AMD finishes buying Xilinx, we review the Fractal Torrent Nano case and the Corsair K70 RGB Pro keyboard, malware talk and gaming quick hits + ruined NAND, Nvidia financials, and no more Crucial Ballistix RAM, Samsung does not make a smart VR play ... check the timestamps for more!Timestamps:00:00 Intro02:03 AMD completes Xilinx acquisition04:31 Samsung's metaverse event needed a second life08:27 Contamination destroys exabytes of flash memory10:02 Crucial Ballistix RAM will soon be a memory11:42 Podcast Sponsor: New Relic13:09 Critical flaw in Android 12 patched15:58 Chrome zero-day - patch ASAP!17:46 We think Kent was hacked21:44 Some Mac security story23:27 AMD Radeon refresh rumors28:43 NVIDIA earned a lot of money33:34 New Dune game - does not look like Dune II36:44 Humble Bundle for a cause38:13 Steam Deck compatibility list grows39:43 Podcast Sponsor: Linkedin Jobs40:48 Corsair K70 RGB PRO keyboard review47:11 Fractal Torrent Nano video review overview49:17 Picks of the Week1:01:38 Outro★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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Podcast #664 - AMD & Xilinx, Corsair K70 KB & Fractal Torrent Nano reviews, Malware!, Bye Ballistic + MOrE!

AMD Sets all time market share, Nvidia is not getting ARM'd, Intel making big investment in RISC-V, more Malware! Sound Blaster X4, "Random" things, Be Quiet! Pure Power 11 discussion and some retro storage discussions.Timestamps00:00 Intro03:54 Burger of the Week05:16 NVIDIA's Arm acquisition is no more11:29 Intel invests in RISC-V16:44 AMD enjoys record CPU marketshare18:03 Panic at the CISCO19:42 ExpressVPN offers $100k bounty if you can hack them20:24 WD Black SN770 - decent DRAMless drive23:38 Creative Sound Blaster X4 (and further random discussion)31:21 Replace your outdated MFM drives the modern way!34:12 Do you want TRUE random numbers!38:32 Warhammer 40K40:13 Star Citizen something something43:30 be quiet! Pure Power 11 FM 850W quick look46:55 Picks of the Week56:23 Outro★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Podcast #663 - ARMless Nvidia, RISC-V & Intel, Record AMD Marketshare, Retro Storage + MORE

It was a Wednesday like no other: a twos-day. 2/2/22. Now, we could have done an even MORE twos-day show on 2/22/22, but we didn't think that far ahead. Also, that hasn't happened yet.  Kyle at HardOCP discussing the end of MSRP's for GPUs, AMD is buying Xilinx, Sony jumps in the game with buying Bungie, we review the EVGA XR1, Battlefield 2042 going to get finished, Intel 12gen laptop CPU performance, Android Malware and Raspberry Pi goes 64bit.  Check the timestamps...Timestamps00:00 Cold Open/Intro03:40 Burger of the Week05:21 HardOCP Kyle's post on end of GPU MSRPs (and reviewers)23:37 AMD gets go-ahead on Xilinx deal26:33 A brief look at 12th Gen Alder Lake laptop CPU performance, kind of29:04 Intel had two billion reasons to build in Ohio30:16 EVGA E1 is a wild prebuilt gaming PC33:59 BRATA Android malware37:36 JEDEC reveals HBM3 specs41:02 Google relents on legacy G-suite user payment plan42:30 Raspberry Pi 64-bit OS arrives43:56 Battlefield 2042 to be finished, supposedly46:07 Sony buys Bungie49:40 EVGA XR1 review55:40 Picks of the Week1:07:58 Outro★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Podcast #662 - Two's Day, End of GPU MSRPs, AMD Xilinx Deal, Sony Bungie Deal, EVGA XR1 Review + MORE!

Are you ready for another entry-level graphics card you can't buy anywhere near MSRP? Perfect! Let the argument about availability of RTX 3050 vs. RX 6500 XT begin! Need a topic? How about, should NVIDIA have made the RTX 3050 as undesirable as the RX 6500 XT (still on shelves) to enhance product availability?Timestamps:00:00 Intro02:15 Burger of the Week03:45 RTX 3050 review discussion22:20 DDR5 at 8888 CL8826:15 Earthquake forces Toshiba fab in Japan to shut down29:40 Silicon manufacturers are doing JUST FINE31:14 A hand-built 1200 transistor chip from a garage35:01 Microsoft keeps messing with Windows 1136:10 Ad Break: TextExpander37:13 Sniffing malware emissions with a Raspberry Pi?40:46 WD My Cloud OS patched41:38 12-year-old Linux bug can give root access42:31 NVIDIA may not be buying Arm after all...47:28 Crysis 4 announced48:57 Surviving Mars bundle thing50:12 Steam Deck will ship February 2851:33 Picks of the Week59:44 Outro★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Podcast #661 - Nvidia RTX 3050 Launch, DDR5 8888, ARM acquisition update, Malware update + more!

