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If you’re wanting to run a Homelab, most people opt to go with decommissioned enterprise hardware to get started, but that might not be the right move to make in 2025. Mini PCs have some incredibly small footprints, are insanely efficient, and more importantly, are downright faster than any rackmount server you can find on eBay.
Today we’re looking at AMD’s latest Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 inside Proxmox, to see how the hypervisor works with a mix of performance and efficiency cores.
But first… What am I drinking???
LEVEL BEER (Portland, OR) Rebellions are Built on Hops (6.7%)
Check out the Acemagic F3A: https://acemagic.com/products/acemagic-f3a-mini-pc?srsltid=AfmBOopmJy4yx4o-NKFm1-4ijlxi6xbRXHUQsb63PEFr7eyL5cUjmZ7Z
Silicon Power UD90 2TB Gen4x4 NVMe: https://amzn.to/4eAo0og
32GB DDR5-5600: https://amzn.to/4lHbiGH
Instructions for upgrading to kernel v6.14:
https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/opt-in-linux-6-14-kernel-for-proxmox-ve-8-available-on-test-no-subscription.164497/
https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/chapter-sysadmin.html#sysadmin_no_subscription_repo
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