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Help me build a home server (lemmings.world)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by pinguinebee@lemmings.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Help me build a home server with a budget of €100/$109 (I live in Denmark)

I am thinking of buying it used how much ram who'd i need and what CPU

What I want to run on it

Nextcloud

RSS feed

transmission (if possible for the budget)

Maybe a few other small services

Photoprism (if possible for the budget)

Is this realistic for my budget?

Edit: Thanks alot for your really helpful comments

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[–] tootbrute@piefed.social 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Start small. Find good used hardware first before thinking what services to run. I would start with an old desktop.

Self-hosting is a journey, not a destination. No matter what you buy you'll probably need to buy new hard drives. Used hard drives are a bit of a gamble.

Where do people buy used systems in Denmark? Show us a few things you're interested in and people can give you recommendations.

Also, instead of Photoprism, I would suggest Immich. I was a huge supported of Photoprism for years (even donated money) but their development is too slow. Immich is way faster and has an android app. Anyways, give it a look.

I think 8 GB of RAM is sufficient for all those services. I run them all with Yunohost and I rarely get over 4 GB RAM used.

[–] VonReposti@feddit.dk 2 points 10 months ago

dba.dk is a pretty popular site for buying used stuff in Denmark, but for electronics I usually go on eBay and sort by EU only (IIRC they removed that option so now the results are tainted with lots of UK gear that'll be hit with import taxes).

[–] pinguinebee@lemmings.world 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

1

I have looked at

Lenovo Thinkcenter sælges. i5-3470 8gb ram 256gb HDD

Price 44 US Dollars 40 Euros

2

I5 4570 Vpro 3.2 ghz 4 gb ram 500 GB Hdd. (3.5")

Price

46 Euros 51 US Dollars

(It's a bit more expensive and has less RAM, but thinking of that, if the other seller has sold)

[–] rambos@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Both deals sound amazing to me, but get 8GB or prepare for RAM upgrade. 4GB could be enough for what you listed there, but you might find more services to run in the near future 🤪

I think those tiny PCs are perfect if you dont need more SATA ports. Its hard to beat them with that low price

[–] pinguinebee@lemmings.world 1 points 10 months ago

I am glad the systems are good enough. Thanks alot for the reply

[–] astraeus@programming.dev 1 points 10 months ago

That think center looks perfect for this use case. Especially if it’s running Debian or arch.