PC Perspective Podcast

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 much more that you'll just have to look at the list of time stamps right below this to find out what they all are.Timestamps:00:00 Intro and Food with Josh04:07 AMD X670E pricing is EXTREME!11:06 Decoding AMD's new mobile CPU names17:59 Blender Arc support19:00 Intel Arc A770, A750 launching very soon27:28 Apple's iPhone event31:27 Some weird AI image stuff35:09 Podcast ad break - Beard Club36:34 Gaming Quick Hits41:32 Security Corner44:42 Review #1: Monoprice SYNC-ANC Headphones50:07 Review #2: Sound Blaster Katana V2 Soundbar1:01:32 Review #3: FOSI TB10D Desktop Amp1:14:39 Picks of the Week1:23:56 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

10 Sep 20221h 24min

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. It may never be done again.Timestamps:00:00 Intro02:11 Burger of the Week03:56 AMD Ryzen 7000 Series specs, pricing, and other thoughts17:34 AMD smart NIC20:39 NVIDIA testing different RTX 4070 specs?23:21 Arc does Linux (6.0)25:56 Intel XeSS better than DLSS??28:01 Apple and the Right to Replace (or "repair")31:23 NETAC NV7000 - an SSD that is transparent about component swaps34:33 Gaming Quick Hits42:13 Security Corner45:25 Picks of the Week56:43 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

2 Sep 202257min

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 Intro00:35 Burger of the Week01:44 Lower power for NVIDIA RTX 4080 than we thought?05:08 RTX 4090 (allegedly) already in production06:09 NVIDIA's woeful earnings are official14:32 ASUS announces AM5 motherboard17:15 Some X670 chipset discussion (Sebastian is confused, Josh is right)18:39 Certain ASUS ROG Z690 HERO mobos recalled20:00 Yet another display standard! VESA ClearMR26:41 Somehow Homekit and Home Assistant are good?29:00 Ad break: TextExpander30:20 We talk altogether too long about a UST projector37:56 Moonbreaker: a pirate-themed, tabletop-style PC game41:24 Plex breach 43:28 Hyundai car insecurity45:20 Warhammer III Immortal Empires reviewed52:38 V-Color DDR5-6600 reviewed58:56 (late addition to news) Samsung 990 Pro SSD1:02:30 Picks of the Week1:10:21 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

28 Aug 20221h 11min

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!Timestamps00:00 Intro02:02 Retail Intel Arc A380 card available in USA04:55 Arc does DX9 via DX1207:04 AMD's upcoming livestream to announce new CPUs09:18 All-new Rescuezila12:02 Gaming Quick Hits13:19 Realtek RTL819X vulnerability18:08 Another Chrome zero-day18:31 iOS VPNs leak data?19:39 Drop LoTR keyboard25:43 Monoprice Horizon TrueWireless ANC earbuds review30:56 Fractal Focus 2 case review43:43 ECS LIVA One A300 AMD mini PC barebone review55:10 Picks of the Week1:04:31 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

19 Aug 20221h 5min

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), and the usual 'gaming quick hits' and depressing 'security corner'.Featured this week is Kent's third installment in the 'upgrading in mid-2022' blog, with further explorations of the major and minor components he chose, and why.Timestamps:00:00 Intro01:13 Food with Josh02:49 Ryzen 7000 DDR5 sweet spot?06:38 NVIDIA had a bad quarter16:57 Hackaday prize21:12 Gigabyte's Z690i Ultra replacement27:48 Intel Arc Pro A-Series GPUs30:09 Hard West 2 rides out32:51 Final Frontier Humble Bundle33:59 Netflix gaming?35:47 Quantum computing vs. Ivy Bridge40:15 Critical VMWare patch42:27 Kent's upgrade blog, part 359:32 Picks of the Week1:12:52 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

13 Aug 20221h 13min

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 Intro00:53 Food with Josh02:47 Intel Q2 financial results11:29 AMD Q2 financial results17:54 Ryzen 7000 launches this quarter18:49 Intel Raptor Lake in October?22:29 Intel Arc A380 re-tested at Igor's Lab35:08 A Sonos soundbar for your PC?38:48 Sharkoon returns with the Elite Shark CA700 case42:15 Google says Stadia is NOT being shut down44:11 New Winamp version in 2022 (or is this just an NFT scam?)49:00 Buying 0-day exploits to attack Windows and Adobe Reader50:20 be quiet! Pure Base 500 FX case review1:03:43 Picks of the Week1:13:18 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

7 Aug 20221h 14min

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 Intro00:52 Where's Josh?02:01 Game On AMD sale05:38 New Radeon Software07:49 Micron's new 232-layer NAND10:14 CORSAIR Vengeance RGB DDR514:47 Tiny Core i7 system18:24 Razer Blade Advanced22:23 Mandatory Intel Arc news (with familiar faces)26:27 Podcast Sponsor TextExpander27:47 KotOR NoMORE30:15 GTA6 non-update31:30 CosmicStrand UEFI insecurity36:38 Atlassian vulnerabilities37:49 Browser 0-day39:55 Kent explores the Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Master1:02:43 Picks of the Week1:11:54 OutroLink to the Intel Intel Arc A750 Limited Edition Graphics Card Showcase used in the podcast: https://youtu.be/fsij4LgXmZw ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

30 Jul 20221h 13min

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 Intro00:47 Burger of the Week02:00 Full Intel Arc lineup leaks, and there will be no A78007:56 NVIDIA price drops10:08 3090 Ti vs 6950XT GPGPU battle13:20 A very high-end FiiO DAC/AMP16:22 Microsoft going big into T-shirts and messaging21:52 Kent's PC upgrade - part 135:01 Into the Breach Advanced Edition36:49 Lego PC games are cheap right now37:57 Four id Software classics currently free40:18 Aftermarket car GPS insecurity42:47 Digium VoIP services under attack44:42 EPOS H3PRO Hybrid headset review49:41 Picks of the Week1:03:08 Outro1:03:20 Outtake ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

22 Jul 20221h 3min