Synology FINALLY Reveal a new WiFi 6 Router – The RT6600ax with 802.11ax and 2.5GbE Yes, you read that correctly. After what seems like forever, the Synology router series is finally receiving its first WiFi 6 enabled solution in the RT6600ax Mesh router system. This, along with the announcement of bigger updates to the Synology […]
Reviewing the Elecgear PS5 Designed Heatsink for SSD Upgrades The Elecgear heatsink for PS5 is an unusual piece of kit, there is no denying it. Every since the option to upgrade the storage on your PS5 via the M.2 SSD expansion bay was activated, many Playstation 5 gamers have had to learn a few new […]
Bargains and Deals on QNAP NAS Drives this Black Friday 2021 If you are reading this, then chances are that you have been waiting for Black Friday 2021 to come around so you can finally get hold of a brand new QNAP NAS. Whether it is a brand new purchase that you have been researching […]
The Best PS5 SSD Upgrades to Buy on Black Friday 2021 Ever since Sony enabled the SSD upgrade slot of the PS5, many buyers have been waiting till the bargain heavy period of Black Friday to finally take the plunge and buy a storage upgrade for their Playstation 5 console. Unlike previous generations of SSD […]
Synology NAS Bargains and Deals this Black Friday 2021 Black Friday is here again and for many of you, this is the final decider on whether you are going to finally buy your very own Synology NAS or upgrade that old DS411+ or DS216+ that is starting to show its age. Synology have been focusing […]
Synology 2022 & Beyond – Video Streamed Event on Thursday 2nd December Good news for anyone who has been wondering about what to expect from Synology in 2022, with the announcement of the global event ‘Synology 2022 and Beyond’, arriving next week. Synology has been hosting live events physically in numerous locations globally for almost […]
Choosing the Right SSD for Your PS5 – Your Questions Answered Upgrading your PS5 with an m.2 SSD to improve your overall available storage is a lot more complex than a lot of people think! In the previous generations of Playstation consoles, the choice was easy (buy a SATA hard drive or SSD – of […]
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 […]