> The $40 SoC isn't $40 after you the drive, power supply, enclosure, etc. That's true, but we can break cost down easily. Right now there are RPi4 packs with

> The $40 SoC isn't $40 after you the drive, power supply, enclosure, etc. That's true, but we can break cost down easily. Right now there are RPi4 packs with power supply, enclosure, and both passive and active coolers for less than 15$. Storage depends on your taste, but you can buy 64GB USB pen drives or micro SD cards for less than 10$, or 1TB external HDD for less than 50$. Thus for a total less than 100$ you can have a brand new server up and running. I'm talking about stuff you can simply add to your shopping cart and get it shipped to your doorstep in a few days with zero research. These prices were literally taken from the first search result that popped into amazon. Better yet, this option involves zero time wasted betting on whether end-of-life hardware still has a few months left in them.