We made it to 800! It's amazing what can be done by simply sitting in front of a PC and chatting with a few friends for an hour or two almost every Wednesday night for many years in a row. Stick around for 9800X3D talk (of course), (in)Security scares, and a quick review of some RGB free ram! Oh Nvidia financials, some Ryzen turbo, and Win 11 smacking around. 00:00 Intro 04:06 Food with Josh 05:57 We check Ryzen 7 9800X3D stock status 10:53 Gigabyte’s X3D Turbo mode tested by TweakTown 14:46 NVIDIA financials 25:42 Intel Battlemage is apparently happening 32:29 Microsoft reveals Win 11 remote recovery tool 37:37 AMD Radeon UDNA may not launch until 2026 40:20 You can now download Windows 11 for ARM systems 41:47 Windows 365 Link is 349 USD cloud-based mini PC 44:01 (in)Security Corner 50:32 Gaming Quick Hits 59:59 Crucial's RGB-free Overclocking DDR5 1:04:14 Picks of the Week 1:15:41 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We are on the brink of history, as next podcast will be number 800. It's been a long ride, with our first show way back in 2007... Don't worry, this isn't goodbye. This is a podcast. A podcast about computer stuff. (And burgers.) Be prepared for D-Link whipping, massive NVME cooling, and of course, special guest Lara Croft. 00:00 Intro 02:58 Food with Josh 04:55 Intel is sorry about the Arrow Lake launch 08:40 When is more 9800X3D stock coming? 12:14 AMD has a quarter of CPU market share 14:18 A new TIM that is 72 percent better than paste? 16:42 The enormous Dark Airflow I drive cooler atop the T-Force Z540 SSD 20:35 Windows Server 2025 pushed out as KB5044284 update 21:57 NVIDIA app exits beta, replaces control panel and GeForce Experience 23:52 Rumor: RTX 40 Series production nearing end to make way for RTX 50 Series 25:00 (in)Security Corner 32:06 Gaming Quick Hits 41:18 Picks of the Week 49:41 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Do you like product review coverage for products that are sold out and currently on eBay for hundreds of dollars more? Perfect! We talk about the 9800X3D a lot on this show, and Josh was right about it selling out (and Sebastian was WRONG WRONG WRONG). But also ... GTA5 sales (why not?), Recall Recall, Windows 10 continued support and please please, won't you use Bing? Recorded November 6, 2024 00:00 Intro 02:19 Food with Josh 03:57 9800X3D performance (and extended discussion) 26:33 It seems that a 9950X3D is in our future 30:18 Intel has another bad quarter 37:55 Microsoft delays Recall again 39:05 Personal users can pay for Windows 10 security updates now 40:16 Desperation looks like a million dollar sweepstakes for using Bing on Edge 41:47 (in)Security Corner 53:10 Gaming Quick Hits 1:02:43 Picks of the Week 1:15:52 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Welcome to the creepiest PC hardware podcast on the net, and that's on a NORMAL week. We've got Intel Core Ultra, Ryzen 7 9800X3D, Windows 24H2 ... but will we surpass our own standard with this VERY SPECIAL Halloween episode? You will have to watch to find out... Skip to 31:35 for the official Ryzen 7 9800X3D announcement (recorded on October 31) Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 04:02 Food with Josh 13:56 Supermicro situation (and then Josh talks about AMD financials some more) 18:26 Z890 motherboard instability with Win 11 24H2 21:49 If you want 24H2 but don't see it, here's why 25:37 More 24H2 upgrade stuff 27:34 Ryzen 7 9800X3D speculation (because we didn't know yet) 31:35 Actual Ryzen 7 9800X3D announcement (added 10/31) 33:57 Intel Core Ultra performance summary shows gaming regression from 14th Gen 37:06 CyberPowerPC has a back side connector motherboard system 43:44 (in)Security Corner 55:10 Gaming Quick Hits 1:02:24 Picks of the Week 1:14:27 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

