Our Important Tips for Buying Servers in 2026

We go through some of the key principles for buying servers in 2026 given the pricing demands on memory, SSDs, and other components. Given both the pressures on DRAM and NAND pricing, you cannot afford to buy servers like you used to in the past. STH Main Site Article: https://www.servethehome.com/buying-servers-in-2026-buyers-guide-tips-amd-dell-hpe-asrock-rack-asus-supermicro/ Substack: https://axautikgroupllc.substack.com/ STH Top 5 Weekly Newsletter: https://eepurl.com/dryM09 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Become a STH YT Member and Support Us ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Join STH YouTube membership to support the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv6J_jJa8GJqFwQNgNrMuww/join Professional Users Substack: https://axautikgroupllc.substack.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Where to Find The Unit We Purchased Note we may earn a small commission if you use these links to purchase a product through them. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- STH Merch on Spring: https://the-sth-merch-shop.myteespring.co/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Where to Find STH ---------------------------------------------------------------------- STH Forums: https://forums.servethehome.com Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ServeTheHome Follow on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/servethehome-com/ Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ServeTheHome/ Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/servethehome/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Other STH Content Mentioned in this Video ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - CPUs and Databases: https://youtu.be/M-krHlX38cs - We had to redo our servers: https://youtu.be/luD4T-IPbxY - Confidential Computing: https://youtu.be/6Avj9VHaZgk - Building our 2025-2026 Studio NAS: https://youtu.be/dfx_nJ9uyBw - Touring the "Center of the Internet": https://youtu.be/dmUmx3c8eJs - Inside Dell's AI Factory: https://youtu.be/8BSA67BqWjw - Touring xAI Colossus: https://youtu.be/Jf8EPSBZU7Y ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Timestamps ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 00:00 Introduction 01:43 Buying Earlier Rather than Later 04:16 Re-think Your Node Strategy 09:05 Do the Math on Licensing 12:16 Buying Memory and Storage 18:07 Stop Wasting Money! 20:28 Key Lessons Learned