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Real Name

Josh Walrath

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Managing Editor

Location

Laramie, WY. USA

Bio

Josh started writing about the computer field in 1997, opened his own site in 1999 (Penstarsys.com), and joined PC Perspective in 2008.  He handles a lot of the general tech and some of the deep dives into products such as CPUs and GPUs.  He appears on the PC Perspective Podcast live every Wednesday night at 10 PM ET/7 PM PT.

You can find Josh on PC Perspective as well as:

• Email: jwalrath@pcper.com
• Google+: http://gplus.to/joshwalrath
• Twitter: http://twitter.com/JoshDWalrath

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Member for

2 years 5 weeks

Recent Posts

Recent Posts

Intel's Broadwell Goes BGA Only: Implications for Future Desktops

11/27/2012 - 18:29

The sky is falling.  Does this mean that Chicken Little is panicking for no reason or is Chicken Little the Cassandra of our time?  It has been widely reported that Intel will not be offering the next generation Broadwell architecture as a LGA...

Dell XPS One 27 All-in-One System Review: Big Screen, One Wire

11/19/2012 - 17:42

  Reviewers, at times, can be somewhat myopic.  I speak for myself in this particular instance.  My job as a writer is to test hardware on a daily basis, and as such I have a very keen understanding (or so I hope) of the intricacies of...

Performance Metrics

11/19/2012 - 13:34

  It is pretty well known that oftentimes OEM machines are detuned a bit to make them more stable.  This particular situation is further pushed ahead due to the design of the XPS One and its thermal/power constraints.  It uses the i7 3770S...

Further Impressions and Conclusion

11/14/2012 - 22:26

 

More Features and Overall Impressions

11/14/2012 - 22:25

  Memory sizes go from 6GB at the low end to 16 GB at the top.  Optical drives range from CD/DVD writer combos to the top end Blu-ray reader and DVD-writer.  Hard drives go from 1.5 TB single units to the combination 30 GB Samsung SSD...

AMD FX-8350 and FX-6300 Processor Review: Vishera Breaks Cover

10/23/2012 - 00:00

  Bulldozer is the word.  Ok, perhaps it is not “the” word, but it is “a” word.  When AMD let that little codename slip some years back, AMD enthusiasts and tech journalists started to salivate about the...

Conclusion

10/22/2012 - 22:58

  When I first heard about Vishera last year, I was excited for AMD, especially in light of how disappointing Bulldozer/Zambezi turned out to be.  Piledriver was supposed to cure all ills with Bulldozer, and allow the architecture to fly free....

Power, Overclocking, and Heat

10/22/2012 - 22:57

  Power AMD has worked very hard in controlling their power consumption, but it has not always been easy.  While Zambezi stayed within TDP limits at stock speeds, it could really suck the juice when overclocked. [inline:files/review/2012-10-22/...

Results: Skyrim and 3D Mark 2011

10/22/2012 - 22:56

  Skyrim This title is CPU bound when using a relatively high end GPU.  A manual runthrough was captured with FRAPS.  Settings are put to 1280x960 with Ultra level graphics, 8X AA, and 16X AF. [inline:files/review/2012-10-22/skyrim-1280....

Results: 7-Zip and Valve Benchmarks

10/22/2012 - 22:55

  7 Zip This open source file extractor and compressor has a very handy benchmark to show the relative MIPS of differing processors and thread counts. [inline:files/review/2012-10-22/7zip.png]

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