Creator Unveils 2026 Home Cybersecurity Lab and Personal Workstation Setup

A content creator showcases their permanent residence-based home cybersecurity lab and personal workstation setup for 2026. Their main workstation features a PC with an Intel Core i7-3700K processor (16 cores), 64GB of DDR4 RAM (originally 128GB, reduced to 32GB due to technical issues), a 2TB SSD and 8TB HDD, an Asus GeForce RTX 3060 graphics card, and a Corsair 5000D case. They run Windows 10 with ESU updates but plan a 30-day Linux trial. The setup includes two 9-year-old Dell D3112 monitors, a Flexispot E6 desk (not used in standing mode), an 8-year-old Velocifire VM01 keyboard, 10-year-old Audio-Technica ATH-MX40 headphones, and a Flexispot Erggo X ergonomic chair. For work, they use an employer-provided MacBook Pro, a 4-year-old 49-inch Dell U4919 monitor, and a dual-level Flexispot desk. Their YouTube equipment consists of an 8-year-old Canon EOS M50 Mark II camera, a Rode VideoMic Go microphone, a Focusrite audio interface, a Shure SM58 microphone, and basic lighting. Their physical security lab runs on a Raspberry Pi with AdGuard (DNS blocking) and OpenVPN Access Server, alongside a 3-year-old UniFi Dream Machine router behind an ISP modem/router with NAT hairpinning. They also own an unused 5-year-old Palo Alto PA-220 firewall. Future plans include acquiring a Synology DS923+ NAS with 8TB Seagate Barracuda drives for a media server and potentially a physical server rack.