Podcast #803 - Arrow Lake Update, Arc B580 Performance and Value, Pi 500 NVMe Workaround, 8GB GPU enough? + MORE!

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 Juli 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 Juli 20221h 3min

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/AN8ZAf15DrMAnd no, it didn't end up being "50 min and 36 sec" after all. Somehow the running time ballooned up to a whopping 50 minutes and 39 seconds between rendering and uploading. Where did the extra 3 seconds come from? ALIENS. (Probably.)00:00 Intro02:04 Food with Josh04:12 Arc A750 GPU at GN (they released another video the next day)06:12 Intel Core i9-13900K sample apparently tested10:40 Brief digression11:34 Bluetooth audio poised to improve soon14:52 Corsair's new HXi Series PSUs16:58 PC sales decline24:03 Skyrim Together Reborn28:33 Unity and ironSource merger31:45 Spectre never dies35:38 MS 365 requires Win 10 and up after this year36:52 Picks of the Week48:08 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

17 Juli 202250min