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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  • golli@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    8·
    1 day ago

    Maybe a mini PC with a N100 might be worth a look? Especially when factoring in running costs over it’s lifetime

    • paf@jlai.luEnglish
      3·
      1 day ago

      +1 those are really great. And should be just below 150

      • golli@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        1·
        1 day ago

        I don’t have one myself, so I can’t really recommend a specific model from experience. There are many available, but I’ve e.g. seen beelink mentioned a few times. Maybe someone else here is running one and can give some recommendations?

        If you are facing availability issues I’d to the reverse and rather then asking for recommendations look at what’s available and then do a quick search or ask about it (e.g. if someone has already used it with whatever Linux distro you plan on using). Should you have access to something like AliExpress then there are plenty of options.