This week we assemble yet again to talk about AMD's big reveal - and now that the wait for Ryzen 7000X3D Series pricing and availability information is over, the wait for physical Ryzen 7000X3D Series product begins. Not to be outdone, Intel has lowered Arc A750 pricing and provided a new driver with even faster DX9 performance! Just don't look at their quarterly financial statement. AMD, on the other hand, had a good quarter. Josh talked about both. (Full list of topics below.) Timestamps: 00:0...
Feb 04, 2023•1 hr 15 min
It was a day just like last Wednesday. A day in which we talked about more PC hardware and software news, including more contradictory information about upcoming Ryzen 7000 Series X3D processors. We talked at great length, and we did it live. This version however, is not live. Subjects can be found in the time stamps below. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:54 Burger of the Week 03:33 Arc 4090! (driver) 04:24 More Ryzen 7000 X3D rumors 05:35 Media begins testing DirectStorage...with one game 08:39 More...
Jan 28, 2023•1 hr 2 min
This time we report, speculate, paraphrase, and pontificate on another week's worth of product launches, press releases, and insecurity news. Also, a burger. Apple M2's many things, Intel does 13900KS and Gen 4 scalable Xeons, CAMM winns finally, 30TB of Micron and Monoprice small speakers. See the timestamps below for all the rest! Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:11 Burger of the Week 02:50 Intel launches Core i9-13900KS 04:27 More Intel: the 4th Gen Xeon Scalable processors 09:52 Apple announces M2...
Jan 20, 2023•1 hr 3 min
Our second show of 2023, and, debatably, our best so far this year. AMD responds to XTX throttling, our Sapphire NITRO+ RX 7900 XTX GPU review, so many security issues (password hacking), AMD Ryzen Non-X CPUs are upon us almost, will MSI's Afterburner flameout? Adobe really thanks you for training its AI + so much more! Drop in for the tech news, stay for the food segment, and let the banter pull you along. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 02:04 Food with Josh 03:49 AMD Ryzen non-X CPUs 12:40 AMD respond...
Jan 15, 2023•1 hr 10 min
Kicking off the PCPer 2023 podcast by ... podcasting! The 4070 Ti review you needed! The roasting of the RX 7900 XTX continues. Solidigm P44 Pro drives ... Intel reborn? (yes essentially) Also Intel lets loose with a slew of skus. ASUS WiFi spider-looking router! Security tears! Gaming smiles! Josh brings the food. And much more... Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 02:10 Food with Josh 04:10 AMD Ryzen 7000 X3D announcement 12:46 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti review 35:38 Podcast sponsor - Rocket Money 36:53 ...
Jan 07, 2023•1 hr 9 min
It's the last show of 2022, but we didn't do a "year end" retrospective thing. Another week of tech news, some food with Josh and a nice review of the Fractal Ridge from Kent. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:13 Food with Josh 02:45 AMD Ryzen non-X CPU rumors / current prices 11:29 Ryzen 7 5800X3D vs Ryzen 5 7600X 18:26 How smart is SAM with Navi 31? 20:43 A keyboard with its own GPU...among other things 25:07 Podcast Sponsor - TextExpander 26:22 A story about webcams for some reason 30:16 Thermaltake...
Dec 23, 2022•1 hr 17 min
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 AIDA6...
Dec 18, 2022•1 hr 10 min
It's awards season, and we have an award-winning podcast for you this week. Just read the reviews: "Josh steals the show in this delightful podcast. Five stars." - JoshTekk Reviews Full list of subjects below. Please, for the safety of those around you, try to contain your excitement. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:21 Food with Josh 01:56 Intel Arc DX9 update 05:50 Report on Radeon RX 7900 launch supply 09:01 Ryzen 7000 X3D at CES? 15:26 Microsoft working on mobile "super app" 18:05 Sabrent Rocket 4...
