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Small-office hardware

Mini PCs, printers, UPS — the unglamorous essentials.

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Small-office hardware 7.0
Technical assessment Beelink EQ14 (Intel N150) review: fanless mini PC for light server loads A capable low-power appliance box hampered by single-channel RAM and a SATA SSD; at $190–230 it fits budget OPNsense or Proxmox builds but offers minimal gains over cheaper N100 equivalents.
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Small-office hardware 7.3
Technical assessment Eaton 3S 700 UPS review: unglamorous insurance for home NAS and networking kit A functional 700VA standby UPS that delivers affordable battery backup for light homelab loads, but short runtime and simulated sine wave limit its appeal.
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Small-office hardware 7.2
Technical assessment Raspberry Pi 5 review: faster silicon, higher stakes, real-world limits The Pi 5 triples performance over Pi 4 and adds PCIe, but 2026 memory-driven price hikes and active-cooling requirements push the fully equipped board into mini-PC territory.