TrueNAS vs Unraid for Your First Home NAS
You have decided to build a home NAS instead of buying an off-the-shelf box, which...
Storage & Memory
SSD, NVMe, RAM and storage guides for gaming PCs: speed versus capacity, DDR4 versus DDR5, installation steps and compatibility checks.
What Is a Hot Spare Drive in a NAS and Do You Need One
When you configure a multi-drive NAS, you will run into the option to designate a...
Can a Slow SSD Cause Traversal Stutter in Games
You are sprinting across a huge open world and the frame time hitches every few...
What NAND Layer Count Means for SSD Performance
SSD marketing loves a big number, and lately that number is layers: 176-layer, 232-layer, and...
What Is ZFS and Is It Worth It for a Home NAS
When you research building a home NAS, one word keeps appearing in every forum thread:...
What Is UASP and Why It Speeds Up External Drives
Two USB enclosures can use the exact same port and cable yet deliver wildly different...
What Is Storage Sense in Windows and Should You Enable It
Windows has a built-in janitor for your drives called Storage Sense, and most people never...
What DDR5 Voltages VDD, VDDQ and VPP Mean for Stability
Open a DDR5 overclocking menu and you are met with a wall of voltage rails...
Why Filling All Four RAM Slots Can Lower Your Memory Speed
You bought a fast DDR5-6400 kit, dropped in two more sticks to double your capacity,...
What Is a Memory QVL and Why It Matters for RAM Compatibility
You picked a fast RAM kit, dropped it in, enabled its speed profile, and the...