This step-by-step guide shows you how to register a Grok AI account, link a Stripe-backed bank card, and avoid restricted regions. After making a $5 payment on the platform, you can enroll in the data sharing program to unlock $150 in monthly API credits. Note that once enrolled, you cannot opt out, so understand the trade-offs before claiming Elon Musk’s latest perk.

This post benchmarks Evoxt’s new Netherlands location powered by AMD EPYC-Genoa and NVMe SSD. It covers plan and pricing tables, CPU, disk, and network benchmarks (Yabs, Geekbench, UnixBench, PassMark, etc.), IPv4/IPv6 quality checks, streaming unlock status, and China backhaul routes—showing a balanced mix of performance and value for lightweight sites, backups, and similar use cases.

This post shows how to run deepseek‑r1 617B locally with Ollama on Ubuntu 22.04 using a server equipped with dual Xeon Platinum CPUs, 1 TB RAM, NVMe storage, and 8×NVIDIA A800 GPUs. It walks through hardware specs, Ollama installation, model directory and environment configuration, service exposure for remote access, Docker + nvidia-docker2 setup, and deploying Open WebUI for a complete large-model deployment workflow.

Hands-on benchmark of Tencent Cloud’s internal SA5 instance powered by AMD EPYC Bergamo: 4 vCPUs, 8 GB DDR5, 50 GB enhanced SSD and IPv4 BGP in Nanjing. Covers AVX-512 and other instruction support, KVM virtualization details, security mitigations, and synthetic benchmarks including YABS, GeekBench 5/6, UnixBench, and a Go-based “Fusion Monster” test suite.

Hands-on benchmark of a Catcat AMD Ryzen 9 9950X server: DDR5 192GB, 2×2TB Samsung 990 Pro NVMe, Hangzhou BGP 1000M/50M network. Includes lscpu output showing 16C/32T, AVX‑512, 64MB L3 cache, plus YABS, UnixBench, GeekBench, Fusion Monster script, SMART, latency and China network tests for high-performance and virtualization sizing.

I accidentally won a lifetime free 2c4g VPS from Alice with global streaming unlock. This post runs a quick benchmark of its specs and performance, including CPU info, disk and network bandwidth, and mixed test-suite results, to see whether this zero-cost, lifetime VPS is actually worth the effort to set up and use.

This post benchmarks a Monogatari Cloud dual-socket Intel Platinum 8259CL server in Zhejiang. It covers the provider’s background and licenses, promo pricing and value, detailed hardware configuration (dual 96-thread CPUs, 128 GB Samsung DDR4, 960 GB PM983), China Telecom 500M/50M unmetered bandwidth, and extensive real‑world benchmarks, plus a reminder about the SSD’s ~20k power‑on hours.

This post benchmarks FameSystems’ Germany-based AMD EPYC 9654 VPS: 6 vCores, 24 GB DDR5 RAM, 300 GB PCIe 5.0 NVMe for €8/month, available as Linux (KVM) or Windows (Hyper-V). It includes detailed CPU, disk, and network benchmarks (YABS, Geekbench 5/6, UnixBench, PerformanceTest, Fusion script), plus IP quality and streaming unlock checks, with a strong reminder about balance-only payments and being cautious with annual plans.

Black Friday cools down as Hetzner raises prices and slashes bandwidth, sparking complaints. This post logs my FameSystems German dedicated server configuration and pricing, with a warning about balance-only payments and yearly billing. Includes an initial YABS benchmark and ongoing updates to all Black Friday orders.

Hands-on benchmark of a VPS advertised with “better-than-CN2” German routes and AMD 9950X: full plan specs and lscpu details included, but the CPU is actually EPYC Milan and network performance is mediocre. Evening peak shows no routing advantage back to China. Overall not recommended despite good local latency and media unlocks.

HostBrr has launched new DirectAdmin Storage Boxes, offering 500GB for just €7/year with unlimited domains, subdomains, databases, and free SSL—ideal for hosting a Chevereto image bed. This guide walks through DNS setup, subdomain configuration, and one‑click installation, while also warning about the risks of using a shared IP address.

This guide walks you through how to get 9 months of Huawei Cloud Flexus Application Server L at zero cost: register a Huawei Cloud account, join the HUAWEI CLOUD Developer Program to claim vouchers, and remember to submit your development environment regularly to avoid voucher withdrawal. Includes Singapore/Hong Kong region tips, test IPs, and purchase links.