Balor3
Personal homelab

Balor3 runs on compact gear and practical choices.

This page is a public overview of the hardware behind the setup. It keeps the focus on the machines, storage, and network equipment without exposing private services or internal access points.

Overview

What this setup is built around

The lab is centered on a compact main node, a simple switching layer, and a separate NAS for storage. The aim is not enterprise complexity. It is a smaller setup built to be useful, tidy, and easy to maintain.

At a glance
  • Main nodeMinisforum UM750L Slim
  • StorageUGREEN DH2300
  • NetworkTP-Link Gigabit Switch
  • Main desktopi9-10850K + RTX 3080
Hardware

The equipment behind Balor3

I’ve turned the hardware list into expandable dropdown cards so the page stays cleaner at first glance, but still lets you open each item for the details.

A small system carrying the core homelab role without needing a large always-on tower.

  • Ryzen 5 7545U, 6 cores / 12 threads, up to 4.9GHz
  • 32GB DDR5 memory
  • 1TB SSD
  • 2.5Gb LAN / Ethernet
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Kept intentionally simple so the rest of the setup stays easy to reason about and maintain.

  • Gigabit switching
  • Main wired network link for the lab gear
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This part of the setup leans into reusing gear that still has a job to do.

  • UGREEN DH2300 2-bay enclosure
  • 2 × 1TB HGST SSHDs
  • Drives repurposed from older hardware
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