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.

TechFuel HQ launched in March 2026. The hands-on homelab work behind the early articles predates the site, and most of that gear was sold or retired in early 2026 (see the Colophon for the full timeline). Articles published from June 2026 onward combine cited third-party benchmarks — ServeTheHome, Phoronix, Tom’s Hardware, TechPowerUp — with hands-on use and original first-party runs on the hardware still on hand. As of October 7, 2026, the daily-driver rig is a Ryzen 7 7800X3D on an ASUS ROG STRIX B650-A with one 32GB DDR5-6000 module, an ASUS ROG Astral RTX 5080 OC, an NZXT Kraken 360, an EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 GT, a Samsung 970 EVO Plus and a Gigabyte AORUS FO48U. The ASUS ROG Astral RTX 5080 OC dataset was captured on an earlier 64GB configuration of the same rig in June 2026 and remains 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: contact@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 (95)

Homelab (31)

Tutorials (31)

Networking (13)

Gaming (22)

Gpu Reviews (10)

Reviews (23)

PC Builds (3)

Data (19)

Tools (31)