Rich Edmonds May 13, 2026, 3:30 PM EDT Richard is the PC Hardware Lead at XDA and has been covering the technology industry for almost two decades. He's been building…
…Synology NAS, like some Apple products, suffers from hardware limitations. CPU, RAM, expansion support, ports, and networking can all suffer on Synology NAS when compared against the competition. It doesn't help…
Rich Edmonds Apr 21, 2026, 3:30 PM EDT Richard is the PC Hardware Lead at XDA and has been covering the technology industry for almost two decades. He's been building…
…Framework gains an advisory seat to help align KDE with Framework users and hardware. Framework joins major donors to support KDE and promote repairable, sustainable hardware. Whether you like swapping out hardware…
…Proxmox didn’t just help me replace hardware. It made me more willing to create a larger, busier lab than I would have tolerated with physical devices. Dedicated hardware still solves problems…
…I found myself scheduling around the hardware instead of expecting the hardware to serve me. That's the moment a fun project starts acting like a needy roommate. There is a fair…
Ayush Pande Apr 16, 2026, 2:31 PM EDT Ayush Pande is a PC hardware and gaming writer. When he's not working on a new article, you can find him with…
…When you have to work around tighter clearances, more restrictive airflow, and limited room for expansion down the line, you really can't afford to make mistakes. A slightly thicker GPU or…
…Data centers refresh their hardware on cycles that have nothing to do with drive health; A U.2 SSD pulled from a server after two or three years of use might have…
…Sign in to your XDA account As corporations retire their hardware in favor of newer stuff, all of that older hardware hits the secondary market every three to five years or so…