I can't believe I agreed to challenge this....

I laughed so hard on the power bottom I had to show it to my brother - who promptly walked away in disappointment

Upvote for keeping a straight face during the power bottom comment.

I can't believe you just said "Power Bottom", freaking hilarious.

goddamn you and the 19 inches and 4 inches joke. I almost spit out my beer on my laptop.

0:27 "you have no reason to not build one of these things" M O N E Y

... going to learn more about powering my servers

The cable management is a mullet. Business clean in the front, party in the back.

You are a legend for some how working Power Bottom into tech. Almost spit out my coffee lol

I've been very tempted to pull the trigger on a purchase of one of this racks since I saw it on Geerling's video. It looks tidy and perfect for setting up in my RV... great video! Cheers!

Googled power bottom as instructed. Found a lot of useful demonstrations. After about 45 minutes I remembered this was supposed to be about computer stuff.

i zoned out and started reading something in another tab until I heard "google power bottom" lmfaooo

Outstanding! I must wait for my Social Security check to be deposited on the 18th to order the items. 😂 To be honest, I need this ‘cause I do not have the space for a full rack (at this time), and most of my “home lab” comprises Raspberry Pis and a few mini PCs. So, that rack size is perfect. Thanks again, bro, you nailed it. Stay safe 🙏.

"...i got a whole-ass GTX 1050ti..." i almost choked on my dinner. your writing is great!

That is the coolest thing I've ever seen. What I would do with one of those is show it to all my friends and have them bask in my glory.

I really like this set up , neat clean . And love the use of the Pi in a network setup.

Yeah, Im thinking this is my next IT adventure! Great video, love the cooperation between channels.

Thanks for the project idea!

we need MOAR of this :D

Drily tells his audience to google power bottoms... you sir are an evil genius in entertainment.

Been dying to build a mini rack. BUT, the only thing that stops my build. Is the lack of a disk shelf. How awesome would it be if you can squeeze in a disk shelf link it up to the mini itx board and you're off to the races! A disk shelf for six 3.5" drives 🤤It would be like squeezing a Jonsbo N3 case into the rack.

This is an awesome micro homelab!

That 10" rack kills me LOL We have a running joke where I work about "standard" 19 inch racks that never seem to fit anything that is a standard 19" form factor.

I love that scavenged rack + the Ansible set up, subscribed! :)

Watching Brett and Tim collaborate is like watching the avengers come together, in my world 😂

Cool Mini Smart Home Rack！

I just saw that Jeff Geerling vid on Tuesday. I like your setup alot..... Maybe more than jeffs😮

a rack to go into your rack. looks pretty sweet. may have to do my own one when I finish my current 25u build.

with a 40 gig fiber connection, you can become your own Internet Service Provider and sell wi-fi to well known criminals for extra untaxed/unreported income!

10" racks are common run Europe, mainly due to racking low powered devices as electricity is expensive. I have had one for the past 9 years they are great to keep everything uncluttered. Glad to see it is catching on in North America. @raidowl there is a 10" mini its case from myelectronics that fits your 1080.

So much goodness right here!! Now I really want one of these even more. Grrrr

Space is my enemy and this mini rack would be awesome. I can downsize my desktop PC, pi cluster, and NAS. Thanks for the ideas.

Fun build. Way to do cool shit without getting overly serious.

Man, you have to be one of my favourite creators! CHECK MATE! 🤣🤣 Love it!!

I live near Boston, which is not Texas,. Summer here tries its best to fake it. Room temps in the 80s with effective temps pushing 100 degrees at times. Without AC is very cruel to traditional Mini PCs. I can see such a rack as a center for my Raspberry Pis wearing only good active cooling. I see my Pi 4s as servers with Pi5 as a master node. Now the Pis are in individual cases. A proper rack would help organize them for 24/7 use. Mirrored drives would give me better data protection and central data storage service. I would also like to monitor my systems from a Pi node so I could shut stuff down before heat freezes it. Thanks for the video.

1:37 Unspeakable cable management horrors beyond comprehension

I keep having to pause so I can cry laughing

Would love to see a software tour! This is so cool!!!

Well I guess you got me. I'll subscribe Brett 😂

I'm looking forward to more content on this set up. I actually got a 10" rack a couple of years ago (after seeing a video on it by @NovaspiritTech some three years ago) and it has been sitting my storage just waiting for me to justify buying it . . . This just might get me going on the thing!

This is a very cool system. Thanks for sharing your build. 👍

This is one of the coolest rack i've seen which i can actually afford and build.

You were in for a winner at the GPU graphics poking out, hands down! 😂😂

thanks tim, nice job!

Oh yes, size matters. My 19.5" server isn't going to fit in... THAT! Bless your heart.

Found this channel recently. I'm loving the content.

"Checkmate" lol, love it

Damn this is pretty awesome. Good job

4" 😂 that's a Pico rack

It looks beautiful, but it definitely can use some cable management other than that it looks awesome❤

I subbed,…I’ve been wanting to do something like this ages! Thanks!