The RX 6500 XT is 4GB or 64bit mobile GPU wrapped in a PCIe desktop card.  It behaves accordingly.  Review of the Thinkpad P15 Mobile Workstation review, TSMC expanding, Nvidia CPU time, and Samsung finally reveals the EXYNOS 2200. Plus Microsoft is looking to buy Activision / Blizzard, and they discontinued the Xbox One a while ago, and welcome to Sysjoker!  The next cross-platform hack.  And more, see belowTimestamps00:00 Prologue00:22 Intro05:03 Burger of the Week06:58 Radeon RX 6500 XT Excitement24:56 Microsoft Buying Activison Blizzard for $68.7 BILLION31:40 SYSJOKER Runs on Anything!34:04 Samsung's Exynos 2200 with RDN2 GPU Announced38:18 TSMC Has FABulous Plans for 202245:57 NVIDIA Hiring for CPU R&D in Isreal48:10 What Supply Chain Shortage? (PC Sales in 2021)52:69 Microsoft Discontinued ALL Xbox One Consoles! In 2020!54:26 Linux and Apple Support for Humble Bundle Ends February 1st58:35 Forever Skies (looks a bit like Subnautica up in the air)01:00:11 Lenovo ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 Mobile Workstation Review1:11:31 Picks of the Week1:19:48 Outro★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Podcast #660 - RX 6500 XT, MS with Activision Blizzard, TSMC Expands, Thinkpad P15 Mobile Review + MORE!

Post-CES is generally pretty light for a few weeks, but not this year! Josh was out sick but Kent stepped in and we had a low-key discussion of the topics of the evening.  The 3080 12GB, a 2000w PSU, the Intel NUC 12 will have LGA socket, Nvidia latest resolution dance with DLDSR, the RX 6500 XT is only x4 for PCIe, the Intel i9 is hitting 5.5Ghz OOTB?  More below!Timestamps:00:00 Intro02:07 NVIDIA introduces a 12GB version of the RTX 308007:50 NVIDIA's latest driver brings another scaling tech: DLDSR11:12 Does it matter that AMD's Radeon RX 6500 XT is limited to a x4 interface?13:55 Intel's 5.5 GHz Core i9-12900KS announced15:40 NUC 12 Extreme uses DESKTOP processors, has standard LGA socket20:14 Podcast Sponsor: Linkedin Jobs21:17 Samsung has apparently delayed the Exynos 2200 with RDNA2 graphics23:21 PCI Express 6.0 announced24:53 Norton-owned Avira Antivirus wants you to mine ETH28:45 Canon's copy-protected ink component shortage forces workaround31:20 SilverStone's 2050W PSU35:59 Half Life gets ray traced38:14 NVIDIA updating all Shield devices to Android 1139:45 Picks of the Week49:45 Outro★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Podcast #659 - RTX 3080 12GB, 2k Watt PSU, NUC 12 with LGA, DLDSR tech, RX 6500 XT x4 + MORE!

First show of 2022, and we cover announcements and new tech from some of the top names in the industry.  Plus have a good discussion on OLED TV's.   And you still probably cannot buy a GPU at the price they should be sold at.Timestamps00:00 Intro02:28 Burger of the Week03:37 AMD Ryzen 6000 Mobile Processors Announced08:54 First 3D V-Cache CPU is the Ryzen 7 5800X3D15:32 Radeon RX 6500 XT Announced21:56 NVIDIA GPUs Announced - RTX 3050 and Mobile 3070 Ti / 3080 Ti25:38 One more thing... the RTX 3090 Ti30:36 Alder Lake Goes Mobile: 12th Gen H-Series CPUs36:57 Phison E26 PCIe Gen5 SSD Controller Specs (and a look at Ryan's Gen5 SSD video)45:37 Can the ASUS ROG DDR5 to DDR4 adapter be a real product?50:09 NVIDIA BlueField-2 DPUs are probably faster than your NIC54:33 LG's 16:18 Monitor59:20 Picks of the Week1:13:49 Outro★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Podcast #658 - CES 2022 Highlights from AMD, Intel, Nvidia, OLED tech + MORE!

