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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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