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Ace Magician AD03 Review: A Solid Intel N95 CPU Mini PC

Ace Magician AD03 Review: A Solid Intel N95 CPU Mini PC

I bought an Ace Magician AD03, but should you?

Intel Arc A380 Review - Impressive, But Not In the Way You Think

Intel Arc A380 Review - Impressive, But Not In the Way You Think

TL;DR: For media encoding/transcoding, this thing is a godsend, with some caveats. However, if you are just going after a smooth, seamless experience with your GPU, don’t buy this card, at least not yet.

My Test Bench for Intel Arc A380

My Test Bench for Intel Arc A380

Been kept busy tinkering with the Intel Arc A380. Reviews coming up soon.

vGPU (SR-IOV) with Intel 12th Gen iGPU [Updated Nov 2023]

vGPU (SR-IOV) with Intel 12th Gen iGPU [Updated Nov 2023]

Virtualize Intel iGPU for multiple VMs for hardware accelerated graphics and media encode/decode.

[Update 10/11/2022] Afterthoughts on Zen 4 Reviews, and How to Make Sense of Them All

[Update 10/11/2022] Afterthoughts on Zen 4 Reviews, and How to Make Sense of Them All

The new Zen 4 CPUs don't make sense, here's why.

IOCREST M.2 HBA In-Depth Review

IOCREST M.2 HBA In-Depth Review

Testing IOCREST HBA against Dell PERC H310

AMD X670 Motherboard Line Up Preview

AMD X670 Motherboard Line Up Preview

With AMD Ryzen 7000 Series CPU launch right around the corner, I figured that I would look at the motherboard offerings. After flipping through different fancy product brochures, I failed to find a board that makes any sense. Yes, you heard that right - None of these new AMD motherboards

IOCREST Dual Port Realtek 8125B 2.5Gbe NIC Review

IOCREST Dual Port Realtek 8125B 2.5Gbe NIC Review

Reviewing 2.5Gbe dual port NIC from IOCREST, and set it up in Proxmox for TrueNAS Scale and Unraid to get 2.5Gbe without driver support.

“Upgrading” the HBA on My Energy-Efficient NAS with a M.2 PCIe HBA from IOCREST

“Upgrading” the HBA on My Energy-Efficient NAS with a M.2 PCIe HBA from IOCREST

I bought an M.2 HBA, while it is awesome for me, it may not be for everyone. Click to find out more about this miraculous device that turns your unused M.2 slot into an 8-port SATA HBA.

Reviewing Plugable and Asustor 2.5Gbe Dongles on MacOS Monterey 12.5.1

Testing some USB-C 2.5Gbe Ethernet adpaters reveals a shocking truth.

Using vGPU Unlock with Proxmox 7

Using vGPU Unlock with Proxmox 7

How to configure vGPU to be used in Proxmox and Windows VM

Will PCIe 3.0 x4 10Gbe NIC Work in PCIe 3.0x1 Bandwidth?

Will PCIe 3.0 x4 10Gbe NIC Work in PCIe 3.0x1 Bandwidth?

I tested PCIe 3.0 x4 10Gbe NIC in a PCIe 3.0 x1 slot, and here's my thoughts and results.

How to Setup Brocade L3 Switch to Work with PfSense Router

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How to Setup Brocade L3 Switch to Work with PfSense Router

In this post, I detailed how to setup PfSense to work with Brocade ICX 6610 L3 switch that has routing capabilities far exceed normal consumer routers.

[Updated 09/2022] My New Energy-Efficient NAS to Replace the Dell R730xd

[Updated 09/2022] My New Energy-Efficient NAS to Replace the Dell R730xd

How I picked the hardware to assemble my new NAS to replace the power-hungry Dell R730xd server.

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