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
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.
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).
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I have looked at
Lenovo Thinkcenter sælges. i5-3470 8gb ram 256gb HDD
Price 44 US Dollars 40 Euros
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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)
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
I am glad the systems are good enough. Thanks alot for the reply
That think center looks perfect for this use case. Especially if it’s running Debian or arch.