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There are better ways. They are also not that expensive for mini servers running a few services. Fujitsu Esprimo, Fujitsu Futro, Lenovo ThinkCentre, HP EliteDe
by ThatMedicIsASpy 4y ago
There are better ways. They are also not that expensive for mini servers running a few services.
Fujitsu Esprimo, Fujitsu Futro, Lenovo ThinkCentre, HP EliteDesk, HP ProDesk, ...
Used and refurbished they can be found starting at around 40€ depending on the configuration.
2012 is too old in my eyes (CPU performance per watt)
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- meristohm 4y agoWhile the performance/Watt is higher than modern hardware, what is the total resource-cost of buying a new mini-server? It might be relatively cheap money-wise, but we have yet to add in the long-term costs to all the gadgets we make. This old laptop is from 2013 and uses between 10-30W (highest when the screen is on).
- iforgotpassword 4y agoYou don't have to buy new, but maybe 2018ish is a sweet spot when it comes to price/performance in the used market. My Fujitsu esprimo has a 6th gen i5 and idles at 14W with one spinning disk, one SSD and one spun down disk, plus an additional nic.
- iforgotpassword 4y agoRecommend the esprimos. Fujitsu is very honest in their energy consumption white papers so you can know exactly what they'll draw. Also their mainboards - as far as I can tell - have always been atx wrt screw holes, so you can put them into larger cases. Problem then is that the psu is proprietary regarding both size and connector. They've been doing 12V only to the mainboard for a couple years now, and convert to other voltages on the mainboard. But replacement parts are cheap and plenty on eBay, so don't worry too much.