Podcast #630 - Zen4 Rumors, Ryzen 7 vs Core i7, Thermal Pad Gate, Win10 Best! + more!

05/29/21 • 80 min

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

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

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Previous Episode

Podcast #629 - Nvidia LHR GPUs, Modular Laptop, Pure Rock Slim 2 Cooler, Cherry KB & Mouse + More!

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

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

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Next Episode

Podcast #631 - GeForce RTX 3080Ti Review, AMD COMPUTEX News and so much more!

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

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