Alder Lake NonK pricing, Spectra Hack, Final Fantasy VII update, Windows 11 continues shuffling control panels, Games updates, and DDR4 vs DD5. It's our final show of 2021, and we DID NOT do a year in review! Instead, enjoy the usual nonsense for about an hour, if you can make it that long.Timestamps:00:00 Intro02:53 Non-K Alder Lake CPU Pricing Leaked05:15 Another DDR4 vs. DDR5 Discussion08:24 FFVIIR Intergrade PC Launch Issues13:21 Microsoft Shuffles Windows 11 Settings15:21 RTX 2050 Excitement17:48 Podcast Sponsor: TextExpander18:55 Another Week, Another Vulnerability22:08 The "audiophile" SSD31:45 A Case Made From Two Pieces of Curved Metal34:03 Halo Infinite is Rather Demanding39:22 An Infusion of Enfusion42:01 Games of the Week46:34 Picks of the Week55:59 Outro★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Podcast #657 - Capacitor-Infused, DDR4 vs DDR5, RTX2050, Audiophile SSD, Halo Infinite Demands + More!

It's our pre-pre-holiday show, wherein we talk about the few stories of interest from the week that was, and get derailed quite a bit. Don't miss it. Or do. But if you don't watch, why on earth are you reading this?Timestamps:00:00 Intro01:06 Burger of the Week02:41 Final Fantasy VII Remake Comes to PC06:04 New Radeon Driver Improves Halo Infinite Performance10:05 Android 10, Teams, and 91113:44 Log4J and Log4Shell18:28 Podcast Sponsor: LinkedIn Jobs19:19 SteamOS Slims Down21:08 SK Hynix Sampling 24Gb DDR5 Chips22:13 Seagate's 20TB Hard Drives25:14 You think 20TB is big? How about 30TB (next year, maybe)!27:16 Games of the Week33:18 Podcast Sponsor: VPLS34:31 Picks of the Week47:40 Outro★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Podcast #656 - Yule Log4j, Final Fantasy VII, AMD Drivers, NAS 20tb Drives, Valve Slims SteamOS + More!

Some of the news that's fit to talk about.  Includes Microsoft Browser and Start Menu "fixes", the upcoming 3090ti, the N-Gauge rides again?, Roku and YouTube don't break up, and the Intel Alder Lake issues with games and DRM is getting better and M1 Macs are getting along with external displays better.Presented for your perusal is a plethora of topics from another week of tech news. And a burger.Timestamps:00:00 Intro01:22 Burger of the Week02:46 Qualcomm N-Gages Their Mobile Gaming Platform09:13 Intel Alder Lake DRM Issue Down to Three Games12:31 Microsoft Decides Win11 Users Can Change Their Default Browser After All14:35 RTX 3090 Ti Rumors17:39 RTX 2060 12GB is Real!22:50 The M1 iPadMac Doesn't Have Good External Display Support27:02 YouTube Isn't Leaving Roku30:49 Games of the Week38:17 SilverStone ALTA G1M Case Review47:31 ASUS and Noctua's Very Large, Very Brown RTX 307048:58 Picks of the Week57:35 Outro★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Podcast #655 - N-Gauge, Intel DRM, Microsoft Browser, 3090ti, SilverStone ALTA G1M Case Review + More!

After a week away to eat regrettable amounts of food, we are back to discuss a seemingly random list of topics (see the time stamps for all of them). Also, the burger this week was a little weird.Timestamps:00:00 Intro03:22 Burger of the Week04:46 Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon 8 Gen 109:44 AMD RZ600 Series Wi-Fi 6E Chips Coming Via MediaTek Collaboration11:47 Break for Sponsor:  Work smarter and faster with TextExpander12:51 Did you know that Microsoft and Qualcomm were exclusive?18:44 Getting Nostalgic About Netbooks and Webcams (???)21:28 Kingston Joins the PCIe 4.0 SSD Club with the KC300027:17 Bricking Samsung TVs remotely30:08 Break for Sponsor:  VPLS, a full services IT company31:26 Seaberry Turns A Raspberry Pi 4 Into A Linux Powered ITX System35:35 With DDR4 At 5000MHz, Who Needs DDR5?44:55 Break for Sponsor:  SimpliSafe, complete home security system46:00 Picks of the Week57:02 Outro★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Podcast #654 - Snapdragon 8, AMD WiFi Chips, Bricking Samsung TVs, DDR4 still very good + more!

