Laptop, PC, & Hardware Products
These are the laptops, computers, and parts that I recommend and use for my home computing environment and my home office.
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I have an earlier version of this HP Chromebook that I use as my daily laptop (my review). This one’s even better.
The Samsung Chromebook Plus V2 is a sleek, updated version of my very first Chromebook (my review).
This is my wife’s daily driver Chromebook and she loves it. If you are looking for more Chromebook recommendations, check out this list of the best Chromebooks.
There are newer and faster NUCs out there, but this one is plenty fast enough and runs the Proxmox VMs in my home lab.
This is a Gen 11 NUC competitor that also works great as a Proxmox host. Here’s my review of the ASUS PN63-S1.
This is an easy-to-use and reliable external hard drive enclosure. I use it for my surveillance system hard drive. Here’s my review of the enclosure.
A Gen4 solid NVMe that I use for running Proxmox guests.
A good, reliable budget NVMe SSD card. Works great in my NUC.
Hard to go wrong with the Samsung EVO line of SSDs. They power my Proxmox VMs.
I’ve had a couple of these Seagate external hard drives over the years. They house much of my important data and they are quiet.
This is my go-to drive model for NAS devices
A hard drive built for the 24/7 write operations of my surveillance system.
This is a great and relatively inexpensive 5-bay NAS. Here’s my TerraMaster F5-221 review.
I use this for two-factor authentication with all the popular services. It greatly increases the security of your accounts
I use this for two-factor authentication with all the popular services. It greatly increases the security of your accounts