The Hardware Asylum Podcast

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  • Hot Tech Items and Trends that Have Come and Gone over the Past 30 Years

    Published: Sunday, December 24, 2023 - Podcast Hot Tech Items and Trends that Have Come and Gone over the Past 30 Years

    They say the only constant is change and that if things are not changing then you are not growing as a person or society. This has a direct impact on the technology that we use on a regular basis and while some trends may have never been welcome to begin with, there are some that may have left before their time. In this Podcast Extra the duo discusses an article on PC Gamer “30 things PC Gamer has outlived over the past 30 years” and later adds a few items they had missed.

  • Challenges when Streaming Retro PCs and the Ease of Building a Modern One

    Published: Sunday, December 10, 2023 - Podcast Challenges when Streaming Retro PCs and the Ease of Building a Modern One

    Streaming on Twitch or YouTube is extremely easy on modern computers but can be quite a challenge when the technology is a little older. In this episode we talk about the steps needed to stream games from a Retro PC and how easy it has become to build a modern gaming build complete with EK watercooling gear.

  • Build Review of the 50k Oppenheimer Creator PC

    Published: Saturday, November 25, 2023 - Podcast Build Review of the 50k Oppenheimer Creator PC

    We have all built computers before but, there are some people out there looking to take things to the next level and blur the lines between what makes sense and what will get views. This is very much a social medial world and it extends well beyond reasonable PC building. But, is there a limit?

  • Stop the Madness - You are building your PC Wrong

    Published: Friday, November 10, 2023 - Podcast Stop the Madness - You are building your PC Wrong

    There have been some major changes in the PC hardware world and the makers of those components have been slow to adapt. However, the fault is not with the maker of the hardware but rather the consumers, the hardware enthusiasts, the once vocal minority has been enabling the hardware maker with their silence. It might be time to put a stop to it.

  • A Player Review of No Mans Sky and the Different Ways to Play

    Published: Tuesday, October 24, 2023 - Podcast A Player Review of No Mans Sky and the Different Ways to Play

    No Man’s Sky was released in in the middle part of 2016 to largely negative reviews due to the game being overhyped and rushed to release. That is a typical issue with Kickstarter and other crowdfunded projects. However, since the release the developers have been consistently releasing new content while offering new and different ways to play. In this Podcast Extra Darren gives us his review into the current game and his favorite play style.

  • Unboxing Aorus Z790 Elite X 7 WiFi and Predator Hermes DDR5 RGB Memory

    Published: Tuesday, October 17, 2023 - Podcast Unboxing Aorus Z790 Elite X 7 WiFi and Predator Hermes DDR5 RGB Memory

    Last month we talk about the Z790 refresh from Gigabyte Aorus called the Fast Track to Gen X. In this episode we are doing a virtual unboxing of the new Elite 7 X to check out the new features and check out new DDR5 memory from BIWIN called the Predator Hermes with speeds available up to 8000Mhz.