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What Is A Good Sub $300 Computer I Can Use For A Server? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 month ago by qwestjest78@lemmy.ca to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I have a refurbished Lenovo Thinkcentre that I was running Truenas off of. Everything was working great, but it got hit with a power surge and after lots of trouble shooting it appears the motherboard is fried and I don't trust my ability to soder and fix it.

No now I need to upgrade my setup. Wondering what is a good sub $300 computer I can order that will run Jellyfin, Immich, and a few light services off of? With Truenas you seem to need two SSDs. One to boot and one to run apps, so it seems like a mini PC will not work.

I have a seperate HDD drive bay with a few hdd's in it full of shows and picture. Just need a PC to run my services.

I would prefer something I can order off Amazon or can be shipped quickly so I can get back up and running again.

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[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (3 children)

University surplus. I work for a university and we get rid of stuff all tfe time that is still very useful.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

one year my local uni got rid of a whole lab of G5's. this was just about two years after they bought them.

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Yeah I’ve found 2 year old Dell laptops that still had Accidental Damage Service still on them. Why the heck someone surplussed that is beyond me.

[–] AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I got my home server (Lenovo thinkcentre, i7 6700) for $30 minus ram or storage at my local university surplus store a few years ago, and I have no regrets. Added a 256gb sata SSD, 16 gb RAM, 8tb HDD all refurbished for like +$150 when that was still cheap.

[–] modus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Do they sell/auction them? If so, where? I've seen some things on municibid, but most of it is like "900 iPads, must buy all of them!" or "here's a pallet of printers!"

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Well my university just sells them. It’s all in person so there is a lottery to determine place in line because it’s popular. And for us it’s piece meal, not 900 iPads all at once. Might have to do some research to figure out where but I’d suspect most universities do this sorta stuff.

For example I’m in NC so there is this: https://www.doa.nc.gov/divisions/state-surplus-property/retail-store-locations