The Hardware Asylum Podcast
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Are Sound Bars Good Enough for your Home Theater
Published: Saturday, August 10, 2024 - PodcastIn this episode the duo dive back into the topic of sound quality and if sound bars are really all that good or just cleaver marking combined with the placebo effect. There is some truth to each side and after some in-depth real-world testing they are here with a verdict.
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A Major Shift in the Desktop Personal Computer is Coming
Published: Tuesday, July 23, 2024 - PodcastBased on what Dennis saw during Computex 2024 there is a very good chance that the era of the DIY personal computer is finally coming to an end. Of course, there will always be ways to build a computer however, we noticed that then hardware makers gave up on competitive overclocking it killed an entire niche from the enthusiast PC sector and now it is happing on the gaming side. In this episode the duo discusses the writing on the wall and paint some pictures on what the future could be.
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Computex 2024 Coverage Part 3: Wonderful Overkill AI Motherboards and Retro Displays
Published: Wednesday, July 10, 2024 - PodcastThis is part 3 of our Computex 2024 coverage. A common theme for Computex 2024 was AI and sadly the absence of Gaming and/or Overclocking hardware. Despite this there were a few interesting and overkill motherboards followed by purely custom power supplies and retro matrix displays on coolers.
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Computex 2024 Coverage Part 2: Massive Racks and Small Memory
Published: Friday, July 5, 2024 - PodcastThis is part 2 of our Computex 2024 coverage. As mentioned in the previous episode, there wasn’t much in the way of gaming hardware on the show floor but there was plenty of AI accessories and hardware available along with example of the new CAMM2 memory modules designed for ultra-portable computers.
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Computex 2024 Coverage Part 1: the Calm Before the Storm plus Nvidia
Published: Monday, July 1, 2024 - PodcastIt has been a while since Hardware Asylum was at Computex and the 2024 edition of this global technology show did not disappoint. NVIDIA had their keynote the day before Computex opened followed by an AMD keynote to kick the show off. After that Dennis visited with Gigabyte, Corsair, beQuiet during the first hours of the event.
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Building a Budget Gaming PC Using Steam Survey Stats
Published: Saturday, May 25, 2024 - PodcastHave you ever wondered how your build stacks up against EVERYONE else playing Steam games? Well, the Steam Hardware Survey can give you that data and the results are shocking, to say the least. In this episode we use the April 2024 Steam Hardware Survey to build the ultimate gaming PC according to gamers from around the world.
