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I dusted off my RPI4 and started tinkering with self-hosting things and it's sparked a fire. Suddenly I have 7 docker containers running and I need more RAM, more space and I want something reliable with room to grow. I like small form factors but it doesn't need to be RPI small. Any recs for your favorite hardware under $500?

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[–] OrangeCorvus 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

I have a couple of Intel NUCs and they are great, one is the first generation NUC with the Celeron and runs Home Assistant without problems.

At the moment I am eyeing the new N100 CPUs they are pretty powerful compared to the previous generation. Asrock and Asus are bringing out motherboards with the CPU soldered and they are also fanless. The Asrock is nicer because you don't need a real PSU for it and it has an extra SATA port. They are not yet available.

https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/N100DC-ITX/index.asp

https://www.asus.com/motherboards-components/motherboards/prime/prime-n100i-d-d4/

Planning on making an unRaid miniPC

[–] shroomato 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

+1 for a NUC. There's plenty of second hand ones on Ebay which can be had at around $100. The nice thing is that they have ultra low voltage CPUs so the power bill is not a concern with running 24/7.

[–] OrangeCorvus 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The new N100 is also a 6W processor.

[–] shroomato 1 points 1 year ago

Neat, looks like RPi4 consumes around 6W at full load as well.

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