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Home Server Equipment Recommendation (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by aschmack@alien.top to c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

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I’m looking to pick up a low cost server to use for my burgeoning home lab. Something to throw Proxmox onto and run a few VMs. I like the look and cost of refurb’d HP Elitedesk 800 G3/G4s on eBay, especially because they have a PCIe slot for a 10GBe SFP card. But I also have a few HDDs I was hoping to throw in for storage. Can the HPs be case swapped into something 3 or 4U short-depth and handle storage as well, or would another machine be a good choice? Hoping to keep the total (PC + case) under $250-300.

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[–] __The_Drizzle@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Personally I am not a fan of HP stuff.

I recently put together a Lenovo P520 Workstation and it's been phenomenal - can hit your target budget no problem. (It's a tower fyi).

[–] cjchico@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

HP = Horrible Products (their printers are the worst)

HPE = Hell of Paywall'd Equipment (decent hardware, shitty business practice)