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Fit guides, build notes and plain answers for homelab gear.

HP EliteDesk G3, G4, G5 Homelab Build

The used HP EliteDesk Mini is the box that quietly powers a large fraction of the homelabs on the internet, and the...

Read guide → Jul 1, 2026

A three-node Proxmox cluster is the project that turns a homelab from a single box you are afraid to reboot into something...

Read guide → Jun 30, 2026

The EdgeRouter X is old. Ubiquiti launched the ER-X in 2015, and by the calendar that makes it a decade-old product still...

Read guide → Jun 28, 2026

The first time an MSP regrets not documenting a client's rack is at 11 p.m. on a callout, standing in front of...

Read guide → Jun 23, 2026

A 12U homelab is the awkward middle. It is large enough to hold a real stack — a gateway, a switch or...

Read guide → Jun 21, 2026

The patch panel is one of those rack components that homelabbers buy because it is what a "real" rack has, then quietly...

Read guide → Jun 10, 2026

The original UniFi Express — the little cube that was equal parts gateway, single access point, and stripped-down controller — was the...

Read guide → Jun 9, 2026

Two years ago the default downlink switch in a quiet homelab was a USW-Lite-8 PoE if you could live with eight ports,...

Read guide → Jun 2, 2026

A Raspberry Pi cluster is one of those homelab projects whose appeal is roughly inversely proportional to how much it makes sense...

Read guide → May 31, 2026

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