I built a local LLM server I can access from anywhere, and it uses a Raspberry Pi
…Sign in to your XDA account I’m a fan of hosting my own large language models, partly because I want to avoid sending prompts and files to external servers, and also…
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Most networking equipment isn't exactly designed to be user-serviceable, but the Unifi Dream Machine Pro Max was a little easier to disassemble than most. Honestly, I feared the worst when I looked down the hard drive bays and saw the cooling fans buried at the bottom, but they were attached to a plastic vent that came out after four screws were undone, so that was a pleasant surprise. The worst part was routing the Noctua fan cables back to the headers, as the sleeve around the cables made it a little tricky, so I had to go inside the venting area instead. And the plug needed a little trimmin
I silenced my network stack, and all it cost me was my sanityYour Raspberry Pi will outlast your PC if you stop treating it like one
…The Pi board needs a proper case and a fan Heat triggers CPU throttling While you are streaming videos and compiling code on your Pi 4 or Pi 5 boards, the processor…
My next CPU cooler will be an AIO liquid cooler, and the reason has nothing to do with temperatures
…Even the quietest fans spinning at high RPMs can generate significant noise. When using an AIO with a large radiator, you're giving the fans a lot more surface area to work…
This $4,000 projector has a trick no other laser can do, and it fixes the most annoying problem
…It also has fantastic color reproduction and a feature to remove the rainbow speckle effect that lasers are prone to. It is expensive, but this is about as good a home projector…
These forgotten Microsoft tools do what I used to pay for
…Admittedly, some tools in PowerToys feel like unfinished software, but FancyZones and PowerRename more than justify the installation for me. Microsoft PowerToys Microsoft PowerToys includes the FancyZones tool, which allows you to…
I don't use Tailscale or Nginx to access my home lab remotely, here's what I use instead
…Sign in to your XDA account One of the most useful services to any home labber is a VPN , so that you can access your home network from anywhere and browse as…
I fixed each of my PC's biggest bottlenecks without spending a single dollar
…My PC, on occasion, refused to sleep completely, leaving either the case fans, GPU fans, or RAM powered on while everything else turned off. This was one of those minor yet extremely…
My AIO failed constantly until I switched to a tower cooler and learned the real difference
…Ironically, it took less time to install the basic Wraith Stealth than it took for me to remove the bulky radiator, undo the messy cables of its daisy-chained fan network, and…
I replaced my browser bookmarks with a single text file, and my links finally stayed organized
…He writes for XDA-Developers, where he focuses on topics like productivity, networking, self-hosting, and more. Over the years, his work has also appeared in leading publications such as Android Police…
Someone has already created a Steam Machine competitor, and it costs a pretty penny
…fans RAM - 16GB DDR4 3200MT/s Dual Channel GPU - Radeon RDNA4 with 32CUs 150W TDP ( 9060 XT ) VRAM: 16GB GDDR6 SSD - NVME + Another free NVME Slot for expanding your storage Network - Wifi…