We take a 35W 1L PC from HP and do three levels of customization. We have a base low-cost option for upgrades. We have a Tier 1 upgrade package with , fast PCIe Gen4 NVMe storage, and 64GB of memory. We then go all the way to a Tier 2 upgrade package with 10Gbase-T, 8TB of NVMe with ZFS, and even 96GB of memory. We then swap from Windows 11 Pro to Proxmox VE 8 to make this Project TinyMiniMicro node the ultimate Intel Core #Homelab virtualization node. STH Main Site Article: STH Top 5 Weekly Newsletter: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Where to Find The Unit We Purchased Note we may earn a small commission if you use these links to purchase a product through them. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Mushkin Redline 96GB DDR5 Memory: - Crucial 64GB DDR5 Memory: - Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus 4TB NVMe SSD: - Low-cost/ Power/ Performance Crucial NVMe SSD: - Hasivo 8x 10Gbase-T Switches: - HP Flex IO NIC: - HP 10GbE Flex IO NIC: - Innodisk M.2 10Gbase-T NIC: - HP Elite Mini 600 G9 on eBay: - Beelink GTR7: - Sonnet 10Gbase-T Thunderbolt 3: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Become a STH YT Member and Support Us ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Join STH YouTube membership to support the channel: STH Merch on Spring: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Where to Find STH ---------------------------------------------------------------------- STH Forums: Follow on Twitter: Follow on LinkedIn: Follow on Facebook: Follow on Instagram: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Timestamps ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 00:00 Introduction 01:13 Tier 0 - Base Configuration 02:30 Tier 1 - 64GB, 4TB, 05:52 Tier 3 - 96GB, 8TB, 10Gbase-T 10GbE 09:39 Proxmox VE 8 Setup as a Virtualization Host 13:11 Power Consumption and Noise 14:07 Other Ideas for Cheap 10Gbase-T Switches and Using Mini PCs 17:17 Wrap-up ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Other STH Content Mentioned in this Video ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Mushkin Redline 96GB DDR5 Memory: - Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus Review: - HP Flex IO NIC: - Beelink GTR7 Review: HP Units - HP Elite Mini 600 G9: - HP Elite Mini 800 G9: - HP EliteDesk 800 G6 Mini: - HP EliteDesk 805 G6 Mini: - HP EliteDesk 800 G4 Mini: Dell Units - Dell OptiPlex 7000 Micro: - Dell OptiPlex 7090 Micro: - Dell OptiPlex 7080 Micro: - Dell OptiPlex 7070 Micro: - Dell OptiPlex 7060 Micro: - Dell OptiPlex 3070 Micro: - Dell OptiPlex 3050 Micro: Lenovo Units - Lenovo PSB Locking Ryzen CPUs: - Lenovo M90q Tiny: - Lenovo M90q Tiny Gen2: - Lenovo M80q Tiny: - Lenovo IdeaCentre 5i Tiny: - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75q-2 Tiny (Gen 2):