I’m considering setting up a home lab and truly self-hosting my own services. Unfortunately, my budget is limited to around $100-$150. I’m wondering if the HP Elitedesk mini PC is suitable for this purpose. I’m particularly looking at the HP Elitedesk 800 G3 or G5 models. Unfortunately, finding these devices in Dhaka has been challenging. So far, I’ve found a G3 on bikroy.com, but it comes with a 6th gen i7 CPU.

Edit: I ended up getting Elitedesk 800 G5 with i7 9th Gen CPU, 32 GB (Kingston) and 1 TB Nvme (a Chinese brand called Kingspec). I’ll get a new ssd later. The price was 35k BDT ($300 approx). The bios was locked. But I managed to unlock it by booting without cmos.

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  • shreyan@lemmy.cif.suEnglish
    33·
    13 hours ago

    Oh god, don’t waste your money on a mini PC unless you specifically have a reason to get something small.

    You’re literally paying more for worse hardware because of the form factor.

    Instead, try getting a used Dell Optiplex. You can buy them at walmart for under $100.

    Also, don’t kid yourself into thinking your server is going to be more popular than it is. If it’s just for you, then there’s no way you’re going to exhaust its resources unless you’re specifically trying to.

      • lilith267@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        1·
        4 hours ago

        Anything 8th gen or newer is going to run everything you need and then some. Ive seen people using that mini-pc as a full gigabit router even!

        The previous comment talking about price to preformance of mini PCs is somewhat correct if were talking anout buying new, but absolutly wrong about buying used/refurbed. Regular PCs are widly more popular meaning they hold onto their price better. For selfhosting a used/refurbed mini-pc is probably the best form factor you can get when starting out

      • shreyan@lemmy.cif.suEnglish
        21·
        14 hours ago

        Try searching for dell optiplexes on ebay and see if any of them suit your needs for a better price.

        If you don’t need something with a small form, then don’t get it. You end up paying more for less.