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That's an antique. The list of stuff you want to run probably needs several gigabytes of RAM. I think Nextcloud alone needs 512MB. I'd recommend newer hardware, you can find stuff on ebay for under $100 that would be a LOT more powerful than what you have.
This is what I'd do OP.
I'm a huge fan of the lenovo thinkcentre m92p tinys. Basically the same thing as the dells for ~$150CAD. 3 of them (plus a couple PIs) run my homelab with lots of room to grow.
Try this
Yeah, that's kinda what I was afraid of. Thanks for looking out, that link was a 404 by the way
Oh, looks like Lemmy is breaking it for some reason. I just searched eBay for "Dell SFF".
Holy shit, that hardware is disgustingly cheap. This is my number one option so far, thank you!
No problem. Another really good option is to get something brand new like a ZimaBoard (don't bother with the 2GB of RAM version). It uses very little power and runs perfectly with CasaOS, which is a linux distro designed to make self-hosting dead simple. It will cost you more up front but will likely save you some money in the long run (after a couple years) because it uses less power.
I like the idea and I appreciate pushing efficiency as far as one can, but looking at that makes me feel like I'd get frustrated just getting the OS to boot properly
Makes sense. It's always a good idea to start with a cheap solution just to get comfortable. Then, if you decide to push things further and upgrade you'll be more informed about what hardware you might need.