I wouldn’t recommend Optiplexes… HP, Dell, Lenovo pre-builts use proprietary parts making them a pain in the rear to work with. I recommend getting a PC made with standard parts.
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CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 6 months agoYou might look for a used Optiplex SFF or micro form factor PC. These can be purchased for around $100 in the US and have full fledged PC hardware which is capable of running most things. The downside here is less peripheral support for things like PCIE or internal storage.
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fahad@lemmy.world 6 months ago
After fighting my old PC the whole day. 😂 I have concluded that not to go with pc. I’m looking at NAS Synology and FreedomBox Pioneer Edition, etc.
CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 6 months ago
You can still use one of these with the NAS as storage. A Synology doesn’t have a lot of horsepower to run programs directly on their hardware so if you plan on doing something like a media server you might encounter some issues. An optiplex running Proxmox will let you run a bunch of different containers or VMs separately
fahad@lemmy.world 6 months ago
You are correct. After speaking to a friend, I have decided to build a new NAS. For less than £200, I can quickly build a decent PC.