Rackmount Server

1U/2U machines for the closet-turned-datacenter.

Budget Builder — ~$500–1,200

Off-lease enterprise gear is the best price-perf in homelabbing.

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Prosumer Studio — ~$1,500–4,000

New AM5-based 1U: modern single-thread speed with server packaging.

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Enterprise Cluster — ~$5,000–20,000

Current-gen Xeon/EPYC 2U with redundant everything.

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