So I am brand new to homelab using a laptop from 2010 that I am running proxmox with VMs (home assistant, virtual desktop and docker container utilizing portainer). I think scraping by is an understatement. I want to find a mini pc that I will set up the same way (boot into proxmox), and would like to add NAS. I do not care on model, but would like to spend around $100-150 for something use. Are there minimum system requirements that I should look for so that I don’t need to update in a year or so?

  • Equivalent-Permit893@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    It’s probably possible.

    Last night I bought an HP Elitedesk 800 G3 with an i7-700 for $163 shipped off a d00d on Facebook Marketplace.

    I’m only just starting my homelab journey and I’m just going to take it slow.

    I’m aiming to get stuff for a NAS next.

    • jakey2112@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Very similar to what I got and it’s been plugging away for three months just fine beyond my own user errors.

      • Equivalent-Permit893@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        This is great to hear. Despite all the recent Black Friday or cyber Monday deals, I still couldn’t bring myself to forking out tons of money just to get started when something used will do just fine for learning.