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    Question How to know which port can do the fastest for a SATA adapter on a Dell laptop ?

    Hi I have a old Dell Latitude E6400 Laptop with 4GB RAM and a duo 2 CPU at about tire 3 (cant remember), Nvidia TN137. I want to us it as a plex server, NAS, seed box and 24/7 video player. I was wondering what speed each of the following slots/ports can produce; 3x mini PCIe, 1394, express...
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    Question Western Digital Red Plus 4TB WD40EFPX : is it suitable for regular PC use ?

    I would very soon need another HDD to be used in a PC running WIN. I can afford 4TB size ones. Some reviews state that the Western Digital Red Plus is more robust / has additional safety features (like sensors) / has better handling of heat than the Blue family. However, they say that the cache...
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    Build Advice DIY NAS / Media Server build ?

    Hello all, I'm new to this and appoligize for being a dummy but I need some assistance to figure this out. I got my hands on a HP T740 Thin client running Ryzen V1756B with Vega 8 Graphics, 8 GB DDR4 3200mhz. Would love to set it up as my home NAS and Plex media server running unRAID. Before...
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    Discussion Are NAS HDDs and Surveillance HDDs just a scam ?

    Hey guys, So I wanted to buy a new hdd since my ssd only had around 100GB left. So I saw these 3 different types of hdd in Amazon, which is: NAS HDD Surveillance HDD Desktop HDD Their prices aren't significantly more expensive than the regular pc hdd and it is advertised that they are far more...
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    Question Formatting NAS HDD

    Hi, I have 2 NAS HDD`s that I ran on a buffalo linkstation in raid 1 that I retired as it started producing errors. However, I am unable to reformat the drive as it is not recognised in windows or linux. In both of the OS, the disk simply does not show up when plugged in via an external adapter...