Server Racks Cost Too Much - Buy or DIY?

Linus and the team aren’t splurging on pricey commercial server racks—instead they’re hacking an IKEA LACK table and some 8U rack rails to build a slick, budget-friendly home-lab and music-gear rack. After sketching a plan, they dive into multiple build rounds (with the obligatory “Linus Test” stress check), tweaking the design each time to balance cost, sturdiness and style.

Along the way you’ll catch plenty of sponsor shout-outs (Micro Center and UGREEN), affiliate links for all the gear, and a link to the forum where fans can geek out over DIY rack mods. If you want more rack-building hacks or just love watching things get Frankensteined into something awesome, this one’s for you.

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