PC Perspective Podcast

R.I.P. John C. Dvorak.

In other news ... the Ryzen 7700X3D prices drop already, Nvidia N1X CUDA counts and an 88-core CPU (of course).  Windows on ARM gets a real boost with Nvidia GPU drivers, HP is just as bad as we all through regarding printer cartridges, and LG discovers a new low by auto-installing bloatware when you plug in a display.  Plenty of AMD good news in the datacenter and Open AI shows that unshackling their creations will probably be as bad as we thought.  Steam hardware sales and so much more in the...

I had a dream that I posted this already - but I was wrong.

The Ryzen 5800X3D becomes widely available, it's like the return of the former king.  Memory supply continues to get worse, but no worries, you'll just pay more.  AMD FSR continues to develop, and Windows 11 gets slightly better.  So much more here, check out the notes below!

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
00:39 There is no German version
02:14 Patreon
03:58 Food with Josh
06:11 The Ryzen 7 5800X3D returns - and at MSRP!
09:40 RTX 50 Series hot spot is a hot iss...

Valve offers Windows drivers now for the Steam Machine, Intel feels like they need to join to price rising brigades, Micron is fab, MiniPC's with last gen gear, and Nvidia will lend you money on easy terms!  Adobe has another vulnerability and Microsoft has a couple fresh ones too!

So much more in the actual show ... especially the live version, which you probably missed.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
01:22 Patreon
02:53 Food with Josh 
05:41 Steam Machine coverage continues (again)
08:52 Intel Nova Lake and AVX-512
10:04 Intel raises MSRPs on their best processors
11:02 In...

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
00:39 Patreon
02:03 What case would you put in a living...

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
0:51 Patreon
2:06 Food with Josh
5:40 Steam Machine and SteamOS
19:48 DDR2 to go back into production?
...

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
1:06 Patreon
5:12 Josh fails to deliver a food segment
6:31 Steam Machine benchmarked
8:06 Zen 6 desktop CPUs may los...

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
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

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
1:09 Patreon
1:38 Food with Josh (or not)
3:38 Computex highlights begin - AMD was busy
6:47 Ryzen 7 5800X3D re...

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
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

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
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 d...

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!

Thanks to our sponsor this week: Zapier!
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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
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 st...

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
1:05 Patreon
2:59 Fishsticks
6:16 Food with Josh
8:41 AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 reviewed by a do...

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
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<...

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.   

Welcome back to our sponsor Zapier!  It's how you bring the power of AI to your work—not just talk about it.

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro
0:57 P...

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 "hotbuns29@gmail.com", I can see why).  Plus so much more, enjoy!

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro
00:45 Patreon
03:46 Food with Josh
04:59 DDR5 prices begin...

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...

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 a...

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 Musin...

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 arr...

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 caden...

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...

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...

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!

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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)
...

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 a...

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...

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...

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
...

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 fina...

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

Tim...

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 DDR...

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 C...

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!
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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 s...

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

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 tip...

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 Cl...

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 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 For...

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 S...

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
...