cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/23170671

I need to keep power usage in mind and don’t want to spend more than 500€ on hardware. Power is roughly 0.35ct/kwh in Germany

I like the small square machines (former NUC). But I don’t have any overview which ones are worth the price.

For data storage I am thinking about a NAS, but it would need at least two HDDs for redundancy, otherwise it’s not better than an external HDD that I have. Also it does have its own power draw, which isn’t insignificant (10w->~300€/10years).

Capabilities of the machine don’t matter too much, I will see what I can do with the hardware I get.

Is there a sweet spot, a device that everyone buys or cheapest brand or best package or whatever?

  • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    A few years ago I bought some used Lenovo Xeons on eBay. Xeon E-2276G, 2224G, 2174G.

    The 2224G pulls 15 watts streaming 4k videos with Plex. They are available for under $500.

    For desktop, any AMD mini PC like a Beelink will work well and many are under $500.