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Check out Serve the home’s TinyMiniMicro project: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC53fzn9608B-MT5KvuuHc…

This is the route I went. SFF PC with I5 3rd gen, 8GB RAM and about 20 docker Containers running at the moment @ 10% - 15% CPU usage and 3GB memory.

Power consumption is around 15W. A bit more than a Raspi but much more potent and with a easy upgrade path.

So far I have absolutely no rerets. For most things self hosted the cpu is not that important. Even transcoding is no problem with the integrated iGPU.

If you have further questions I am happy to help.

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agressivelyPassive@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
You can get the power consumption down to 5W by using the smaller versions. My HP prodesk g3 800 mini draws 5W and is perfectly capable of running docker, Jellyfin, etc.

And it was only 100€, which is pretty awesome.

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- Elkenders@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Ooo that is cheap! What gen proc do you use in yours?
  
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  - agressivelyPassive@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    It’s an i5 6500t, and yes, it was a pretty good deal (local guy).
    
    It’s obviously an older chip, but it’s still very capable and the machine has an m.2 and sata ports, so adding storage shouldn’t be a problem.
    
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Elkenders@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
This is great, thanks. And thanks for the offer! Loads of helpful people here. I read it’s better to go to at least 8th gen intel for efficiency etc but I guess I’ll cost things up and see what fits.

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