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submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I am currently serving a photoprism instance for my self and the wife. I want to expand to have everyone's home folder on the server. So we would have 5 home folders, all lunuxes. Anyway so I'm looking at some old servers that actually look pretty good.

HPE Proliant DL360 Gen9

I've been comparing it with other servers and it seems to be the easiest to use for the semi intrepid admin wannabe that I am. Is there anything better in the sub $300 range?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I am WAY ootl on shopping for PCs and hardware, all the sites I used last time i did anything (god, around like 2008?) are quite defunct. Anywhere you'd recommend looking for a desktop like you're talking about? I'd love to get my home on a selfhosted network.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Amazon typically has a few vendors that specialize in refurbished Optiplexes and/or HP Elites in small or ultra small form factor sizes.

A word of caution about these refurbs though...the memory and storage they include are often dollar store brands (Kingfast) that I wouldn't even trust for a child's PC. It's worth purchasing your own after the fact.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Facebook Marketplace is my go to here in the US. Pre built computers don't hold their value for shit, so you can pick one up with a nice i5 or a medicore i7 office computer for almost nothing. Just look for Dell optiplexs or the HP/Lenovo equivalents. If you don't need a lot of drive space (or are fine with external storage) those mini PCs litter marketplace and can go for stupid cheap.

I'd target 8th gen or newer, ideally 10th gen, but one that comes with an i7 might cost a bit more than $300. You can always go with an i3 for now, then if you need more power then the non k i7s tank in value after a few years of being out.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

A lot of manufacturers either have their own refurbished sites they sell from (warrantee and all), or some will liquidate on other places like eBay or Newegg.

If you're looking to build, pcpartspicker is probably the most popular component configuration app these days.