Podcast #810 – Radeon RX 9070 Pricing, RTX 5090 CableGate, RTX 5070 Delay, MSI SUPRIM LIQUID SOC, Stop infecting yourself + MORE!
It was another week in computer hardware, and Brett is BACK to help us talk about it. We’ve got so much Financial Talk, some RX 9070 info, comparisons to the 5070ti, and much more! List of topics below.
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Show Topics
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:57 (no) Food with Josh
03:54 Radeon RX 9070 XT listed early in Canada at 700 USD
08:59 Here we go again – reports of melting RTX 5090 power connectors
17:01 How far does overclocking the RTX 5080 get you?
19:51 PassMark records first ever YoY drop in CPU performance
23:43 Is the WD_Black SN7100 the new best SSD? (TPU says yes)
28:22 FLAC encodes are now multi-threaded in version 1.5
29:53 RTX 5070 reportedly delayed until early March
33:17 EVGA closes forums
35:14 Podcast sponsor Stash
36:39 (in)Security Corner
43:20 Gaming Quick Hits
53:28 MSI RTX 5090 SUPRIM LIQUID SOC reviewed
57:05 Picks of the Week
1:12:18 Outro
Picks of the Week
- Josh: Excess is never enough (8tb WD Black)
- Jeremy: “Civ VII’ free on Epic
- Brett: Ubiquiti Flex 2.5G 8 Port with 10GbE SFP+ / RJ45
- Kent: Drown your hardware sorrow with a new OLED monitor
- Seb: (anti-pick) AeroCooler- stock of the FLP-01 Silverstone chassis – $100+ to ship! <rip off!>
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