PC Perspective Podcast #500 - 05/24/18

Join us this week for discussion on Steam cache, Ultra ultra wide Samsung monitor, and more!

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Hosts: Ryan Shrout, Allyn Malventano, Jeremy Hellstrom, Josh Walrath

Peanut Gallery: Ken Addison, Alex Lustenberg

Program length: 1:55:11






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0:06:45 EVGA and PC Perspective Massive May Giveaway!


0:07:30 We reminisce about 500 episodes...


Week in Review:



0:16:10 Building a Steam Caching Server for Faster Game Downloads


0:25:00 Corsair RMx Series 850W Power Supply Review


0:27:40 Samsung C49HG90 49-in Ultrawide FreeSync 2 Monitor Review: How Wide is too Wide?


0:42:45 Logitech G513 Carbon Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Review




News items of interest:



0:45:30 Spectre 3a and Spectre 4 Unfortunately Announced…


0:51:00 Samsung Updates 2018 QLED TVs with FreeSync Support


0:56:15 Acer's new FreeSync Nitro displays


0:58:30 ASUS Unveils Pricing, Availability for PG27UQ HDR-enabled G-SYNC Display


1:03:30 Acer Predator X27 4K G-SYNC HDR Monitor listed on Newegg


1:09:05 Surprise and demand; DRAM orders fell over the last month!


1:10:27 Intel, Micron Jointly Announce QLC NAND FLASH, 96-Layer 3D Development


1:15:30 NZXT Announces H500 and H500i Cases with Tempered Glass


1:17:30 NVIDIA Launches GTX 1050 3GB for Budget Gamers


1:21:45 Meet the Intel Z390 chipset


1:30:50 Cryorig Shows Off Frostbit M.2 Cooler Ahead of Computex




Picks of the Week:



1:37:30 Ryan: The VOID - Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire


1:45:15 Jeremy: Xbox Adaptive Controller


1:47:25 Josh: How cheap can we go?


1:49:10 Allyn: Last chance (hours!) for Myst 25th Anniversary Kickstarter!




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