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Little computers? Who do people like? (lem.trashbrain.org)
submitted 1 year ago by fireduck@lem.trashbrain.org to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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I have two systems that I need to replace. One is my backup server, which runs FreeBSD and uses some USB attached drives. Really that could be done with anything that is like a Pi, except amd64/x86.

The other is my pfSense router. It is having some hardware issue, which isn't surprising, I pulled parts out of my scrap pile to make it. For that, I need something that can take an pcie card for my dual 10g network card. Does anyone have any ITX or smallish machines they like? Actual smallness doesn't matter so much as not being expensive.

How do people go about finding things these days? I used to use newegg, but mostly now it seems to be a trap of accidentally ordering parts from the moon. Amazon is fine if you know exactly what you want already. Pcpartspicker works well, if you are building a full system from parts (which I do for bigger machines) but I don't know where to get barebones boxes.

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[-] tony@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago

You can get a Dell Optiplex 7020/9020 SFF i5 16GB RAM No HDD from the Michigan State Surplus. For me shipping was about $25 for three of them.

[-] orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts 3 points 1 year ago

Wow, that’s a shockingly good deal. I’d love to get something like this for Plex and general household stuff.

[-] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

You want 7th gen or newer for Plex if you want to use QSV for hardware acceleration! Good news is those boxes are still under $100 on ebay.

[-] tony@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, they have ones with 1 TB HDD, and some with Windows installed too. Besides these guys, I routinely search for surplus equipment all the time

[-] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago

You wouldn't mind sharing where to look for surplus stuff would you?

[-] orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts 1 points 1 year ago

Such a good find. Now I’m trying to find a reason to get one lol. My Plex and *arr setup right now is an older model gaming rig with an 8TB external.

[-] skinnyadmin@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago

Wow, just learned about a really awesome place, those are good prices!

[-] fireduck@lem.trashbrain.org 2 points 1 year ago

That is actually pretty solid. Ordered one.

[-] inattentive_person@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Curse you! Ordered...

[-] TheHolm@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Just add power cost to run it. Old thing become way more expensive if you add power cost over it life.

[-] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They use about ~20W, not too bad.

That said I would go for 7th gen or newer at this point for proper QSV support, and OpenVINO support for things like Frigate object detection.

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