About MiniLabHQ
MiniLabHQ covers small, low-power homelab hardware: Intel N100 and N150 mini PCs, repurposed HP and Lenovo thin clients, and the quiet 24/7 builds that run a handful of services without a rack or a power bill to match.
It is for people who want a homelab that fits on a shelf. Power figures, throughput numbers and thermal limits quoted here come from manufacturer specifications and from measurements published by others, with the source named on the page.
What is covered here
- Builds
- Guides
- Reviews
25 articles are published so far. New articles are announced on the RSS feed; there is no fixed publishing schedule and this site does not promise one.
How these articles are produced
Articles are researched from primary sources: vendor and project documentation, published standards and specifications, release notes, advisories, and measurements published by the people who took them. Drafts are produced with AI assistance and then edited against those same sources before anything is published. Where a figure comes from a datasheet or a third-party measurement, the article names the source and links to it so you can check the original rather than take this site's summary of it.
Everything here is published under the MiniLabHQ Editorial byline. That is an editorial desk, not a person, and no article on this site claims hands-on lab testing, benchmarking, or first-hand measurement. Nothing here should be read as a report of something this site physically tested.
Corrections
Getting it right matters more than getting it first. If something on this site is wrong, out of date, or missing the source it should cite, email hello@minilabhq.com with the page and the specific claim. Substantive corrections are made on the page itself rather than quietly dropped.
How this site is funded
Some articles link to products on Amazon. As an Amazon Associate this site earns from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. Those links are the only revenue this site carries: there is no sponsored content, no paid placement, and no display advertising. Product picks are made by reading specifications and published measurements, not by testing the products.
The full position is on the disclosure page. Read it before acting on anything here that reads like a buying recommendation.
Related sites
MiniLabHQ is run alongside a small number of other single-topic sites:
- SelfhostRealm - Your data, your infrastructure.
- Docker Homelab - Docker Compose Stacks, Container Resource Limits & Macvlan Bridge Networks
- TrueNASGuide - Store it right the first time.
Contact
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