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There are two primary ways to get a Network Attached Storage (NAS). You could buy an off-the-shelf NAS appliance. Alternatively, since a NAS is really just a PC with many hard disks, you could also make one out of a standard PC. ...
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After installing FreeNAS recently, I suddenly recalled the horrors from my experience with PC memory errors. Once upon a time, I had been very perplexed by frequent crashes of my Linux server until it finally dawned on me to test ...
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I am a strong proponent for buying a good power supply unit (PSU). Even if it may cost more capital outlay initially, you will save money from utility bills in the long run, especially when you are running a 24×7 sort of ...
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If you’re a serious hard-core gamer, you’re going to love ASUS’ new ROG GT51. This gaming desktop is liquid-cooled, and the first to feature the latest 2-way SLI NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan X graphics card and the ...
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This is the Jetway AD3RTLANG, a daughterboard with three Gigabit Ethernet ports for supported types of Jetway motherboards. These are useful when you need to add more LAN ports to your project, such as when you want to build ...
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I have been writing a series of posts about building a small standalone pfSense box. The enclosure (casing) and the power supply has been covered. This one is now getting into the core of it — the motherboard itself. ...
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USB hubs are aplenty. If you use a computer, chances are you have a USB hub. However, most USB hubs are still of the USB 2.0 variety. Many computers nowadays include one or more USB 3.0 port to support much faster data transfer ...
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This picoPSU is probably the world’s smallest ATX power supply. If you are building a small computer, where small form factor is of the essence, then this tiny little PSU could be something very interesting to you. ...
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If you build your own computer, you’ll know that the enclosure (i.e. casing) is one of the many components that you need to choose. For some people, the enclosure is unimportant, so anything “cheap and works” is ...
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I’ve blogged about this before. But every time I open up my PC casing, I’m mighty pleased with what I decided to buy a couple of years back. It wasn’t the cheapest PC casing around, but it was something that was ...
