I hate to point anybody to Reddit, but /r/homelab used to be very solid

Also, you can grab used workstations cheaply that are great for home lab machines.

Enterprise workstations from Dell, HP, or Lenovo are solid and easy to work on and can be found for as low as $50-80 on eBay.

I prefer the workstations to servers because they're not nearly as loud.

I hate to point anybody to Reddit, but /r/homelab used to be very solid

Also, you can grab used workstations cheaply on eBay that are great for home lab machines. Enterprise workstations from Dell, HP, or Lenovo are solid and easy to work on and can be found for as low as $50-80 on eBay.

I hate to point anybody to Reddit, but /r/homelab used to be very solid