PC Perspective Podcast

Podcast #651 – Intel Alder Lake 12900k Falcon Northwest Tested, AMD 6000 Rumors, DDR5 FAQ + MORE! (1x651)

: 04, 2021

Alder Lake is here and it’s good. Good and hot sometimes. We gave the full once over on the Falcon Northwest test system with an RTX 3090 and a new Alder Lake 12900k, so nice. Tested. We also go over some DDR5 questions, AMD rumors for their next gen CPUs, whether or not there was an 8GHz record on the 12900k, and many other points. Check the time stamps below! Still sending up a big thank you to our very supportive Patreon members! This show cannot go on without you – you know who you are, please consider helping our efforts. It most definitely helps keep us all going and the bills paid. Thanks! Show Topics Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 02:16 Burger of the Week 04:01 Intel Alder Lake Performance, Power, and Pricing 32:58 Phase Change Memory 36:48 AMD Zen 4D Rumors 39:58 Meta Removing Facebook Login Requirement for Quest Headsets 42:37 Weird West is Well Named and Well Designed 48:40 Picks of the Week 1:01:10 Outro (or is it?) Picks of the Week Josh: More cheap storage! Jeremy: It’s 5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel! But what is it?!? Also amusing and semi-related Brett: Netgear WiFi Mesh Range Extender Sebastian: