In This Episode:
🔥 How Fast Can You Build a PC? – Kicking things off with a discussion on PC building speed and efficiency.
https://www.pcworld.com/article/2605289/the-winner-of-newegg-pc-building-race-finished-in-under-5-minutes.html
⚔️ WoW Classic Guild Disaster – A personal story about a guild gone wrong. What should I do next?
🎉 New Year, New CKP! – We're going live every episode and expanding our discussions to more general tech topics while keeping our Linux nerd roots! Could this finally be the year we dive deep into game development?

Tech & Gaming Topics:
🖥️ Josh’s New GPU & Frame Generation – Thoughts on the AMD 7800XT and frame generation improvements.
💰 AMD 9070XT Price Leaks – What do the latest rumors tell us about AMD’s upcoming GPU pricing?
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/us-retailer-lists-rx-9070-and-rx-9070-xt-starting-at-usd649-and-usd749-march-6-launch-date-confirmed
💀 RTX 5090 Dying After Driver Installation?! – Recent reports suggest driver issues might be killing RTX 5090 & 5080 cards. We break down the news. (Source: PCWorld)
https://www.pcworld.com/article/2597674/rtx-5090-and-5080-cards-are-dying-likely-due-to-recent-driver-update.html

00:00:00 - When was the last time we went live?
00:03:22 - Focusrite audio issues
00:04:55 - How fast can you build a PC
00:11:35 - Show intro (should we stream to Twitch?)
00:14:20 - What browser should Bo use?
00:16:19 - Wow Classic guild disaster
00:28:00 - CKP plans for 2025
00:41:00 - New GPU and GPU prices are wild
00:59:00 - Speculation on the GPU market
01:06:00 - Bo buying his first GPU
01:10:00 - GPUs are a speculative market now
01:12:20 - AI both helps and hurts the GPU market
01:16:00 - Nvidia driver update bricks 50 series GPUs
01:20:00 - Episode outro

Let us know your thoughts in the comments! What’s your dream PC build speed? Have you had WoW Classic guild drama? Are you excited about upcoming GPUs? Drop your opinions below!

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Steam Next Fest Feb 21-28th
https://store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfest
Still waiting to purchase my steam deck.
Valve is testing native Linux games to decide if the native version runs better than proton.
https://www.techradar.com/news/steam-deck-will-run-native-linux-games-where-it-makes-sense
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/02/valve-clarifies-how-they-test-native-linux-or-proton-for-steam-deck/
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/valve-is-testing-native-linux-ports-for-the-steam-deck-in-addition-to-proton/
GPU prices showing signs of normalizing
https://www.techspot.com/article/2418-gpu-pricing-2022-update/
Hacker steals 1.7 million worth of NFTs from Opensea customers
https://www.techspot.com/news/93481-hacker-steals-over-17-million-worth-nfts-opensea.html
Master Chief’s face to be revealed in new Paramount+ series
https://www.techspot.com/news/93479-gaming-icon-master-chief-face-revealed-new-halo.html
Nobara Project
https://nobaraproject.org/

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"Bit Quest" and "Basic Implosion" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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