Once you have stuff running on an old computer you’ll get to know what you actually need and can spend your money more intelligently. If you do buy anything, buy an ~8 year old corporate desktop. They’re cheap as chips because they’re close to ewaste, but 4/6th Gen Intel systems have enough performance to really do a ton with in the homelab scene
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tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden 6 days agoJust a tip for hardware: don’t buy anything unless you really know what you need. Just start tinkering with some old computer/laptop. Most services will run fine on anything up to ~10 years old stuff
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tazeycrazy@feddit.uk 6 days ago
The only thing I bought was a switch and a NAS, both second hand. You can spend a lot for nothing in return.