The Hardware Asylum Podcast

All Podcast Episodes

  • Computex 2025 Coverage Part 2: The Modern Retro is Real

    Published: Tuesday, June 10, 2025 - Podcast Computex 2025 Coverage Part 2: The Modern Retro is Real

    In this episode we continue our coverage of Computex 2025 and discuss more vendors and their contributions to AI and furthering the modern PC usage and development. There were a few vendors experimenting with bringing back some nostalgia by reviving old product lines or creating something truly retro.

  • Computex 2025 Coverage Part 1: Kavalan Fueled Revisit to Computex 2010

    Published: Tuesday, June 10, 2025 - Podcast Computex 2025 Coverage Part 1: Kavalan Fueled Revisit to Computex 2010

    In this episode the duo takes a whiskey fueled look back to Computex 2010 which was the same year Kavalan distilled the spirit consumed during this recording. There is also some talk about current computer hardware but, who wants to listen to that?

  • Using Private Open Source AI Models on Hardware Asylum

    Published: Thursday, April 24, 2025 - Podcast Using Private Open Source AI Models on Hardware Asylum

    In this episode the duo talks about using open-source AI models on the new Ninjalane server and discuss some of the ways you can easily customize them for different uses from building out tailored documents to planning your D&D campaign. While hosting your own private AI sounds complicated the overall process is actually rather straightforward, provided you have the correct hardware to run them.

  • Amazing Video Cards Being Bought of the Back of Trucks

    Published: Thursday, April 10, 2025 - Podcast Amazing Video Cards Being Bought of the Back of Trucks

    For media people attending tradeshows is often a necessary part of the business. It not only allows you to see some of the latest tech but also talk with industry professionals about new things due to be released. It also has a side benefit that, sometimes, you can buy expensive hardware at bargain prices if, you are comfortable with a little cloak and dagger.

  • Explosive Growth of Game Content Might be too much for Modern Gamers

    Published: Monday, March 24, 2025 - Podcast Explosive Growth of Game Content Might be too much for Modern Gamers

    It is no surprise to know that games have gotten bigger over the years. What might have fit on a single disk now can take days to download and will likely get updated in less than a week. Technology has paved the way to do more with our digital entertainment and some experts are saying that we have already gone past the tipping point between what gamers what and gamers get.

  • More Hardware Asylum Upgrades – Enterprise Servers

    Published: Friday, March 14, 2025 - Podcast More Hardware Asylum Upgrades – Enterprise Servers

    It would seem that 2025 is the year of the upgrade, first new Podcast machine for recording the show and other lab related activities. Some personal builds and now a replacement server to host Hardwareasylum.com and Ninjalane.com. The question is, how is a datacenter hosted server different from a desktop PC?