Join us for a look at another week of PC hardware and software news, including NVIDIA's big November update, Seagate's bizzarre NVMe HDD (as in HARD DISK DRIVE, not SSD), more Intel CPU BIOS patches, and more - all listed below in the time stamps.00:00 Intro01:07 Burger of the Week (sort of)01:52 NVIDIA Intros DLSS 2.3, Image Sharpening, ICAT10:57 Intel 4004 Turns 5013:20 Seagate Developing NVMe HARD DRIVES?!15:36 Podcast Sponsor: LinkedIn Talent Solutions16:47 Get Yer (70+) Windows 11 Fixes Here!18:49 Time to BIOS Patch Your Intel CPUs21:45 TPU Looks at Win11 vs Win10 ADL Performance26:42 The Elder Scrolls 6 on PC and Xbox Only27:35 CHERRY MX Board 3.0 S Keyboard35:42 Picks of the Week47:10 Outro★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Podcast #653 - NVIDIA's Big Update, Seagate's NVMe HDD, Intel BIOS Patches, and MORE

Obviously the Steam Deck falls victim to the supply chain problems, AMD EPYC announcements and how big they're getting in the datacenter, Cisco switch vulnerabilities, review of the Lexar DDR4 3600, why Intel wanted Centaur, and beQuiet! intros some RGB fans.  Plus all the "more".  You're here for that.Another week is in the books, much more in a pure stream of consciousness that was originally streamed live, and has now been edited for human consumption. Full list of subjects in the time stamps list below.Timestamps0:00 Intro01:19 Burger of the Week03:30 Steam Deck Delayed06:15 AMD’s EPYC Data Center Event26:41 Podcast Sponsor: Comet Backup27:58 Why Intel Wanted Centaur33:04 Alder Lake Has AVX-512 Support?34:42 Some Cisco Switch Vulnerabilities37:33 Podcast Sponsor: VPLS 39:01 be quiet! Intros Company’s First ARGB Fans41:38 The Stylish Raijintek PAN SLIM Case46:36 Lexar Hades RGB DDR4 3600 RAM51:19 Picks of the Week★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Podcast #652 - Steam Deck Delay, AMD EPYC Data Center, Lexar DDR4, be Quiet! aRGB fans + MoRE!

The Intel 12th Gen equipped  Talon system from Falcon Northwest was. Also, Alder Lake is very fast. Faster than AMD?!! Everyone is saying so. It's just so hot right now. Literally. It pulls 241 watts.  The i9 looks to be a reactor in heat output, the i5 looks promising - more testing required!Plenty more chatter where that came from, enjoy!Timestamps:00:00 Intro02:16 Burger of the Week04:01 Intel Alder Lake Performance, Power, and Pricing32:58 Phase Change Memory36:48 AMD Zen 4D Rumors39:58 Meta Removing Facebook Login Requirement for Quest Headsets42:37 Weird West is Well Named and Well Designed48:40 Picks of the Week1:01:10 Outro (or is it?)★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Podcast #651 - Intel Alder Lake 12900k Falcon Northwest Tested, AMD 6000 Rumors, DDR5 FAQ + MORE!

Intel Alder Lake discussion and availability, performance metrics from M1 Pro and Max, AMD and Intel Earnings report and comparison, Google deletes FTP....yeah, and a burger.  See the full breakdown below.Timestamps:00:00 Intro02:05 Burger of the Week07:12 Intel Alder Lake Desktop CPUs24:18 Intel Q3 Earnings31:30 AMD Q3 Earnings37:37 Podcast Sponsor: VPLS38:55 Apple M1 Pro and M1 Max Performance at AnandTech41:50 M1 Max vs. Leaked Alder Lake Geekbench Numbers46:29 A New Starfield Trailer48:31 The End of UWP49:55 Microsoft Force-Installing PC Health Check on Win10 PCs52:09 Podcast Sponsor: TextExpander53:14 RPCS356:03 What is the MSI SPATIUM?58:05 Google Deletes FTP from Chrome59:27 Picks of the Week1:07:40 Outro★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Podcast #650 - Intel Alder Lake, M1 Pro/Max, AMD & Intel Earnings + MOre!

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