PC Perspective Podcast

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Timestamps:

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

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Thanks to video sponsor be quiet! and the new Pure Loop liquid CPU cooler: https://www.bequiet.com/en/watercooler/pure-loop/1957

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