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If you are a graphics designer, you would be quite familiar with the delays you can experience during the Photoshop workflows on older machines. Anything from loading the Photoshop application to loading large and complex images and applying effects. A recent research study performed by Crucial confirms what most of us already know – using […]
Anyone running a Windows PC will no doubt experience slowdowns and system hangs as their fresh installation ages and starts to clutter up with unnecessary bits and bytes. An issue most people can relate to. In a recent study, it was found that the average wait time before your patience runs out with slow technology […]
A NAS is a ‘Network Attached Storage’ system. With data playing such a pivotal role in so many businesses, it’s becoming increasingly important to find ways to keep it safe and secure. Loss of data or data breaches can result in poor customer service, legal problems and loss of intellectual property or sensitive personal information. […]
Computers tend to slow down as time goes by as the software being run continuously evolves and becomes more demanding. This is something that we can’t really prevent. If you are running an older style hard disk drive, one way to give your system an immediate boost is by upgrading to an SSD. If your […]
Crucial has released an industry first, mobile-friendly web app that provides an easy to follow process for SSD installations. Targeting the novice consumer, the step-by-step guide can be found at www.crucial.com/ssd-install. According to Crucial, this new guide has been tested with regular, non-technical consumers. The web app is designed to make the install process simple […]
Crucial have published an easy guide for first-time HDD installers to swap out their old drives with a brand new Crucial SSD. The guide is in four parts and covers preparation, copying, installation and downloads. Preparation Grab everything you need – Crucial SSD, screwdriver, etc… Put SSD spacer aside Backup your files – just in […]
Sony have introduced 2 new G Series Professional Solid State Drives (SSD). The new drives come in 960GB (SV-GS96) and 480GB (SV-GS48) capacities and have been designed to satisfy the growing needs of the high-performance recording market. These new drives aim to deliver better performance and longer lifetime. Utilising Sony’s Error Correction Code technology, these […]
According to Crucial, storage and RAM make up over half the cost of a typical server build. In an environment where everyone is looking for prudent investment decisions, buying a pre-configured, fully spec’d server may not always be the correct strategy. Crucial propose, that in these scenarios, buying a base server and sourcing the RAM […]
QNAP seem to be sharing the love across multiple processor manufacturers by pairing them with products that match their capability. In their latest lineup, the TVS-x73 series, QNAP have partnered with AMD to deliver a NAS solution based on the AMD R-Series Quad-core SoC. We take a look at the 4 disk model which comes […]
The Thecus N2810 is a linux based 2-bay NAS powered by Intel’s dual-core N3050 (Braswell) Celeron CPU. The N3050 runs at 1.6Ghz and is capable of 4K video transcoding. The N2810 comes configured with 2GB RAM that can be expanded to 8GB through the use of compatible DDR3 modules. A quick CPU check via SSH […]