Podcast #817 - Ryzen 9800X3D Failure Update, Windows 11 Offline Account Saga, Switch 2, Battlemage + more!

Join us as we turn a slow news week into the podcast event of the decade.  Hackable smartphones, AOL dialup, Android tablets w/o Google, Microsoft more fully embraces GitHub, and even BioShock 4.  The...

17 Aug 20251h 17min

AMD is on the rise, and their financials show it, plus they might have won The Game.  We discover that Windows 11 SE is still a thing, PCIe 8 has been ratified, and what's the best-worst GPU of 2025! ...

8 Aug 20251h 35min

Prepare to be dazzled by nearly every aspect of this podcast - unless you watch and listen closely.  We have the usual cast of characters with at least 1 shirtless moment from a special guest.   On to...

5 Aug 20251h 29min

Not only do we never underestimate the power of sunglasses, we bring you another show after a "sick" week off.  We've got some external storage to review, Threadripper high-wattage benchmarks, and som...

26 Juli 20251h 27min

Not only do we talk about the things in the description, but we talk (oh so much) about many other things! See the time stamps below for a list of most of them (because the list of digressions would e...

14 Juli 20251h 22min

To celebrate Independence Day, we teamed up with a big imaginary Hollywood studio to produce this special episode. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll kiss three bucks goodbye. Really, of course, we are ...

7 Juli 20251h 22min

After what seems like ages, but was actually only a week off, we are BACK. Enjoy what some have called "PCPer's greatest podcast episode of all time, even if it was kind of a slow news cycle".  It's t...

29 Juni 20251h 20min

A handheld Xbox that's really an ROG Ally with a new Ryzen processor?? An LCD that actually NEEDS bright sunlight like a Game Boy Color?? (Oh, and Josh's legendary food segment.)  There's some EVGA sa...

14 Juni 20251h 33min