Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Music (in order):
"Hardware Haven Theme" -Me (youtu.be/FwD2mOYDPNA)
"CRENSHAW VIBES" - GARRISON (soundcloud.com/garrison-brown)
"Sunshower" - LATASHÁ(https://soundcloud.com/best-music-pro...)
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Timestamps:
0:00 Unleash Your Creativity
0:58 UGREEN DXP GT Series
5:23 Monarch Money (sponsor)
6:55 Adding Storage and Initial Setup
8:30 UGOS NAS Experience
10:37 SSD Caching
12:08 Snapshots and Backups
13:40 Fan Noise and pOwer Draw
14:08 Surveillance Center
15:37 Photos App
17:12 Docker (Home Assistant, Jellyfin)
19:10 Virtual Machines
19:06 UGOS Thoughts
20:03 Installing Your Own OS
21:50 More Power and Geekbench
23:03 RAM Upgrade and Proxmox
23:59 Downsides to 3rd Part OS
24:31 Quick Teardown
25:23 Would I buy one?