It's time for the PCPer Mailbag, our weekly show where Ryan and the team answer your questions about the tech industry, the latest and greatest GPUs, the process of running a tech review website, and more!

On today's show:

00:40 – Mid-range/budget Coffee Lake motherboards?

02:22 – Bitlocker performance hit?

05:05 – Optane for page file?

06:36 – GPU production, costs, and mining?

09:19 – Dissuade miners with offsetting GPU price increases and rebates?

12:08 – Higher end Ryzen APUs?

14:32 – Faster GDDR eliminating the need for HBM?

17:24 – Re-testing old GPUs after Meltdown/Spectre fixes?

19:20 – AMD comeback in discrete GPU market?

21:44 – Why do Metldown/Spectre patches negatively affect performance?

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