My old laptop for self hosting just croaked, and I’m thinking of buying a 2nd hand mini pc, but this time I want to do it proper. I want to optimize the electricity consumption and specs needed/ future upgreadability, considering how expensive everything is now.
My use case is just for self hosting files (infrequent access and reducing reliance to google drive), and occasional dev workload via ssh. I’m thinking of buying a used optiplex with at least i6 gen cpu (SFF or micro form factor), but I want to see if there are better options.
There was a link posted in this subreddit about power consumption comparison of different mini pcs (raspberry pi, n100, etc), and I regret not saving it.
If anyone could suggest me better options it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Thanks for the encouragement! I bought a couple mini pc’s and one server seems fine going from a lot of memory to just 16GB. Now I guess I need to start parting that one out to pay for a more efficient storage server.
You bet bro. I’m chuffed I could help. I’m glad it’s working out for you. Rock on with yo’ bad self.