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Now that Ryan is gone, maybe we can get past all the jibber jabber and get some real tech news from the PCPER guys. They cover the Threadripper 2920X and 2970WX, SSD, PSU, 2080 Ti, and they are even nice enough to show off one our reviews. Allyn really likes the length of ASUS M.2 heatsink...

Joshtekk on PCPer this week talks a big game about some of the studio equipment they use in production then finally gets onto things we care about like, 144Hz HDR, PCIe 4.0, HBM2 vs GDDR6, and finally the coup de grâce, Intel skipping 10nm? Check out the video.

Ken Addison over at PC Perspective dove into ASUS' new ROG Swift PG27UQ, a 27", 4k, 144Hz, G-SYNC, HDR monitor. The 27" IPS screen can throw out 1000 nits of brightness, but only if you're willing to throw down $2,000. Check out the review here. It's a monitor.... with 3GB of DDR4-2400. What...

The good folks over at PC Perspective have just put out a nice review of the new Samsung C49HG90 49 inch FreeSync 2 monitor and they are asking whether or not it's just too wide. The monitor sports a 32:9 aspect ratio instead of the more widely used 21:9 ratio of other UW monitors. It's curved...

That is one big bag Ryan Shrout is packing around there. This week it is full of Meltdowns, naked GPUs, data recovery, and redefining display technologies. Check out the video.

PC Perspective have run a battery of benchmarks on the new Ryzen 5 2400G APU to see what effect memory speeds have on performance. We know that Ryzen is more sensitive to memory speeds than what we were used to, but what about when you throw a GPU into the mix that is utilizing the same memory...

We all knew Ryan was packing a big bag, but 31lbs? Wow. This week he reaches out and grabs things that other guys just do not have the fortitude to tackle, and amazingly has again escaped all legal wrangling. But when it comes to the truly tough question, asked by you-know-who, he ducks and...

The guys over at PCPer like to watch a lot of "films." And since you can easily share content via a personal Plex server setup, they decided to centralize their collections of "content," so they could share it without having to be in the same room with each other while viewing these "films."...

PC Perspective article here.

"Rowdy" Ryan Shrout has this to say about the new Corsair Bulldog. "Short squat design." It comes with an AIO CPU cooler, 600w PSU, a Z270 motherboard, and specific fan set profiles. Ryan shows off how to go through the entire build, courtesy of Corsair.

Qualcomm aptX Bluetooth Review: Improving Wireless Sound. https://www.pcper.com/reviews/General-Tech/Qualcomm-aptX-Bluetooth-Review-Improving-Wireless-Sound This is more of a review of aptX Bluetooth technology than the headphones per se. I was thinking of adding some Bluetooth zones in my...

AMD Gains Significant Market Share in Q2 2016 AMD Gains Significant Market Share in Q2 2016 | PC Perspective PCPer article. Go read it as it explains how AMD went from 18.0% market share to 29.9% in one year.

If you get a chance, and have absolutely nothing better to do, you can listen to our good friends over at PCPer.com as they actually drive down the road on their way to QuakeCon in Dallas this weekend.

PCPer Live HTC Vive livestream. Ask him anything. Twitch

I was just reading what Ryan wrote over at PCPer yesterday and the following statement very much got my attention. PC Gaming Shakeup: Ashes of the Singularity, DX12 and the Microsoft Store | PC Perspective I have to say that deep down, one part of me would love to see this happen...