Homelab and PC hardware, measured on my own bench. Free no-signup calculators, open datasets (coil whine, GPU sag, daily GPU and SSD prices) and guides that say what I didn't measure. LK Wood IV, paramedic in St. Louis. No sponsors.https://bsky.app/profile/techfuelhq.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/techfuelhq.bsky.social/post/3mvo3iry3wc2cSynology DS925+ or a DIY four-bay, five years, drives excluded: $1,116 against $768 to $792. Everyone assumes the DIY box wins on electricity. It wins by $323 to $347, and electricity is $32 to $56 of that. The premium is the enclosure price plus DSM being included. https://techfuelhq.com/homelab/synology-vs-diy-nas-five-year-cost-2026/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social-desk-2026-09&utm_content=synology-vs-diy-nas-five-year-cost-202616 Sep 2026 21:29 +0000at://did:plc:welo655zjlawbmwpse2ebofl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvo3iry3wc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/techfuelhq.bsky.social/post/3mvmmu72wak24Every forum answers "how much GPU sag is too much" with a feeling. I couldn't find one dataset that records how far real cards droop, in millimetres, against card length, mount and months installed. So I opened one. One row, one card, one ruler. Yours takes two minutes. https://techfuelhq.com/data/gpu-sag-census/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social-desk-2026-09&utm_content=gpu-sag-census16 Sep 2026 07:34 +0000at://did:plc:welo655zjlawbmwpse2ebofl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvmmu72wak24https://bsky.app/profile/techfuelhq.bsky.social/post/3mvmmlc7a3s2pEverything on the site is measured or cited, never sponsored. The free tools live at techfuelhq.com/tools and the open datasets (coil whine, GPU sag, daily GPU and SSD street prices) at techfuelhq.com/data. Ask me a build or homelab question here. I answer them.16 Sep 2026 07:30 +0000at://did:plc:welo655zjlawbmwpse2ebofl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvmmlc7a3s2phttps://bsky.app/profile/techfuelhq.bsky.social/post/3mvm3j7agrc2hEvery forum answers "how much GPU sag is too much" with a feeling. I couldn't find a dataset that records how far real cards droop, in millimetres, against card length, mount and months installed. So I opened one. One row, one card, one ruler. techfuelhq.com/data/gpu-sag-census/16 Sep 2026 02:24 +0000at://did:plc:welo655zjlawbmwpse2ebofl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvm3j7agrc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/techfuelhq.bsky.social/post/3mvm2yyoums2zEverything on the site is measured or cited, never sponsored. The free tools live at techfuelhq.com/tools and the open datasets (coil whine, GPU sag, daily GPU and SSD street prices) at techfuelhq.com/data. Ask me a build or homelab question here. I answer them. https://techfuelhq.com/tools16 Sep 2026 02:15 +0000at://did:plc:welo655zjlawbmwpse2ebofl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvm2yyoums2z