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Good mini PC for around 100€ (lemmy.ml)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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My current setup consists of a Raspberry Pi 4 with 4gb RAM and a 1tb external SSD. I'm thinking of getting a used mini PC for around 100€ to replace that tho because it would give me a lot more power and especially RAM (I currently need to use an 8gb swap file). My plan so far is to get a used mini PC that's quiet, has a built-in SSD and at least 8gb of RAM (16 would be better). Because of the built-in SSD, I could also sell the external SSD and buy an 8-12tb HDD instead.

Does anyone have recommendations for what mini PC to get or things that I should look out for?

Edit: Thanks for all the help! I decided on the Firebat T8 Pro Plus with 16gb RAM and 512gb internal storage because that really seems to be perfect for my use case.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I got an HP ProDesk 400 G2 with an i5 6500T, 8GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD for 99€. Works beautifully, and while it's not as efficient as a raspberry pi, it idles around 6-7w and can run a bunch of VMs with Proxmox.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Is that a mini? I love those little 1L HP's. I run 3 G2 800's. These are very nicely built and therefore a joy to work on, and sip power when idling. Highly recommend. Also +1 for Proxmox.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, one of the USFF or whatever they call them.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Lenovo refers to the form factor as “Tiny”

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

+1 for HP minis (second hand). -1 for Proxmox, LXD/Incus ftw.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

How many VMs can you reasonably run with only 8GB of RAM?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Depends on your needs. I have a couple LXDs that only need 512MB each... But I did upgrade mine to 16GB.