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If you're OK with something that is like a 30W electrical load, you can do basic things a lot cheaper by buying a used ex-corporate "SFF" or "USFF" Dell or HP x
by walrus01 4y ago
If you're OK with something that is like a 30W electrical load, you can do basic things a lot cheaper by buying a used ex-corporate "SFF" or "USFF" Dell or HP x86-64 desktop PC for under a hundred bucks on ebay. They fit in a quite small space under a desk or similar.
Will almost certainly cost a lot less than buying a new mini-itx motherboard and compatible case, power supply, ram, etc.
randomly chosen example in 20 seconds of searching, figure that the shipping cost is actually $25 of the price here, built into the final buy it now price.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/204098861051?hash=item2f853d77fb:g:D-EAAOSwtVJjK09J&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoArCIE9Qnx8RBqaCx5w5PRWqbSdA%2FAfagEm%2BR0HNPKXS17ThAufO5ZLfT9bXE3b5FWhsSQktaTHCrhd7OwTu3Vc6aaLbJXb6o6wp2kjZ1KvrAYCxFPyM5x1fRgJFDEUcYCgDIf1kMk66L96W%2FYptwTviXRRV8bm5OUcTyqO3H0M6T89KBosrwemu5sQ1yu5Fg5Lg5uGZxN2youOtxsaRD%2B4%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR5qKifvzYA https://www.ebay.com/itm/204098861051?hash=item2f853d77fb:g:...
- synicalx 4y agoIt's also worth looking around your local area for auction houses selling old hardware, a lot of ex-gov and ex-enterprise hardware gets sold off at these places for pocket change.
- mechanical_bear 4y agoUniversities too. We have a surplus outlet for stuff like this.
- KennyBlanken 4y agoBeware power supply issues with Dell SFF PCs - an issue Dell has had for 10-15 years, if not longer.