Parts

Intel Core i5-14600T

Lower-power mid-tier Intel desktop chip

LGA170014 cores35W TDP

14 cores total, 35W class, good for compact racks

$289

Intel

Intel Core i7-14700T

35W class Intel 20-core chip for quieter systems

LGA170020 cores35W TDP

20 cores total with a lower power envelope

$389

Intel

Intel Xeon E-2434

Balanced Xeon E-series chip for light server consolidation

LGA17004 cores55W TDP

4 cores, 55W, server-oriented budget option

$279

Intel

Intel Xeon E-2436

Mid-tier Intel Xeon for light server consolidation

LGA17006 cores65W TDP

6 cores, 65W, strong entry server fit

$319

AMD

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X

Top-end Zen 5 CPU for heavy homelab compute

AM516 cores170W TDP

16 cores, 32 threads, 170W, maximum desktop headroom

$649

AMD

AMD Ryzen 5 8500G

Entry AM5 APU with integrated graphics

AM56 cores65W TDP

6 cores, 65W, iGPU included for light servers

$169

AMD

AMD Ryzen 5 8600G

Stronger AM5 APU for compact multimedia hosts

AM56 cores65W TDP

6 cores, 65W, excellent iGPU utility

$229

AMD

AMD EPYC 4124P

Entry AM5 server CPU for ECC homelab boxes

AM54 cores65W TDP

4 cores, 65W, AM5, server-grade support

$149

AMD

AMD EPYC 4244P

Balanced AM5 server CPU for entry racks

AM56 cores65W TDP

6 cores, 65W, a strong low-cost server processor

$229

AMD

AMD EPYC 4364P

Higher-clock AM5 server CPU for dense services

AM58 cores65W TDP

8 cores, 65W, better response and container density

$429

NVIDIA

NVIDIA RTX A4000

High-performance single-slot workstation GPU

241mm1 slot140W

Workstation-class card for compute-heavy homelabs

$799

NVIDIA

NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada

Compact Ada workstation GPU with strong efficiency

241mm1 slot130W

Modern pro card for AI, graphics, and virtualization workloads

$1,199

NVIDIA

NVIDIA RTX 4000 SFF Ada

Low-profile Ada GPU for dense 1U/2U-adjacent systems

168mm1 slot70W

Small-form-factor workstation GPU with strong efficiency

$1,499

NVIDIA

NVIDIA RTX A4500

High-end workstation GPU for serious compute and VM hosts

267mm2 slot200W

Dual-slot pro card with plenty of acceleration headroom

$999

NVIDIA

NVIDIA RTX A6000

Flagship Ampere workstation GPU for heavy acceleration

267mm2 slot300W

Top-tier pro card for large model work and dense rendering

$3,999

NVIDIA

GeForce RTX 4070

Mid-tier GPU for heavier AI and encode workloads

245mm2 slot200W

Efficient consumer card with enough muscle for many lab tasks

$549

NVIDIA

GeForce RTX 4080

High-end GPU for serious local compute and rendering

304mm3 slot320W

Large, power-hungry GPU for demanding homelab acceleration

$1,199

AMD

AMD Radeon Pro W7500

Efficient workstation GPU for compact acceleration builds

188mm1 slot70W

Compact Radeon Pro card for compute and video workloads

$429

AMD

AMD Radeon Pro W7700

Higher-end Radeon Pro GPU for AI and visualization

241mm2 slot190W

Strong workstation card for heavier homelab compute

$999

AMD

AMD Radeon RX 7600

Entry consumer GPU for budget acceleration

228mm2 slot165W

A practical low-cost card for decoding, encoding, and light compute

$269

Crucial

Crucial 16GB DDR4-3200 ECC UDIMM

Small-footprint server memory for entry homelab nodes

DDR4-ECC16GB1 DIMMs

1x16GB ECC UDIMM for minimal always-on systems

$89

Crucial

Crucial 64GB DDR4-3200 ECC UDIMM

2x32GB kit for balanced Proxmox and NAS hosts

DDR4-ECC64GB2 DIMMs

2x32GB ECC UDIMM with strong all-round homelab fit

$169

Crucial

Crucial 96GB DDR4-3200 ECC UDIMM

Capacity-focused DDR4 ECC kit for denser storage nodes

DDR4-ECC96GB3 DIMMs

3x32GB ECC UDIMM kit for larger DDR4 platforms

$269

Micron

Micron 16GB DDR4-3200 ECC UDIMM

Server-grade baseline DIMM for entry homelabs

DDR4-ECC16GB1 DIMMs

1x16GB ECC UDIMM with Micron server DRAM

$79