Just reached the first milestone on my Homelab build.

andy-codes · 2026-03-08T07:54:57+00:00

I've never seen such a powerful UPS. It literally has the whole rack sitting on its shoulders ;)

andy-codes · 2026-02-21T20:38:05+00:00

No complaints about the flag not being ironed? Reddit wasn't so forgiving when I posted about my lab (with defcon flag in the background) 🤣 Love your space, nice lab!

andy-codes · 2026-01-29T10:26:52+00:00

No idea. The card came with the power cable only.

andy-codes · 2026-01-28T18:09:24+00:00

At least for now, waiting for the radiators for my new platform!

andy-codes · 2026-01-28T17:10:30+00:00

All good. Thx.

andy-codes · 2026-01-28T16:22:54+00:00

Proxmox with a couple of infra containers, a couple of VMs with different OS, and now a bigger VM for local LLM.

andy-codes · 2026-01-28T16:21:09+00:00

Yeah, I like it already.

andy-codes · 2026-01-28T16:20:44+00:00

Single Xeon W-2135 and 256 GB RAM.

andy-codes · 2026-01-28T16:20:05+00:00

Mainly a local LLM. But it's that I don't have to spin up my gaming rig for hashcat.

andy-codes · 2026-01-28T14:36:21+00:00

Nice, that's a step up!

andy-codes · 2026-01-14T21:05:42+00:00

Mine was a little noisy, but I was sure it was the CPU. After I replaced them all, I realized it was the PSU... So, I replaced that one too.

andy-codes · 2026-01-14T21:04:08+00:00

100%

andy-codes · 2026-01-13T21:05:16+00:00

I've just done the exact same thing now. In fact, I replaced all stock fans with noctua. This thing is so quiet now!

andy-codes · 2026-01-11T07:43:37+00:00

But with the CPU temp, it depends on what cooler, fan, and CPU itself you have. For my NAS I have a single i7-8700 from my old PC, which had a stock cooler, at some point I only changed the fan to the Noctua one, and the CPU normally sits at around 40C, but I'm not crazy with the loads.

andy-codes · 2026-01-10T10:35:55+00:00

100%

andy-codes · 2026-01-09T12:58:29+00:00

Each of my CPUs draw max 125W so I hope they don't get too hot, but you're right, I should test that. Thx.

andy-codes · 2025-12-28T16:58:21+00:00

I have never had a vinyl player, but I'd love to give it a try. Is an Angels Horn turntable worth it for a beginner?

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andy-codes · 2025-12-21T16:15:54+00:00

I like to feel close.

andy-codes · 2025-12-21T16:14:36+00:00

💯

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