PC Perspective Podcast

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 ★

12VHPWR strikes again! We don't know where Jim's body is, honestly. AWS has a very bad day, a new AGESA, dual X3D monsters, Escape from Duckov and Windows 10 drives something besides e-waste! All this and so much more! 00:00 Intro 01:03 Patreon 03:56 Ryzen 9000G spotted in new AGESA code 05:47 Ryzen 9950X3D^2 08:05 The AWS outage 13:53 Intel Foundry gets 18A order from Microsoft 17:17 Windows 11 October update breaks Recovery Environment 22:00 Microsoft does not like duplicate SIDs 24:25 Apple to offer improved contrast for Liquid Glass elements 27:00 Turns out Windows 10 EOL is good for PC makers 30:41 That time Cooler Master said to take a knife to your 12VHPWR connector 33:24 (In)Security Corner 43:27 Gaming Quick Hits 47:46 Picks of the Week 1:02:12 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

PC Demand is down, JEDEC specs are UP, Apple has got a new M5, and Intel Core Ulta 300 lineup is confirmed. Windows 10 -> 11 issues, are satellite communications encrypted, PIxnapping rides again, and yet another Windows privilege escalation is happening. Also on this episode: five hosts entered, but how many returned? Tune in next week for the thrilling conclusion!! Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:44 Patreon 03:37 Food with Josh 06:34 News segment begins with Intel Panther Lake info 12:32 JEDEC spec update (after lengthy intro) 14:07 Edifier has a speaker that looks like a PC 16:13 Forget Windows 11, 80386 memories, and Commodore’s new OS (games included!) 22:19 If you insist on using Win 11, buy a new PC? 26:36 Now be quiet! offers semi-passive PSUs 32:43 Apple M5 36:45 (In)Security Corner 55:47 Gaming Quick Hits 1:05:00 Picks of the Week 1:26:48 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Jeremy and Brett could not make it (not to be confused with renowned British actor Jeremy Brett), but the show must go on! A shorter, and probably worse version, but a version nonetheless. Some topics still got covered though! Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:18 Patreon 02:24 Food with Josh 04:18 AMD partners with OpenAI, offers 10% of the company 16:14 NVIDIA partners with xAI 17:07 Qualcomm acquires Arduino 18:37 Synology drops self-branded HDD requirement 20:44 be quiet! expands Light Base case lineup 22:01 Help us OOBE Wan Kenobi, local accounts are our only hope 24:17 MSI says their 800 Series boards are future CPU ready 29:46 (In)Security Corner minus Jeremy and Brett 36:15 Gaming Quick Hits 45:58 Picks of the Week 53:51 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Matching up the audio this week for a change of pace! That Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme sometimes compares favorably, there's a new Kindle Scribe and you will never guess who's coming to the Intel investment party. Also Microsoft extends security updates for Windows 10 if you live in the right places, and the they're also looking into micro-channel cooling? All this and so much more! 00:00 Intro 00:44 Patreon 02:33 Food with Josh 05:58 Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme benchmarks 11:32 Qualcomm wins final battle with Arm over Oryon 14:23 Amazon Kindle Scribe lineup now bigger, offers first color model 18:10 LG has world's first 6K TB5 display 21:54 Apple might invest in Intel? 26:48 Intel 13th and 14th Gen price hike 32:03 Microsoft gives in on Windows 10 at the 11th hour - sort of 36:42 Microsoft also exploring tiny channels on CPUs for microfluidic cooling 42:16 Podcast sponsor Zapier 43:36 (In)Security Corner 53:52 Gaming Quick Hits 1:06:25 Picks of the Week 1:23:57 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Welcome back! This week we have much to discuss, including NVIDIA buying a chunk of Intel, NVIDIA potentially buying an even bigger chunk of OpenAI, and NVIDIA eventually taking over the world. Also some non-NVIDIA stuff, probably. Which includes 250w of PCIe slot power, Windows 10 ends, they promise, RTings tortures TVs and yet another games library aggregator! Oh, and even more packed in there, so take a listen, we insist. 