Build Your Own Private Edge AI & Self-Hosted Home Lab.
Independent 24/7 idle wattage measurements, Ollama tokens-per-second benchmarks, and subscription-free Frigate NVR & Proxmox hardware guides.
AI Compute & Mini-PCs
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, Strix Halo APUs, high-bandwidth LPDDR5X, and OCuLink lossless eGPU docks for local Ollama.
Frigate & Edge IoT
Hailo-8L NPUs, Reolink ColorX cameras, and PoE Thread border routers with zero recurring cloud subscriptions.
NAS & 10GbE Lab
All-flash NVMe enclosures, unlocked UGREEN NAS Proxmox conversions, and fanless multi-gig switches under 15W.
Latest Lab Benchmarks & Architecture Guides
In-depth empirical testing, power measurements, and installation walkthroughs.
UGREEN NASync DXP4800 Plus Review: The Ultimate Proxmox Node?
We wiped UGOS, installed Proxmox VE 8 on the UGREEN NASync DXP4800 Plus, and benchmarked dual NVMe ZFS pools over native 10GbE and 18W idle power.
Google Coral TPU vs Hailo-8L: Best Frigate NVR Accelerator
We benchmarked the Google Coral Edge TPU against the Hailo-8L M.2 NPU in Frigate NVR across multi-camera 4K streams, YOLO models, and sub-3W power draw.
Best Mini PCs for Local LLMs & Ollama in 2027 (Benchmarked)
We benchmarked memory bandwidth, idle wattage, and OCuLink scaling across top AMD Ryzen AI mini-PCs for Ollama, DeepSeek R1, and Qwen local inference.