AMD 3D V-Cache is coming to pro workstations, and Lenovo's ThinkStation P4 is first
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Building my own NAS taught me why prebuilt enclosures are holding you back
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…
The Steam Deck won because Valve solved what Microsoft refuses to fix for gaming handhelds
…Hardware vendors solved the portable silicon problem years ago. The real bottleneck holding back the handheld revolution is Microsoft's underestimation of the Windows problem. Windows 11 is fundamentally built on enterprise…
Your NAS is becoming a single point of failure, and consolidating everything onto it is the reason why
…supported hardware, making it easier than ever to configure a TrueNAS system with running services and full graphics support. The UI was also refreshed to stop it from appearing too enterprise-like…
I replaced Portainer, Grafana, and Prometheus with this stack
…Prometheus and Grafana were the next additions because Portainer didn’t offer me any sort of hardware monitoring. After spending a good amount of time with these tools, I’ve finally made…
AMD GPUs are finally getting the one feature that has become Nvidia's new USP
…An MBA in Marketing and the owner of a PC building business, he writes on PC hardware, technology, and Windows. When not scouring the web for ideas, he can be found building…
Your SSD has a hidden lifespan counter, and most people ignore it until it's too late
…An MBA in Marketing and the owner of a PC building business, he writes on PC hardware, technology, and Windows. When not scouring the web for ideas, he can be found building…
I ditched Portainer for Dockhand and I regret not doing it sooner
…It’s perfect for multi-user setups, supports RBACs, and other enterprise-related features. While it’s good to have most of these features in the Portainer Community edition, I don’t…
These $10 home lab upgrades solved problems I didn't know I had
…faster NICs, enterprise-tier HBAs, VRAM-laden graphics cards, and other costly equipment. However, the real advantage of local experimentation servers is that you can toss practically any hardware into your setup…
TrueNAS SCALE tried to do everything, so I gave it one job and moved the rest to Proxmox
…It all depends on what you need the home lab to do and what hardware you choose to acquire. Used enterprise servers may be an enticing option, but they're usually incredibly…