PoE Injectors and Switches for the Home Lab
Cut rack cable clutter with Power over Ethernet. A no-nonsense guide to PoE standards, switch power budgets, and cleanly powering your home lab gear rack.
Tag: homelab-hardware
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10GbE NIC Cheat Sheet: Mellanox, Intel, Chelsio
Used 10GbE NICs for your homelab in 2026: which Mellanox, Intel, or Chelsio card to buy, which ones to skip entirely, and exactly why the X540 runs hot.
DIY Patch Panel and Rack Cabling for Sanity
Stop living with spaghetti rack cables. A practical guide to DIY patch panels, structured rack cabling, and a cable layout that will not haunt you at 2 AM.
SFP+ Optics and DACs Without Getting Burned
SFP+ optics, DACs, AOCs, and fiber for home lab 10G networking, what to buy, what to avoid, and how to stop vendor lock-in from wrecking your wallet.
Used GPU Buying Guide for Home Lab LLMs
Your no-BS guide to buying a used GPU for local LLM inference in 2026. Budget tiers from $200 to $1500 plus, real VRAM math, and tips to dodge the scams.