The ultimate home lab server for 8-bay NAS and to host multiple VMs. | This is my ultimate DIY NAS build of 2025. It packs 8x hot-swap 3.5-inch disk bays, a decent Pentium Gold 8505, 64 GB of RAM, and enough NVMe ...
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Category: Technology
All technology things, computers, networking, IT security, etc.
The best 8-bay ITX case for DIY NAS projects. | I’ve built clunky NAS using tower cases in the past. However, for my NAS build this time around, I wanted something diminutive. Ideally, it would be something as ...
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Excellent motherboard choice for a NAS and home server. | The soul of any DIY NAS system has got to be its motherboard. After deciding to build a new NAS a few months ago, I spent some time to research the parts I ...
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The largely unplanned Wi-Fi, router, switch, PCs, NAS, and monitor upgrade. | We’re only two months into 2025, but I’ve already got quite a few home tech upgrades that I want to talk about. Many of them ...
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Need the best Wi-Fi 7 for 6 GHz devices? | Got a fancy new laptop or smartphone with Wi-Fi 7? Looking to upgrade your home Wi-Fi to support them? ASUS has Wi-Fi 7 covered with several great options, such as the ...
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Intel processors can have excellent battery life too. | Need an ultraportable with a seriously good battery life? These days, you’ve got quite a few choices. The new ASUS Zenbook S 14 UM5406 wants to add to ...
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Powerful whole-home mesh Wi-Fi that's super easy to setup. | Whole-home Wi-Fi systems are often complicated to setup. eero stands out by enabling consumers who don’t have much network know-how to setup powerful ...
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I really like tiny PCs. This GMKtec K8 Plus replaces my Intel NUC 11. | I’ve been intrigued by mini PCs every since I got the Intel NUC 11. I was disappointed when Intel gave up the NUC business to ASUS. When it ...
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The 10 Gbps XGSPON SFP+ transceiver plugs directly into your own router. | My home broadband has been out-of-contract for over a year. Although my 1 Gbps plan was good enough, I was in intrigued by all the new plans, ...
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Another tracker for the Google Find My Device network. | With Google’s Find My Device (FMD) network expanded to use crowdsourcing to locate devices and 3rd party tracker tags earlier this year, it finally makes ...
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