PC Perspective Podcast

Jensen says it's not AI Slop and you're wrong. Intel has some value in the CPU space again! Plus Big Battlemage did come, but you won't get one, and ARM is now making their own chips! Plus hackers gotta be hacking - cars this time, gamers are moving away from Windows in droves, and Microsoft hates that one trick which makes your SSDs run too fast. All this and so much more! Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 01:06 Patreon 04:00 Core Ultra Plus 16:09 Big Battlemage arrives - as a datacenter GPU 20:16 Arm makes first data center chip 26:36 NVIDIA says DLSS 5 is not AI slop 30:45 FCC banning future routers not made in USA 36:46 Everything is fine, all web traffic will be bots anyway 38:42 Self-driving cars, autonomous robots need 300GB of RAM 41:17 Microsoft offers hope to Windows 11 users... 52:53 ...though your NVMe speeds can't be too high 54:50 (In)Security Corner 1:09:04 Gaming Quick Hits 1:15:17 Picks of the Week 1:25:19 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Back in the podcast booth this week! Enjoy the DLSS takes, noticing that SSD vendors are having a great year, there are some actual good news on Copilot, and fake ram kits are a thing, AMD has CPU refresh rumors, and a Windows "degraded" security state is coming soon! 0:00 Intro 00:37 Patreon 01:41 Food with Josh 03:01 DLSS 5 17:18 Intel Arrow Lake refresh 20:36 AMD Ryzen refresh rumor 21:31 NVIDIA dGPU market share dominance 23:52 GTC in spaaaaace 29:03 SSD vendors had an amazing quarter for some reason 32:02 Some good news for Copilot 365 victims 36:09 Antec and Noctua collaborate on a case 37:46 Impress your friends with TWO sticks of DDR5 39:06 MSI plans more DDR4 motherboards 40:33 Podcast sponsor - Zapier 42:12 (In)Security Corner 55:42 Gaming Quick Hits 1:03:32 Picks of the Week 1:13:03 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The second of two glorious episodes published this week! Bask in my mistake. (Brett isn't here this week, something about a power failure) Nvidia discovers that you probably cannot vibe code drivers, Number 9, Gaming is just not a priority for Microsoft, and Star Citizen has a data breach. Microsoft is still pushing Copilot BTW. All that and so much more fun below. Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 00:57 Patreon 02:24 Food with Josh 05:07 NVIDIA finds that drivers are hard 07:05 Remember Number Nine? 07:45 NVIDIA's 9GB GPU 10:41 Some Apple news in here somewhere 15:40 Musings on Android open-ness and Epic's win 17:42 Intel has a new Chairman of the Board 20:52 Xbox no longer a priority for Microsoft 23:09 DDR5 bots 25:10 Improve Arc B Series perf by 90% with new DirectX feature? 27:03 IKYMI Drop is shutting down 28:13 (In)Security Corner 37:19 Gaming Quick Hits 42:54 Picks of the Week 54:16 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Not sure how this got missed last week! Making up for time, now you get TWO episodes packed into 1 week! Intel might go back to a unified arch, Acer threatens people to buy now or else, and that Discord thing continues. Oh, and that Nvidia money train just keeps on rolling, plus more 12VHPWR woes. Do take a listen / look at the Moza R5 virtual driving gear bundle though, very nice. Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 00:56 Patreon 02:18 Food with Josh 04:13 News begins - Intel unified core architecture rumor 10:24 AMD Zen 6 might not arrive until 2027 15:37 Acer sees sales jump after warning of price hikes 17:15 NVIDIA to improve Linux gaming performance 18:26 NVIDIA financials with Josh 23:10 Apple to build Mac mini in USA 26:31 Some alternatives to rising NVMe costs? 33:41 DDR5 prices possibly beginning a downward trend 35:11 WireView Pro II to help keep your 5090 from melting 41:00 Command line automation comes to AIDA64 43:22 Discord 45:31 (In)Security Corner 55:26 Gaming Quick Hits 1:03:00 Josh reviews the MOZA R5 Bundle 1:10:41 Picks of the Week 1:19:51 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The RAM-apocolypse continues of course, with hints of it hitting general manufacturers, and delay of gaming systems and even spinning harddrives. At least Micron is making some PCIe 6 drives you cannot have. Also, since we are sometimes audio geeks as well as PC, we talk about some bananas. Seriously. You'll just have to listen to get the scoop on bad Chrome extensions, bad Copilot, and bad password managers. Until then, enjoy Unread Tournament 2004! Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 01:15 Patreon 03:22 Food with Josh 05:20 Acer and ASUS caught up HEVC patent dispute 07:15 Intel's new annual GPU cadence 09:00 Micron is making PCI-E 6.0 SSDs that you can't have 11:10 WD CEO says storage is already sold out for 2026 14:07 Warning - many consumer electronics companies will fail this year 22:25 Sony may push PS6 launch as far as 2029 22:55 US reportedly removes two Chinese memory companies from banned list 25:54 RTX 5090 LIGHTNING is 5090 USD (list price, anyhow) 29:35 Audio dragged through the mud - and a banana 34:34 (In)Security Corner 45:07 Gaming Quick Hits 50:35 Jeremy reviews 25 USD speakers from Cyber Acoustics 56:53 Picks of the Week 1:08:51 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Another week, another series of distressing developments in the world of PC hardware. But maybe the end of the madness is near? Or at least hotter with 700W Intel CPUs. BTW, you're probably not getting an RTX 5090Ti, another week where DIMMs are bling, some questionable choices from Microsoft and scary security issues with certs, 7-Zip, OpenClaw, and "Approve or Deny?" questions. Thanks Zapier for sponsoring our show this week! Get AI orchestration going on your workflows for improvements you can really help, for free! Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 01:05 Patron 01:37 Food with Josh 03:54 ASRock BIOS update to combat reported Ryzen failures 05:47 Intel's potential processor power 09:35 No RTX 5090 Ti this year 11:35 G.Skill memory speed settlement 14:44 The Discord drama 19:21 HP will rent you an Omen gaming laptop 24:48 Microsoft failed to communicate about 26H1 31:36 Homelab bling 32:58 Podcast sponsor - Zapier 34:26 (In)Security Corner 48:37 Gaming Quick Hits 55:19 Picks of the Week 1:09:55 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Recorded February 4, 2026. We also cover the upcoming Steam Machine, sad GPU trends, and the arc of the Arc B770. We've got our review of the Thrustmaster T248R and rapidly dive into AMD's glorious financial success, plus a splash of ARM's Q3 results. Surprise! There are discussions on memory prices, Nvidia's RTX 50 series supply, and the weeks "best" security breaches. Powered by Clippy. Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 00:25 Patreon 01:16 Food with Josh 02:36 AMD Financials 08:43 Arm Financials 11:45 AMD says Steam Machine still on track for early 2026 (until it isn't) 13:30 New memory price outlook has DDR5 doubling again in Q1 14:48 Low VRAM GPUs reportedly 75 percent of NVIDIA Q1 supply 16:45 AMD also in the lower VRAM game 19:45 Intel Arc B770 is supposedly canceled 22:17 Spinning rust lives on 25:33 Qualcomm loses chief CPU architect 27:09 PCPer (possibly) influences Microsoft to backpedal on AI features! 31:31 5GbE is getting more affordable 33:44 (In)Security Corner 43:32 Gaming Quick Hits 47:56 Josh reviews the Thrustmaster T248R 55:45 Picks of the Week 1:07:56 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We review the Ryzen 7 9850X3D, alongside DDR4 and storage price analysis and head smacking moments. We also discuss GOG's Linux focus and Intel's latest financial results. Windows 11 woes, BitLocker Keys, Office patches and Valve is being sued for only $900M. So much more below! Thanks to our sponsor: CoPilot Money! All your accounts, spending, savings and investments in one place! Get one month free with our code: PCPER! Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 00:40 Patreon 01:58 Food with Josh 04:00 AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D review 13:02 Intel financials 18:41 RDNA 3.5 to live on (and on) 19:50 DDR4 pricing on the rise 21:12 Storage prices are getting crazy 28:24 GOG focused on Linux 30:48 Computer History Museum online 32:01 Make Windows 11 less awful 33:47 Some PCs might not boot after Jan 2026 Win11 update 35:11 PCs refusing to shut down after another patch 36:13 Podcast sponsor - Copilot Money 46:05 Gaming Quick Hits 1:00:27 Picks of the Week 1:13:29 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