What a week. So much exciting news to cover, including the extremely well-received new Intel Core Ultra desktop processors! Does sarcasm evident? Anyhow, we received them, too, but without a motherboard, so not much tested happened before this launch. No worries, we're getting a board, and have turned off our AI assistants. Or have we? Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:23 Food with Josh 04:10 Observing Intel Core Ultra Desktop Eve 04:57 The Core Ultra 9 285K can pull almost as much as a 14900K - if you enable 4095W PL2 07:47 Arm to cancel Qualcomm 2 license as dispute escalates 18:43 Another report about Qualcomm buying Intel 19:12 NVIDIA says Blackwell chip flaw was their fault, but it's fixed now 21:28 Intel and Samsung foundry collaboration possible 25:45 HAVN is a new case company with a new take on the aquarium trend 30:24 Podcast sponsor 1Pasword XAM 31:45 Help turning off "ai" assistants - if the app allows 34:28 New X3D turbo mode promises big gains for Ryzen CPUs 38:21 Check out our Intel microcode video 44:53 (in)Security Corner 54:13 Gaming Quick Hits 1:02:29 Picks of the Week 1:18:11 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We've got Intel and AMD teaming up, Click2Cancel making waves, so much ARM discussion where it wasn't meant to be, Windows 11 BSODs (suprise!), a bunch of X86 discussion and a terrible amount of security nightmares! Should be fun, take a listen! 00:00 Intro 03:07 Food with Josh 05:22 Intel and AMD team up for the good of x86 08:59 The x86 discussion shifts to Arm at this point 10:18 Arm discussion intensifies 11:45 A return to x86 discussion (which eventually shifts to Arm again) 22:13 Has the 5800X3D reached end of life? 24:20 Ryzen 7 9800X3D could debut on October 25 27:12 AMD means business 32:09 It's possible that LGA1851 might not be one-and-done 35:52 We explain why certain WD SSDs cause BSOD with latest Win11 build 40:14 Click to cancel - an FTC story 43:04 (in)Security Corner 1:01:34 Gaming Quick Hits 1:07:43 Picks of the Week 1:19:20 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

It was an AMD-heavy show last week, so how about an IntelCast? (Don't worry, there's a lot of non-Intel content - plus at least one of us is a card-carrying member of Team Red). So much (in)Security too: your air-gap is pathetic, Qualcomm zero-day, Linux malware, and DDoS to the max. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:52 Food with Josh 04:08 Intel Core Ultra desktop processor announcement 24:33 Another microcode update for 13th and 14th Gen CPUs 32:35 Zen 5 memory frequency scaling makes for riveting podcasting 36:44 STH looked at an all-flash NAS 42:14 Do Gen3 SSDs make sense anymore? 44:41 (in)Security Corner 1:04:28 Gaming Quick Hits 1:12:40 Picks of the Week 1:24:05 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We actually do talk about more than just AMD this week. Plus, we stray from the point a lot while talking about things like dual screen laptops, HP AI infused printers, if maybe you should buy a used RTX 2080ti. All in good fun. 00:00 Intro 02:30 Food with Josh 04:17 AMD Ryzen update (105W mode official, etc.) 06:31 The new X870 motherboards are here 10:11 Some more 9000X3D rumors 12:05 Latest Radeon driver offers 2.5X boost (but how?) 16:14 Quite a bit of Windows Update news 23:27 Dual-screen laptops fold THREE times 29:34 HP wants to add "ai" to printers 33:30 The RTX 4060 is rapidly becoming the most popular GPU? (Or is it?) 42:21 (in)Security Corner 50:09 Gaming Quick Hits 53:38 Picks of the Week 59:49 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We're back on the air with the Intel Ultra 200V, keeping offline Office alive, OpenAI manipulations, and some sweet reviews of Fractal gear like their new Era 2 mITX case and their Refine chair. Very mindful. Enjoy the "Caaash" segment too as we smash our way through the news. 00:00 Intro 02:01 Unnecessarily weighing in on the Panels app controversy 04:22 Food with Josh (FREE edition) 07:16 Qualcomm wants to buy Intel 10:39 Intel Lunar Lake laptop reviews are up 17:01 MS Office for the stubbornly offline 19:02 Microsoft needs to spin up a nuclear plant to power "ai" 24:51 More "ai" content - this time a malicious memory manipulation 27:27 Removing the iPhone 16 battery is shocking 29:55 (in)Security Corner 38:22 Podcast sponsor - 1password XAM 39:35 Gaming Quick Hits 44:55 Fractal Era 2 mITX case review 56:44 Fractal Refine chair review 1:03:43 Picks of the Week 1:19:01 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Intel does "fabulous" after seperating, what does MS do after Crowdstrike, after early Threadrippers, after the 4090, and after better AGESA for Ryzen 9000. We get after it this episode, enjoy! 00:00 Intro 01:43 Food with Josh 02:51 Intel spins off fab into separate foundry company 10:24 New AGESA improves Ryzen 9000 inter-core latency 17:42 Threadripper 1000 and 2000 CPUs dropped from Ryzen Master 19:43 Rumor has it that NVIDIA is preparing to discontinue the 4090 20:58 Maybe "ai" will replace those derivative YT channels 24:40 (in)Security Corner 39:26 Gaming Quick Hits 51:59 Picks of the Week 1:04:56 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Welcome to the podcast where Josh explains how AMD has the most popular midrange GPU on the market, based on sales from one retailer in Germany in Q1 2024. Other then that, we've got over 12" of penetration, Audible AI, Ford marketing, Z890 defaults and so much more! Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:46 Food with Josh 03:00 AMD shifting their GPU strategy (with extended discussion) 22:49 PS5 Pro first with next-gen Radeon graphics 25:32 Z890 boards will reportedly ship with Intel default settings - by default! 26:48 A new Gen5 SSD controller from Silicon Motion 31:10 Ford is apparently working on in-car ads 33:16 Windows 11 23H2 will be knocking on your door October 8 35:00 Podcast sponsor - 1Password XAM 36:14 An Ethernet bridge that can go through 12 inches of concrete 38:59 Audible working on AI voice replicas of narrators 41:49 A CPU water block with an HDMI input 45:36 (in)Security Corner 55:44 Gaming Quick Hits 1:03:33 Picks of the Week 1:10:28 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Intel Core Ultra 200V: Worlds best integrated GPU!? AMD Ryzen with more performance improvements, and 105W is the power draw for new top rated Ryzen parts. So much more in the timestamps below. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:33 Food with Josh 03:42 AMD will reportedly raise 65W Ryzen 9000 TDPs to 105W 05:52 That Windows Update Ryzen boost might be unrealistic (via Hardware Canucks) 11:44 Highly skippable rant about the Ryzen provisioning process setup procedure 15:22 Back on the Windows Update topic 16:55 Intel Core Ultra 200V Series launching 24:23 Intel says Arc Xe2 is the fastest iGPU ever 29:10 Replacement Core i9 CPUs are apparently in short supply 33:42 Sometimes it feels like Microsoft wants to destroy Windows 36:43 Podcast sponsor - Green Chef 38:32 RIP AnandTech 43:30 (in)Security Corner 56:44 Gaming Quick Hits 1:09:46 Picks of the Week 1:18:19 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

No, Allyn wasn't on the show this week. We just used that 100% authentic photo of him for the thumbnail. But we did discuss the buckets of cash that Nvidia is rolling in, free AMD CPU performance, and QR code hygiene! All that, and so much more below ... Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 03:29 Food with Josh 06:28 NVIDIA's billions 16:01 Free Ryzen performance boost 20:39 RDNA 4 rumors 30:31 An extra 8-pin GPU connector on MSI boards 33:04 Microsoft was going to take away the Control Panel, but didn't 35:04 So-called AI still needs a lot of work 37:28 (in)Security Corner 46:31 About 4 seconds of silence 47:04 Gaming Quick Hits 1:00:28 Picks of the Week 1:13:57 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Full crew in the house tonight for all kinds of tech talk with the usual amount of off-topic banter. It's what you deserve. Check the full list of topics below. Real quick though ... Ryzen 9000 testing: You're holding it wrong. Windows 11 installs on non-TPM machines: Stop that. Sonos: Failing. ARM: Gaming GPUs. And when is a 4070 not really the 4070? 00:00 Intro 02:06 Food with Josh 04:43 Ryzen 9000 X3D leaked by ASUS? 06:38 AMD says reviewers are not properly testing Ryzen 9000 10:04 AMD to buy ZT Systems for 4.9 billion USD 14:18 The new GDDR6 version of the RTX 4070 might be hard to spot 19:43 Windows 11 update closes TPM bypass loophole... 22:44 ...but FAT32 volumes up to 2TB are now supported 25:11 NVIDIA partnering with MediaTek on new G-Sync Pulsar monitors 31:00 Podcast sponsor, 1Password 32:14 Lina Li SUP01 lets you mount your GPU on the front intake 37:58 A wooden mechanical keyboard (sort of) 41:53 Sonos is not doing well (plus extended audio ranting) 54:24 Arm rumored to be developing a gaming graphics card 58:05 (in)Security Corner 1:06:55 Gaming Quick Hits 1:16:34 Picks of the Week 1:26:09 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

This episode is just over an hour, and probably a lot more exciting than the Ryzen 9000 launch, itself. Plus Josh had a really messy looking burger. You can't lose. We've got Intel microcode, AMD Ryzen 9k, when is an RTX 4070 a bit less ... it's a tight show. Recorded August 14, 2024. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 03:27 Ryzen 9900X and 9950X performance 22:28 No sign of new (rumored) RX 7000 SKUs 24:04 Intel Battlemage engineering samples being tested 27:21 Update your Intel microcode, but you have to use Intel defaults 31:31 Those ai pins are being returned now, and they are e-waste 36:14 New RTX 4070 variant with slower GDDR6 37:55 (in)Security Corner 50:40 Gaming Quick Hits 54:51 Picks of the Week 1:04:58 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

