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The DH4300 Plus is somewhat unexpected in UGREEN’s 2024-debut NASync family. The accessories maker quietly released it in late July, initially in the EU, as, for now, the sole server in the DH series, designed for mainstream users. Rumor has that there’s a 2-bay version, model DH2300, on the way. … Continue Reading
Since my review of the 9100 PRO series, Samsung’s first 4-lane PCIe Gen 5 SSD and currently one of the fastest on the market, folks have been asking when the Samsung 9100 PRO 8TB version would be available and its cost. I have the answer now. The electronic giant today … Continue Reading
The WD Blue SN5100 is a special NVMe, not because it features PCIe Gen 5 (it doesn’t) or because it is designed to be the fastest on the market. Rather, it’s the first in the WD Blue mainstream NVMe lineup—started with the SN500—since Western Digital split off Sandisk as a … Continue Reading
The DiskStation DS225+, available in the US market on July 23, 2025, is Synology’s 2025 continuation of its 2-bay Plus series. I found this release somewhat unexpected, given that the DS224+ came out in 2024. Generally, Synology refreshes its Plus servers only when a model is at least two years … Continue Reading
Years ago, somebody asked me about my most important piece of tech and was surprised when I said it was my NAS server—the Synology DS410, to be specific—and not the iPhone I was holding. That was true then. And it’s even more so now. In fact, with the benefit of … Continue Reading
The Synology DiskStation DS1525+ network-attached storage (NAS) server, first available in the US on June 25, 2025, is arguably the best among Synology’s new and controversial 2025 releases. Here’s the bottom line: The contentious storage requirement aside, the DS1525+ is an excellent NAS server to buy today, worth its $799.99 … Continue Reading
Synology today officially releases its two additional DiskStation NAS servers in its Plus family, the DS1825+ and DS725+. Judging from their hardware specs, while the former can pass for a minor four-year upgrade to the previous DS1821+, the latter, like the recently available DS925+, is an outright downgrade compared to the … Continue Reading
The Crucial T710, unveiled on May 19, 2025, along with the Crucial X10 portabl e SSD, is Micron’s third attempt at PCIe Gen 5 NVMe internal SSDs. And it’s the charm. In testing, the non-heatsink version of the new SSD proved to be significantly less hot compared to the previous … Continue Reading
