Tyler Morgan

I’ve been running Proxmox on mini PCs in my home lab for over four years, and I can tell you the shift from bulky tower servers to palm-sized virtualization powerhouses is real. The best mini PCs for Proxmox home labs in deliver enough CPU muscle and RAM capacity to run a dozen virtual machines, while … Read more

Yes, you can absolutely use a mini PC as a home server. I run two of them 24/7 in my office closet, and they handle Plex, Docker containers, Home Assistant, and Pi-hole without breaking a sweat. Modern mini PCs for home servers sip between 6 and 65 watts, fit in the palm of your hand, … Read more

After three months of running Plex Media Server on eight different mini PCs across my home network, I have a clear answer: a modern mini PC punches well above its weight for streaming movies, TV shows, and music. If you are building a home media server in and want something that sips power, stays quiet, … Read more

I ran a Jellyfin server on a Raspberry Pi 4 for six months before I gave up. The UI crawled, transcoding was a coin flip, and the moment two people watched something at once, the system buckled. That experience pushed me to test a stack of mini PCs, and I have been running one for … Read more

I’ve been running Docker on mini PCs in my home lab for over four years now, and I’m convinced they’re the best kept secret in self-hosting. The best mini PCs for Docker containers in deliver full Linux server performance in a box that fits in your hand and sips less power than a light bulb. … Read more

I built my first home lab in a closet with a power-hungry tower server that sounded like a jet engine. The electricity bill, the heat, the noise — all of it pushed me toward mini PCs for virtualization. After 18 months of testing 15 different models in my homelab, I can tell you which ones … Read more

I’ve spent the last three months running 12 N100 mini PCs through real workloads, from Proxmox clusters to Plex media servers, and the results surprised me. The Intel N100 has become the undisputed king of budget mini PCs, beating Raspberry Pi 5 in raw performance while costing the same. What started as a niche market … Read more

I spent the last three months living with twelve different wireless gaming keyboards on my desk, and the difference a clean setup makes to my focus is real. Cables used to snake across my workspace, snag my mouse, and ruin the look of my streaming shots. Once I switched to a proper cord-free board, my … Read more

If your desk is the size of a cutting board and your mouse pad keeps doing the wave, I feel you. After testing dozens of compact boards for our gaming setup guides, I’ve watched our team trade full-size tanks for boards that finally leave room to aim. The best 65 percent gaming keyboards for small … Read more

I spent the last 90 days testing 8 full-size gaming keyboards across both gaming sessions and a full workweek of typing, spreadsheets, and code. I logged keystrokes, measured how often my wrist hurt by Friday, and tracked which boards my coworkers could hear from across the room. The results surprised me: the best full-size gaming … Read more