Dec 10, 2022•56 min
AMD lowered prices on their Zen 4 processors, but for how long? Also, we look at a massive aftermarket RTX 4080 from MSI, with none other than the SUPRIM X edition of the card. Plus other things, including a gaming chair review from Jeremy and the state of the GPU market. Don't forget all the super scary security issues! Full list in the time stamps below. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:11 Food with Josh 03:55 AMD Ryzen 7000 price drops 12:34 Samsung presents GDDR6W 16:15 NVIDIA's Priority Access pr...
Dec 03, 2022•1 hr 28 min
We have made it to episode 700!!! Sure, only half of the crew made it this far, but that's just how it goes. It's a war of attrition, and Jeremy was there from episode one (Josh joined a bit later). And this week we decided to gather, virtually, once again, and talk about the most affordable graphics card ever made! RTX 4080 review, gaming PC building vs consoles, Nvidia earnings, some good security news for once, and more! Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:39 Food with Josh 03:08 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40...
Nov 19, 2022•1 hr 27 min
We are back after a week off (mostly spent traveling to the AMD event), and can finally talk about Radeon RX 7000 Series specs and pricing, and try to extrapolate (very popular word these days) performance. In fact, I think Josh may have over-extrapolated himself, but he will recover soon. We also talked about other stuff, as Brett tried to make it more balanced, in spite of my best efforts. Full list in the time stamps below. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:27 Food with Josh 03:20 AMD Radeon RX 7900...
Nov 12, 2022•1 hr 14 min
This week we talk about Intel Core i9-13900K performance and power, dip our toes into the emerging RTX 4090 power adapter discussion (the night before Igor's Lab released a more definitive look at the problem), and chat about NVIDIA's RTX 4080 12GB un-launching. Plus one more hurrah for Window 10 updates, updates for Display Port and Thunderbolt (and even our old friend AIDA64!). We also talked about some other topics, including the performance of the new Samsung 990 PRO. It's all in the time st...
Oct 30, 2022•1 hr 8 min
Recorded October 12, 2022. You know, a couple of days before NVIDIA unlaunched the RTX 4080 12GB. Guess we'll talk about that NEXT week. On this day, we conversed about the RTX 4090's performance, talked about how thermal paste buildup can affect your life, looked at pictures of Intel's massive new NUC Extreme, and Kent reviewed the Thermaltake The Tower 500 (yes it is called "The Tower") Snow (as in white) enclosure. Plus other stuff. The full list can be found below. 00:00 Intro 00:49 Food wit...
Oct 16, 2022•1 hr 34 min
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 coo...
Oct 10, 2022•1 hr 19 min
We're back after a week off - and there's been a ton of news in the meantime. Prepare yourself for some very long form content as we talk about AMD Ryzen 7000 for half an hour, and later talk about NVIDIA's RTX 40 Series for nearly as long. Then there's Intel 13th gen, ARM, EVGA breakupPlus a lot of other stuff. It's in the time stamps below. Enjoy! 00:00 Intro 02:27 Food with Josh 04:06 30 minutes of AMD Ryzen 7000 perf, thermals, delidding, undervolting, etc. 34:50 Intel 13th Gen Core processo...
Oct 01, 2022•1 hr 36 min
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 Window...
Sep 18, 2022•55 min
AMD 670E pricing is extreme alright, but so is their mobile CPU naming conventions? This is also the audio review show you never knew you wanted, enjoy that. Apple held some sort of iPhone event. And USB4v2 is so well named. Intel Arc news of course too. Who wants subjective audio reviews? How about THREE of them, in a row!! Ok, skip all that if you want to, but the first half of the show is news news news. News like AMD's EXTREME X670E pricing, decoding the Ryzen 7000 mobile CPU names, and so m...
Sep 10, 2022•1 hr 24 min
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...
Sep 02, 2022•58 min
RTX 4080 power projections and rumors, ASUS AM5 board updates and recall, new VESA ClearMR standards, Homekit is good, Hyundais get hacked, and Nvidia made less money. V-Color DDR5-6600 review and much more. Another installment of the world's most famous podcast bearing the name PCPer. A full list of this week's subjects can be found in the time stamps, below. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:35 Burger of the Week 01:44 Lower power for NVIDIA RTX 4080 than we thought? 05:08 RTX 4090 (allegedly) alread...
