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Dell Pro Rugged 10 & 12 Review: Purpose-Built Tablets for Harsh Edge Environments

The Dell Pro Rugged 10 and 12 tablets are engineered for professionals in the most demanding environments, from construction sites to industrial floors, where standard hardware cannot withstand the rigors. Powered by the latest Intel Core Ultra “Lunar Lake” Series 2 processors, these tablets are among the first fully rugged slates to feature a built-in

Enterprise  ◇  Networking

Ubiquiti Pro XG 8 PoE & Pro XG 10 PoE Review: 10GbE RJ45 with High-Power PoE

Ubiquiti continues to expand its high-performance switching portfolio with the Pro XG lineup. It’s designed around 10GbE copper connectivity for environments that require higher access-layer bandwidth without moving directly to fiber or SFP+. The Pro XG series targets use cases such as next-generation WiFi access points, high-speed workstations, and direct-attached storage scenarios where multi-gig or

Consumer  ◇  Workstation

AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D Review: A Polished Evolution of X3D CPUs

AMD continues to expand its Ryzen 9000 series family with the introduction of the Ryzen 7 9850X3D. It’s an 8-core, 16-thread processor designed to build on the strengths of AMD’s earlier X3D offerings. We received a Ryzen 7 9850X3D sample in the lab and ran a comprehensive set of benchmarks to compare it with the

Consumer  ◇  Workstation

NVIDIA DGX Spark Thermal Test: How OEM Cooling Designs Stack Up

After a long wait, the NVIDIA DGX Spark was released last year, with the hope of fostering a new wave of AI engineers and researchers. At StorageReview, we’ve received multiple DGX Spark systems from various partners for evaluation, and we’re developing some exciting cluster projects. However, the thermal and power characteristics across these different implementations

Enterprise  ◇  Medium NAS

Ubiquiti UNAS Pro 8 Review: 2U 10GbE NAS With Redundant Power & NVMe Cache

Currently priced at $799 on the Ubiquiti website, the UNAS Pro 8 is a 2U rackmount NAS designed for higher-capacity file storage and shared workloads, featuring eight 2.5/3.5-inch drive bays alongside two M.2 NVMe SSD slots for cache acceleration. This configuration targets environments that need increased throughput and lower latency while maintaining a compact rack

Enterprise  ◇  Server

Supermicro A+ Server AS-2126HS-TN Review (Dual AMD EPYC 9005 Turin)

We recently received Supermicro’s dual-socket Turin-based A+ Server AS-2126HS-TN for review. It’s a 2U platform designed to support extremely high-core-count workloads and to provide flexible PCIe expansion. Built around and supporting dual AMD EPYC 9005 (Turin) and 9004 (Genoa) series processors, the system targets a broad range of enterprise and data center use cases, including

Enterprise  ◇  Enterprise Storage

Dell PowerStore 5200Q: QLC for Mainstream Workloads and the March Toward Autonomous Storage

Since we first brought the QLC-based PowerStore 3200Q with PowerStoreOS 4.0 into the lab, Dell hasn’t slowed down. The company has expanded the lineup with the PowerStore 5200Q—a higher-performance, cost-optimized model built for a broader range of production workloads. At the same time, three major software releases (PowerStoreOS 4.1, 4.2, and 4.3) have added meaningful capabilities across the platform,

Enterprise  ◇  Server

Lenovo ThinkSystem SR650 V4 Review: Versatile 2U Workhorse

The Lenovo ThinkSystem SR650 V4 is a flexible and powerful 2-socket, 2U rack server designed to meet the needs of industries such as cloud services, telecommunications, and high-performance computing (HPC). Whether optimizing for scale-out workloads or future-proofing your data center with high-density compute, the SR650 V4 offers meaningful upgrades over its predecessor, the SR650 V3.