Synology DS3622xs+ NAS Review – Game Changer? Reviewing the new Synology DS3621xs+ NAS is something that is going to be a little tough, given the huge range of buyers who see this particular server as the ‘ultimate private desktop NAS server’. If you have been looking at moving your mid-to-high sized company data operations away […]
Deals on NAS, DAS, Hard Drives, SSDs and More this Black Friday Week With the Black Friday sales event seemingly starting earlier and earlier every year, some very appealing offers have started to appear already. In order to make sure all these Black Friday offers and promotions are all in one place, me (Robbie) and […]
The QNAP TBS-464 NVMe SSD NAS Drive Review The new NVMe SSD focused NAS Drive from QNAP, the TBS-464, is the first entry by the brand in their largely 2022 focused TS-x64 series and one that certainly left me a tad surprised when it was revealed. The use of SSDs in NAS servers is by […]
Is the Synology DS920+ NAS Still Worth Buying in 2021? First released back in Summer 2020, the Synology DS920+ was the latest generation release for their prosumer 4-Bay NAS series (following the DS918+ and DS916+ before) and quickly gained considerable acclaim. Although not an enormous deviation from its predecessor, it arrived with greater support of […]
Review of the Addlink A90 PCIe Gen 4 NVMe SSD The Addlink A90 is an unusual SSD, to say the least, with its promise of PCIe performance at a price tag approaching that of PCIe3. In the short period of time that Sony has enabled the PS5 m.2 NVMe SSD Expansion bay, around 30-35 mainline […]
PS5 SSD Expansion Testing with the Titanium Micro TH7175 SSD Although not really a brand that is heard of much in the gaming arena, Titanium Micro have a full range of SSD solutions that are all too familiar to enterprise SSD hardware clients. However, their recent TH7175 SSD has the potential to be a great […]
Seagate 20TB Irownolf Pro and EXOS Hard Drives for NAS/Server It’s been in the pipeline for a while (originally revealed way back in Jan 2020 with hopes of arriving in Q1 2020 and developed deployed in the background since) that Seagate has had a planned 20 Terabyte 3.5″ SATA and SAS hard drive for 24×7 […]
Asustor Drivestor 2 Review – Low-Cost Cloud Alternative? With Network Attached Storage (NAS) becoming such a well established and easy to use alternative to cloud services like Google Drive and Dropbox, it comes as no surprise that most brands in this industry need to be quite diverse in their portfolio. In the same way that […]
Review of the Sabrent Rocket Q4 PCIe Gen 4 NVMe SSD The versatility of modern SSDs is something that continues to evolve. Whether you are buying an SSD for its price tag, its speed, its durability or its sheer size, there is almost certainly an SSD that fits your needs. Now that the latest generation […]
PS5 SSD Expansion Testing with the Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus SSD Whether you are looking at upgrading the SSD on your PS5 because you are running out of space or because you heard that some SSDs can increase load times for your favourite games, it is always going to be sensible to spend a few […]
Comparing the WD Red SN700 vs Seagate Ironwolf 525 SSD – Which Should You Use in Your NAS? Utilizing NVMe SSDs inside your Network Attached Storage (NAS) drive is the opulent and business-only option that it once was! Many new and existing users are looking at the performance benefits of populating dedicated available NVMe SSD […]
D-Link DWA-X1850 WiFi 6 USB Dongle Review – Ground Breaking or Wallet Shaking? Why would you be interested in the D-Link DWA-X1850 USB Wifi adapter? It’s a fair question. Now that we live in an almost entirely internet-connected age, it is fair to say that most users take for granted that the devices they buy […]
Review of the PNY XLR8 CS3040 PCIe Gen 4 NVMe SSD Solid-state drives (SSD) have been a boom for home and business users alike. The obvious reason is that end users have been able to enjoy increasingly faster data access speeds with each passing year, but an often overlooked consequence of SSD innovation has been […]
PS5 SSD Expansion Testing with the Samsung 980 Pro SSD The Samsung 980 Pro was one of the earliest PCIe 4.0 SSDs to hit the market, back in Autumn 2020. Despite the drive arriving on the market before the PS5 itself AND being almost a whole year since its formal commercial release, it is still […]
Review of the Patriot Viper VP4300 PCIe Gen 4 NVMe SSD The Patriot Viper VP4300 SSD is an example of how technology can evolve once the existing boundaries of what we consider ‘the best’ gets challenged. When PCIe Gen 4 NVMe SSDs arrived on the scene, some of the earliest brand entries into this blisteringly […]
New QNAP TBS-464 NVMe SSD NAS Revealed Why are there no NVMe SSD NAS systems out there for home and prosumer users? That is a question that many have asked in the comments over on YouTube, here on the blog and over on the ‘socials’ for the last few years. With NVMe SSDs becoming increasingly […]
Review of the Seagate Ironwolf 525 M.2 NVMe SSD for NAS Drives When Seagate first announced the Ironwolf 525 SSD, the reception was definitely warmer than when NAS server optimized SSDs were first raised back in 2017/2018. The idea of an SSD that is specifically targeted towards NAS use is something that many are starting […]
Review of the Addlink A95 PCIe Gen 4 NVMe SSD To say that there have been a lot of SSD brands fighting for association with PS5 as a desirable upgrade for this console system would be quite an understatement. Although there are numerous supported SSDs that have been available on the market (some longer than […]
Two New Synology Desktop 12-Bay NAS – The DS3622xs+ and DS2422+ NAS Drive Great news for anyone who has been waiting the long, LONG time that has passed since Synology released a follow up to the formidable DS3617xs NAS back in 2016/2017, with the reveal of the long-awaited DS3622xs+ NAS. A 12-Bay Desktop NAS system […]
New QNAP HS-264 NAS Coming – Latest Entry to the Popular Silent NAS Series I think it would be fair to say that QNAP has quite a lot of NAS hardware under their belt. From rackmount monster servers to petite desktop value systems, they have released a wide variety of solutions over the years. However, […]