Rich Edmonds Jun 4, 2026, 12:00 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…
…a media server instead of another streaming subscription, a private cloud instead of Google Drive, a password manager that lives on your hardware and nowhere else. Tools like Jellyfin, Nextcloud, Vaultwarden, and…
Rich Edmonds May 26, 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…
…Related Nvidia's 6x frame generation proves that we've reached the hardware ceiling for GPUs There's only so much VRAM to go around. I tested an RTX 3070 at 1440p…
Rich Edmonds Apr 9, 2026, 8:01 AM EDT Richard is the PC Hardware Lead at XDA and has been covering the technology industry for almost two decades. He's been building…
…For instance, my Ryzen 9 5900X had no issues running my 64GB DDR4 kit at its rated speed of 3600MT/s, but when I later switched to the 5800X3D, I had to…
…I'm atypical in my friend group, as most of them upgrade as soon as the newest hardware is out, selling their existing hardware to partly finance the swap. Which is fine…
Ayush Pande Jun 21, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT Ayush Pande is a PC hardware and gaming writer. When he's not working on a new article, you can find him with…
…Synology's hardware has always been conservative. It made sense when DSM and its apps were the main draw, and you didn't mind the less-than-perfect hardware. The bulk of…
Ayush Pande May 30, 2026, 5:00 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…
