Hi everyone, Last month I finally managed to build my first SFF PC (Ryzen 7600 + AMD 6800). I’m also starting to learn about self-hosting and tinkering with it (the usual stuff: Jellyfin, pi-hole, nextcloud, VPN, torrenting etc.)

Thing is, of course, a server has to be always on, and I’m having trouble understanding if it can be reasonable to keep it always on or if it’s too pricey and I should invest in a dedicated hardware.

My consideration: a Raspberry Pi seems like it’s not enough powerfull after all. I’ve seen you can come up with an old i5 (4th to 6th gen) minipc with like 100/150 euros, but in not really sure it’s gonna consume much less than my system. What do you suggest? What am I missing?

Thank you :)

  • MangoPenguin
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    1 year ago

    I wouldn’t buy any older than 7th gen Intel, you can find micro/usff boxes on ebay with an i5-7500T or similar for under $80 usually. One example is the Lenovo M710q Tiny. Power usage on those should sit around 10W idle, and they have solid quicksync support for media transcoding.

    Overall just better than a Pi in every way, other than a little more power usage, and lack of GPIO for those kinds of projects.

    • Kir@feddit.itOP
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      1 year ago

      Unfortunately, in my country prices are WAY higher for that kind of device, but I too think it’s the right way!