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Recommended mini pc for a homelab? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by FukOui@lemmy.zip to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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My old laptop for self hosting just croaked, and I'm thinking of buying a 2nd hand mini pc, but this time I want to do it proper. I want to optimize the electricity consumption and specs needed/ future upgreadability, considering how expensive everything is now.

My use case is just for self hosting files (infrequent access and reducing reliance to google drive), and occasional dev workload via ssh. I'm thinking of buying a used optiplex with at least i6 gen cpu (SFF or micro form factor), but I want to see if there are better options.

There was a link posted in this subreddit about power consumption comparison of different mini pcs (raspberry pi, n100, etc), and I regret not saving it.

If anyone could suggest me better options it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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[–] markstos@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

M1 Mac Mini is quiet, fast, low power consumption and reasonably-priced used.

[–] FukOui@lemmy.zip 1 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

I'm hesitant with running Mac due to unclear Linux support. Also I'm broke

[–] markstos@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

Asahi Linux completely supports all the M1 Mini hardware.

But it does look the prices on these went back up because people use them for OpenClaw. 🙄

[–] happy_wheels@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

While these points are valid, I feel for a homelab, one would want a headless system running *nix vs OS X.

Also, it doesn't help that there is no bootcamp for ARM, least not that I'm aware. Because if that was the case, then yes running ARM64-based distros/software would be great. I'd actually love to see how the M1 runs ARM server software :)

[–] markstos@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I run Asahi Fedora Linux on this hardware. It was a straightforward install and has been problem-free since.

[–] happy_wheels@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 hours ago

Oh dang. That's pretty cool!