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PC Perspective Podcast #523 - 11/28/18

Our podcast this week features reviews for the new AMD Radeon RX 590, Drobo 8D, the Samsung 860 QVO, a new fanless mini PC, and more!

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

Peanut Gallery: Alex Lustenberg, Ken Addison

Program length: 2:15:34

Podcast topics of discussion:

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4. Week in Review:
   1. 00:03:35 The AMD RX 590 Review - Featuring XFX!
   2. 00:16:59 EVGA SuperNOVA 1000W G1+ Power Supply Review
   3. 00:20:17 ECS LIVA Z2 Intel Gemini Lake Fanless Mini PC Review
   4. 00:27:33 StorCentric Drobo 8D DAS Review - 8 Bays and Thunderbolt 3
   5. 00:51:01 Samsung 860 QVO 1TB and 4TB SATA SSD Review - Samsung Goes QLC
   6. 01:11:40 GIGABYTE Z390 AORUS Pro Motherboard Review
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6. News items of interest:
   1. 01:26:21 One EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti XC Allegedly Catches Fire
   2. 01:32:20 Buy an RX Vega, RX 590, RX 580 or an RX 570 and get free sequels
   3. 01:34:16 Network drives? You don't need no steenking network drives!
      1. Windows 10 someday, maybe update
      2. Microsoft continues to toss patches against the wall to see what sticks
   4. 01:45:50 Production of AMD Vega-Powered SMACH Z Gaming Handheld to Begin in 2019
   5. 01:49:22 AIDA64 v5.99, useful RGB Edition amongst other things
   6. 01:51:07 Xen and the art of Black Mesa updates
   7. 01:54:21 SilverStone Reaches 700W in the SFX PSU Form Factor with the SX700-G
   8. 01:56:32 The Trade War Strikes Again: Seasonic PSU Prices Set to Increase in December
7. Picks of the Week:
   1. Jim: SanDisk Ultra Dual Drive
   2. Jeremy: It’s better than bad, it’s Alexa on Big Mouth Billy Bass
   3. Josh: Finally, 16GB pretty fast under $100
   4. Allyn: Ring Alarm deals on Amazon (8 piece kit cheaper than 5 piece kit)
   5. Sebastian: Make all of your pixels perfect
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9. Closing/Outro