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The editors of PC Perspective discuss the latest in-house product reviews and news from around the world that pertains to technology and PC hardware.
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Podcast #679 - AMD Corrects Ryzen 7000 TDPs, Lian Li O11D MINI Case Review, GPUs at MSRP and More

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. Timesta...

Jun 03, 20221 hr 12 min

Podcast #678 - Ryzen 7000 News, Framework Upgrades, Hardware Leaderboard Returns & MORE

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 15:0...

May 28, 20221 hr 9 min

Podcast #677 - AMD CPU Market Share, RX 6650 XT Performance, Adaptive Sync Certification, Bluetooth Hacks

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 Ado...

May 20, 202256 min

Podcast #676 - Radeon RX 6750 XT NITRO+ Review, Intel Core HX CPUs, Tesla Recall, WiFi7 + MORE!

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 announcemen...

May 14, 20221 hr 15 min

Podcast #675 - Intel & AMD Earnings, Radeon 6x50 Rumors, USA Made Headphone Amp, Edge VPN + MORE!

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...

May 09, 20221 hr 13 min

Podcast #674 - AM5 DDR5 Only? Harvesting Chips from Washers, CAMM RAM, DDR5 Review, Intel Graphics + MORE!

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...

Apr 30, 202251 min

Podcast #673 - Ryzen 7 5800X3D Goes on Sale, Falcon Northwest Tiki Review, C64 is 40, 12th Delidding + MORE!

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 ...

Apr 23, 20221 hr 12 min

Podcast #672 - First Ryzen 7 5800X3D Review, Intel Arc Update, Monoprice 'Phones & MORE

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 5800X...

Apr 17, 20221 hr 1 min

Podcast #671 - AMD's Surprise CPU OC, Intel/AMD Patent Drama, Ray Traced DOOM + More!

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 lis...

Apr 09, 20221 hr 7 min

Podcast #670 - RTX 3090 Ti Launch, Intel Arc Mobile Graphics, GPU Pricing Drops, and MORE

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 mob...

Apr 02, 20221 hr 1 min

Podcast #669 - NVIDIA and AMD at GTC, New ATX PSU Spec, Monoprice IGZO Monitor, DLSS + more!

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 ...

Mar 26, 20221 hr 3 min

Podcast #668 - AMD Fresh CPUs, Intel Euro Chips, Win 11 File Ads, Spectre! + Cherry MX Low Pro RGB Keyboard

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 Ex...

Mar 19, 202257 min

Podcast #667 - Threadripper Returns, Apple M1 Ultra, No OC For Ryzen 5800X3D + MORE!

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...

Mar 14, 202253 min

Podcast #666 - AMD Value, Nvidia big Hack, Linutronix & Intel, FreeDOS, ICY Graphite Thermal Pads + more!

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...

Mar 05, 20221 hr 4 min

Podcast #665 - Intel ARC GPUs & Endgame, Nvidia Lovelace rumors, E-Win Racing Chair Review + More!

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 lea...

Feb 28, 20221 hr 1 min

Podcast #664 - AMD & Xilinx, Corsair K70 KB & Fractal Torrent Nano reviews, Malware!, Bye Ballistic + MOrE!

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 memo...

Feb 19, 20221 hr 2 min

Podcast #663 - ARMless Nvidia, RISC-V & Intel, Record AMD Marketshare, Retro Storage + MORE

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 DRAMles...

Feb 13, 202257 min

Podcast #662 - Two's Day, End of GPU MSRPs, AMD Xilinx Deal, Sony Bungie Deal, EVGA XR1 Review + MORE!

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...

Feb 05, 20221 hr 8 min

Podcast #661 - Nvidia RTX 3050 Launch, DDR5 8888, ARM acquisition update, Malware update + more!

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 manufactur...

Jan 29, 20221 hr

Podcast #660 - RX 6500 XT, MS with Activision Blizzard, TSMC Expands, Thinkpad P15 Mobile Review + MORE!

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 Exci...

Jan 22, 20221 hr 20 min

Podcast #659 - RTX 3080 12GB, 2k Watt PSU, NUC 12 with LGA, DLDSR tech, RX 6500 XT x4 + MORE!

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 tec...

Jan 15, 202250 min

Podcast #658 - CES 2022 Highlights from AMD, Intel, Nvidia, OLED tech + MORE!

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 ...

Jan 08, 20221 hr 18 min

Podcast #657 - Capacitor-Infused, DDR4 vs DDR5, RTX2050, Audiophile SSD, Halo Infinite Demands + More!

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 Ex...

Dec 26, 202156 min

Podcast #656 - Yule Log4j, Final Fantasy VII, AMD Drivers, NAS 20tb Drives, Valve Slims SteamOS + More!

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 Hyn...

Dec 17, 202150 min

Podcast #655 - N-Gauge, Intel DRM, Microsoft Browser, 3090ti, SilverStone ALTA G1M Case Review + More!

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 Platfor...

Dec 11, 202158 min

Podcast #654 - Snapdragon 8, AMD WiFi Chips, Bricking Samsung TVs, DDR4 still very good + more!

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 Ge...

Dec 04, 202158 min

Podcast #653 - NVIDIA's Big Update, Seagate's NVMe HDD, Intel BIOS Patches, and MORE

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 Fi...

Nov 19, 202148 min

Podcast #652 - Steam Deck Delay, AMD EPYC Data Center, Lexar DDR4, be Quiet! aRGB fans + MoRE!

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 ...

Nov 12, 202159 min

Podcast #651 - Intel Alder Lake 12900k Falcon Northwest Tested, AMD 6000 Rumors, DDR5 FAQ + MORE!

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 39:5...

Nov 07, 20211 hr 5 min

Podcast #650 - Intel Alder Lake, M1 Pro/Max, AMD & Intel Earnings + MOre!

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 Traile...

Oct 31, 20211 hr 8 min
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