Free NAS distros beat Synology's price, and the performance gap doesn't justify the markup
… RAM is usually the bare minimum with space for expansion, depending on the NAS model. …
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I stopped treating old phones like e-waste and started treating them like tiny servers
… Chances are it has more RAM, a significantly faster processor, and better overall hardware. …
Synology felt like an appliance until I built a custom NAS with TrueNAS and realized what I was missing
… RAM modules may be able to be replaced with larger, faster sticks. …
Four NVMe slots changed how I think about home lab storage, and a $170 mini PC made it click
… The 12GB of RAM matters a lot here. A Raspberry Pi with 8GB of RAM can run a good number of services. …
I stopped guessing about my RAM usage after finding this hidden Windows diagnostic tool
… If you run a Windows-based system and find yourself running into suspiciously high RAM usage, this is one simple app that can go a long way towards helping you diagnose those issues. RamMap RAMMap is a Windows utility that shows you exactly how your system's RAM is being used. …
This is the mini PC that finally made me display my home server instead of burying it
… You can get a bare-bones version with no RAM or storage for $719, or with 32GB of RAM and 1TB of storage for $1,360 though prices vary depending on where you buy it . …
These 4 Google Pixel tweaks fixed the slowdown nobody talks about
… Now, many users would instinctively swipe cached apps away from the Recent apps page, hoping to free up RAM. Pixel's RAM management knows better , and closing cached processes costs you the productivity gains of that seamless app-switch. …
You don't need an expensive GPU to run a local LLM that actually works
… Its approachable design has made it one of the most popular on-ramps for people exploring local AI for the first time. 08 / 8 RAM & CPU If you want to run a quantized 13B parameter LLM locally at a usable speed on a CPU-only system, what is the generally recommended minimum amount of system RAM? …
AMD just dropped a compact AI workstation that makes discrete GPUs look outdated for running LLMs
… ROCm is fully supported out of the box with optimized performance and SOTA model support, fully utilizing the wider platform of validated tools, frameworks, and drivers. It's quite the compelling platform, bolstered with up to 2 TB of PCIe Gen 4.0 storage, 10Gbps networking, and Wi-Fi 7. …
My $15 Raspberry Pi hosts my password manager and gets rid of expensive subscriptions
… So, it's perfect to host on a Raspberry Pi Zero 2W with 512MB of RAM, since the tool only needs 20–50MB to run. …