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Prices are getting so high that we may all end up gaming on potatoes soon. Buy yours from Dell.
Steam Machine pricing seems ... like pretty much on target actually. DDR price fixing?! No! The dBrand Companion Cube is no more. PC shipments are falling, and Sony agrees that you will own nothing and like it very much. There's so much to be angry about it this episode while we basically shake our heads and laugh it away. Mostly. There might have been crying...Timestamps!
00:00 Intro
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00:39 Patreon
02:03 What case would you put in a living room?
05:56 Food with Josh
07:56 Steam Machine coverage continues
15:52 RAM makers accused of price fixing
18:03 RTX 5050 9GB may be cancelled
21:44 PC shipments fell 7 percent in Q1
23:43 Now Microsoft says 8GB is fine for Win 11
28:30 Sony deleting 551 movies from customer accounts
29:54 Windows 10 gets updates for another year
30:34 Racing with Josh - NLR fiberglass chair
32:31 (In)Security Corner
40:20 Gaming Quick Hits
57:13 Picks of the Week
1:01:08 Outro -
Mostly Steam Machine, but several other products may have been mentioned. Like how memory pricing has gotten so bad that DDR2 is being made again, you'll get Windows 11 25H2 whether you like it or not, that the history of computing includes us, and that you are not eligible for a GTA VI preview and you'll pay $90'ish for it. But you might be eligible for FSR 4.1! Take a listen or watch the show for more!
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
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0:51 Patreon
2:06 Food with Josh
5:40 Steam Machine and SteamOS
19:48 DDR2 to go back into production?
24:08 Lets talk more about Steam Machine (RAM cartel, etc.)
30:53 Microsoft force-installing 25H2 before 26H2
33:40 Official FSR 4.1 support comes to RX 7000 Series
35:47 AMD will restore memory encryption to consumer CPUs
37:47 Old men yell at clouds
42:42 Josh briefly talks about Gunnar Optics
43:54 (In)Security Corner
58:30 Gaming Quick Hits
1:08:41 Picks of the Week
1:23:59 Outro -
Missing episodes?
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Well well, what do we have here? Another episode of the PCPer Podcast for your enjoyment!
Commodore is making phones, Steam Machine is starting to make waves, iGPUs are getting dropped, 12vHPWR is making lightning, a very special segment on pricing of olde, a critical Copilot vulnerability (suprise?), and a Bitlocker Zero Day. Steam hardware survey, brown cooling, and the infamous Podcast sound board.
Relax and take it all in.
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
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1:06 Patreon
5:12 Josh fails to deliver a food segment
6:31 Steam Machine benchmarked
8:06 Zen 6 desktop CPUs may lose iGPU, add NPU
11:16 Intel and NVIDIA collaborate on upcoming processor
12:51 A trip down memory (and storage) lane
18:37 AMD giveth, and AMD taketh away
22:19 Noctua NL-LC1 liquid cooler reviewed at TPU
26:08 Handheld with Arc G3 Extreme pricing
28:22 IQUNIX Ghost in the Shell hall effect keyboards
30:24 Commodore Callback
34:53 Logitech folding mouse
38:40 Another melting 12VHPWR connector story
42:02 (In)Security Corner
53:44 Gaming Quick Hits
1:05:52 Picks of the Week
1:16:45 Outro -
The back episodes finally make it online, this is number 4 in a series of episodes - wait - this IS the current episode!
Brett is back, so the episodes are getting posted almost on time! Windows is starting to support ARM more, RAM pricing hysterics, Windows 11 CPU boost, Intel improves with iBOT, Microsoft 365 brings the CoPilot, and bots surpass humans on the network. On with the show, enjoy!
0:00 Intro
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1:15 Patreon
2:09 Food Stories with Josh (just words, no photos)
3:54 3DMark adds native Arm Windows support
6:55 Josh talks about the latest Arm developments
9:43 Memory prices may double this year (and related discussion)
16:45 Windows 11 performance boost?
19:05 Intel expands iBOT with 7 more games
23:31 AMD reaches almost 45 percent CPU share on Steam
25:23 Office 365 Copilot auto-install returns
33:59 Bots take over the Internet
36:59 Apple iOS 27 has an "agentic" solution for compromised passwords
39:42 (in)Security Corner
54:15 Gaming Quick Hits
1:01:32 Picks of the Week
1:10:02 Outro -
The back episodes finally make it online, this is number 3 in a series of episodes that did not get posted, but are now!
Brett is out (which is why these didn't get posted) - but the show is very fine, up to our usual standards. Computex hits (and misses), the 5800X3D comeback, our RX 9070 GRE review, the ZimaCube 2 Pro and even a VS Code zero day and ZeroSpace gaming! Enjoy!
