# Franken HL15 2.0

**URL:** <https://forum.45homelab.com/t/franken-hl15-2-0/3904>\
**Category:** Show Your Homelab Builds\
**Tags:** myhomelab\
**Created:** [August 16, 2026, 5:00am UTC](https://forum.45homelab.com/t/franken-hl15-2-0/3904 "2026-08-16T05:00:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![barecool](https://forum.45homelab.com/user_avatar/forum.45homelab.com/barecool/32/2525_2.png) [@barecool](https://forum.45homelab.com/u/barecool)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2026, 5:00am UTC](https://forum.45homelab.com/t/franken-hl15-2-0/3904/1 "2026-08-16T05:00:12Z")

</div>

# Here is my Franken HL15 2.0:

## Hardware

- Chassis: HL15 2.0
- Motherboard: MSI Z790P Wifi and 2.5 Gb Network
- CPU Intel(R) Core™ i7-14700K (LGA1700 Socket)
- Cooler:
  - Corsair AIO H150i with 360mm radiator (mounted to the back of the case)
  - 3 iCUE LINK QX RGB 120mm Fan
  - 3 iCUE LINK LX RGB 120mm Fan

- HBA: SAS9300-16i (4 port)
- Corsair RM1000e PSU
- RAM: 96GB DDR5 RipJaws 5200 MT/s
- Storage Drives:
  - Samsung 990 Pro 2 TB (OS Drive)
  - Samsung 980 Pro 2 TB (Storage / Apps)
  - 8 x 8TB WD Red Plus (repurposed for storage until HDD prices go down) in 2 x 4 drive vdev single pool

- GPU: Nvidia Asus Tuf RTX 4070 Ti OC Super Edition (mounted to the back of the case  
 ![IMG_4573](https://forum.45homelab.com/uploads/default/original/2X/1/118b4fb04c8ca44c8a2a3629675834b5d3c55775.jpeg)  
 ![IMG_4571](https://forum.45homelab.com/uploads/default/original/2X/6/615a4aa680b61e1729b2439dde3471fbb0a30082.jpeg)  
 ![IMG_4570](https://forum.45homelab.com/uploads/default/original/2X/9/9102009143556077b5bfb230e048f67521914bc8.jpeg)

* * *

## OS - Proxmox 9 (with Houston Ui / Cockpit)

- Proxmox 9.2.10 PVE
  - Houston UI / Cockpit

  - 45Drives - hardware module (modified to support my board)

  - Debian 13 LXC with GPU passthrough for controlling Corsair AIO with OpenLinkHub  

* * *

I’m happy with the performance so far (although now I wish I would have gotten the HL15 Beast

it handles happily and cool

- home assistant VM
- LXC Containers
  - Homepage
  - Immich
  - Homebox
  - Plex
  - Jellyfin
  - Audiobookshelf
  - Grocy
  - Tandoor
  - YTDLP
  - Paperless-ngx
  - Paperless-ai with GPU passthrough
  - Paperless-gpti with GPU passthrough
  - Wazuh
  - homelable
  - Dockhand
  - Ollama with GPU passthrough
  - Piper with GPU passthrough
  - Openwakeword
  - Whisper
  - Beyoncompare5
  - and many other containers