Just wanted to share some photos of my first home lab build. I’ve been eyeing this project for years but needed the right job and budget to make it happen. Wendell’s HL15 video is making me second-guess my case choice, but for now, here’s what I’ve got.
I’m running Proxmox VE along with TrueNAS scale, and a bunch of other random LXCs for things like *arr, nginx (still a pain to secure on my network), and more. Planning to dive into ML model training, remote gaming (when my 1080ti fits in a future case upgrade), and dev work. It’s all new to me, but I’m having a blast figuring it out.
Before it gets mentioned: I know the cooler is mounted in the wrong direction; there’s unfortunately no way to change the orientation on Noctua’s SP3 socket version of the NH-U9. It annoys me as much as it annoys you 
And its final home (for now)
Specs:
| Type | Item | Price |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | AMD EPYC 7282 16 core | $154 @ Ebay |
| CPU Cooler | Noctua NH-U9 TR4-SP3 | $89.85 @ Amazon |
| Motherboard | Asrock ROMED6U-2L2T | $435 @ Ebay |
| Memory | Samsung M393A4K40BB1-CRC 32 GB x 2 (64GB total) | $101.86 @ Amazon |
| Storage (SSD x3) | Samsung 870 Evo 1 TB 2.5” SSD | $198 total @ Amazon |
| Storage (NVME SSD) | Samsung 990 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 x4 NVME SSD | $149.99 @ Amazon |
| Storage (HDD x2) | Seagate IronWolf Pro NAS 20 TB 3.5” 7200 RPM HDD | $315 @ Amazon (Black Friday) |
| Video Card | NVIDIA VCQM5000-PB Quadro M5000 8 GB Video Card | Free (from a friend) |
| Case | Fractal Design Node 804 MicroATX Mid Tower Case | $150.81 @ Newegg |
| Power Supply | Corsair SF750 750 W 80+ Platinum Certified SFX PSU | $186.06 @ Newegg |
| Total | $1780.57 |