What happens when Kent decides to use the podcast as an SFF build livestream? What about a build using DDR4 memory?? It probably doesn't get more exciting than this. Unless you count discussing the impending pricing DOOM for SSDs and the Google enabled bluetooth security flaw. So much more fun in the timestamps below! Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 00:41 Patreon 01:29 Food with Josh 03:03 Checking in on Kent 04:42 RIP cheap SSDs 06:07 Samsung and SK hynix reportedly cut NAND supply to drive profits 07:00 Checking in on Kent again 07:38 NVIDIA GPU prices are probably going up soon 12:27 RTX 5070 Ti and 5060 Ti 16GB are not EOL after all 14:18 NVIDIA releasing Arm-based chips for Windows laptops this year? 17:33 Micron acquires PSMC fab to expand memory operations 19:38 Dev patches WINE to make Photoshop 2021, 2025 run on Linux 21:35 Josh checks in on Kent 25:32 (In)Security Corner 35:34 Another check on Kent's build progress 36:38 Gaming Quick Hits 40:24 Kent makes more progress 41:36 Picks of the Week 55:34 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Every episode this year just keeps getting better, try it, you'll see. This food podcast brought to by the tech news! Also, 9850X3D this month, welcome back 8GB GPUs, and 2026 will be tough for PC hardware enthusiats. Oh, that Micron shut down is really a good thing, trust them. Enjoy Linux malware, CoPilot exploits, and even a StarCraft based shooter on the way plus so much more! Seriously, look at the timestamps below. We thank our two sponsors this week: Notion Agent - Bringing all your notes, docs, and projects into one connected space that just works! Zapier - Where tech innovators break the hype cycle and put AI into their workflows - orchestrate it with Zapier! Timestamps 0:00 Intro 01:54 Patreon 03:20 Food with Josh 05:17 AMD reportedly launching the 9850X3D this month 06:07 NVIDIA to increase 8GB GPU production? 08:05 NVIDIA SUPER refresh delay 09:32 Micron defends shutting down Crucial 12:51 Zoicware is the one true way 16:32 SK hynix to build new memory plant 17:50 2026 is not going to be a great year for PC builders 20:29 Podcast sponsor - Notion 21:54 PSUs and CPU coolers are the next to go up in price 28:29 Apple's Google Gemini deal 31:02 Intel Nova Lake graphics 33:06 (In)Security Corner 38:37 Podcast sponsor - Zapier 40:06 (In)Security Corner, continued 46:46 We are not normal 57:33 Gaming Quick Hits 1:07:38 Picks of the Week 1:17:52 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

What if we told you that CES did not feature any new GPUs? But it did feature more frames! MSI with LIGHTNING and GPU safeguard, Phison's new controller, and that wily AMD with new Ryzen 7 9850X3D (and confirmed Ryzen 9 9950X3D2) - whee! Remember the Reboot computer generated cartoon? Remember D-Link Routers and Zero Days? Remember Intel? It's all here! That and everything old is new again with Old GPUs and CPUs coming back .. because RAM. Thanks again to our sponsor with CopilotMoney! Get on your single pane of financial glass and bring order to your money and spending - it's even actually fun to save again. Get the web version and use our code for 26% off at http://try.copilot.money/pcper Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 00:56 Patreon 01:37 Food with Josh 04:10 AMD announces Ryzen 7 9850X3D 05:41 AMD sort of confirmed the 9950X3D2 07:00 NVIDIA DLSS 4.5 09:34 Intel was at CES 12:50 MSI LIGHTNING returns 14:54 MSI also launching GPU Safeguard Plus PSUs 19:44 WD_Black is now Sandisk Optimus GX Pro 21:54 Phison has the most efficient SSD controller 26:11 ASUS ROG RGB Stripe OLED 28:44 First computer-animated TV show restored 33:29 Podcast sponsor - Copilot Money 34:57 (In)Security Corner 44:32 Gaming Quick Hits 1:06:31 Picks of the Week 1:24:08 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Recorded January 1, 2026 - but only due to popular demand. We cover the GOG purchase, the ever rising price of DDR and the fallout from all that, and talk about getting a Dumb TV again. Thanks to Copilot Money for the sponsorship again! Get all your financials on a single piece of glass and bring order to your spending with smart analysis. Support our show and check them out https://try.copilot.money/pcper 0:00 Intro 01:21 Patreon 02:24 No food segment this week 02:57 The rising cost of RTX 5090 and what this means for GPUs in 2026 04:50 SSD prices rising 05:43 DDR5 continues to rise 08:51 ASUS reportedly increasing DDR4 motherboard production in 2026 13:28 GOG acquired by co-founder 18:37 Cinebench 2026 arrives 22:47 Direct3D 6 support comes to D7VK as retro gaming on Linux evolves 26:56 When you don't want a "smart" TV 30:17 Podcast sponsor - Copilot Money 31:47 (In)Security Corner 37:16 Gaming Quick Hits 42:39 Picks of the Week 53:18 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

