Hey,

https://nascompares.com/review/minisforum-ai-x1-pro-review-a-real-mini-pc-for-modern-gaming/

Loved reading this review, to be honest. The X1 Pro is quite good, to be honest, and I want one.

But re: the mention of eGPUs, maybe you could test the X1 Pro with other GPUs aside the one inside the MGA1?

Minisforum sells the DEG1, which is an OCuLINK dock.
You have to bring your own GPU and PSU, but that allows you all to review how mini PCs like the X1 Pro do in gaming when an eGPU is assisting them in that task.

There's also the AOOSTAR AG02, which has both USB4/ThunderBolt and OCuLINK + an integrated PSU, which gives you more flexibility with eGPUs (not all devices support OCuLINK, but not all devices support USB4).

I'd love to see you all have fun with eGPUs and how you can make a neat mini gaming machine out of a Mini PC!

Thanks,
CyanoTex

Good Afternoon,

Could you please recommend a NAS that will replace iCloud on my iPhone, iPad and MacBook, with end to end encryption?

I would like to auto backup my photos and files from my iPhone via an app.

I would like to play the backed up DVDs / Blu-Rays I have, directly to my tv via 4k hdmi and remotely via the internet on my devices.

I would like to balance performance with low power consumption and low noise.

I am a content creator and I archive my projects. I already have nearly 8tb of data, so would like to future proof my new NAS with expandability. 4 bays would be good but I’m open to having more.

I am brand new to NAS, so I would like something I can either plug and play or something I can research easily! Drives included with purchase would be really helpful to get me setup!

Thank you, hope to hear from you soon.

Dana Freeman

Your recent video on network bottlenecks was brilliantly timed for me. I have a Ugreen DXP4800 Plus and a Trendnet 10 Gbps desktop adapter, and I am struggling to get more than 4 Gbps upload to the NAS and 2 Gbps down even though both have NVME Gen 4 drives, your insight went beyond what I could find on the internet. Plan to test a few things tomorrow based on your video. Network speeds are a common issue now as 2.5, 5, 10 Gbe are becoming mainstream.

I can’t find a block diagram for my PC or the NAS, and from the video it looks like you know how to “reverse engineer” it through Terminal, SSH, and Putty. It would be wonderful if you made an instructional video on this. I can’t find anything on the internet to guide me through it. I suspect my PC might be the cause, it’s an old Dell workstation that I am pushing hard in several ways.

Just wanted to share a video idea for your consideration. Or if you can point me to a resource to help me learn how to build a block diagram.

I have an old Synology DS213+. Today I use it only for backup and sort family photos/videos + view them on AppleTV/iPhones. Playback is… slooow.

It would be fun to try docker on my becoming NAS but it is secondary. I would also like to stick with Synology due to good quality and helpful support.

I have been looking on DS224+ and DS723+. I have seen all your videos covering these two so I know about built in graphic on 224+ and better expansion possibilities on 723+. But I do not fully understand the loss of codec in dsm7.2.2. Does it mean that the graphics support in 224+ does not do anything any more?

To get a NAS that I can keep longer I am leaning towards 723+ due to better expansion possibilities but am afraid that I will get slow playback viewing family videos on AppleTV/phone. My plan is also to extend RAM on the one I buy for better performance. Does it have to by Synology RAM?

Hi Again, I am so frustrated with WD MyCloud EX2. They are unable to support without constantly reseting my system to correct the problem of the Apps not loading. I have a QNAP TS 251+ but it is a little too technical. Would you recommend another NAS that is simple, easy to configure, and will allow for external backup?

Thanks.
James

Hi,

First of all, thank you for your content on youtube.

I have purchased a QNAP TS464 and have been finding it a bit difficult to use.

I have tried to watch part 6 and 7 of your videos however part way through I am getting a little confused. Can you advise how much you would charge to set up the security part and giving access to others for me? I put NA in estimated budget as that is the amount you would tell it would cost.

Look forward to hearing from you.

Kind Regards
Shuaib

Hi, I currently back up my mac mini and mac book via time machine, my mac mini also houses all of my Plex media and is the plex media server. The drive in my mac mini is 1TB and is very nearly full, probably about 2/3 is plex and the other 1/3 is family videos/photos. The photos/Videos are backed up to time macine on a disk which i rotate every week or so and leave looked in a safe at work, so although I plan on migrating the library to the NAS I already have these backed up.

The NAS will primarily server as easy access to the photos and media for the family and expand my storage, happy to continue to utilise the MAc Mini for the Plex Media Server.

I do have 4 WD Red 3TB drives sitting around at home which can be utilised.

Although i'm fairly happy to tinker, I do enough of that at work, so something thats fairly easy to setup and maintain, ideally something I can spend an hour setting up and then pretty much forget about would be ideal

I need a NAS for both Plex and Apple macOS Time Machine back ups. I mostly watch Plex using my latest gen Apple TV 4K on a Sony Z9K or Sony Z9G so picture quality is important. But, I may need hardware transcoding as I'm starting to playback using more devices since I'm traveling more. Also, my family is growing and so many people with many different devices are starting to use it. Finally, I intend to put the device in my home office so I need it to be quiet so if SSDs are needed to be quiet I'm willing to stretch my budget a bit more. Thank you for your help. You are very generous and a great resource. I learned a lot from your YouTube channel as well.

Hi, Thank you for the informative videos. I have been a subscriber for a while and enjoy the useful information on products and operational aspects of the various NAS equipment.

I have a WD MyCloud EX2 Ultra and a QNAP TS 251+ NAS. I would like to use my QNAP as a backup for the WD MyCloud but can't seem to find any information on making this happen. I am able to conduct manual backups by mounting the WD on the QNAP and manually copying files but there must be a more automatic approach to this problem.

Finally, as for your coffee fix, we are visiting England in December and would be more than willing to send you coffee from Canada when we arrive. It's the best coffee. It's called Kootenay Roasting Company. Check out their website: https://www.krccoffee.com/. They are a family owned artisan business. You pick the beans and I will sent them to you.

I like to have minimum 4 bay nas with 8tb/HD. I want some redundancy maybe like raid 5 (still researching this topic). My current setup I have a mini pc i3-12th gen and it does some transcoding. I have 10 total users but never been above 3 on plex at same time. Im currently running off a 8tb external WD hd that's almost full so im ready to expand. What's the best machine out there in your opinion currently that would fit the criteria. budget can go up if needed as well. Thanks for your time!