PC Perspective Podcast

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Oct 2026

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The editors of PC Perspective discuss the latest in-house product reviews and news from around the world that pertains to technology and PC hardware.

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October 11, 20261 hr 15 min

Podcast #887 - Windows 11 Update Reduces RAM Usage, Apple iBloat, RTX 5090 8-Pin Mod, KINGPIN and Spectre are back, RAM shortage + MORE!

Look what we've done here! News on the RAM you cannot buy, Microsoft optimizing Windows 11, KINGPIN is coming back, the Spectre problem resurfaces, Apple gets Bloaty, a boy and his bot hacks Microsoft Titan and why not fix that 12vHPWR with 2 8 Pins like God intended? All this and so much more - you will enjoy yourself, trust me. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:11 Patreon 02:11 Food with Josh 05:49 Is Microsoft secretly optimizing Windows 11? 10:05 Apple iBloat 11:49 MacOS denies AI full disk access 17:50 Memory execs afraid of continued explosive profits through 2028 24:52 ASUS ROG tandem OLED offers RGB stripe without the WOLED 27:43 KINGPIN returns to OC with ASUS? 30:45 Modder solders dual 8-pin board to RTX 5090 37:02 (in)Security Corner 49:09 Gaming Quick Hits 58:28 JoshTEKK presents - Sim Racing Corner 1:04:15 Picks of the Week 1:14:10 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

October 4, 20261 hr 20 min

Podcast #886 - New Witcher 3 Performance, DLSS on AMD, E-Waste Router, IQUNIX Keyboard Review, F-Droid and Copilot OS!

Josh was traveling and could not participate. (Boooo!) But we did it all anyway! For you all, always. You missed talking about RAM pricing, we got it. You missed talking about 12vHPWR, we got it. Chrome, errr, Googlebooks abound! Plus Copilot is coming for you OS and you'll just love it. All this and very much more to enjoy your time with us thanking you very much have a good day! (heh). Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 02:08 Patreon 02:08 Josh-less food segment 06:05 Witcher 3 Remastered is challenging to run with RT enabled 12:51 When you want DLSS on your RX 9070 XT 16:03 What is F-Droid 18:51 GoogleBook Pro 22:11 Copilot OS 27:20 Happy anniversary to the Ethernet spec 29:22 Routing on x86 e-waste 31:45 Computing in 2026: a device to monitor each pin of your 12VHPWR cable 35:05 Let's talk about DDR5 prices yet again 38:10 (in)Security Corner 57:28 Gaming Quick Hits 1:00:04 IQUNIX Ghost in the Shell keyboard review 1:09:45 Picks of the Week 1:19:19 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

October 4, 20261 hr 34 min

Podcast #885 - Rising Hardware Prices, New USA NAND Fab? No RTX 6090 For You, and MORE

What a great thumbnail for this show! Recorded on September 25th. Forget about your RTX 5090 purchase probably, oh and you're not getting a 60 series anytime soon either, would you believe that DDR5 prices continue to rise, AMD is becoming an "AI" company, and that a 1TB iPhone appears to be slower then an SD card when accessing disk. Installing Windows 11 with a local account and even Sniper Elite! All this and so much more on this episode! Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 02:03 Patreon 03:37 Food with Josh 05:53 The affordable world of PC hardware (skip to avoid pricing chat) 13:26 Solidigm to build USA fab? 16:37 AMD is becoming an "ai" company - with record revenue 20:31 The RTX 6090 is not coming any time soon 24:45 Did you know Raspberry Pi locks out RAM upgrades? 28:32 Micron's 2GB GDDR7 chips reach EOL 29:55 Apple's 1TB iPhone has slow storage? (Plus marriage chat) 36:01 A local Windows account is easier than ever 40:32 Those LLM slop kids harmed the PS5 Linux project 45:47 (in)Security Corner 1:00:04 Gaming Quick Hits 1:15:01 Josh's Sim Corner 1:20:35 Picks of the Week 1:33:42 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

September 12, 20261 hr 25 min

Podcast 884 - iPhone Folds, DDR5 Rises, LG Listens, and AI Destroys + Vulnerable Plex, GOG Box & DLSS 5

