Podcast #779 - XFX Mercury RX 7900 XTX with Magnetic Fans, Microsoft Makes Windows Worse, Optane Sale!, Seagate on eBay + MORE!

You will be pleased to learn that we did indeed get together on Wednesday night (at 10 Eastern) to podcast this week. Here is the edited version of that podcast recording session.  Within you find side-quests, insights, food, camera lens talk - and tech.  Lots of tech talk on such things like Microsoft making terrible decisions, bad security theater, and idle data.  Join us.Timestamps:00:00 Intro01:41 Food with Josh03:29 XFX Mercury RX 7900 XTX Magnetic Air (false start)06:08 The review actually begins here17:21 Boring camera lens talk19:31 Microsoft makes OneDrive backups automatic22:40 Microsoft hides the local account option even more23:31 PSA: you don't actually have to use Windows26:46 The great Optane 905P fire sale of 202430:30 Amazon moves Alexa to a subscription model33:19 Seagate opens official eBay store for refurb HDDs37:26 Most stored data is never accessed again41:28 (in)Security Corner44:33 We interrupt (in)Security Corner to talk about seamless integration46:12 Back to (in)Security Corner54:27 Gaming Quick Hits1:03:08 Picks of the Week1:18:16 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Five of us entered, but only one survived. This is one episode you won't want to miss!In addition to all that, we discussed SFF specs, Copilot updates, the Fractal Mood, ARM speculative execution, and Intel CPU stability!Timestamps:00:00 Intro01:34 Food with Josh03:00 We react to Snapdragon X Elite reviews10:17 Intel issues microcode fix for 13th/14th Gen stability issues16:02 NVIDIA's new SFF-Ready GPU standard18:37 An ITX-sized RTX 4070 with a pink PCB19:54 Windows 10 update brings "Open With" dialog box bug21:23 ID-Cooling has a 360mm AiO with no RGB for only 60 bucks24:48 (in)Security Corner begins33:00 AMD data breach35:41 Gaming Quick Hits42:10 Fractal Mood mITX case review59:12 Picks of the Week1:11:07 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Brett was absent this week, but we found a way to podcast anyway. And what a memorable podcast it was. How many times can we celebrate lucky number 777? Just once, it seems. And that is undeniable - like the Billy Dee Williams (by Avon) fragrance for men, "Undeniable".Please find the usual Windows security scares, thoughts on Starfield, Adobe finally makes users upset, RTX50 rumors and so much more!Timestamps:00:00 Intro02:54 Food with Josh04:51 AMD says Ryzen 9000 Series won't beat 7000X3D at gaming07:17 Ryzen 9000 X3D parts rumored to arrive in September09:46 RTX 50 Series rumors13:04 RTX 2070 SUPER vs. RTX 4070 SUPER18:07 People are getting upset about Adobe terms of use22:06 HP BIOS update bricks some laptops23:53 Another look at the Crucial T70527:10 Josh randomly decides to offer his thoughts on Starfield28:36 (in)Security Corner37:49 Gaming Quick Hits45:03 We talk about the Beeline SER8 Ryzen mini PC review video for a while51:57 Picks of the Week57:57 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

This week we have a positive attitude, Josh had a burger, and everyone is happy (and other lies). Watch to catch up on CoPilot issues (we told you so!), Intel and AMD socket longevity, Windows 10 won't die and we miss Napster.Timestamps:00:00 Intro01:36 Food with Josh03:09 AMD Ryzen 9000 Series announcement10:55 New X870 and X870E chipsets17:18 Socket AM5 longevity19:56 AMD also introduced MI325X22:01 Josh tells his pineapple squeeze toy story23:13 Intel Lunar Lake discussion28:17 Kent begins to wonder how much NVIDIA cares about gamers34:28 Josh points out the inconvenient truth about the AI boom40:36 Jeremy decides to return to Lunar Lake discussion41:10 Using Kapton tape to defeat Intel chipset limitations42:55 Micron GDDR7 is coming soon46:58 Windows 10 is getting "new features, and more" (be afraid)51:19 Nano11 for lightweight Windows 11 24H253:07 Happy 25th birthday to Napster (and audio digression)1:01:18 (in)Security Corner1:09:05 Gaming Quick Hits1:13:35 Picks of the Week1:24:02 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Josh OLED wipe included at no extra charge.  So much Arm coverage, even with Nvidia.  There's even some good Security news!00:00 Intro01:41 Josh's home office update02:50 Burger of the Week04:40 Arm Tech Days coverage from Josh26:12 NVIDIA reportedly prepping an Arm PC chip29:35 A long response to a viewer question about OLED monitor burn-in39:51 Microsoft DirectSR is here - if you have Windows on Arm42:54 PayPal mines your order history to serve targeted ads45:17 ICQ is gone47:22 How to stop AI search boxes appearing Google searches with Chrome50:21 iFixit and Samsung break up53:21 Cooler Master says AI thermal paste was just a translation issue57:20 (in)Security Corner1:06:39 Gaming Quick Hits (you can't take it with you)1:15:10 Picks of the Week1:22:55 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Josh returns this week, and of course there are financials to discuss (NVIDIA is making insane money right now), plus Josh's latest burger, Josh's renovated home office, and other Josh-related content.  Where are Josh's boxes, what's in Josh's closet, what are Josh's floors made of, and who handled his 49" monitor while he was away.Oh, and we also did a show about this week in tech ... those topics are below.00:00 Intro01:35 Food with Josh03:25 Josh's office update05:06 NVIDIA is making an insane amount of money12:55 Dan Cases and Lian Li make a micro-ATX case14:44 Is Noctua becoming a lifestyle brand?18:00 Big brother is watching - with the new built-in Windows screen logger25:21 Cooler Master offers "ai" thermal paste for streamers27:28 The demand for HBM could cause DRAMa29:29 RescueZilla 2.5 released31:03 (in)Security Corner38:13 Gaming Quick Hits45:59 Corsair 6500X case review49:29 Picks of the Week56:43 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

