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…For instance, connecting an external NVMe SSD to a PC may negotiate at 10Gbps instead of full speed. A monitor or some other accessory may not reconnect through the dock if the…
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Why doesn't the speed feel as dramatic?
When I moved from a hard drive to an SSD, almost everything felt instantly better. Boot times dropped, apps opened faster, and Windows felt much more responsive overall. But once you’re already using a SATA SSD, the improvements get much smaller. That includes things like WIndows boot times too, which often improve less dramatically than the benchmark numbers would suggest. A lot of everyday tasks like opening Chrome, launching Spotify, signing in to Windows, or browsing files are already fast enough that moving from SATA to NVMe often doesn’t feel dramatic. Part of the reason is that not ever
NVMe is faster on paper, but your actual workload probably doesn't careDo you really need a Gen 4 SSD, or can you wait?
PCIe is backward-compatible, which means even a Gen 5 M.2 slot can use Gen 3 drives, and vice versa. But like, upgrading to a PCIe 5.0 SSD isn't necessarily worth it if you're just upgrading your motherboard. It's a trap that I've fallen into with every platform upgrade, and really, the only reason you need to upgrade for everyday tasks is if you're running out of storage space. The jump from SATA to PCIe NVMe was a much more meaningful improvement on daily responsiveness, and honestly, even SATA SSDs are fine for daily use. Several of my systems still have SATA SSDs, although I've moved all m
I tested the same NVMe in two generations of PCIe slot and learned why most people are upgrading wrongThis is the mini PC that finally made me display my home server instead of burying it
…to 2 SODIMM DDR5 (32GB installed) Storage Up to three PCIe 4.0 M.2 NVMe SSD (1TB installed) Minisforum's AI X1 Pro-470 is a mini PC with plenty of…
Asus' new ROG Xbox Ally X20 solves my biggest issue with the handheld
…The ROG Xbox Ally X20 still features the same AMD Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme processor, 24GB of LPDDR5X RAM, and 1TB of PCIe 4.0 NVMe storage as the standard Xbox Ally…
A single mini PC replaced my Raspberry Pi cluster and nearly cut my power use in half
…I just needed something with a decent x86 processor, proper NVMe storage, and enough RAM that I could stop planning around scarcity. That turned out to be the sweet spot where everything…
Your SSD has built-in maintenance tools that Windows keeps hidden from you
…Another feature that offers granular NVMe power-management options can be configured in the BIOS . It's not a Windows-exclusive feature, per se, but Active State Power Management, or ASPM, allows…
Running Jellyfin on a NAS with Docker support turned my media chaos into something that actually works
…Memory 8GB (expandable to 96GB) Drive Bays 4 x SATA, 2 x M.2 NVMe SSD Ports 1 x USB-C (10Gbps) 1 x USB-A (10Gbps) 1 x SD Card 3…
Why I bought a 16TB HDD instead of an 8TB SSD
…These bulky spinners may seem slow with just 550 MB/s compared to the fastest PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSDs, but that's more than enough for a 100 MB/s LAN…
I ran Cyberpunk 2077 inside a Proxmox VM on a mini PC, and it actually worked
…It hosted a Windows 11 VM from its NVMe SSD, handled GPU passthrough once I bullied it into cooperating, and delivered gaming results good enough to make me stop smirking and start…
This mobile workstation made me realize my desk was just a convenience
…to 128GB DDR5-4400MT/s ECC Storage Up to 12TB M.2 PCIe Gen 5 NVMe Battery 99.9Whr, customer replaceable unit (CRU) Charge speed Supports Rapid Charge (60 minutes = 80% capacity…
The best NAS distro is getting better at virtualization, but you shouldn't use it exclusively for that
…And between WebShare and NVMe-over-TCP, ixSystems has added a bunch of cool features in the last couple of updates. My favorites are the enhanced virtualization provisions and LXC support, which…