Hi everyone, Last month I finally managed to build my first SFF PC (Ryzen 7600 + AMD 6800). I’m also starting to learn about self-hosting and tinkering with it (the usual stuff: Jellyfin, pi-hole, nextcloud, VPN, torrenting etc.)
Thing is, of course, a server has to be always on, and I’m having trouble understanding if it can be reasonable to keep it always on or if it’s too pricey and I should invest in a dedicated hardware.
My consideration: a Raspberry Pi seems like it’s not enough powerfull after all. I’ve seen you can come up with an old i5 (4th to 6th gen) minipc with like 100/150 euros, but in not really sure it’s gonna consume much less than my system. What do you suggest? What am I missing?
Thank you :)
Depends on what you’re doing. A Pi4 can run Nextcloud, Matrix server, mail server, several types of media servers and many more at the same time with plenty of power to spare.
It’s great for serving stuff but it comes up short when talking about processing stuff. A Pi4 can’t really transcode anything beyond music.
Some people argue that thin clients is a reasonable middle ground between the low power (in all ways) Pi4 and a full power PC/Server.