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EP2 - Starting a Homelab in 2025: My Hardware Choices

About 9 months ago, I built my very first homelab. Since then, I’ve learned a lot, mostly by breaking things, fixing them, and figuring stuff out as I go. In this video, I’m starting the process of moving to better hardware and decided to document the whole journey. This channel (and this series) isn’t meant to be polished tutorials or “perfect setups.” It’s more of a real-time record of how I’m building my homelab, the decisions I make, the mistakes I run into, and how I fix them in later videos. I talk about why you don’t need fancy hardware to get started, using whatever machine you already have is often the best first homelab. If you do want to buy something, I also explain why used tiny/mini/micro PCs are a great, budget-friendly option for beginners. Then I introduce the hardware I’m moving to: the AOOSTAR WTR Pro. It gives me the flexibility to run homelab services and NAS storage on the same machine, which fits what I want to build going forward. The next video will be all about installing Proxmox and getting the base system up and running. If you’re starting a homelab yourself, or just curious how one evolves over time, this series is for you.