PC Perspective Podcast #209 – 07/12/2012
Join us this week as we talk about Thunderbolt Performance on Windows, the new Western Digital Red Hard Drives, a passively cooled GTX 680 and more!
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Hosts: Ryan Shrout, Jeremy Hellstrom, Josh Walrath and Allyn Malvantano
This Podcast is brought to you by MSI!
Program length: 1:15:06
Program Schedule:
- Introduction
- 1-888-38-PCPER or podcast@pcper.com
- https://pcper.com/podcast
- http://twitter.com/ryanshrout and http://twitter.com/pcper
- Quakecon – we need Tshirt ideas!!
- 00:05:45 Thunderbolt Performance on Windows with ASUS P8Z77-V Premium
- 00:17 Gigabyte G1.Sniper M3 Motherboard Review
- 00:18:30 AMD, Vishera and Beyond!
- 00:26:45 HP Envy 14 Spectre Review
- 00:28:30 Western Digital Red 3TB NAS HDD Review
- 00:41:51 This Podcast is brought to you by MSI!
- 00:42:45 Passively cooled GTX 680 anyone?
- 00:45:45 Windows 8 Pro will run you $39
- 00:50:00 Overclocking makes your system less stable…duhhh
- 00:57:00 ASUS and Gigabyte raise warranty times
- 00:58:30 Mid-range Kepler rumors
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01:03:03 Hardware / Software Pick of the Week
- Ryan: ThunderboltEX from ASUS
- Jeremy: I like this Lenovo X220 work stuck me with
- Josh: Like I need another time sink
- Allyn: WD Red
- 1-888-38-PCPER or podcast@pcper.com
- https://pcper.com/podcast
- http://twitter.com/ryanshrout and http://twitter.com/pcper
- Closing
For those of you that prefer the video version, see below:
The RSS link is a 404.
The RSS link is a 404.
Mp3 link takes me to podcast
Mp3 link takes me to podcast 208.
Fixed!
Fixed!
I guess the “more” part was
I guess the “more” part was the screeching cats….lol
Ryan, I still use my ZuneHD
Ryan, I still use my ZuneHD and your damn awesome podcast is empty on Zune market place. I am sad and upset. I like listening to you all make fun of Josh. And I must say keep it up. Well good news is that This Week In Computer Hardware is still coming to me.
It downloads to my Zune every
It downloads to my Zune every week…??
oops : )
oops : )
RSS feed not working still on
RSS feed not working still on Android Beyond POD. Says feed has no content.
Zune software displays a
Zune software displays a download error for the podcast feed stating the feed is not formatted correctly and gives the error code C00D1312. This from the marketplace and adding the RSS feed manually to the software.
I can comfirm there seems to
I can comfirm there seems to be a problem with the rss feed for people using
Android Beyond POD 🙁
Zune is telling me the
Zune is telling me the podcast is in an unsupported format and will not allow me to download. 🙁
How about now? I found a
How about now? I found a missing "<" in the RSS file…
Trying from my WP7 via
Trying from my WP7 via marketplace giving me.
Problem completing your request, try again later.
Error Code: 80320015
Hi Ryan, is there a reason
Hi Ryan, is there a reason the link isn’t up on your main website???
Sorry Ryan, by link I mean
Sorry Ryan, by link I mean embedded video…
It’s up there now 😉
It's up there now 😉
Hey Allyn, I heard the
Hey Allyn, I heard the comments about red vs green WD drives on when to use them.. (really Red is better in general, but Green OK for single drives)..
Would you still use definitely recommend Red or “NAS style drives” in RAID 10?
After a few RAID 5 failures over the years here, I’ve learned the Ryan-way .. that 10>5 :). (Currently using older WD 1 TB drives that allow TLER to be manually set.. in RAID 10)
Yes, I recommend them for
Yes, I recommend them for RAID-10. Basically any configuration where there is a rebuild process involved in recovery. I'd only recommend Green's for individual or RAID-0, but RAID-0 with HDD's is a bit of a deathwish as you're multiplying the failure possibility as you add drives.
I liked the comment halfway
I liked the comment halfway through – ‘If you’re watching the video version, er, trust me – something magical happened on the audio version.’
Not too sure that an advert recorded on a ‘phone counts as something magical…unless the ‘phone was an iPhone, of course 😉