Podcast #523 – RX 590, 860 QVO, Drobo 8D

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!

You can subscribe to us through iTunes and you can still access it directly through the RSS page HERE.

The URL for the podcast is: https://pcper.com/podcast – Share with your friends!

• iTunes – Subscribe to the podcast directly through the iTunes Store (audio only)
  • Video version on iTunes
• Google Play – Subscribe to our audio podcast directly through Google Play!
• RSS – Subscribe through your regular RSS reader (audio only)
  • Video version RSS feed
• MP3 – Direct download link to the MP3 file

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:

1. Join our spam list to get notified when we go live!
2. Patreon
3. Merch! http://joshtekk.com/
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
5. For a limited time, get 3 months of Audible for just $6.95 a month:  audible.com/PCPER or text PCPER to 500500.
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
   6. https://pcper.com/podcast
8. http://twitter.com/pcper
9. Closing/Outro