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PC Perspective Podcast #521 - 11/08/18

Join us this week for discussion on AMD's new Zen 2 architecture, 7nm Vega GPUs, SSD encryption vulnerabilities, and more!

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Hosts: Jim Tanous, Jeremy Hellstrom, Josh Walrath, Allyn Malventano, Ken Addison, and Sebastian Peak

Peanut Gallery: Alex Lustenberg

Program length: 1:42:27

Podcast topics of discussion:

1. Join our spam list to get notified when we go live!
2. Patreon
3. Merch! http://joshtekk.com/
4. Week in Review:
   1. 0:05:10 Corsair H115i RGB PLATINUM 280mm Liquid CPU Cooler Review
   2. 0:15:30 AVerMedia Live Gamer Ultra and Live Gamer 4K Review: 4K HDR Capture for the Masses
   3. 0:23:15 Steelseries Rival 650 Wireless and Rival 710 Gaming Mouse Review
   4. 0:26:10 BitFenix Nova TG Tempered Glass ATX Mid-Tower Case Review
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6. News items of interest:
   1. 0:37:45 Intel unveils Xeon Cascade Lake Advanced Performance Platform
   2. 0:48:20 SSD's firmware encryption is pretty floppy
   3. 0:56:00 Meet the AMD Radeon Instinct MI60 and MI50 accelerators
   4. 1:04:25 AMD Shows Off Zen 2-Based EPYC "Rome" Server Processor
   5. 1:15:15 Western Digital Launches 15 TB Ultrastar DC HC620 SMR Hard Drive
7. Picks of the Week:
   1. Jeremy: A solid B450 board for $90
   2. Josh: On sale last week… still interesting.
   3. Ken: Destiny 2 - free Until November 18th
   4. Allyn: Jump start your car - without a battery!
   5. Jim: N7 Day! Amazon - Origin
   6. Sebastian: Creative X-Fi HD USB Sound Card