Friend of the channel EposVox aka Adam has been having issues with his storage solution. Thankfully he knows the best computer janitor in the biz! Wendell sets him up with a 45Drives Storinator

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Solidigm loaned us a couple of ssd to do some testing. Wendell thinks the liquid cool version is pretty cool!

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Look, here on your screen! It's a switch! It's a router! No, it's the Minisforum N5 Pro!

Yes, it's the Minisforum N5 Pro, powerful NAS from Shenzen, who came to Level1 with powers and abilities far beyond those of normal storage solutions. The N5 Pro, who can change the course of data flow, store gigabytes in its 5 drives, and who, disguised as an unassuming box, fights a never-ending battle for data integrity, storage speed, and the Level1 way.

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Yes, it's possible! Here is everything you need to consider when building.

0:00 Intro
0:38 Case
1:37 Motherboard and DIMMs
7:20 Fans and Configurations and Cooling
9:58 GPUs
12:20 PSUs
13:39 Storage
20:40 Special Shout Out
22:14 Putting the Build to Work
23:22 Conclusion

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Steve's operation is super slick, but his storage solution is a little behind the times. Luckily Wendell is there to help!

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We declared Hardware Raid to be truly dead a couple years ago, but like vinyl records and Westerns, some things never truly die. Check it out!

0:00 - Intro
1:39 - Overview
7:07 - Benchmarks
15:26 - Data Integrity
26:00 - CPU Considerations and Possible Hangups
31:05 - Outro

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Its finally here! And it's actually over 9000 this time. Join Wendell for his deep dive and benchmarking of the the new 9000 series Threadripper! 0:00 Intro 1:10 Motherboards 1:59 AERO D 1.1 and 1.2 3:44 Linux 4:25 Bottom Line Improvement 5:45 The CPU Cores 6:32 Cooler Ramble 7:02 Zen 5 and Memory 12:34 4 vs 8 Memory Channels 13:08 Storage 15:07 Xeon Comparison 16:01 Benchmarks 39:16 Conclusions You can find us... Twitter - https://twitter.com/level1techs Twitch - https://twitch.tv/teampgp Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/level1 For all our social links, websites, and more, check out our link tree! https://linktr.ee/level1techs Thank you for watching! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *IMPORTANT* Any email lacking “level1techs.com” should be ignored and immediately reported to Queries@level1techs.com.

45Drives continues to kill it when it comes to open storage with the Stornado F16. Check it out!

https://www.45drives.com/data-storage/NVMe/high-speed-server/

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Shingled Magnetic Recording may not be ideal for use cases that require frequent writing and rewriting. But for a home library? It might be a good option for you!

Forum thread here: https://forum.level1techs.com/t/host-managed-zoned-storage-in-2025-quic…

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0:37 What am I working with?
1:25 What is SMR?
5:12 Host Managed Pros and Cons Ramble
13:54 Conclusions

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