• Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe
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    $530 for performance I can buy elsewhere for $250

    Thats not “affordable” in my world…thats called a premium.

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      I use 4 of them. 2 run services, one being primaries (DNS, Mail, etc), and the other secondary services and backups of the first. 2 more are CARPed OpnSense boxes.

      I needed to replace my old server which was my old desktop, and I grabbed some deals from Aliexpress for cheap. Now I have redundant disks and machines, which is nice.

      Edit: And I chose low power options, so all 4 use less power than my old server.

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          Proxmox server, *arr stack, Jellyfin, dns filtering, reverse proxy, home assistant, plant management, file server, archive warrior …

          Want me to continue?

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              It’s a decent 1080p gaming rig. Obviously you need to manage expectations but these AMD iGPUs are very capable.

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              Anything you’d need a smaller system for that a laptop/notebook can’t achieve but a traditional deskrop/sff system is to big for.

              In the end it’s just a small PC.

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                  ARM vs x86(x64)

                  Besides that: Performance (and not even that considering what iMacs can provide)

                  Besides that? Probably not much else.
                  Technically a Pi (-clone) suffices for most tasks.

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                  Stability and resiliency you get from a system like this. Obviously stacking a Ryzen 7 against any RPI is not possible / fair really.

                  If you have a RPI around, it is a great starting point for a lot of thjngs. At some moment ypu will just want something can be extended, doesn’t rely on SD card, isn’t too picky about which SSD you give it etc.

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                that a laptop/notebook can’t achieve

                It’s not going to do anything you can’t do with a laptop because they’re using laptop processors.

                but a traditional deskrop/sff system is to big for.

                Too big how?

    • Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldOP
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      Not that great?

      The ones listed on our local second hand platform have no 3D capabilities (beyond monitor output), Ivy Bridge/Sandy Bridge CPUs that are slowly entering the “not good enough for even basic tasks” zone and miniscule SSDs (120 GB) by modern standards.

      They are cheaper of course, but these two options don’t seem comparable.