• AlternateRoute@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    There are a lot of alternative tiny/mini/micro/NUC like PCs available now.

    When intel introduced the NUC it was fairly unique.

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      1 year ago

      Totally! There are a ton of used workstations on eBay for cheap too. I got a Lenovo M715q with a Ryzen 5 APU for under $100USD. I can’t afford not to have a garage desktop at that price.

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        1 year ago

        I started picking up Used Tiny / Mini / Micro systems. I currently have a Lenovo M910q with an i7 7th gen running my frigate dockers. I got it from a local second had PC shop, but you can find them on eBay and Facebook market place often. Asus makes a NUC like box, and there are Aliexpress brands like beelink etc.

        A lot of options.

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          1 year ago

          I’m shopping for servers right now and was distressed at the NUC situation (news to me). 4 months later your comment and this link are still helpful. Thanks!