Your next home lab upgrade isn't a shiny new motherboard, it's someone's old workstation
Ayush Pande Apr 9, 2026, 12:01 PM EDT Ayush Pande is a PC hardware and gaming writer. When he's not working on a new article, you can find him with…
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This lesser-known USB-C feature never really took off
Jasmine Mannan Mar 22, 2026, 6:00 PM EDT Jasmine is Software and PC Hardware Author at XDA with years of tech reporting experience ranging from AI chatbots right down to gaming…
I've been running Vaultwarden on my Proxmox home server for two years, and I don't miss LastPass
Ayush Pande May 17, 2026, 10:00 AM EDT Ayush Pande is a PC hardware and gaming writer. When he's not working on a new article, you can find him with…
The Steam Deck didn't make Linux gaming viable — it made Windows gaming look bloated
…An MBA in Marketing and the owner of a PC building business, he writes on PC hardware, technology, and Windows. When not scouring the web for ideas, he can be found building…
Your monitor's USB hub does more than a docking station, and costs nothing extra
…Related Stop ignoring these 5 non-hardware PC upgrades while chasing peak performance Your desk setup is as important as the inside of your PC Docks solve problems that most desks don…
I built my own Googlebook with a Raspberry Pi, local LLMs, and old hardware
Ayush Pande May 17, 2026, 7:01 PM EDT Ayush Pande is a PC hardware and gaming writer. When he's not working on a new article, you can find him with…
Linux is the best way to run Android apps on your PC, and it's not close
João Carrasqueira Mar 21, 2026, 2:30 PM EDT João has been covering the tech world for over 7 years, with a heavy focus on laptops and the Windows ecosystem. I also…
TrueNAS SCALE tried to do everything, so I gave it one job and moved the rest to Proxmox
Rich Edmonds Apr 10, 2026, 12:31 PM EDT Richard is the PC Hardware Lead at XDA and has been covering the technology industry for almost two decades. He's been building…
A used Lenovo ThinkCentre is still the best $100 you can spend on a home lab
Ty Sherback May 23, 2026, 11:00 AM EDT His love of PCs and their components was born out of trying to squeeze every ounce of performance out of the family computer…
I self-host my PC game library with Moonlight instead of paying for a second PC or GeForce Now
…Buying a second PC wasn't an option Have you seen hardware prices? Buying a second gaming PC just to connect to my TV was never really on the table. Thanks to…
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