks of the Week
• 01:27:35 - Outro

Picks of the Week (*Affiliate Links)

• Jim: *Navage Nasal Care
• Sebastian: Free Games
• Kent: *Vantec NexStar 5.25-inch External Enclosure
• Brett: UberConference
• Jeremy: 3D Printed Masks & NFC-Powered e-Paper

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

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

After a week off, we expected to have at least a few things to talk about. But it turned out to be a very busy few days, including the sudden "retirement" of Intel's CEO...

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
03:00 Food with Josh
05:52 Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger Departs
16:09 Intel Arc Battlemage
26:33 ASRock PPM driver boosts Arrow Lake gaming perf
29:25 Radeon RX 8800 XT rumor
34:09 If you use eSCL devices, no 24H2 for you
36:01 Microsoft says Win11 TPM requirement is non-negotiable
38:24 MSI offers offset kit for Core Ultra hotspot issue
40:54 Walmart buys Vizio
43:33 Podcast sponsor 1password XAM
44:53 (in)Security Corner
55:29 Gaming Quick Hits
1:01:32 MSI DATAMAG 20Gbps magnetic portable SSD
1:07:54 Picks of the Week
1:18:32 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

What a week. So much exciting news to cover, including the extremely well-received new Intel Core Ultra desktop processors! Does sarcasm evident? Anyhow, we received them, too, but without a motherboard, so not much tested happened before this launch.  No worries, we're getting a board, and have turned off our AI assistants.  Or have we?

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:23 Food with Josh
04:10 Observing Intel Core Ultra Desktop Eve
04:57 The Core Ultra 9 285K can pull almost as much as a 14900K - if you enable 4095W PL2
07:47 Arm to cancel Qualcomm 2 license as dispute escalates
18:43 Another report about Qualcomm buying Intel
19:12 NVIDIA says Blackwell chip flaw was their fault, but it's fixed now
21:28 Intel and Samsung foundry collaboration possible
25:45 HAVN is a new case company with a new take on the aquarium trend
30:24 Podcast sponsor 1Pasword XAM
31:45 Help turning off "ai" assistants - if the app allows
34:28 New X3D turbo mode promises big gains for Ryzen CPUs
38:21 Check out our Intel microcode video
44:53 (in)Security Corner
54:13 Gaming Quick Hits
1:02:29 Picks of the Week
1:18:11 Outro

This was a long show. Be warned! We didn't even get to (in)Security Corner until after the one hour mark! But it's so worth it!  More Crowdstrike, more Intel sadness, even the Logitech mouse-as-a-service thing.  Psst - Apple still does not like Nvidia.

Recorded August 7, 2024.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:45 Food with Josh
03:54 New Ryzen 5 and 7 coverage - the impact of 65W
19:39 Intel's financial situation
27:27 Intel extended warranty update
31:44 Podcast sponsor - Green Chef
33:27 Puget systems' totally unbiased report on CPU failures
42:11 NVIDIA Blackwell delay rumor
51:41 Has the most popular GPU on Steam been discontinued?
55:38 Google is replacing the Chromecast with a $100 ai thing
58:43 Apple still doesn't like NVIDIA
1:03:26 Logi forever mouse
1:06:24 (in)Security Corner
1:15:24 Gaming Quick Hits
1:23:29 Picks of the Week
1:37:59 Outro

This week we have a positive attitude, Josh had a burger, and everyone is happy (and other lies). 
Watch to catch up on CoPilot issues (we told you so!), Intel and AMD socket longevity, Windows 10 won't die and we miss Napster.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:36 Food with Josh
03:09 AMD Ryzen 9000 Series announcement
10:55 New X870 and X870E chipsets
17:18 Socket AM5 longevity
19:56 AMD also introduced MI325X
22:01 Josh tells his pineapple squeeze toy story
23:13 Intel Lunar Lake discussion
28:17 Kent begins to wonder how much NVIDIA cares about gamers
34:28 Josh points out the inconvenient truth about the AI boom
40:36 Jeremy decides to return to Lunar Lake discussion
41:10 Using Kapton tape to defeat Intel chipset limitations
42:55 Micron GDDR7 is coming soon
46:58 Windows 10 is getting "new features, and more" (be afraid)
51:19 Nano11 for lightweight Windows 11 24H2
53:07 Happy 25th birthday to Napster (and audio digression)
1:01:18 (in)Security Corner
1:09:05 Gaming Quick Hits
1:13:35 Picks of the Week
1:24:02 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

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

A fantastic show - as you have come to expect.  Does Microsoft support installation without TPM?  Intel needs a reinvention moment, Arrow Lake fix doesn't seem like a good "fix" yet, LLM hallucination returns, and what is this Wubuntu thing again?  Plus much more!

