Comment on Getting in a pickle over hardware
nezbyte@lemmy.world 1 year ago
A used Thinkcenter Tiny off eBay is cheaper than a NUC and has better performance than a Pi. HP and Dell have similar tiny PCs that are inexpensive used. A separate NAS would probably be best, but you could start with a USB 3 external drive and shuck it later.
Elkenders@feddit.uk 1 year ago
I have considered this but I imagine power draw would be much improved with a NUC.
andynbaker@lemmy.world 1 year ago
7th gen i5 NUCs can be found on eBay for under $100 shipped with 16gb of ram and a small m2 drive. They’re not as powerful as a larger SFF chip, but at 15w TDP is pretty hard to beat. I have four of them now. I pick one up every time a find a good deal.
8th gens are still really expensive.
Elkenders@feddit.uk 1 year ago
Thank you. I’ve seen a decent deal (£150) on an 8th gen i7 but only 8 gigs ram and a 256gig SSD. Thinking it might be a good option