PC Perspective Podcast

This week Wendell from Level1Techs (@tekwendell himself) joins the show! We talk about AMD's new (and OEM-only) Ryzen 5000 APUs, enhanced Rocket Lake-S performance after BIOS update, NVIDIA's GTC announcements, a Corsair TKL keyboard, and much more listed in the timestamps below. We might have broken the Wendell.   00:00 Intro 06:04 Burger of the Week 08:38 AMD Ryzen 5000 G-Series Launch 17:14 Roc...

No news?!  Not in our world! We have plenty to talk about in this unrehearsed, totally unscripted episode which in no way typifies our usual output. Not at all. But far more importantly, after last week's omission we are happy to report that Josh returns with a rousing BURGER OF THE WEEK (tm). Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 05:18 Burger of the Week 09:11 Do AMD Zen 3 Processors Have A Spectre-Like Vulner...

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 Talk...

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...

Not one but TWO launch reviews for the RX 6700 XT, the long term use review of the Lenovo P1 Gen 3 4k laptop (the online article has way more info) and Corsair released their first 60% mechanical keyboard.  As per the timestamps, we also dive into pricing and performance for the Intel 11th Gen CPUs, Micron done with 3D XPoint, RTX 3060 mining speed self-own, and AMD AGESA updates maybe finally fix...

Join us this time for a spirited, meandering look at the week in personal computer news. A long and winding road, if you will, that leads to Josh's door. And burgers. There will be burgers.  And cat-butt. Use your imagination if you're listening. 00:00 Intro 02:38 Josh's Burger of the Week 06:10 Surface May Get More Ryzen Options 09:10 Microsoft Bethesda Acquisition Now Offical 10:49 AnandTech Rev...

This week we look AMD's Radeon RX 6700 XT announcement and talk expected performance and (sigh) availability. We also look at Intel's new consumer SSD (they're still making those??), Josh explains the Newegg Shuffle, and we cover some other topics visible in the timestamps below: Timestamps: 00:00​ Intro 01:49​ Josh's Burger of the Week 05:01​ AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Announced 23:21​ AMD Ryzen Threa...

OH yes, another GPU you probably cannot get easily, it's the RTX 3060!  A great new case in the Fractal Design line up, the Meshify 2 Compact (looks good in purple, go see it).  Also we review a gigantic mouse mat and a new gaming mouse from Corsair, the Katar Pro XT.  Diablo is going MMO, Apple M1's might be wearing out SSDs, Firefox tosses its cookies in a jar, and Sabrent offers an inexpensive...

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​ Met...

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 Pick...

In this high-powered edition of the PC Perspective podcast the legendary Allyn Malventano (or is it Maltavino?) joins us for TWO HOURS of spirited tech talk. Expect technical discussion, leaking Tesla screen props, angry rants about display latency, and intense burger talk. And probably some other things like MSI Suprim GPU reviews, TridentZ ram for Ryzen, and a Monstargear DIY keyboard. ★ Support...

Seems like Wednesday continues to happen, at least once each week so here we go streaming out the tech variety show again! On this episode: AMD Earned well in 2020 Scalpers Got $ too unfortunately RTX 30 Laptops are coming, but how to tell the difference? Plex Gaming?  Maybe not MS does you a favor taking your $ for Live?  Pray they do not alter the deal further. We reviewer the reviewer which enj...

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...

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 Samsun...

Join us this week as we brace ourselves for the media onslaught that is Virtual CES 2021, and offer many random thoughts about various subjects. Such as:  Will AMD use chiplets in GPUs soon Those Intel 11th gen CPUs look "hot" and single core fast Will 5G be more widely available Exactly when can we expect availability of "X" thing? Upcoming games like Halo Infinite and System Shock 3 Reviews we'r...

Welcome to the oversized year end podcast where we bid 2020 a buh-bye.  Please welcome special guests Jim Tanous and Kent Burgess as well!  In fact, this is our Christmas special and New Years show all action packed into one show.  We talk about MiniPCs, the use of Chkdsk on SSDs, Rage Mode, our review of the Azulle Byte 4 and some of the "top" stories of 2020. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Tackling the weekly topics, some of them getting a real beating over this almost 2 hour episode.  Cyberpunk 2077 check in and its too bad about your console.  Random numbers, encryption, and the Solar Winds hack, oh my.  Something <em>bad</em> can be bought from Microcenter! The Nvidia / reviewers controversy, a few points. Actual reviews for the Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 and Western Digita...

<p>Back with a hard hitting podcast, talking about Cyberpunk 2077 demands, continued production of the 6000 series AMD reference design cards, the 6900XT performance & availability, and reviews of the Phanteks Shift Air 2 and the Lian Li LANCOOL 215.  Oh, there's also the rise of the <strong>ultra</strong> wide screen monitors as a viable immersive gaming experience (and...

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 w...

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 th...

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...

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:...

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 we...

Tonight we discuss the upcoming Zen 3 Ryzen 5000 series and how they achieve their IPC uplift, do some educated guesses on how the Radeon 5000 GPU series will perform - minus what-ever Sebastian says about TDP's, and fawn over a screamin' fast WD PCIe 4 NVME SSD.  Additionally there's some "uninterrupted" discussion on the Apple iPhone 12, complete with music and endless scrolling - very moving, d...

Within this show, please find where we go full review on the iStorage datAshur BT super controllable encrypted USB storage, the Corsair K100 RGB Gaming Keyboard (Lasers!?), Crucial’s fast portable and “feels-good-in-the-hand” X6 and X8 SSDs, how about some UEFI hacks – and Macs not immune from this style of attack, Nvidia’s GTC 2020 recap, RTX 3070 delay, SK Hynix brings DDR5 to market, some ARM /...