NUCs are a good option but even if they're used they're usually more expensive if you want multi node. I was thinking more these use cases where it's "quantity

NUCs are a good option but even if they're used they're usually more expensive if you want multi node. I was thinking more these use cases where it's "quantity" over "quality" where you want multiple nodes to test/learn a topology but they end up sitting idle (well, idle CPU and using some RAM)