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

We recorded it early this week, due to some scheduling issues, but we still made a podcast that will live on forever as one of the greatest ever made. If you don't have high standards.  Do take the time to enjoy the discussion on generous Hackers and that your VPN probably sucks. Timestamps:00:00 Intro01:23 Food with Josh05:13 Intel's baseline profile evolves into Intel Default Settings13:38 Apple announces new iPads and the M4 processor21:30 iOS device fingerprinting a problem?24:47 Microsoft brings MT/s to task manager27:37 Remembering Robert Dennard, inventor of DRAM30:59 Backblaze reports slight improvement in HDD lifespans35:55 BASIC turns 6037:54 (in)Security Corner47:31 Gaming Quick Hits57:22 Picks of the Week1:14:15 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

11 Maj 20241h 15min

What's more colorful than a $100 RGB mousepad? The personalities of the PCPer podcast crew, of course!  Enjoy the banter and conversations we had between each other and our audience.  Tune in and take part next week!Timestamps:00:00 Intro01:56 Food with Josh03:48 An extremely long segment on Intel and AMD's latest quarterly earnings35:56 Intel responds to Core i9 instability issue42:55 Windows patch breaks some VPNs45:35 A new watermark for non-Ai capable Windows PCs47:57 (in)Security Corner55:52 Gaming Quick Hits58:41 Jeremy reviews the Razer RGB mousepad1:03:49 Picks of the Week1:18:02 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

4 Maj 20241h 20min

Podcast 770 is totally not a re-branded Podcast 680. It may have the same CUDA core count, but the memory is clocked slightly higher. Also, this one has a [REDACTED] that you won't want to miss!Includes Cisco Firewalls on Fire, and a really cracking story on cracking Bcrypt!  (plus use a longer password!)Timestamps:00:00 Intro03:12 Food with Josh05:21 A very long discussion about Intel 13th and 14th Gen Core i9 stability21:57 Rumor points to reuse of 18 Gbps GDDR6 for RDNA 4 GPUs25:48 Intel Arc beta driver boosts DX11 performance again29:24 Battlemage will supposedly offer uncompressed 8K 144 Hz30:28 Find out what October 2025 means for Microsoft product support33:53 Windows 11 Starts to add ads35:47 Latest builds of Windows 11 require SSE 4.239:58 (in)Security Corner50:43 Gaming Quick Hits55:34 Drop CSTM65 keyboard review1:02:04 Picks of the Week1:13:08 Another smooth outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

27 Apr 20241h 13min

Are you insecure at any speed?  So why not get your dose of tech news and reviews here with us and relax. Let the our dulcet tech tones wash over you with the bits of news that caught our attention this week.  Hear why you had better get yer AMD 6000 series while you can and about that new 50w Nvidia GPU, plus Fallout talk and our review of the Eazeye Radiant LCD Touchscreen Monitor.  More below.00:00 Intro02:16 Food with Josh04:28 Ryzen 8000 CPUs launch - for business (with an LLM focus)07:17 NVIDIA launching two new RTX cards - but they are 50W workstation SKUs12:52 HighPoint has a 56GB/s SSD RAID card19:05 Lamptron gets caught using fraudulent AIDA64 keys20:33 Windows 11 on Intel 1122:56 High-end Radeon RX 6000 Series supplies are drying up26:08 (in)Security Corner39:35 Gaming Quick Hits47:00 Jeremy reviews the Eazeye Radiant - a transflective LCD display54:49 Picks of the Week1:04:54 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

21 Apr 20241h 6min

"We've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Processors effectively on fire with default motherboard settings. We watched chipsets glitter in the dark near the Copper Pipe. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain."- JoshTEKK SmithAlso tune in for some Star Wars gaming news, PCIe 7 is the new Hotness, and Dump It like D-Link!  More in the timestamps beeeelooooow!Timestamps:00:00 Intro00:53 Food with Josh03:04 The Intel 13th and 14th Gen Core i9 Problem Escalates15:26 Intel Gaudi 3 is an up to 900W AI chip20:46 AMD Ryzen 9000 processors mentioned in new chipset driver25:09 An APU faceoff at FPS Review32:16 The first draft of PCI Express 7 is here39:48 Roku has new tech to serve ads over HDMI43:58 The Pi 5 vs cheap Amazon mini PCs47:28 Security Corner1:00:01 Gaming Quick Hits1:06:53 Alienware AW3225QF 4K QD-OLED monitor review1:24:12 Jeremy has a new Drop keyboard1:26:56 Picks of the Week1:36:10 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

15 Apr 20241h 37min

We aren't too proud of this technological terror we've constructed, because the ability to record a podcast is insignificant compared to the power of the Schwartz.   Intel Foundry news, SSD pricing, a new RX 550?, TSMC is quaking, and a bevy of security scares!Recorded April 3, 2024.Timestamps:00:00 Intro01:09 Food with Josh02:59 Intel Foundry lost 7 billion USD last year12:03 TSMC assessing impact of recent earthquake18:35 Enterprise SSD prices on the rise - consumer will be next22:38 The biggest passively-cooled Gen5 SSD we've seen (and extended storage speed discussion)32:36 Microsoft splits Teams and Office apps worldwide37:24 A new low-profile RX 550 in 2024, or April Fool's joke?44:41 (in)Security Corner (featuring the XZ backdoor story)56:01 Gaming Quick Hits1:00:12 Kent reviews the Thermaltake CTE C700 TG case1:13:30 Picks of the Week1:32:21 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

9 Apr 20241h 33min

You didn't ask for it, but here it is. The greatest PC Perspective podcast ever recorded on March 27, 2024. China bans things, FSR 3.1, DirectSR, and EVGA PSU wiring ... Other topics below.Oh, and sorry this is posted late this week!Timestamps:00:00 Intro01:01 Food with Josh03:14 AMD announced FSR 3.1 at GDC08:10 Radeon 7900 GRE gets memory OC unlocked12:05 China bans AMD, Intel, and Windows from Government PCs17:24 ASUS launching NUC 14 Pro20:50 Microsoft DirectSR revealed25:23 EVGA PSU RMA fries HDDs, company makes it right29:09 TrueNAS Core bids goodbye to FreeBSD33:16 (in)Security Corner48:49 Gaming Quick Hits59:36 ECS LIVA Z5 PLUS review1:04:38 Picks of the Week1:14:43 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

1 Apr 20241h 15min

Another week, and another podcast. It seems like our destiny. In the words of Darth Vader, join us, and together we can rule the galaxy as ... distant cousins? I think that's what he said. Topics below include such morsels as Nvidia GTC (feel the power) and that delidded 14900KS cpus can come that way (feel the heat).Recorded March 20, 2024.Timestamps:00:00 Intro01:26 Food with Josh02:54 NVIDIA at GTC - new Blackwell GPU architecture14:19 Tiny Corp is apparently dumping AMD16:26 SK hynix shows of their first Gen5 SSD, the Platinum P5118:26 Intel and TSMC reportedly face delays in Arizona fab construction20:32 MAINGEAR will sell you a delidded 14900KS - with a warranty!29:10 Oh yeah, Intel officially launched the Core i9-14900KS just after our show last week30:17 (in)Security Corner40:25 Gaming Quick Hits44:55 Picks of the Week1:00:57 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

23 Mars 20241h 1min