Thursday, August 8, 2024

My homelab - Equipment

Disclosure of Material Connection: I received some of the items listed below for free, sometimes in exchange for a review.  I will note those items by putting *see disclosure* on the same row.  I was not required to write a positive review and I do not rate products higher than they should have been. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's requirements.

It has been a while since I made a blog post.  Recently I decided to start playing around with computers a little more again, reading up on how people are doing their own “homelabs” to experiment and learn.  I don’t plan to do anything big or crazy, but I figured I’d document what I am doing on my blog.

For my first post, I am just going to layout the hardware I am using.  I figure if I write future posts, I can just mention this post if anyone wants to see the specific hardware I am using.  I am just mentioning the main/relevant items, not every single piece of gear and I will update as needed if I get new gear.

Equipment as of 8/30/2024:
  • HP Envy (desktop computer)
    • Computer Specs
      • Intel i7-4790 @ 3.6 Ghz
      • NVidia GeForce GTX 745
      • 32GB RAM
    • Internal storage
      • Micron 256GB SSD
      • SanDisk 256GB SSD
      • Seagate 3TB HDD
      • Toshiba 1TB HDD
      • SanDisk 16GB SSD built-in to the motherboard, works as cache for the HDD as long as you have the right software.
    • Connected items
      • Inateck FD2002 USB 3.0 dual SATA HDD docking station (my review) *see disclosure*
        • Useful for swapping drives out easily.
  • Fujitsu Lifebook E546 (laptop computer)
    • Specs
      • Intel i5-6200U @ 2.4 Ghz
      • 16GB RAM
      • Plextor 128GB SSD
  • Raspberry Pi 4
    • Specs
      • 4GB RAM
    • Argon ONE V2 Case (my review) *see disclosure*
    • Inateck FE2005 USB 3.0 enclosure (my review) *see disclosure* 
  • Misc equipment
    • Cudy 8-port 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet switch
    • GL-iNet Marble (GL-B3000)
    • GL-iNet Mango (GL-MT3000N-V2) qty 2

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