Bonus points If this slides into a rack on rails and everything connects with a single power and 10g cable

Mate this is next level! Time to up my mini rack game!

It's finally available in Germany as well (don't know how long it's been available for, tbh) and I'm gonna shell out and buy at least one of them. Maybe a second one for my mom and her setup, too. I just love this small thing for small builds and stuff. Good way of starting out your homelab! Throw in some 3D Printing, and I guess you can create really, really cool stuff with it!

Thats a nicely and cleanly packed server rack. even tho this is the first video i watch of you.

Very nice setup. 100W isn't bad

🤔Tim got the backwards cap. He can cut through the air and it keeps him planted like a wing. B went full Buddha though with the Mr. Clean hairdo. That jawn aerodynamic AF. This is gonna be a fierce battle!!!

You (and Jeff) are now in thumbnails for the product on Amazon. 🙂

It's actually very simple to drill, and tap your own mounting points on metal like that. If it was me, I would feel way more comfortable with that than some sticky tac.

AWESOME! Unfortunately it would cost a gazillion thousand Brazillian Reais to build it here.😅

I may have the space, but that doesn't mean I have the money 😂

Good shit man, good shit, please do a software stack video.

This thing is so sick!!!

Dude, you're just hilarious 😂 Thanks for the laughs.

Funny how the RackMate T1 is $180 on Amazon, but $120 on DeskPI - might want to think on that.

Do a full software turtorial of the rack.

Hello there, Mr. Owl. I have been researching NAS builds and came across this. Why would a photographer and video maker need a server like this. Thanks for the video. Hopefully you are enjoying your server.

Jeff’s temp controller

Definitely gonna grab that USB Dock.

Nice build.

These new wave IT guys be concerning..

RaidOwl has that Dave Attell delivery.

19 and 4 lol. Great vid

Oh man I'm so addicted to this "mini version of everything" I hope my wife too.

Would love to build one myself. I would cluster up some mini PCs, probably four BeeLink EQ12. Top mount a fanless firewall appliance as a router. Similar network switch, maybe something managed. A digiconnect USB over IP hub. A Minisform BD770i build serving namely as the multi-media rig. I know that's overkill, but I want it. Finally, add in a serious NAS solution... not sure if that's another device or something I already mentioned.

i was going to say build your own but for 100 bucks not too bad - your setup looks good - nice use of parts and appreciate the bargain vibe - the clock should have seconds (to make sure everything is synced)

A word of caution on that PSU. I had the similar Apevia ITX-AP300W PSU, and it released the magic smoke. I don't recall how long it lasted before it did that, but it definitely wasn't long enough, and definitely should not have been overwhelmed by the system it was running.

Should get that name san in there for the rack I bet it fit nice!

Any guides or videos that you can recommend for a non-techy who would like to set-up a mini server rack? Love that you have list of hardware, which lessen the things I need to consider. Thanks,

I think this is awesome. I got more mini pc clusters rather than PI 😃

honestly ive been considering setting up some form of home server so i love the idea of this! youtube is definitely trying to push me to committing. im curious if you could just use the mini itx as your daily driver tower while running proxmox instead of parsec. i would assume so since you can use the 10" monitor to game, just replace it with larger monitors

You might be able to save some space if you rotate the Raspberry Pi's. This way, you then have a whole entire bay completely cleared out.

Good shit man, really nice.

1:37 😢😢😮😮😅😅. Mulligan on that part, my man

Yes, i would definitely have this years ago if could. Now i have a full rack but got for 40 dollars at the time. I have too many servers i need to sell no longer need.

Thanks for the demo and info. Now you have poked the bear called TechnoTim, good luck you poor soul LOL just kidding. LET GET READY TO RUMBLE!

00:19 Температатурный датчик конечно прибавит 100500 к работоспособности и производительности .

it's beautiful.

4… you lucky guy.

OMG Yes on Aida's forum. Got offended when I mentioned using the gallery feature.

that power button is most interesting piece of the build, I checked the details and it's really pity it's not designed for a Mac, any idea if there's a way to power on Mac (Mini or Studio) with dedicated button like this? cheers

you just made me Google power bottom. i actually thought it would be something useful

I love this setup ♥

Nice one. I also want a 10" rack, but can't get one at the country where I live, everyone is using 19". If I can't buy one, I'll build one.

10:36 wait, I will just ask my bf... wait, im single... btw. great video

Looks nice but what about the temperature in there, in a typical use case? I would add a funky glass panel to the sides if it was mine

@6:47 THAT'S WHAT HE SAID!!! 😁🤣

Must have software tour

That looks pretty sweet, but let’s be honest size does matter right 😂

Size of systems do not really impress me anymore as datacenter systems are massive. But these tiny, mini, micro systems you guys put together are honestly quite impressive.