While Josh might not have been with us, we certainly did mention him.  In mostly good ways.  All this while we discussed the latest AMD 8000 F-Series, Dell XPS with AMD and Snapdragon CPUs, zero day exploits for DLink routers, and even self driving vehicle hacks.  More in the list below.Timestamps:00:00 Intro01:25 AMD launches Ryzen 8000 F-Series processors06:05 AMD Ryzen coming to Dell XPS laptops (in 2027, maybe)07:01 Qualcomm's Snapdragon X is coming to XPS laptops11:46 Snapdragon X Elite will offer native Linux support14:00 VMWare Workstation Pro and Fusion Pro are now FREE15:23 AMD reportedly ends Windows 10 support beginning with Strix Point20:54 (in)Security Corner32:00 Gaming Quick Hits41:12 Picks of the Week54:28 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We recorded it early this week, due to some scheduling issues, but we still made a podcast that will live on forever as one of the greatest ever made. If you don't have high standards.  Do take the time to enjoy the discussion on generous Hackers and that your VPN probably sucks. Timestamps:00:00 Intro01:23 Food with Josh05:13 Intel's baseline profile evolves into Intel Default Settings13:38 Apple announces new iPads and the M4 processor21:30 iOS device fingerprinting a problem?24:47 Microsoft brings MT/s to task manager27:37 Remembering Robert Dennard, inventor of DRAM30:59 Backblaze reports slight improvement in HDD lifespans35:55 BASIC turns 6037:54 (in)Security Corner47:31 Gaming Quick Hits57:22 Picks of the Week1:14:15 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

What's more colorful than a $100 RGB mousepad? The personalities of the PCPer podcast crew, of course!  Enjoy the banter and conversations we had between each other and our audience.  Tune in and take part next week!Timestamps:00:00 Intro01:56 Food with Josh03:48 An extremely long segment on Intel and AMD's latest quarterly earnings35:56 Intel responds to Core i9 instability issue42:55 Windows patch breaks some VPNs45:35 A new watermark for non-Ai capable Windows PCs47:57 (in)Security Corner55:52 Gaming Quick Hits58:41 Jeremy reviews the Razer RGB mousepad1:03:49 Picks of the Week1:18:02 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Podcast 770 is totally not a re-branded Podcast 680. It may have the same CUDA core count, but the memory is clocked slightly higher. Also, this one has a [REDACTED] that you won't want to miss!Includes Cisco Firewalls on Fire, and a really cracking story on cracking Bcrypt!  (plus use a longer password!)Timestamps:00:00 Intro03:12 Food with Josh05:21 A very long discussion about Intel 13th and 14th Gen Core i9 stability21:57 Rumor points to reuse of 18 Gbps GDDR6 for RDNA 4 GPUs25:48 Intel Arc beta driver boosts DX11 performance again29:24 Battlemage will supposedly offer uncompressed 8K 144 Hz30:28 Find out what October 2025 means for Microsoft product support33:53 Windows 11 Starts to add ads35:47 Latest builds of Windows 11 require SSE 4.239:58 (in)Security Corner50:43 Gaming Quick Hits55:34 Drop CSTM65 keyboard review1:02:04 Picks of the Week1:13:08 Another smooth outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★