New ARM v9.2 Powered DIY NAS Revealed – The Minisforum N5R Minisforum has used IFA 2026 to reveal another addition to its growing NAS range, this time in the form of the N5R. At first glance, it follows the same general 5-bay desktop design language as the company’s other recent N5 systems, including the removable […]

The FanX Drive X3 is one of those odd little storage gadgets that immediately raises a useful question: can a small USB device and a software layer turn an older PC into something NAS-like without asking the owner to learn TrueNAS, Linux permissions, Docker compose files or remote access plumbing? In our hands-on preview, the […]

10 WAYS that NAS is Getting Screwed Over the past 18 to 24 months, the consumer and prosumer Network Attached Storage (NAS) market has undergone a noticeable shift in design priorities, hardware architecture, and software accessibility. While broader industry pressures—ranging from component supply constraints to shifting manufacturing priorities—have introduced genuine engineering challenges, many recent market […]

Beelink ME Pro 304 NAS Early Review The Beelink ME Pro is a compact 2-bay NAS and mini PC built around Intel’s newly launched Core 3 304 processor, a 5-core, 5-thread Wildcat Lake chip based on Intel’s 18A process. It represents a substantial change from the earlier N150-equipped ME Pro while retaining the same general […]

HexOS is not dead, but the question in mid-2026 is whether it is moving quickly enough to stay compelling. In our latest check-in, the core concern is not that HexOS has stopped developing. It has not. The concern is that many of the changes since early 2026 feel like polish, alignment work and useful quality-of-life […]

Which Beginner-Friendly DIY NAS Software Should You Use – FygoOS or ZimaOS? ZimaOS and FygoOS are both aimed at users who want to build their own NAS without moving straight into more technical platforms such as TrueNAS, Unraid or OpenMediaVault. They approach that goal in different ways, with ZimaOS leaning toward a simpler, lower-cost and […]

CWWK N150 2x10GbE 3x NVMe 6 Bay NAS Motherboard Review The CWWK NAS-N150-6P is a Mini-ITX NAS motherboard built for compact DIY storage systems, with the reviewed version using Intel’s N150 processor. This is a 4-core, 4-thread Twin Lake CPU with a 6W processor base power and a maximum turbo frequency of 3.6GHz, so it […]

New Beelink ME Pro Coming (with Intel Core i5-13420H, AMD Ryzen 7 H 255, and AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370) The Beelink ME Pro series has officially expanded, shifting the lineup from its original low-power origins into a high-performance compact computing platform that blurs the line between a mini PC and a traditional NAS. […]

Minisforum Expand Their NAS Range with 2 New Flash NAS – The S5 and S7 SSD Systems Minisforum has revealed 2 new all-flash NAS systems, the Minisforum S5 and Minisforum S7, as part of a joint event with Intel in Xiamen, China. The announcement, covered in the official Minisforum press release and by VideoCardz, places […]