Discussion on the upcoming Intel LGA1954 CPU roadmap, that Plex servers might be vulnerable, LG and all their spying, AI is probably going to destroy us all, RAM prices won't peak, and get a GOG box for the full experience. All that and so much more! (And somewhat less when Brett has to dip out unexpectedly) Timestamps 00:00 Intro 01:20 Patreon 02:59 Food with Josh 05:37 News begins - iPhone Duo 09:45 TSMC High-NA EUV expanding 11:49 Intel next-gen roadmap leaks 14:46 Also, Intel CPUs about to get more expensive 18:38 DLSS 5 coming to older GPUs after all 22:40 DDR5 prices to grow up to 18 percent in Q3 24:58 Windows 11 new update fixes taskbar complaint 26:46 The chances AI could destroy us all in the next 10 years 32:51 AMD GPUs climbing up the charts 35:06 Audacity 4 37:46 (in)Security Corner 1:02:19 Brett suddenly has to leave 1:02:59 Gaming Quick Hits 1:13:40 Picks of the Week 1:22:24 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

September 10, 20261 hr 10 min

Podcast #883 - Packard Bell is Back, Intel LGA1954, DLSS 5 Horror, Refine 2 Chair Review, GPU Coil Whine and Win 11 Tweaking!

Originally aired on September 1st. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:39 Patreon 02:53 Food with Josh 06:17 News begins - and Packard Bell is back 10:03 Intel LGA1954 confirmed 12:49 MacBook Neo SSD thrashing seems dire 16:30 Horrifying DLSS 5 mods 22:29 Rumored next-gen Radeon flagship performance 25:19 Run multiple Linux kernels with no hypervisor? 27:59 Tweaks for Windows 11 before Microsoft shuts them down 31:29 GPU coil whine database 35:21 (In)Security Corner 48:51 Gaming Quick Hits 54:07 Fractal Refine 2 gaming chair review 1:00:08 Picks of the Week 1:08:35 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

August 31, 20261 hr 10 min

Podcast #882 - Dubious Hot Chips Coverage, Apple Has New Silicon, RTX 5090 Price, WiFi 7, GTA6, Atari 2600 + MORE

Where else are you going to get GTA6, WiFi7, M6, WPA3, RTX 5090 and Atari 2600 coverage all in the same show? No where else, that's where. Listen to the dulcet tones of tech whisperers go over the weekly news and so much more. Hot Chips, SteamOS, Outlook stupidity! Oh, and Linux turns 35. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:46 Patreon 01:44 Food with Josh 04:24 Breaking news - Hot Chips was all about ai 11:06 Apple has new silicon and Macs 16:20 Linux turns 35 17:25 SteamOS 3.9 Main boots on Intel Arc B580 18:53 Careful when you upgrade to WiFi 7 22:55 New Outlook can look more like old Outlook now 25:40 How much is that 5090 in the window? 29:25 NVIDIA financials 35:21 (In)Security Corner 51:06 Gaming Quick Hits 56:07 Picks of the Week 1:08:31 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

August 20, 20261 hr 17 min

Podcast #881 - Intel CPU Leak, Arc Linux VRAM Zip, Twitch AI Training, MOZA Racing Sim Gear Review, Ryzen Delidding + MORE!

Get the fanciest Ryzen 9 without a lid, Intel appears to be looping back on their naming CPUs and Arc squeaks out more performance (sometimes), CoPilot assists in "hacking" itself, your Twitch streams might be training AI, and Epic appears to be coming to Linux. It's the year of Linux, Am I Right(tm)? or what? All that and way to much for this 5Lb bag again. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 02:29 Patreon 03:17 Food with Josh 05:02 News begins - Intel might Haswell name their new CPU the 4950K 06:34 You can now buy a de-lidded 9950X3D2 with a warranty 07:53 VRAM compression with Arc on Linux? 11:22 Microsoft's rebrand registry 14:28 Microsoft working on Windows 11 context menu 15:50 Intel, money motivated, may make more memory memories 21:44 Twitch ai training is opt-out, because no one would opt-in 26:47 Fairphone Gen 6 Plus arrives in USA 28:51 (In)Security Corner 40:48 Gaming Quick Hits 50:10 Josh reviews MOZA CS Pro and R9 V3 1:03:06 Picks of the Week 1:16:19 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

August 15, 20261 hr 5 min

Podcast #880 - Xbox on Linux, Big Tech Hides AI Debt, RTX 50 Series Price, Woodgrain Motherboard, 8GB Windows 11 + MORE!

