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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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