PCPer Podcast 868: New Ryzen X3D, NVIDIA Prints Money, RTX 5090 Price Hike, Noctua Home, and MORE

Why It Matters

Nvidia’s blowout quarter and capital-return strategy signal outsized near‑term influence on semiconductor markets, investor returns and platform priorities (AI/data‑center first), while AMD’s X3D refreshes matter for gaming and performance competition on AM5. Together these trends will shape pricing, product roadmaps and competitive dynamics across CPUs and GPUs.

Summary

The PCPer Podcast covered recent industry moves including a leaked AMD Ryzen 7 7700 X3D — an 8-core AM5 chip with 96 MB of L3 3D V‑Cache, 4.5–5.0 GHz boost range and a 120W TDP — and an in-depth reaction to Nvidia’s staggering quarterly results. Hosts noted Nvidia’s record revenue surge driven by data‑center demand, sky‑high margins, aggressive $80B share‑buyback plans and management’s push to scale a CPU business targeting ~$20B annually. The conversation framed Nvidia as effectively “printing money” while AMD continues to push X3D variants across platforms. Lighter segments included community updates and gear/consumer anecdotes.

Original Description

Recorded May 20, 2026.

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

1:04 Patreon

1:26 Food with Josh

3:10 New Ryzen X3D already?

5:16 NVIDIA just made more money than ever

11:52 RTX 5090 price increase

16:41 EFI partitions and Windows Update

19:57 Noctua Home - adding fans to everything in your life

22:57 Linux drops more vintage CPU support

26:35 Vintage style ROG motherboard

30:39 (In)Security Corner

44:30 Gaming Quick Hit

47:20 Jeremy explores the Lepro OE1 RGB floor lamp

52:12 Picks of the Week

1:00:29 Outro