Podcast #265 - XSPC GTX 680 Waterblock, ASUS's DirectCU II Refresh, V-NAND SSDs and more!

PC Perspective Podcast #265 - 08/22/2013

Join us this week as we discuss the XSPC GTX 680 Waterblock, ASUS's DirectCU II Refresh, V-NAND SSDs and more!

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

Program length: 1:17:41

1. Week in Review:
   1. 0:04:30XSPC Razor GTX680 Water block review
   2. 0:08:45ASUS DirectCU II Updated Lineup: NVIDIA GTX 700 Series Edition
   3. 0:29:00Antec High Current Pro Platinum PSU Review
   4. 0:33:30Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 11S Convertible Notebook Review: A Game of Compromises
2. News items of interest:
   1. 0:36:00We gave away some EVGA Pro SLI Bridges!!
   2. 0:37:45Samsung Launches V-NAND SSD for enterprise
   3. 0:45:00Intel to release a new optical interconnect?
      1. Intel still planning stuff for Thunderbolt though
   4. 0:49:10AMD Gains GPU Marketshare from last quarter
      1. Even in add-in only market
   5. 0:55:00EA Origin has a return policy...after SimCity is over
   6. 1:00:00What is an AMD R-series processor?
3. Hardware/Software Picks of the Week:
   1. Ryan:EVGA X79 Dark
   2. Jeremy: Logitech Z506 5.1 Surround Speaker System 75Won sale for Canucksornot quite as good for 'muricans
   3. Josh:Why not? Shiny and New!
   4. Allyn:C64 Direct-to-TV
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7. Closing/outro

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