No Josh this week, and it hurt. It certainly hurt the running time, at least. Enjoy this brief (and probably highly unsatisfying) year-end podcast! The perfect way to end a disappointing year! Read as: pricing on our PC hobby is increasing on everything thanks to AI datacenters so prepare to downsize or "last-gen" your latest build perhaps! Enjoy our attempt at a 2025 round-up as well, probably buy that Win10 ESU, and the Xbox is probably sinking...stories below! Thanks again to our sponsor this week: Copilot Money! Fantastic "single pane of glass" for all your finances and transactions that's actually enjoyable to use. Get 26% off the web version for new customers! Recorded December 17, 2025. Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 01:27 Patreon 02:16 No food segment?! 03:16 AM4 CPU prices spike 08:37 Storage is poised to become more expensive soon 09:35 Get ready for the return of laptops with only 8GB of RAM 12:49 The last month for a new RTX 3060, and RTX 50 series production cuts 15:17 A brief look back at 2025 26:30 Podcast sponsor - Copilot Money 28:02 (In)Security Corner 33:42 Gaming Quick Hits 42:58 Picks of the Week 55:19 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

There are FOUR lights! But besides that, we have AMD news on Redstone, their B650 chipset and so much DDR pricing and related news that you'll platz. Oh, Kohler has got a toilet cam security issue (seriously) and your One Time Password use is so very passé. Microsoft also plans to finally make Windows 11 better for gaming in 2026 - Steam and Bazzite reportedly not worried. Thanks to Notion and their AI enfused Notion Agent for the sponsorship this week, help us out and check out their very cool offer at: notion.com/pcper Timestamps: 00:00 Preroll 00:04 Intro 00:25 Patreon 01:34 Food with Josh 03:15 Weekly DDR5 price check 04:44 Micron is making more than ever before on DRAM 06:51 A DDR4 / DDR5 combo board! 08:57 The DRAM problem - now vs. 2017 12:11 AMD Redstone is out 16:45 AMD extending life of B650 20:05 Heavy SSD writes due to AMD chipset driver? 22:55 Steam client back-ported to Windows 7, 8 24:50 NVIDIA allowed to export H200 to China now 26:25 Noctua beige and brown 3D printer filament 28:24 Windows update removes Start Menu and Explorer 31:36 Podcast sponsor - Notion 32:50 (In)Security Corner 45:18 Gaming Quick Hits 52:37 Picks of the Week 1:03:47 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Yes, we talked about DDR5 pricing a lot, again. But we also talked about a very special Intel 18A customer, one billion PCs screaming out in pain (it's a metaphor!), AMD CPU / GPU pricing trends, ASUS router vulnerabilities (again), alternatives to Windows for playing games which includes playing web based old console games. It's a thing. Also, we virtually pour one out for Crucial (Micron). Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:33 Patreon 01:03 Food with Josh 02:35 Micron shutting Crucial down 07:54 Pricing a budget AM5 build on PCPartPicker 11:47 Reports of Ryzen price increases (and then more DDR5 price talk) 16:10 A new, faster Ryzen X3D is coming 19:11 Intel to fab Apple silicon? 21:48 NVIDIA reportedly stops bundling RAM with GPUs 27:50 1 billion PCs still on Windows 10 33:57 Plex starts their free remote streaming crackdown 40:01 (In)Security Corner 48:35 Gaming Quick Hits 59:32 Check out our short video on the HyperX SoloCast 2 1:00:31 Picks oh the week ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Cloudlflare asks Amazon to hold it's virtual "beer", HEVC and H.265 support being removed from CPUs ... sorta, Steam Machine priced like lobster and will Intel bLLC compete with AMD 3D-vCache? But we mostly complain about DDR5 in this exciting episode! 00:00 Intro 00:30 Patreon 01:44 Food with Josh 04:10 We talk about the DDR5 problem for the third week in a row 18:44 TSMC confirmed September power outage at Arizona fab 23:01 Dell and HP removing HEVC from some laptops 26:33 Unpowered SSDs slowly lose data 32:32 Is Intel bLLC really an X3D competitor? 34:13 (in)Security Corner 42:01 Gaming Quick Hits 46:18 Picks of the Week 1:06:12 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

