PCPer Podcast #101 - AMD Turbo Core, the ASUS Xonar HDAV1.3, ACHI vs IDE in SSDs, Viewer Questions and more!

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This week we talk about AMD's Turbo Core Technology, the ASUS Xonar HDAV

1.3, ACHI vs IDE with SSDs, the ASUS ARES dual HD 5870 card, Viewer

Questions, Our Hardware/Software Picks of the Week and more!

 

URL: http://pcper.com/podcast

 

Program schedule:

 

* 0:01:01 Introduction

* 1-888-38-PCPER or podcast ( -at -) pcper.com

* http://pcper.com/podcast

* http://twitter.com/ryanshrout and http://twitter.com/pcper

* 0:02:00 Contest winners at the end of the show!

* 0:04:02 AMD's Turbo Core Technology

* 0:11:45 This episode is brought to you by: Carbonite Online Backup -

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* 0:15:30 Asus Xonar HDAV 1.3 Deluxe Review: The Penultimate HTPC

Soundcard?

* 0:26:22 Benchmark Performance SSD Testing: AHCI vs IDE (or perhaps

not)

* 0:36:27 This Podcast is also brought to you by MSI Computer, and

their Big Bang series of motherboards.

* 0:38:10 ASUS ARES Graphics Card is true dual HD 5870 goodness

* 0:42:24 GIGABYTE First With Motherboard iPad Recharging Capability

* 0:45:32 Intel Q1 2010 Earnings

* 0:50:36 Intel could have 6-series chipsets ready in Q1 2011

* 0:59:03 New MacBook Pro Hardware

1. The GPU system in the new MBPs does not use Optimus

* 1:04:42 Email from Alec about water cooling

* 1:12:28 Email from Jesus about system building

* 1:20:23 Email from Daniel about a bad experience with HD 5870

* 1:31:06 Hardware / Software Pick of the Week

1. Ryan: ASUS U30Jc

2. Jeremy: The Third Age: Total War conversion for Total War:

Medieval 2

3. Josh: GIGABYTE GA-770TA-UD3 Motherboard

4. Allyn: Ninite

5. Colleen: StarCraft 2 Beta

* 1:39:27 100th Episode Contest Winners

1. GTX 285: James White

2. P7P55D Premium: Ross Beck (oak in chat)

3. P7P55D Deluxe: Galen Godsil

4. N13U 802.11n Router with Printer support: Michael Johnson

5. HDP-R1 O!Play: Steve Salazar

6. Xonar DS: Dan Olson

7. Xonar HDAV 1.3: Brian (Besweeet)

* 1-888-38-PCPER or podcast ( -at -) pcper.com

* http://pcper.com/podcast

* http://twitter.com/ryanshrout and http://twitter.com/pcper

* 1:41:32 Closing

 

Thanks for a post!

 

Ryan Shrout

PC Perspective