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I ran my homelab on a very similar setup for years, with storage provided by USB enclosures. It works great. I eventually moved to a cheap-as-hell used optiplex desktop because my old laptop was maxed out on ram and I wanted to run some additional heavy containers and a used office desktop is about as cheap as anything in terms of cost per GB of ram.
I started with an old office PC as my first server. Later I switched to a laptop which consumed way less energy and performed well. That worked for years until I got into Raspberry Pis and clusters and lately replaced 2 Pis with SFF PCs because of higher demand on CPU and RAM.
Use whatever works for your needs and expand when it doesn't fit anymore. But the most important thing: Have fun!
Yes I was just looking around work to see if there were any older Dell Micros in the recycles pile that I could use...I feel this would be the optimal setup for sure.