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The Hardware Asylum Podcast

Dennis Garcia

Just two guys talking tech, Dennis and Darren are experienced hardware reviewers, gamers and overclockers bringing you some of the latest tech dirt in the hardware world.

Episodes

20 of 332 episodes

Gaming is More Than the PC and it is Time to Upgrade

We often talk about building the ultimate gaming PC and the importance of the right video card selection or picking the best motherboard but...

00:34:43Sep 24, 2026

Is AGI Here or is it Really Just OpenClaw

In this episode Dennis dives into his usage and research of OpenClaw the locally run personal AI agent that is really only as powerful as th...

00:37:43Sep 14, 2026

Death of Physical Media and 8K Gaming - Part 2

In this continued Podcast extra the duo continues to discuss the death of physical media and provide some opinions as to why the market has...

00:33:03Aug 24, 2026

Death of Physical Media and 8K Gaming - Part 1

There has been a major change in the world of media with companies and consumers actually preferring to have everything cloud ready. For com...

00:30:26Aug 10, 2026

Hardware Asylum at Computex 2026

When it comes to trade shows for the computer hardware enthusiast there are two major ones. First is the Consumer Electronics Show followed...

00:38:48Jul 10, 2026

Wearable AI for the Early Adopter with Looki L1

For the past few weeks Dennis has been testing the Looki L1 wearable AI device. This proactive wearable AI was making headlines during CES a...

00:27:14Jul 6, 2026

Streaming Retro Games with Real Retro Hardware

Streaming games on Twitch has become really simple with the variety of tools available, capture cards and streaming software. In this episod...

00:30:45Jun 10, 2026

Building a Budget Gaming PC in 2026

We get gaming PC questions quite often and decided to revisit the process of building a budget gaming pc for the most popular games of 2025....

00:30:42May 24, 2026

PC Board Game Crossovers that are Actually Good

It is not uncommon for board games to become a video game, one famous example is Dungeons and Dragons where the tabletop experience and adve...

00:33:40May 10, 2026

Protecting Yourself from Router Attacks

Recently there have been changes to the import rules for routers due to prolific security issues that shouldn’t have been there to begin wit...

00:29:46Apr 24, 2026

Latest Audio Trends and A Sound Solution Looking for A Problem

Over the past several years we have watched as the motherboard audio solution slowly started to become less advanced in favor of a two-port...

00:30:25Apr 10, 2026

Podcast Machine Cooling Upgrades and One Strange Custom Keyboard

One of the constants in the enthusiast PC world is that builds change and in this episode the duo discuss the recent cooling upgrades made t...

00:32:29Mar 24, 2026

Extreme Reader Mail Part 2 - Mystery Box

While the Retro PC projects have slowed, we still get excited for when old hardware happens to show up. In this episode we do another blind...

00:33:28Mar 10, 2026

Building an AI Voice Assistant with a Raspberry Pi

One of the biggest challenges related to AI is finding something to use it for. The most popular option are chatbots but many find success w...

00:36:38Feb 24, 2026

Cases Casemodding and QuakeCon – A Modders Tale

The enthusiast PC world is full of early innovation that shaped later products and even trends in the industry. In this episode we talk with...

00:34:36Feb 15, 2026

Memory Shortage Impact on the Desktop PC

In this episode the we talk about a very interesting question that was sent in related to the current PC component prices and if it makes se...

00:34:18Feb 10, 2026

AAA Hall of Shame – Biggest Game Disasters in History

As gaming enthusiasts, we have all bought games that never lived up to the hype. Sure, the reviews were good but once it was installed it tu...

00:28:41Jan 24, 2026

Consumer Electronics Show 2026 Highlights

The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is the largest tech focused trade show in the US and happens right after New Years. While PC hardware is...

00:52:26Jan 19, 2026

Best Holiday Games to Play for 2025

In this episode we get and overview of some of the latest games that Darren has been playing, the challenges associated with them and how be...

00:42:59Dec 10, 2025

Hardware Asylum Podcast Upgrades

It has been fifteen years since the first Ninjalane Podcast went live and while we have grown as content creators so has our equipment choic...

00:29:31Nov 24, 2025