PCIe 5.0 SSDs only benefit two workloads, and gaming isn't one of them
… PCIe 5.0 storage does, however, benefit heavy file transfer and productivity workloads, more than justifying the investment in these cases. …
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Your next storage upgrade shouldn't be an SSD — not for the next two years
… If tons of such data is hoarding space on your SSDs, then offloading it to a hard drive will not only free up precious SSD storage, but also slash your investment in a new drive. …
It's not just you — MSI's confession proves it's the worst year ever for PC hardware
… More efficient AI models could also result in panic selling, further cooling RAM and storage prices. …
Used enterprise workstations are the home lab upgrade everyone overlooks
… This makes running a ZFS storage pool or anything mission-critical that requires long uptime way more viable. …
I added a second Ethernet port to my NAS and finally stopped fighting network slowdowns
… Over time though, I've been using my NAS as more than just a storage box. …
Updating my SSD's firmware fixed a chronic Windows problem that nothing else did
… Samsung 990 EVO Plus 8 /10 Storage capacity 1TB, 2TB, 4TB Hardware Interface PCIe Gen 4 x4 / Gen 5 x2 TBW 600TB per TB DRAM N/A $500 at Amazon $359 at Newegg Stay on top of your SSD's firmware You don't need to update your SSD firmware as frequently as your OS and drivers, but don't delay it for to… …
Your motherboard's fancy specs don't matter nearly as much as you think
… At one point, I convinced myself that paying extra for a premium motherboard would dramatically improve my experience, even when my actual usage barely benefited from those additions. …
My $3000 Windows PC felt broken until I disabled these 4 things
… The difference was immediate; nothing dramatic, but it was enough to make the system feel responsive again. …
Claude Code is powerful, but this one setting made it far more useful for real projects
… Educators can dramatically speed up course development without any technical background. …
Nintendo built the 3DS to be unhackable, but a $5 puzzle game and a QR code proved them wrong
… The ROP chain modified the pointer to read "YS:/Launcher.dat" instead, which resolved to the SD card rather than internal storage. …