LK Wood IV — Author Archive

About the author

Headshot of L.K. Wood IV, author of TechFuel HQ

Lowell K. Wood IV (byline: LK Wood IV) writes the homelab, PC build, GPU, networking, and self-hosting guides on TechFuel HQ from St. Louis, Missouri. Thirteen-plus years across homelabs, PC building, servers, networking, and coding, with a focus on cost-of-ownership, power consumption, and the configurations that hold up after the first weekend. He also works as a Nationally Registered Paramedic (NREMT) — the photo on the About page shows the patch.

Articles published in 2024 and 2025 drew on hands-on work with a homelab built up over that period. Most of that gear was sold or retired in early 2026 (see the Colophon for the full timeline). Articles published from June 2026 onward synthesize cited third-party benchmarks — ServeTheHome, Phoronix, Tom’s Hardware, TechPowerUp — plus hands-on use and original first-party runs on the gear still on hand: the current daily-driver rig (Ryzen 7 7800X3D, ASUS ROG STRIX B650-A, 64GB DDR5-6000, ASUS ROG Astral RTX 5080 OC, NZXT Kraken 360, EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 GT, Samsung 970 EVO Plus, Gigabyte AORUS FO48U), with the ASUS ROG Astral RTX 5080 OC dataset as the most data-heavy example. Every recommendation and byline is signed off by Lowell K. Wood IV. Full publishing methodology is on the colophon page.

Contact: hello@techfuelhq.com Location: St. Louis County, Missouri, United States More about the author: About TechFuel HQ

All articles by LK Wood IV

Every published piece, grouped by section, newest first — generated from the site’s own page list on every build, so this archive stays current automatically.

Articles (93)

Homelab (29)

Tutorials (38)

Networking (13)

Gaming (9)

Gpu Reviews (8)

Reviews (5)

PC Builds (4)

Data (9)

Tools (26)