Yeah, I know. That’s one hell of a cryptic title for this POST (pun intended 😛 ). Proxmox node 3 Yes! This post is about the third Proxmox node I’ve been assembling. Last Sunday, I finally had some spare time to install everything into the newly bought case. The process itself was straightforward: add extra…
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Bios Power Saving Settings
The numbers still surprise me. My second Proxmox host — an i5-12400 with P- and E-cores, 128 GB RAM — dropped from 55 W idle (default BIOS) to 22 W idle after just ten minutes of tweaking C-states and running powertop –auto-tune. That’s more than a 50% energy saving, with zero loss of functionality. And…
From Modest to Mayhem: Hammer is now a Sledgehammer!
From modest host to mad scientist build — Hammer is now running an i9 with 128GB RAM On July 20, 2025, I published this article titled ‘Servers’, where I walk through the home servers we’ve assembled over the years. In that article, I wrote that the ultimate upgrade for my Proxmox host would be an…