00:00 Intro 01:05 Patreon 02:11 Completely necessary old tech digression 05:32 Food with Josh 07:24 NVIDIA and Intel team up 15:45 Don't worry, Arc is not being abandoned yet 18:05 NVIDIA wants to invest 100 billion in OpenAI 19:47 AMD launches Radeon RX 7700 non-XT with 16GB VRAM 21:54 PCI Express slots with 250W power delivery 24:38 RTINGS concluding their TV lifespan test 29:24 Ars concludes their history of the Internet 31:40 Our regular reminder that Windows 10 is going EOL 33:44 Not everyone is ready to give up USB-A ports yet 38:48 (In)Security Corner 48:45 Gaming Quick Hits 1:07:45 LaCie Rugged SSD4 review 1:11:54 Picks of the Week 1:23:01 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Join us as we battle illness to bring you the pithy, erudite commentary you crave. That you deserve even. Start with software designed cores, mix in some Nvidia domination, season with the largest DDoS attack EVaR, then Ubisoft kills games and finish with fast SSDs. What an evening you are in for. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:36 Patreon 02:21 Food with Josh 04:29 Intel Nova Lake-S has 52 cores? 06:05 Software-defined super cores 09:15 Intel admits "we didn't have a good offering this year" 16:55 AMD launching Ryzen 9000F series CPUs 18:51 ASRock AM5 BIOS update 20:36 NVIDIA GPU market share is hard to believe 25:46 The latest on the Windows 11 SSD failure saga 30:18 Sapphire launching B850 motherboards 35:59 Arm AI news 48:55 Apple iPhone 17 55:12 (In)Security Corner 1:12:04 Gaming Quick Hits 1:23:32 Jeremy reviews the SK hynix P51 Platinum SSD 1:33:20 The 8TB Samsung 9100 PRO is ridiculous 1:37:31 Picks of the Week 1:48:39 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

As promised, here is another edition of a podcast made by human beings. We just seem like ai because of our nearly perfect appearance and encyclopedic knowledge. SanDisk Blue Plate specials on order, with a side of RTX Blackwell frame generation. Engorge yourself. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:37 Patreon 01:46 A food segment 04:06 NVIDIA’s quarter 12:42 Update on the Windows 11 SSD failure story 15:10 OBS affected by Windows update 16:13 SK hynix will make QLC SSDs bigger and faster next year 20:29 Speaking of QLC, the WD Blue SN5100 arrives 25:25 Intel is now part of the U.S. government 29:48 Resume Android apps on your Windows 11 PC (one so far) 32:55 4x FG not enough? NVIDIA's goal is to make ALL frames ai generated! 37:37 After Commodore, is Amiga the next retro computing brand to buy? 40:30 (In)Security Corner 53:47 Gaming Quick Hits 1:03:15 Picks of the Week 1:14:31 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

This podcast is what happens when worlds collide. Such as Windows and SSDs. Or Microsoft and listening to users. Or Softbank and Intel. Oh, you want more? How about 720p and 720Hz or Copper and Coffee. Want some of that news action? Take a good long listen and enjoy this weeks run-down of tech triumphs and failures. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:00 Patreon 01:45 Food with Josh 04:44 Windows 11 patch breaking SSDs? 10:26 Softbank buys 2 billion in Intel shares - U.S. Gov. May be next investor 19:43 The 800 watt Matrix RTX 5090 22:13 A Microsoft that actually listens to users? 27:44 Dictating your Excel spreadsheets - again 32:50 Copper pipes make for a nice loop 35:57 Foxconn wants to transition to "ai" instead of iPhone? 43:18 ROG OLED panels with up to 720 Hz refresh 48:27 (In)Security Corner 58:09 Gaming Quick Hits 1:07:19 Thrustmaster Hypercar Wheel Add-on 1:20:35 Picks of the Week 1:32:14 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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. There so much more to enjoy within! Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:04 Patreon 02:10 Food with Josh 05:04 RX 9060 non-XT benchmarks (and VRAM discussion) 12:53 Goodbye to X3D on AM4 14:17 AOL discontinues dialup (yes it was still going) 15:30 Github to be folded into Microsoft 18:01 The dream of a hackable smartphone 21:48 The Murena Pixel tablet offers Android without Google 26:11 A very different type of "hot coffee" mod 28:55 Looking at Amazon GPU sales numbers 32:14 Josh brings the latest Arm news 36:08 (In)Security Corner 1:05:14 Picks of the Week 1:16:48 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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! XeSS goes cross-platform-gpu and turns out that people CAN actually detect malware if properly motivated. All this and more! Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:37 Patreon 01:52 Food with Josh 04:38 AMD financials 09:43 AMD claims "world's fastest processors" as Intel struggles 18:57 AMD may be planning X3D on both CCDs 23:18 Windows 11 SE is going away 26:13 Windows Vista stricken from latest Win11 build? 27:48 Getting to the nub of ThinkPad design 35:49 PCI-SIG announces PCI Express 8.0 38:29 AMD's AM6 socket rumored to bring DDR6 and PCIe 6 40:44 Best of the 8GB GPUs 45:53 The RX 9060 non-XT 48:10 Bracing for the possibility of 100% tariffs on chips 49:50 (In)Security Corner 1:04:55 Gaming Quick Hits 1:18:11 Promoting Jeremy's HyperX Jet wireless headset review 1:19:15 Picks of the Week 1:34:57 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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 top of all that, we go over the Intel debacle, the AMD ascendency, Windows 10 is 10, and even some Half-Life 2 updates. Really. More in the topics below. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:57 Patreon 01:55 Food with Josh 04:18 Threadripper 9000 performance is incredible 07:13 AMD is chasing down Intel in the server room 13:00 Intel had a bad quarter (plus extended discussion on Intel's future) 29:04 Microsoft seems confused about layoffs - or maybe it's "ai" 33:00 RTX 3050 again? 35:09 Here come the PCI-E 6.0 SSDs! 39:10 A new 3D monitor in 2025 42:02 Windows 10 is 10 43:58 (In)Security Corner 1:03:43 Gaming Quick Hits 1:10:36 Fractal Scape wireless gaming headset review 1:17:06 Picks of the Week 1:28:18 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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 some Zen time on top of all the other high quality news items and spontaneous commentary you know you want. And need. Topics below. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:04 Patreon 1:35 Food with Josh 03:24 Next-gen Radeon may have 96 CUs, 384-bit memory 14:18 Threadripper PRO 9995WX's insane Cinebench score (and power draw) 17:57 AM5 motherboards revised for Zen 6 CPUs? 22:55 We mention an exhaustive study of AMD memory speeds 28:30 NVIDIA adding native RISC-V support to CUDA 30:19 Each of us blocks Wi-Fi in our own special way 33:49 MAINGEAR goes retro 39:34 Self-destructing SSDs 42:03 Belkin notifies users that Wemo products will be bricked 45:22 (In)Security Corner 1:01:26 Gaming Quick Hits 1:12:00 Crucial X10 Portable SSD review 1:16:52 Picks of the Week 1:26:42 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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 exceed the character limit of this description). Come on in for the food, but stay for the review. Timestamps 00:00 Intro 00:28 Patreon 01:59 Food with Josh 04:30 NVIDIA is now a 4 trillion dollar company 11:00 GlobalFoundries acquires MIPS 16:47 ZLUDA lives on 21:51 RTX 50 Series lands on Steam hardware survey 25:17 RDNA 5 being co-developed by Sony? 28:04 Windows 11 hits 50 percent marketshare 31:32 Shocker - running an RTX 5090 on a Gen3 x4 connection slows it down 33:11 Intel might cancel 18A 38:07 HP wants CarFax style reports for PCs 42:28 Podcast sponsor bzigo 43:59 (In)Security Corner 58:27 Gaming Quick Hit 1:04:20 XFX Mercury Radeon RX 9070 XT OC Magnetic Air Edition review 1:12:54 Picks of the Week 1:21:12 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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 one of the top 10 best podcasts in the computer hardware field, so if you're serious about your computer hardware podcasts, you're going to check this out regardless. We've got BSOD's, Nvidia drivers going away, and even hardcoded root passwords. