Podcast #857 – Acer and ASUS Ban, More PC Hardware Doom and Gloom, Cheap USB Speakers, Sparky RTX 5090 and MORE
The RAM-apocolypse continues of course, with hints of it hitting general manufacturers, and delay of gaming systems and even spinning harddrives. At least Micron is making some PCIe 6 drives you cannot have. Also, since we are sometimes audio geeks as well as PC, we talk about some bananas. Seriously. You’ll just have to watch and listen to get the scoop on bad Chrome extensions, bad Copilot, and bad password managers. Until then, enjoy Unread Tournament 2004!
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Show Topics
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
01:15 Patreon
03:22 Food with Josh
05:20 Acer and ASUS caught up HEVC patent dispute
07:15 Intel’s new annual GPU cadence
09:00 Micron is making PCI-E 6.0 SSDs that you can’t have
11:10 WD CEO says storage is already sold out for 2026
14:07 Warning – many consumer electronics companies will fail this year
22:25 Sony may push PS6 launch as far as 2029
22:55 US reportedly removes two Chinese memory companies from banned list
25:54 RTX 5090 LIGHTNING is 5090 USD (list price, anyhow)
29:35 Audio dragged through the mud – and a banana
34:34 (In)Security Corner
45:07 Gaming Quick Hits
50:35 Jeremy reviews 25 USD speakers from Cyber Acoustics
56:53 Picks of the Week
1:08:51 Outro
- Josh: Friend of mine got one of these…
- Jeremy: They giveth Babylon 5, they taketh away Babylon 5. Roku still has it, with ads
- Brett: Wood. Light. Dark. Stylish and trendy. Best served in Micro ATX size.
- Kent: Last chance at a good gaming PC for a while?
- Seb: <not today Satan!>
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