This was a long show. Be warned! We didn't even get to (in)Security Corner until after the one hour mark! But it's so worth it! More Crowdstrike, more Intel sadness, even the Logitech mouse-as-a-service thing. Psst - Apple still does not like Nvidia. Recorded August 7, 2024. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:45 Food with Josh 03:54 New Ryzen 5 and 7 coverage - the impact of 65W 19:39 Intel's financial situation 27:27 Intel extended warranty update 31:44 Podcast sponsor - Green Chef 33:27 Puget systems' totally unbiased report on CPU failures 42:11 NVIDIA Blackwell delay rumor 51:41 Has the most popular GPU on Steam been discontinued? 55:38 Google is replacing the Chromecast with a $100 ai thing 58:43 Apple still doesn't like NVIDIA 1:03:26 Logi forever mouse 1:06:24 (in)Security Corner 1:15:24 Gaming Quick Hits 1:23:29 Picks of the Week 1:37:59 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Four of us gathered to discuss another week in PC hardware and software, and while Jeremy was absent (again) and Josh didn't have a burger (again), the podcast was still a podcast, and that probably means something. AMD is touching 6Ghz, Intel is not OK, Cybertruck is a PC, and we've got so much financial news on AMD and ARM...punch it Chewy! Recorded July 31, 2024. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 04:30 Food with Josh 06:27 Josh's AMD financial report 13:29 Josh's Arm financial report 16:51 Intel will not recall the 13th and 14th Gen CPUs (and further discussion) 26:58 Now might be the right time to trade in your potentially defective Intel CPU! 28:40 An update on the Ryzen 9000 delay 31:02 It may be possible to hit 6 GHz (and above) with a Ryzen 9 9950X 33:12 Windows 11 July update breaks Bitlocker 35:33 The Cybertruck PC 40:51 (in)Security Corner 53:01 Gaming Quick Hits 57:06 Picks of the Week 1:04:54 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Only three of us podcasted this week, and there was an annoying "room mic" sound to deal with from a certain host, but other than that it was an okay-ish show if you like these sorts of things, am I right? AMD is ascending, Intel is unstable, and the 7800X3D is still the king. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 02:13 CrowdStrike 09:20 Intel provides update on CPU instability 20:22 AMD is recalling their initial batch of Ryzen 9000 samples 28:02 Podcast sponsor - 1Password 29:31 (in)Security Corner 31:16 Gaming Quick Hits 32:50 It was at that moment they realized this was going to be a very short podcast 35:14 Picks of the Week (special extended edition) 50:38 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Enjoy this podcast, recorded on July 17 - you know, before the CloudStrike thing happened. Don't worry, we will talk about that next week. There is so much "air" in this show, you'll know it when you feel it. Game servers switching away from Intel now, the Xbox has the cheekiest controller going. So much more below, enjoy! Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 03:34 Food with...Jeremy? 05:57 Kent's big air cooler roundup 31:38 Intel's growing instability problem 44:56 Snapdragon X Elite really wants to be Windows Only 47:43 Seasonic lists unreleased Radeon GPUs including 7990 XTX 49:29 ...and apparently lists RTX 50 Series wattage as well 51:39 Hello Windows Checkpoint 56:09 (in)Security Corner 1:07:55 Gaming Quick Hits 1:12:20 Picks of the Week 1:17:22 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

This show is one hour. Wait. That should say "this show is one hour THAT YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS". We've got all kinds of things, check out the topics below! Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:23 Food with Josh 03:25 HP gives up - might actually want to sell printers 05:23 AMD NTBC 08:21 AMD now has better brand recognition than Intel? 10:02 Everything is bigger on the Samsung Odyssey G9 OLED 16:16 Ryzen keyboard PC! 20:13 Google's free VPN is gone but anyone can use their dark web monitoring 22:11 Better battery life (not AI) driving Copilot+ PC sales 26:00 Endgame Gear OP1 8K mouse 29:33 Mac shipments grew 6 percent year-on-year 30:52 (in)Security Corner 40:48 Gaming Quick Hits 46:30 Picks of the Week 59:42 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★