Ready-made build recommendations

Build recommendations

Curated hardware decisions, generated by the WisePC decision engine. Pick a scenario and a region to see the recommended build, why it wins, the alternatives and the upgrade path.

Plex home server

A home server built for Plex streaming, file storage and backups — balanced for media, price and expandability.

Low-power homelab

An energy-efficient always-on homelab for containers, Home Assistant and backups that won't spike your power bill.

Quiet NAS

A near-silent NAS for file and photo storage — acoustics first, without sacrificing capacity or speed.

NAS for 40 TB

A long-term NAS with 40 TB usable capacity, parity redundancy and room to grow.

Server for 10 virtual machines

A balanced virtualization server that comfortably runs 10 VMs, containers and test environments.

AI homelab under 2000

A performance-focused build for local LLM inference, image generation and AI experimentation.

Homelab for beginners

The simplest good starting homelab — Docker, file storage and self-hosted docs, at a friendly price.

Home Assistant hub

An efficient, silent hub for Home Assistant, automations and IoT — built to run 24/7.

NVR camera server

An always-on NVR for IP camera recording and object detection with long retention.

Jellyfin media server

A home server for Jellyfin with hardware transcoding and media storage.

Docker services server

A home server for Docker services, containers and databases with sensible headroom.

Used hardware homelab

The smartest homelab you can build from used hardware — maximum value per euro.

Energy-efficient 24/7 server

An always-on server tuned for minimum power draw while running Docker and smart-home services.

Silent Plex transcoding server

A silent build that can transcode multiple 4K Plex streams in real time.

Family cloud & photo backup

A family server for photo backup, file sync and Nextcloud, with mirrored redundancy.

Homelab for gaming & VMs

One powerful box that serves both gaming and virtual machines — performance first.