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My old laptop is more than powerful enough for Plex and backups, and idles at around 3W. Why someone would use a desktop PC as a home server in Europe is beyond
by Gasp0de 4y ago
My old laptop is more than powerful enough for Plex and backups, and idles at around 3W. Why someone would use a desktop PC as a home server in Europe is beyond me.
- dingaling 4y agoOften because they need more than one disk installed. You could use a NAS, but then you've cost and additional energy consumption.
- t0mas88 4y agoI use a USB 3 harddisk for that. Even my 8 year old "home server laptop" has usb 3.2 support which is faster than the disks can do anyway.
- kjkjadksj 4y agoSome laptops take more than 1 disk especially if they are old enough to have a dvd drive you can remove
- Gasp0de 4y agoMy Laptop has a Sata connection inside. Also, USB3 is fast enough. And even an additional nas only consumes 10-20W.
- eptcyka 4y agoI'd love to run a laptop, but I've yet to see good, cheap used laptops with ECC memory support.
- Gasp0de 4y agoWhy do you need ECC memory for a home server? What's the use case?