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…The Intel Celeron J4025 and 2GB of DDR4 RAM solved this immediately. The latter was expandable up to 6GB. This was ample system memory for running a few self-hosted apps and…

Apr 9, 2026 · Rich Edmonds

I built my own Synology alternative, and the hardest part was accepting how good DSM still is

…Synology DiskStation DS223j Brand Synology CPU Realtek RTD1619B Memory 1GB DDR4 (max. 1GB) Drive Bays 2 Expansion No Ports 1x 1GbE, 1x USB-A 3.2 Gen 1 The Synology DiskStation DS223j…

May 26, 2026 · Rich Edmonds

The only reason I still recommend Synology is DSM, but even that's falling behind

…Synology DS925+ 7 /10 CPU AMD Ryzen V1500B Memory 4 GB DDR4 ECC SODIMM Drive Bays 4 x HDD, 2 x NVMe Expansion 1 x USB Type C The Synology DS925 Plus…

Mar 31, 2026 · Dhruv Bhutani

Your old gaming PC is overkill for a home server, and that's exactly why it's perfect

…In fact, I recently had to toss another 16GB DDR4 stick into the machine just to get a 26B model running with MoE offloading on this nearly 10-year-old machine. While…

May 30, 2026 · Ayush Pande

A used Lenovo ThinkCentre is still the best $100 you can spend on a home lab

…RAM is officially capped at 32GB DDR4 SODIMM on most of these units, though 64GB with 2x32GB sticks is within spec on the M720q and M920q. Perhaps the biggest memory-related downside…

May 23, 2026 · Ty Sherback

I gave my NAS actual jobs beyond storage, and it automated half my PC maintenance

…Synology DS925+ 7 /10 CPU AMD Ryzen V1500B Memory 4 GB DDR4 ECC SODIMM Drive Bays 4 x HDD, 2 x NVMe Expansion 1 x USB Type C The Synology DS925 Plus…

May 19, 2026 · Dhruv Bhutani

Adding more RAM can actually be worse for gaming — don't make the same mistake

…Gamers still on 16GB of RAM (likely on DDR4) have a big incentive to jump to 32GB of DDR5 memory (with a 2x16GB configuration). The potential FPS gains are hefty, often reaching…

Mar 25, 2026 · Tanveer Singh

A five-year-old GPU can handle modern games better than you think

…RTX 3070 + Ryzen 5 3600 + 16GB DDR4 RAM (1440p) Game Graphics Preset DLSS Preset Avg. FPS Alan Wake 2 Medium Balanced 61 fps Assassin's Creed Shadows Medium Balanced 59 fps Black…

May 4, 2026 · Samarveer Singh

An RTX 3070 is living proof that software now matters more than hardware

…Ryzen 5 3600 + GeForce RTX 3070 + 32GB DDR4 RAM Game Graphics Preset DLSS Preset Avg. FPS Crimson Desert High (RT Off) Quality 63 Marathon High (RT Off) Quality 83 Pragmata Max (RT…

May 12, 2026 · Samarveer Singh

I started my home lab with a mini PC instead of a Raspberry Pi, and the difference was massive

…But it all started with a Minisforum U850 with an Intel Core i5-10210U processor, Windows 10 Pro, and 16GB of DDR4 RAM. The chip had integrated graphics powered by Intel UHD…

May 18, 2026 · Rich Edmonds

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