Your home lab's biggest mistake might be running everything in LXCs
…He's written for Macworld , Tom's Hardware , groovyPost , The Mac Observer , and more before beginning here at XDA. Sign in to your XDA account LXCs are one of the reasons Proxmox…
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Home labbers say to ditch your ISP router, but the Fritz Box 7530 has WireGuard, dynamic DNS, and even a media server
…The hardware is modest, but the value is exceptional Especially when it's free Being honest about the hardware, it's not up to much. You either get the Qualcomm SoC or…
Your motherboard's default settings are tuned for stability, not speed
…It also includes power limits and voltage behavior that are tuned to work reliably across a wide range of CPUs. Since your motherboard has no idea what cooler you're using or…
Raspberry Pi 5's price hike pushed me toward mini PCs, and now I can't justify going back
…Raspberry Pi is often the best choice for building an embedded system, prototyping custom hardware, wiring an LED matrix, or automating an irrigation system. The board was built for education, hardware tinkering…
My motherboard's debug LED saved me hours of troubleshooting once I learned how to use it
…A frustrating usability aspect of this problem that even veteran hardware builders have had entirely enough of is how diagnosing the actual root issue can escalate into an exhausting wild goose chase…
I tested dual-boot, WSL2, and VMs to run Linux apps on Windows, and only one was worth keeping
Ayush Pande May 2, 2026, 12:30 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…
Liquid metal works great as thermal paste, but the hidden costs aren't worth it
…Because gallium is electrically conductive, any excessive material that strays beyond the IHS can contact components on the surrounding PCB and short your motherboard, which, in this hardware economy, is a real…
The Sega Master System is still being made and sold in Brazil 37 years later
…Sign in to your XDA account It’s not a clone or a bootleg, but it’s also not the original hardware either. In Brazil, the Sega Master System lives on as…
My AIO failed constantly until I switched to a tower cooler and learned the real difference
…Since every new PC builder naturally wants the absolute best hardware for their brand-new rig, I followed the prevailing online advice. So I went with a 360mm AIO that performed superbly…
I replaced my smart home hub with a $120 mini PC, and my smart home finally feels responsive
…So, I got the HP ProDesk 600 G6, a mini PC with x86 hardware that can run several VMs, and can easily pass through USB without permission quirks. I installed Proxmox on…