Ready-made frame 8U 10"

8U home network rack buildin a DeskPi RackMate T1

UniFi Cloud Gateway Ultra, PoE switch, Pi-hole and Home Assistant in a ready-made rack. It is built in the DeskPi RackMate T1, 8U tall and 200 mm deep, and passes every check in the builder.

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Key facts

This 8U home network rack build uses the DeskPi RackMate T1 at 8U and 200 mm deep.
It holds 11 parts and uses 7 of 8U.
Typical power draw adds up to 18 W and the parts weigh about 3.6 kg.
Bought parts with a known price add up to about $645.
Outside, the rack is about 280 mm wide, 200 mm deep and 372 mm tall.

Why the DeskPi RackMate T1?

The classic ready-made 8U mini rack with acrylic side panels. DeskPi RackMate T1 is 200 mm deep here, so the deepest device, the UniFi Cloud Gateway Ultra at 127.6 mm, fits with 72.4 mm to spare. At 8U the build uses 7U and leaves 1U free.

Where everything goes, top to bottom

U8DeskPi 0.5U 12-port keystone panel (DP-0060)Buy222 x 21.4 x 20 mm
U7DeskPi 0.5U cable manager, 3 D-rings (DP-0044)Buy222 x 21.4 x 40 mm
U6DeskPi 1U blank panel (DP-0032)Buy222 x 43.7 x 3 mm
U5DeskPi 1U rack shelf (DP-0031)Buy218 x 43.7 x 200 mm
on shelfUniFi Cloud Gateway UltraBuy141.8 x 30 x 127.6 mm, 6 W
U4DeskPi 1U rack shelf (DP-0031)Buy218 x 43.7 x 200 mm
on shelfUniFi USW-Lite-8-PoEBuy200 x 30.3 x 119.6 mm, 5 W
U3DeskPi 1U SBC shelf (DP-0033)Buy218 x 43.7 x 200 mm
on shelfRaspberry Pi 5 (8 GB)Buy85 x 20 x 56 mm, 5 W
on shelfHome Assistant GreenBuy112 x 32 x 112 mm, 2 W
U110" 1U 3-outlet PDU with USBBuy222 x 43.7 x 60 mm

Buy 11, nothing to print

DeskPi RackMate T1 frame, 8U$110GeeekPi / DeskPi
DeskPi 0.5U 12-port keystone panel (DP-0060)$8DeskPi
DeskPi 0.5U cable manager, 3 D-rings (DP-0044)$14DeskPi
DeskPi 1U blank panel (DP-0032)$6DeskPi
2 x DeskPi 1U rack shelf (DP-0031)$34DeskPi
UniFi Cloud Gateway Ultra$129Ubiquiti
UniFi USW-Lite-8-PoE$109Ubiquiti
DeskPi 1U SBC shelf (DP-0033)$16DeskPi
Raspberry Pi 5 (8 GB)$80Raspberry Pi
Home Assistant Green$99Home Assistant
10" 1U 3-outlet PDU with USB$40Generic

Filament is estimated; prices are typical US street prices and go out of date. The frame line is the whole frame at 8U.

What could you swap or add?

Each suggestion below was checked against this exact build: swap it in, or add it on its own shelf, and the builder still reports no problems.

Swap

Instead of the UniFi Cloud Gateway UltraUniFi Cloud Gateway Max, UniFi Cloud Gateway Fiber, UniFi USW-Flex-Mini, UniFi USW-Lite-8-PoE
Instead of the UniFi USW-Lite-8-PoEUniFi Cloud Gateway Ultra, UniFi Cloud Gateway Max, UniFi Cloud Gateway Fiber, UniFi USW-Flex-Mini
Instead of the Home Assistant GreenRaspberry Pi 5 (8 GB), PiKVM V4 Plus

Add, in the 1U left

Lenovo ThinkCentre Tiny (M720q / M920q)1U on the DeskPi 1U rack shelf (DP-0031)
PiKVM V4 Plus1U on the DeskPi 1U rack shelf (DP-0031)
UniFi Cloud Gateway Max1U on the DeskPi 1U rack shelf (DP-0031)

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