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The new WD BLACK P40 is a slightly smaller and more colorful version of the P50 that came out almost two years ago. And by “colorful”, I don’t mean it’s no longer black—it most definitely still is a black drive. However, the new portable SSD now comes with two RGB …
The WD Black SN850X, first announced in May 2022, is supposed to be the upgrade to the SN850, the flagship NVMe SSD in Western Digital’s game-oriented WD BLACK family. It’s a more expensive alternative—the “X” is supposed to mean “extreme,” “extra”, or “the X factor,” as Western Digital puts it. The …
TP-Link’s first standalone Wi-Fi 6E router, the Archer AXE75, errs on the affordability side, costing just $199. That’s the good news. The not-so-good: it’s also low hardware on the Wi-Fi 6E totem pole. The new tri-band router has the same total Wi-Fi bandwidth—among its all three bands (2.4GHz, 5GHz, and …
You can think of TP-Link’s new and, for now, Best Buy-exclusive Deco X4300 Pro Wi-Fi 6 mesh as the previous once Costco-exclusive Deco X60 plus a 2.5Gbps port and better 5GHz Wi-Fi specs. And that’s a big plus. Like the case of the X60, eventually, you’ll likely be able to …
Synology’s latest 5-bay DiskStation DS1522+ NAS server for homes and small businesses is a silent yet significant upgrade in the lineup. While the new server is the intended replacement of its immediate previous model, the DS1520+, I will compare the design with the DS1517+ to show how it’s an (almost) complete …
If you’ve been wondering, and maybe even annoyed, that NETGEAR’s Wi-Fi 6 and 6E access points generally don’t include a power adapter, the MS108UP 8-port Multi-Gigabit (2.5G) Ultra60 PoE++ Ethernet Plus Switch would be a clear answer. This latest 8-port Multi-Gig switch is designed to power those devices. It’ll work …
If you’re looking for a NETGEAR Wi-Fi 6E router and feel the RAXE500 is not worth the cost—and you’re probably right—the Nighthawk RAXE300 8-Stream AXE7800 Tri-Band Wi-Fi 6E router is welcome news. Wi-Fi 6E: The pros, cons, and its novelty As the name suggests, specs-wise, the RAXE300 is a lesser …
