These guides turn a hardware question into a sequence you can finish. Each guide sends you to the calculator or evidence page that answers the next decision, while keeping the source boundary close enough that a planning default cannot quietly become an ownership claim or a current price.

Use the Hardware Project workspace to keep the plan on this device, move between tools without rebuilding the brief, and export the full record when you need a backup. Shared project links retain the title, product labels, and tool inputs. The link omits the use case and constraints, all evidence, plus diagnostic text.

Choose by the job. I would not begin with the hardware name. A 1440p build starts with a published, source-linked parts baseline. The 4K route starts from the exact rig LK Wood IV owns and treats every change as an expansion. The NAS route opens a four-bay planning example whose drive model and layout, plus the power estimate, must be replaced when the real project differs.