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
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1:09 Patreon
1:38 Food with Josh (or not)
3:38 Computex highlights begin - AMD was busy
6:47 Ryzen 7 5800X3D returns
8:57 Reviewing the RX 9070 GRE (and extended pricing discussion)
22:57 NVIDIA at Computex
34:00 Intel wants to build back their reputation
36:36 Noctua at Computex
40:11 Corsair's announcements include a pretty sweet looking case
46:32 RIP 24-pin ATX connector as everything shrinks
49:52 Qualcomm has potentially gone insane with the 6G stuff
58:43 MSI has world's first triple mode QD-OLED gaming monitor
1:01:02 A very fast NAS (just don't try to buy big HDDs right now)
1:06:43 (In)Security Corner
1:13:55 Gaming Quick Hit
1:19:52 Picks of the Week
1:32:55 Outro -
The back episodes finally make it online, this is number 2 in a series of episodes that did not get posted, but are now!
Brett is out (which is why these didn't get posted) - but the show is great as usual! Motorola phones hijaking stuff, Steam Deck OLED pricing, LLMs spill their guts, and Windows laptop makers are scare of the Macbook Neo!?
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
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1:27 Patreon
1:52 Food with Josh
5:25 RX 9070 GRE spotted at retailers
6:51 Steam Deck price hike
9:56 CXMT is the new consumer memory maker on the block
14:20 NVIDIA retires the control panel
16:42 First-gen Chromecast lives on
20:11 PC makers start to respond to MacBook Neo
24:02 Lenovo Legion N1X name confirmed
26:50 (in)Security Corner
39:08 Gaming Quick Hits
42:02 Picks of the Week
55:08 Outro -
The back episodes finally make it online, this is number 1 is a series of episodes that did not get posted, but are now!
Brett is out (which is why these didn't get posted) - but the show is great! So much insecurity, so much Linux and retro, enjoy!
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
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1:04 Patreon
1:26 Food with Josh
3:10 New Ryzen X3D already?
5:16 NVIDIA just made more money than ever
11:52 RTX 5090 price increase
16:41 EFI partitions and Windows Update
19:57 Noctua Home - adding fans to everything in your life
22:57 Linux drops more vintage CPU support
26:35 Vintage style ROG motherboard
30:39 (In)Security Corner
44:30 Gaming Quick Hit
47:20 Jeremy explores the Lepro OE1 RGB floor lamp
52:12 Picks of the Week
1:00:29 Outro -
Let me start off by saying that we should have made a "5309" reference, a miss on our part.
AMD has a very good financial report, let the Josh take wash over you.
Steam controller launches, sells out, and you probably don't have one.
32GB was the minimum. Then it wasn't. Microsoft, so trustworthy.
Also plain text never hurt anyway.And so much more!
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0:00 Intro
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1:19 Patreon
3:09 Food with Josh
5:11 Josh presents AMD financials
12:19 Steam Controller news and Machine rumor
14:46 Microsoft wants you to forget not to worry
18:16 DDR6 development starts
19:06 PCI Express 8.0
23:54 be quiet! Dark Rock 6 coolers announced
26:09 We apologize for being wrong about GALAX
29:10 Lisuan 7G100 is a GPU launching this month
31:50 Jeremy discovers the cheap turntable market
35:10 Ad
37:03 (In)Security Corner
52:02 Gaming Quick Hits
1:03:16 Josh put his racing corner segment here
1:13:14 Picks of the week
1:24:02 Outro -
Intel is making BANK on their stocks, but still not getting respect on their CPUs, GALAX is shutting down (mostly), Microsoft is trying REALLY hard now, does ASUS have the 12vhpwr cabling answer?, and patch your damn cPanel right now. Plus cool gaming tidbits and more on that router ban. Enjoy all that and even slightly more!
0:00 Intro
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0:39 Patreon
2:18 Food with Josh
3:55 Intel stock hits record high
12:06 Microsoft feels enough pressure to fix Update
16:29 GALAX shuts down
19:11 Portable hotspots face US ban just like routers
22:44 57 Right to Repair bills in 27 states
26:25 NES or Acemagic Retro X5 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 Mini PC?
30:40 Fractal Pop 2 Vision
33:49 Some discussion of the ROG Equalizer
40:37 We look at a 2080Ti Super eBay listing here
42:24 (In)Security Corner
49:03 Gaming Quick Hits
59:47 Picks of the Week
1:07:39 Outro -
What's better then an episode of the PCPer Podcast? Two of them at once!
