156: The People's Benchmark

Brad & Will Made a Tech Pod.

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Technology, Tech, Android, Ios, Google, Society & Culture, Electric Car, Smart Phone, Apple, Microsoft, Videogame, Space, Phone, Techpod, Tesla, Science, Video Game, Smartphone, Tech Pod, Games, Amazon

4.8 • 555 Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2022

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

It's been too long since PC World's hardware expert Gordon Mah Ung dropped by, and what better occasion than the big launch of new CPUs from both AMD and Intel? Gordon runs down all his recent experience with the Ryzen 7000 and 13th gen Core parts, sits through a lightning round of hardware vendor Qs, considers whether undervolting is just overclocking for old people, and a bunch more in this loose, wide ranging chat about our first and most enduring love, PC hardware. Support the Pod! Contribute to the Tech Pod Patreon and get access to our booming Discord, your name in the credits, and other great benefits! You can support the show at: https://patreon.com/techpod

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0:00.0	One week to the day, I forgot this Apple Watch.
0:03.1	Uh-huh.
0:04.5	I managed to scuff it right up.
0:07.8	Well, that's fine.
0:08.7	Scuffing adds character.
0:10.1	I, you know what?
0:11.5	Speaking of character, it was extremely uncharacteristic of me that I basically said,
0:16.7	all right, self, now it's just yours.
0:21.3	It didn't get the glass.
0:22.7	It's just the aluminum.
0:24.1	That just means it's yours now.
0:26.1	This is very, this is a, look, Brad, I'm proud of you.
0:28.5	This is, this shows growth and maturity.
0:30.3	I mean, if it had landed on the screen, we would be having a very different conversation right now.
0:34.5	Like, my, my feeling on things that you use and that show that use is that the showing of the
0:41.0	use, like trying to keep everything perfect like it's new out of the box is a,
0:46.5	is a fool's errand.
0:47.7	Yes, you're not wrong.
0:48.5	Because entropy always wins.
0:50.0	You're not wrong.
0:51.4	And, um, but, but more importantly, the, the, the, the device, the thing showing
0:58.0	the use is how character is like the neat thing about old furniture and old computers and is that
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