PC Perspective Podcast

Podcast #617 – RTX 3060, Katar Pro XT, Fractal Meshify 2 Compact Reviews and Nvidia mining gimp plus so much more (1x617)

: 25, 2021

Say it three times and we shall appear: Beetlecast! Beetlecast! Beetlecast! (you kinda had to be there) We start it off with burgers and end with quite a lot of purple mood lighting. It’s gaming fast purple mood lighting, for sure though. In between we somehow find time to discuss the latest GPU from Nvidia and our review of the RTX 3060, and what Nvidia is doing to deter mining on it. Other reviews include a Corsair mouse mat (huge) and their Katar Pro XT (inexpensive and good), and the newest case from Fractal Design, (an excellent choice) Meshify 2 Compact. Also up for discussion points are how AMD is investigating poor USB behavior on X570, Apple M1’s burning through their SSDs maybe, better Firefox cookie security, Nvidia’s strong financials, and Diablo is going full MMO (never go full MMO?). We would welcome your support of the show – to keep everything spinning around, it’s our live performance art if you will. Please consider helping us out over at our Patreon if you are able. You folks help keep this crazy art form alive and spinning around, so thank you very much! Another shout out to our sponsor this week, TextExpander! Get faster and more accurate input for the things you type all the time across all your systems with TextExpander. Show listeners receive 20% off their first year with our link! Show Topics 00:00​ Intro 02:12​ Josh’s Burger of the Week 03:33​ NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Review 17:56​ NVIDIA Reduces 3060 Mining Performance, Intros Mining GPUs 27:19​ PC Build Recommendations in a Time of Drought 31:45​ Josh Talks About NVIDIA Earnings 37:57​ Brett’s Corsair Katar Pro XT Mouse and MM700 Mat Review 47:13​ Ad Break: TextExpander 48:18​ Sabrent $30 USB-C NVMe Enclosure 51:10​ AMD Investigating X570 USB Issues 57:53​ Firefox Keeps Cookies in Containers 1:02:43​ Apple M1 Mac Excessive SSD Wear? 1:05:27​ Diablo is Blizzard’s Destiny 1:09:39​ Brett’s Fractal Meshify 2 C Review 1:27:06​ Picks of the Week 1:31:56​ Outro Pi