Aug 28, 2022•1 hr 11 min
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-...
Aug 19, 2022•1 hr 6 min
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), a...
Aug 13, 2022•1 hr 14 min
We explore another week of tech news, including about 17 straight minutes of Intel and AMD Q2 financial analysis from Josh. If that isn't stimulating enough for you we also talk about upcoming CPU launches, a mandatory look at Intel Arc (new drivers this time), a possible Winamp scam, and the new be quiet! Pure Base 500 FX case - among other topics listed below. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:53 Food with Josh 02:47 Intel Q2 financial results 11:29 AMD Q2 financial results 17:54 Ryzen 7000 launches ...
Aug 07, 2022•1 hr 15 min
Josh took himself out to a ballgame, so we podcasted without him. But that doesn't mean you won't see some OG PCPer faces, if you listen to at least the 24-ish minute mark. Heck, you might as well watch to 26 min, as well. Maybe even to the end. Enjoy the Z690 build series, GPU sales, gaming updates and security sadness! Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:52 Where's Josh? 02:01 Game On AMD sale 05:38 New Radeon Software 07:49 Micron's new 232-layer NAND 10:14 CORSAIR Vengeance RGB DDR5 14:47 Tiny Core i...
Jul 30, 2022•1 hr 13 min
Kent gives us a personal rig build update, we take a look at the full Intel ARC lineup as it's known now, then a review of the EPOS H3PRO Headset, there's plenty of GPU pricing discussion, with gaming quick hits and security issues! Yeah! So we did it again. Recorded a podcast on a Wednesday night, it's just over an hour of tech talk (and burger of the week), so get comfortable. Josh-level comfortable. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:47 Burger of the Week 02:00 Full Intel Arc lineup leaks, and there ...
Jul 22, 2022•1 hr 3 min
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 whoppin...
Jul 17, 2022•51 min
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 a...
Jul 11, 2022•36 min
It may seem like the year is half over already (because it is), but things are just starting to heat up (because it's summer). And if you thought Intel's Arc A380 was hot, then get a load of NVIDIA's GTX 1630! You will barely be able to contain yourself. But you will be able to contain your new computer gear in a Fractal case POP! Check out the timestamps below! Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:42 Burger of the Week 03:17 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630 launched 11:25 Arm has new CPU and GPU cores 28:09 Win11...
Jul 01, 2022•1 hr 21 min
Josh returns with food. The off-beat tech news continues. Come along for the ride, won't you? Check out the topics here! Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:23 Food with Josh 02:27 Intel Arc A380 desktop card tested! 06:02 Another debate about GPU pricing... 10:33 Threadripper non-Pro is no more 13:20 PCI-SIG Announces PCI Express 7.0 Spec 14:10 Radeon Rumors! 16384 Stream Processors coming? 17:03 USB 4 is clear as mud 22:57 AMD's AM5 introduction 25:45 Adobe blocking security apps 29:09 Using an older C...
Jun 25, 2022•56 min
Join us as we attempt to catch up on another busy week - with discussion of AMD's move to chiplet architecture with the upcoming RDNA 3 GPUs, more from AMD's Financial Analyst Day (including Zen 4 IPC), Intel's "4" process node, the end of Internet Explorer, and so much more... Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:04 Burger of the Week 02:28 RDNA 3 Chiplets 09:04 AMD Tech and Product Updates 13:39 A Retail Intel Arc GPU??!! 16:23 Intel 4 Process Detailed 19:49 Podcast Sponsor: Linkedin Jobs 20:57 More AGE...
Jun 18, 2022•53 min
Apple M2 specs and Ryzen 7000 layout and delidded, Intel ARC tested, and our review of the Phanteks G360A. Free games from Amazon, satellite hacking, and fun observations from the Steam hardware survey. Recorded the night before AMD announced all the things. Oh well, there's always next week. Anyway, we made it to 680. What's next?! Oh yeah. 681. But not before we talked about the following things for an HOUR: Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:39 Burger of the Week 03:01 Apple M2 05:25 Ryzen 7000 delid...
Jun 11, 2022•1 hr 3 min
