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I’ve been running an i7 3770 (purchased in 2013 from a colleague) as my NAS using unRAID. Since it’s unRAID, I’m not limited to just using it as a NAS but also as a torrent client (for downloading linux distros of course), plex media server, and various dockers for postgres and mysql databases, calibre, syncthing, etc. ...

I’ll get a more comprehensive article up shortly, but I’ve been benchmarking the NH57AF1 in Windows and it’s turning out pretty good! ...

TLDR; Ubuntu runs great on the 3900X + nVidia GTX 2070 combo, but you need to make a few tweaks to the installation process as well as do some quality of life fixes post-installation. ...

TLDR; The Lenovo M720q has dimensions, performance, and capabilities almost exactly the same as the mac mini at a more affordable price. You do lose Thunderbolt 3 connectivity as well as having to use an external power supply, but the flexibility the unit gives outweighs these compromises. ...

TLDR; The Lenovo Thinkpad T480 has an amazing keyboard, a powerbridge system giving it a long battery life, a really crisp WQHD screen, and an almost fully compatible set of hardware with Ubuntu. The fingerprint reader doesn’t work though, and it’s a bit more bulky than the Dell XPS 13, especially with the external 72Wh battery. ...

A couple of years ago I bought (at that time) a laptop powerhouse. Apple had just introduced its Retina Macbook Pro and started phasing out its easily modded predecessor. ...