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Help me choose hardware for my first custom setup (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) by roydbt@lemm.ee to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Hello there, I would like to upgrade my setup from a Raspberry PI 5 to something more capable of running Jellyfin properly. I also plan to host stuff like Nextcloud and some other small services.

The problem is I don't know anything about choosing hardware. I've tried reading online about this stuff and come across many recommendations to buy an NUC, not knowing I would have to purchase every component individually.

I would like your comments on the setup I currently have:

NUC Type: ASUS NUC 14 Pro Kit (RNUC14RVKI300000I)
Operating System - Still haven't decided yet, probably something easy like Ubuntu server
CPU - Intel® Core™ 3 100U Processor
Chipset - Integrated
Graphics - Integrated - Intel® Graphics (C3)
Memory - Adata 8GB DDR5 4800MHz CL40 SO-DIMM
Storage - Western Digital Green SN350 1TB SSD M.2 2280 PCIe NVMe WDS100T3G0C
LAN - Intel®, 2.5G LAN

Edit 1

Some clarifications: I still haven't bought anything, this is just what I am currently planning to buy.

I don't live in the US, and none of my local shops have a pre-built NUC available to purchase.

I will probably upgrade the RAM to a "Corsair Vengeance 16GB DDR5 5200MHz CL44" after reading some comments.

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[–] roydbt@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I haven't bought any hardware yet, this is just what I am currently planning to purchase.

I'm kinda cautious about purchasing second-hand stuff from the internet, especially stuff like that. Any tips on how to approach that?

[–] ohshit604@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I picked myself up a Asus NUC 13th gen I7, chose Proxmox VE as the OS (headless Debian 12 for the main VM) and have about 35 services running via Docker Compose essentially 24/7.

Is it the most elegant setup? No, but everything runs beautifully.

Just make sure your Linux kernel supports the Intel chipset as they are relatively new.

[–] mierdabird@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I only have my one anecdote to go off of, but if you are located in the US eBay is full of enterprise computer reseller postings and mine arrived in very clean condition. And eBay generally has pretty strong buyer protections.

[–] freebee@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

Purchase in your region so you can have a look at it and back out if hardware looks damaged, very dirty or not well handled by previous owner. 2nd hand is usually fine for most hardware, people sell because they upgrade or because win11 not supported, not because it's broken.