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$100-150 realistic?? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by piersm2@alien.top to c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

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So I am brand new to homelab using a laptop from 2010 that I am running proxmox with VMs (home assistant, virtual desktop and docker container utilizing portainer). I think scraping by is an understatement. I want to find a mini pc that I will set up the same way (boot into proxmox), and would like to add NAS. I do not care on model, but would like to spend around $100-150 for something use. Are there minimum system requirements that I should look for so that I don't need to update in a year or so?

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[–] Equivalent-Permit893@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It’s probably possible.

Last night I bought an HP Elitedesk 800 G3 with an i7-700 for $163 shipped off a d00d on Facebook Marketplace.

I’m only just starting my homelab journey and I’m just going to take it slow.

I’m aiming to get stuff for a NAS next.

[–] jakey2112@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Very similar to what I got and it’s been plugging away for three months just fine beyond my own user errors.

[–] Equivalent-Permit893@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

This is great to hear. Despite all the recent Black Friday or cyber Monday deals, I still couldn’t bring myself to forking out tons of money just to get started when something used will do just fine for learning.