Eaton 5SC500 UPS Review

The Eaton 5SC500 UPS is part of the company’s 5SC line of smaller tower form factor UPS. While small is relative with tech gear, the 5SC500 can fit on a desk or under it making a good backup for smaller gear such as notebook/PCs and NAS, or a specific use case pointed out by Eaton is for Kiosks that have cash and ticket machines. Best of all, the 5SC500 is designed to be quiet as it works so there is no loud disruptive fan noise in the background of calls or while employees try to work. (more…)
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Silicon Power US70 PCIe 4.0 SSD Review

With NVMe SSDs taking a firm hold on the market as the drive of choice among consumers and professionals alike, the newest iteration of the speedy interface, PCIe 4.0, is now here. This is a pretty big leap over the previous generation, offering a potentially huge increase in both random and sequential performance, though it's currently only supported by AMD processors. Silicon Power has decided to leverage this technology with the release of the US70 PCIe Gen4x4 SSD. Ideal for high-end users like gamers, design professionals, and business users that work with large data files, the Silicon Power US70 features NVMe 1.3 support, 3D NAND flash, low latency, and low power consumption. It also is available in 1,800TB and 3,600TB Total Bytes Written (TBW) for the 1TB and 2TB model,…
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VAVA 12-in-1 Dual 4K Docking Station Review

As the market has started shifted with more people working from home, the demands for docking stations have been skyrocketing.  With that demand, there are several emerging companies looking to fill this growing market segment. VAVA has released a few new docking stations, with today's focus being the 12-in-1 Dual 4K Docking Station. This dock offers two HDMI outputs, 65 watts of notebook charging capacity, onboard wired Ethernet, card readers, an audio jack and a mixture of USB 3.0 and 2.0 ports. (more…)
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Cisco UCS C240 SD M5 Server Launched for the Performance Edge

Edge and remote office use cases are all the rage these days, and for good reason. IDC says 50% of new enterprise IT infrastructure will be deployed at the edge by 2023. Beyond the typical use cases that have been around for decades, like small offices and retail, the types of applications being used at the edge are much more intensive. Formerly applications like AI and ML were only the domain of the data center. As edge compute needs grow, solutions tailored to meet these specific needs are increasingly more important. To help address these more performance-oriented edge use cases, Cisco has launched the UCS C240 SD M5 server. (more…)
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