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:31 Patreon 02:31 Food with Josh 05:36 RTX 5050 arrives with no reviews 09:23 NVIDIA confirms end of support for GTX 10 Series and older 11:36 RTX 50 Series SUPER rumors 14:09 Intel might have 3D V-Cache competitor with Nova Lake 17:24 Stockpiled PCs are not selling 23:39 Anker battery bank recall 26:31 Apple to release low cost MacBook with iPhone SoC? 28:50 BSOD isn't blue anymore 32:42 RTX customers get free Adobe CC trials (Adobe slowly becomes the next AOL?) 34:41 DDR4 becoming more expensive than DDR5 37:11 (In)Security Corner 48:00 Gaming Quick Hits 57:40 Crucial T710 Gen5 SSD Review 1:05:47 Picks of the Week 1:20:14 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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 the energy, really. Have some news on AMD Threadrippers, Intel ARC, depressing Microsoft news and even Google Earth! 00:00 Intro (with show and tell) 04:29 Patreon 05:57 Food with Josh 07:49 AMD launches Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9000 and Radeon AI PRO 9000 13:38 Next Intel desktop CPUs to offer more cores, more lanes, 100W less power? 21:37 Intel Arc A750 LE goes EOL 22:51 TPU does some interesting IPC testing with recent GPU architectures 26:35 PSA: Newest Steam overlay lets you track generated frames 27:11 A new Sound Blaster 31:12 A trio of Microsoft stories - mostly depressing 40:28 Google Earth turns 20 42:50 Podcast sponsor 44:23 (In)Security Corner 56:22 Gaming Quick Hits 1:03:48 Picks of the Week 1:16:48 Outro (it just sort of ends) ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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 sad news mixed in there with a cool new GOG feature and too many security stories. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:39 Patreon 01:20 Food with Josh 03:30 ASUS ROG Xbox Ally handhelds have new AMD Ryzen Z2 processors 06:51 Nintendo sold a record number of Switch 2 consoles 08:37 NVIDIA N1X competitive with high-end mobile CPUs? 12:38 Samsung now selling 3GB GDDR7 modules 16:27 Apple uses car model years now, and Tahoe is their last OS supporting Intel 22:01 EVGA motherboards have issues with RTX 50 GPUs? 27:48 Josh talks about a new PNY flash drive 30:01 (in)Security Corner 54:07 Gaming Quick Hits 1:00:46 Eazeye Monitor 2.0 - an RLCD monitor review 1:11:53 Picks of the Week 1:33:21 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The wait is over - we have the only JoshTEKK review of the new AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT on YouTube. You're welcome. We also have a serious discussion of Molex. And Nvidia GPU availability rumors. And Fosi audio. And of course, Zero-Day Chrome exploits. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:49 Patreon 03:05 Food with Josh 04:44 AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT - the JoshTEKK review 20:35 PCB and die shots from TechPowerUp 21:45 OC with undervolting hits 3.5 GHz at under 200W 23:48 That 1440/ultra review 27:43 Unverified report of NVIDIA cutting RTX 50 series production 30:49 Microsoft is going to fix USB-C 36:11 FOSI Audio has a gaming DAC/AMP 39:38 VLSI exists only as a patent troll, may not get Intel billions anymore 42:39 Molex has the solution to your PCI-E 7.0 cabling needs 46:09 Podcast sponsor NordLayer 47:51 (in)Security Corner 1:05:24 Gaming Quick Hits 1:14:29 Picks of the Week 1:24:36 Interlude - Sebastian is afk and the other panelists offer some deep thoughts 1:25:29 Picks of the Week continues 1:31:10 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★