Upgrading to a PCIe 5.0 SSD isn't worth it if you already have a PCIe 3.0 drive
… Related PCIe 5.0 storage solved a problem almost nobody had Gen5 SSDs are technical marvels, but most consumers just don't need one yet
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Your old storage rules are slowing down your PC, and you don't even know it
… Letting go of habits that outlived their purpose Storage today isn’t something you need to micromanage at every step. It’s something you can trust. Storage technology has progressed by leaps and bounds over the years, but what's surprising is how little my habits had, and I'm sure I'm not alone. …
Synology felt like an appliance until I built a custom NAS with TrueNAS and realized what I was missing
… Building a custom system with TrueNAS feels less like using a NAS and more like building a small storage server. I know both are interchangeable, especially with the prebuilt NAS of today, but it's still a different approach to network storage. …
A used Lenovo M720q destroys the Raspberry Pi 5 in every way that matters
Samir Makwana Mar 29, 2026, 11:00 AM EDT Samir Makwana is a technology journalist and editor from India since past 18 years and his work appears on MakeUseOf, HowToGeek, GSMArena, BGR, GuidingTech, The Inquisitr, TechInAsia, TechWiser, and others. …
Stop wasting 10% of your SSD on an old trick that modern drives don't need anymore
… Fast-forward to today, and that same advice is still floating around, even though SSD technology has evolved by leaps and bounds. …
Boox finally built the e-reader Kindle Scribe promised but never delivered
Joe Rice-Jones May 17, 2026, 3:30 PM EDT Maker, meme-r, and unabashed geek, Joe has been writing about technology since starting his career in 2018 at KnowTechie. …
TrueNAS 26 is finally catching up to Proxmox, but my home lab isn't switching
… Local storage on the Proxmox nodes is important, but it's not vital to the operation of the full setup. I've got just a few gigabytes dedicated to each running instance. The bulk of our storage needs is handled by TrueNAS, rocking a RAID of eight spinning platters. …
I stopped treating my old 250GB SATA SSD as e-waste, and now I can't live without it
… Quiz 8 Questions · Test Your Knowledge Storage Technology Trivia Challenge From spinning platters to blazing-fast NVMe — how well do you really know the tech storing your digital life? …
I stopped carrying a laptop after trying Android's desktop mode
Dhruv Bhutani Apr 9, 2026, 2:30 PM EDT Dhruv Bhutani has been writing about consumer technology since 2008, offering deep insights into the personal technology landscape through features and opinion pieces. …
This one OPNsense feature made me realize what my old router had been missing for years
Rich Edmonds Mar 26, 2026, 1:30 PM EDT Richard is the PC Hardware Lead at XDA and has been covering the technology industry for almost two decades. …