Timestamps: 
00:00 Intro 
01:32 Food with Josh 
02:42 Microsoft suddenly supports TPM-free Windows 11 installs 
05:53 Intel wants to reinvent itself 
12:36 ASRock BIOS update shows no improvement to Arrow Lake performance 
13:29 Cyberpunk 2077 update 2.2 improves Arrow Lake perf up to 33 percent 
15:22 On the eve of Arc B580 benchmark results 
20:27 Raspberry Pi 500 
24:45 Addlink G55 SSD - low cost PCI-E 5.0 option 
27:00 LLMs hallucinating security reports sounds fine 
32:37 Podcast sponsor - 1Password XAM 
33:51 (in)Security Corner 
44:29 Gaming Quick Hits 
52:03 Picks of the Week 
1:06:03 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

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

Show Topics

• 00:00:06 - Intro
• 00:01:43 - Xbox Series X Specs
• 00:14:12 - Ryzen 4000 ThinkPads
• 00:20:45 - Intel 5G Processors & Xeon Refresh
• 00:31:07 - Corsair Hydro XD3
• 00:36:08 - Playing Tricks on A.I.
• 00:39:19 - Bethesda Games Pulled from GeForce Now
• 00:47:47 - XFX RX 5600 XT THICC 3 Ultra
• 01:02:13 - Samsung T7 Touch SSD
• 01:14:40 - HyperX Cloud Flight S
• 01:29:24 - Picks of the Week
• 01:42:28 - Outro

Picks of the Week

• Jim: My90sTV.com (80s, 70s)
• Jeremy: Dell Canada Sale
• Josh: *AudioQuest DragonFly DAC
• Sebastian: *Vornado AC350

Welcome to a podcast that some have called, "15th best".   We've got RTX PRO 6000, MSI done with Radeon, 200k sold from AMD (no), and even fake CAPTCHAs!  There's so much variety packed in here, it's probably leaking off your screen right now because one window cannot possibly hold it all!

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
02:13 Food with Josh (or not)
02:56 NVIDIA had so many announcements at GTC
12:34 AMD responds to report that AMD sold nearly 200k RX 9070 GPUs
14:55 MSI confirmed that it won't make any RX 9070 cards
16:32 Qualcomm will save us all with mobile GPUs
18:24 Microsoft deletes Copilot - then says it was a mistake
21:28 Roku adds ads (and loses users?)
24:51 Windows 11 hates printers almost as much as you do
29:01 Arm is getting into super resolution
31:06 Podcast sponsor: Incogni
32:31 (In)Security Corner
44:50 Josh presents some late breaking news
47:10 Gaming Quick Hits
53:00 Samsung 9100 PRO review
1:01:04 Picks of the Week
1:08:40 Outro

Welcome to the creepiest PC hardware podcast on the net, and that's on a NORMAL week. We've got Intel Core Ultra, Ryzen 7 9800X3D, Windows 24H2 ... but will we surpass our own standard with this VERY SPECIAL Halloween episode? You will have to watch to find out...

Skip to 31:35 for the official Ryzen 7 9800X3D announcement (recorded on October 31)

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
04:02 Food with Josh
13:56 Supermicro situation (and then Josh talks about AMD financials some more)
18:26 Z890 motherboard instability with Win 11 24H2
21:49 If you want 24H2 but don't see it, here's why
25:37 More 24H2 upgrade stuff
27:34 Ryzen 7 9800X3D speculation (because we didn't know yet)
31:35 Actual Ryzen 7 9800X3D announcement (added 10/31)
33:57 Intel Core Ultra performance summary shows gaming regression from 14th Gen
37:06 CyberPowerPC has a back side connector motherboard system
43:44 (in)Security Corner
55:10 Gaming Quick Hits
1:02:24 Picks of the Week
1:14:27 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

We've got Intel and AMD teaming up, Click2Cancel making waves, so much ARM discussion where it wasn't meant to be, Windows 11 BSODs (suprise!), a bunch of X86 discussion and a terrible amount of security nightmares!  Should be fun, take a listen! 

00:00 Intro
03:07 Food with Josh
05:22 Intel and AMD team up for the good of x86
08:59 The x86 discussion shifts to Arm at this point
10:18 Arm discussion intensifies
11:45 A return to x86 discussion (which eventually shifts to Arm again)
22:13 Has the 5800X3D reached end of life?
24:20 Ryzen 7 9800X3D could debut on October 25
27:12 AMD means business
32:09 It's possible that LGA1851 might not be one-and-done
35:52 We explain why certain WD SSDs cause BSOD with latest Win11 build
40:14 Click to cancel - an FTC story
43:04 (in)Security Corner
1:01:34 Gaming Quick Hits
1:07:43 Picks of the Week
1:19:20 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

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

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

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

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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

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?)

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

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

We recorded it early this week, due to some scheduling issues, but we still made a podcast that will live on forever as one of the greatest ever made. If you don't have high standards.  Do take the time to enjoy the discussion on generous Hackers and that your VPN probably sucks. 

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:23 Food with Josh
05:13 Intel's baseline profile evolves into Intel Default Settings
13:38 Apple announces new iPads and the M4 processor
21:30 iOS device fingerprinting a problem?
24:47 Microsoft brings MT/s to task manager
27:37 Remembering Robert Dennard, inventor of DRAM
30:59 Backblaze reports slight improvement in HDD lifespans
35:55 BASIC turns 60
37:54 (in)Security Corner
47:31 Gaming Quick Hits
57:22 Picks of the Week
1:14:15 Outro

It took a couple of days to get to the editing and posting (due to the July 4 holiday) but the wait will be 100% worth it, we assure you. Josh even had a burger.  Including Z890, Gigabit forever, Win10 death and all your content belong to AI now.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:35 Food with Josh
03:51 Intel Z890 chipset leak
05:21 When will the industry stop using Gigabit?
09:38 More on the upcoming Intel parts
13:23 New Breaking Limit GPU benchmark is out
15:13 NVIDIA 72-core Grace CPU gets close to 96-core Threadripper
18:02 Will death of Win10 ignite PC market?
20:05 Microsoft CEO of AI says anything published online is free to use
24:38 AMD Ryzen 8000G processors discounted
29:41 Podcast sponsor - Green Chef
31:11 (in)Security Corner
47:44 Gaming Quick Hits
56:09 Picks of the Week
1:12:24 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