What do you get after 844 episodes? This one. We've got hacked Android photoframes, DDR5 driving up prices on everything, Nvidia financials for the win, and even some Fallout mods. Join in the fun! Oh, do check out our sponsor this week, it definitely helps the show! Notion AI! Don't just start your projects, bring it all together and get it *done*. See what Notion Agent can do for you. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:59 Programming update (livestream next week but no pod) 02:27 Patreon 04:40 Food with Josh 06:44 NVIDIA financials 20:18 DDR5 prices are skyrocketing 25:00 Intel "ai" chief joins OpenAI 29:37 AMD to release the latest FSR on December 10 33:06 Microsoft makes Sysmon native to Windows 36:05 SilverStone's retro case family grows 37:48 The accessory market for Steam Machine has begun 38:13 Podcast sponsor Notion 39:30 (In)Security Corner 53:32 Gaming Quick Hits 1:02:48 Crucial Pro DDR5-6400 CL32 review 1:11:23 Picks of the Week 1:20:13 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Only three of us were available this week, but the show must go on! Perhaps the energy is a bit subdued without Bront and that other guy, but you might just find something buried in the protracted ramblings that could interest you for a few fleeting seconds. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:41 Patreon 02:10 Food with Josh 05:45 Josh’s take on AMD Financial Analyst Day 13:49 A digression to actually talk about hardware (mostly?) 17:33 AMD Ryzen X3D outsells entire Intel CPU lineup 20:10 Softbank sells all NVIDIA stock 21:50 Server HDDs in short supply 26:23 Microsoft testing out haptic feedback with Win 11 beta 28:42 RTX 50 SUPER series possibly delayed until late 2026 30:03 Google ending support for 1st gen and 2nd gen Nest 31:00 (In)Security Corner 41:06 Gaming Quick Hits (featuring The Steam Machine) 48:14 Check out our Sapphire B850 motherboard review video 56:47 Picks of the Week 1:04:01 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

AMD makes the big money and gets sued at the same time. RDNA 1 & 2 support shall continue ... mostly. Windows gets fixes to the Update and Shutdown. Tall chips and clean up tips, kill commands, LInux gaming and TP-Link might catch a total ban + so much more! Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:26 Patreon 03:49 Food with Josh 07:21 AMD earnings 15:34 AMD hit with patent lawsuit over 3D V-Cache 21:47 Radeon RDNA 1 and 2 maintenance mode story 25:36 World's tallest chip defies Moore's law? 30:55 Windows Update and shut down actually works now 33:06 Windows Update naming update 36:00 Handy tips on cleaning up Windows 11 25H2 39:37 NVIDIA denies report that RTX 5090 is discontinued 41:48 Podcast sponsor 43:14 (In)Security Corner 56:48 Gaming Quick Hits 1:11:00 Josh presents the Asetek Initium racing bundle 1:30:03 Picks of the Week 1:41:38 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

A creepy collection of stories that will give you nightmares - and that's just (in)Security corner! We've got RAM prices, Nvidia Trillions, 16GB GPUs, Soundcards, and smart fridges! (It's a spooktacular show) Thanks to Notion and their new Agent for sponsoring the show today! Timestamps: 00:00 Preroll 00:05 Intro 00:58 Patreon 02:27 Food with Josh 04:36 NVIDIA is now a FIVE trillion dollar company 15:02 DGX Spark real-world performance 17:43 Turning Wi-Fi into dialup 20:30 Creative crowdsources the latest Sound Blaster 27:22 A shunt mod brings mobile RTX 4090 to RTX 5090 level 29:52 Clippy is back, sort of 31:59 Memory price hikes, SK hynix sold out through next year? 34:33 Samsung smart fridge update adds ads 39:06 Podcast sponsor Notion Agent 40:33 (In)Security Corner 50:09 Gaming Quick Hits 1:02:54 Picks of the Week 1:14:10 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★