The reviews of the 9950X3D2 are in from discerning reviewers. TL;DR; - it's not for everyone, but it's very much for some. The return of the 3060 is almost here, wait - DDR pricing has an upside?, D-Link routers take another beating in the security section, XBox mode, and the tipping point is here for IPv6 (I know, I know: much wow, very excite!)
0:00 Intro
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1:05 Patreon
2:59 Fishsticks
6:16 Food with Josh
8:41 AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 reviewed by a dozen outlets
19:44 Alienware first to market with 9950X3D2 PC
22:06 Ryzen 7 5800X3D returns, possibly! (Plus CPU show and tell)
26:40 NVIDIA pausing the 9GB GPUs for the RTX 3060 12GB return?
29:19 SK hynix giving executive bonuses to ALL employees
30:46 HUDIMMs are half the speed, but will they be half the cost?
32:39 Another retro computer case
34:44 Brett shows off his latest PC build
38:49 Apple has a new CEO (but it isn't Brett)
42:10 Let's talk about video CODECs
45:52 IPv6 usage reaches 50 percent
49:54 MacOS 27 officially drops support for Intel
50:45 (In)Security Corner
1:01:10 Gaming Quick Hits
1:13:26 Picks of the Week
1:23:35 Outro -
Whoops! How did this get missed?!
Is 12vHPWR really that bad? Why aren't you mad enough about DDR and SSD pricing?! Nvidia is BUYING ... well it's not HP. All that "Don't track me bro" stuff is for naught, Sony sells you less and you'll buy it, and Linux stops being able to be loaded on just about anything. You cannot wait for the segment on Ethernet cables, I know. All that and more!
0:00 Intro
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0:35 Patreon
2:10 Food with Josh
3:57 Yes, DDR5 and SSD prices are still insane
7:30 NVIDIA is not buying Dell or HP
9:40 Also, NVIDIA warranty payments up 1000 percent in 2025
12:23 NVIDIA N1 engineering board leak
14:15 Desktop CPU sales tank for some strange reason
17:19 Sorry, you are still being tracked
21:24 Sony Bravia TVs losing some OTA functionality
23:13 Copper Clad Aluminum
27:57 Linux drops 486 support!
30:20 MacBook Neo almost sold out
34:12 (In)Security Corner
44:50 Gaming Quick Hits
48:50 Picks of the Week
1:02:58 Outro -
Now Steam will rate your system for the expected FPS on a title, nice?! Raptor Lake (13th / 14th Gen) still a big part of the Intel strategy, Ryzen 9950X3D pricing, and hackers are probably in your router right now. Also fiber optic cables can be microphones. Your older Kindle is trash plus so much more on this show! Take a listen, you will probably not be disappointed often.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
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0:57 Patreon
4:10 Food with Josh
7:20 The 900 dollar Ryzen processor
10:37 Raptor Lake still big part of Intel's plan
12:41 Intel also focused on foundry
16:20 Steam will estimate your game FPS before purchase?
17:20 Memory prices high? Just compress your VRAM
21:49 Every PC component is getting more expensive
25:46 Apple Silicon Macs get some eGPU support
27:29 Apple is gaining a surprising amount of marketshare
30:32 Amazon stops supporting Kindles from before 2013
34:34 Artemis II astronauts having Outlook issues
37:25 Podcast sponsor - Zapier
39:02 (In)Security Corner
49:45 Gaming Quick Hits
1:05:11 Picks of the Week
1:13:45 Outro -
When will the pricing of DDR (and fallout from it) stop being top news? Not this week! Get yer extra frames with DLSS 4.5, Geekbench and the newest Intel CPUs have a disagreement, plus we try and make sense of the FCC router ban (Hint: "no"). Ubisoft is still killing games, as is their custom, and Google is giving you a chance to fix your past mistakes (with an email address like "[email protected]", I can see why). Plus so much more, enjoy!
Timestamps:
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0:00 Intro
00:45 Patreon
03:46 Food with Josh
04:59 DDR5 prices begin to fall?
10:30 TurboQuant
16:41 DLSS 4.5 Multi Fram Gen 6x is available now
19:34 NVIDIA also launches auto shader compilation
21:16 How was the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 not the top story?
27:03 Geekbench says Intel optimizations are invalid?
30:14 Google to let you change your username
31:44 Goodbye Mac Pro
33:27 Microsoft issues emergency Win 11 preview update fix
35:22 (In)Security Corner
49:57 Gaming Quick Hits
58:54 Picks of the Week
1:08:08 PC Perspective turns 25
1:09:26 Outro -
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
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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 -
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
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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 -
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
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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 -
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
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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 -
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
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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 -
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.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
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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 -
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.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
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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 - Show more
