Manufacturers
Hardware brands commonly used to build home servers.
Beelink
Beelink makes some of the most popular budget mini PCs for home servers, offering efficient Intel N-series and Ryzen models at aggressive prices.
Minisforum
Minisforum specializes in powerful small-form-factor PCs, including Ryzen models with dual NVMe and lots of RAM headroom — ideal for virtualization.
Western Digital
Western Digital's WD Red line is purpose-built for NAS use, with CMR drives designed for 24/7 reliability in home servers.
Seagate
Seagate's IronWolf drives are a staple of DIY NAS builds, frequently offering the best price per terabyte at higher capacities.
Crucial
Crucial (Micron) is a reliable, value-focused source of RAM and SATA/NVMe SSDs for home servers and mini PCs.
Ubiquiti
Ubiquiti's UniFi ecosystem brings enterprise-style switches, routers and access points with polished management to prosumer homelabs.
APC
APC by Schneider Electric makes the most widely recommended UPS units for home servers, with excellent NUT support for automatic shutdown.
Synology
Synology builds turnkey NAS appliances with the polished DSM operating system — the convenient, low-effort alternative to a DIY build.