Linux gaming support keeps improving, TPM hardware keeps gaining vulnerabilities, the AI tech sector keeps gaining debt linked to investments, and advertisers keep gaining sneakier ways to infiltrate your content experiences. Enjoy! Ah, Kent couldn't make the show at the last minute, and Brett so planned on being there (lights were on, computer was spun up), but a last minute emergency took him off the air too - so it's a threesome tonight! (I should have written that differently I think ...) Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:02 Patreon 01:47 Food with Josh 05:50 Xbox and Game Pass on Linux in the works 07:46 New SteamOS beta adds support for more hardware 09:58 Massive AI debt hiding in plain sight 14:10 RTX 50 Series median price keeps growing 16:24 Time Magazine shows ads only chatbots can see 19:07 Noreply domains 22:28 Woodgrain motherboard 25:15 Microsoft raising Windows 11 license cost 26:04 Win 11 built-in weather app wastes over 1GB of RAM 28:04 (in)Security Corner intro 29:23 (in)Security Corner actually begins 44:34 Josh's Sim Corner 51:25 Gaming Quick Hits 56:58 Picks of the Week 1:03:05 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

August 10, 20261 hr 24 min

Podcast #879 - Windows on 8GB RAM, AMD Money, No DRAM for Apple, HyperX Stinger 3 Review, Noctua, Roombas + MORE!

We continue the journey to 1000 episodes with this riveting installment that could possibly change your life. Not convinced? If you order big bacon-covered burgers every day that WILL change your life. We guarantee it. Print out your Noctua things, run Windows 11 in 8Gb with varying degrees of success, AMD makes the monies, and EA goes private. Question: Is THIS the year of Linux? Why did Roomba and power inverters just get banned, Apple DRAM struggles, and Fanatec (of course). A well packed show in a 10lb bag, enjoy! TImestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:25 Patreon 02:28 Food with Josh 05:40 Microsoft deletes 32GB RAM recommendation docs 11:04 Linux market share grows 14:08 AMD Financial results (with extended discussion) 22:33 Even Apple struggles to get DRAM (and memory is sold out through 2027) 24:30 We talk even more about RAM and the stock market 29:28 Sony moves ahead with end of discs 33:26 Google removing Assistant on phones - Gemini the only option 35:07 Finally, we can 3D print in official Noctua colors 38:08 (In)Security Corner 51:13 Josh's Sim Racing Corner 53:50 Gaming Quick Hits 1:04:49 HyperX Cloud Stinger 3 Wireless gaming headset review 1:10:18 Picks of the Week 1:22:47 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

August 1, 20261 hr 39 min

Podcast #878 - Return of the 4GB GPU, Intel's 65W iGPU, 8GB Surface Laptop is Unusable, LG Bloatware be gone, Linux GOG +MORE!

GOG is coming to Linux! Microsoft asks LG to stop with the bloatware ads, the Radeon RX 9050 arrives in a 4GB config, Nova Lake-S is bringing a 65w iGPU to the fight, and 8GB is just not enough for a laptop with Win 11 + Josh takes over the show with his Racing Corner segment. Maybe a DD$4 build is not in your future? There's so much more in here, it's hard to summarize, I'm afraid you'll just have to listen. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:15 Patreon 03:29 Food with Josh 05:10 Radeon RX 9050 (and the return of the 4GB GPU) 14:29 Intel's Nova Lake-S iGPU draws 65W? 17:44 GOG Galaxy app going native...Linux 20:23 Microsoft's 8GB Surface laptop is an embarrassment 22:50 The DDR4 to DDR5 gaming gap 27:25 AMI acquired by a company called Lattice 29:47 Starlink exempted from foreign router ban 31:47 CXMT now charges more for RDIMMs than Samsung 41:50 (In)Security Corner 58:07 Josh's Sim Corner 1:09:48 Gaming Quick Hits 1:18:58 Picks of the Week 1:37:37 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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