Hello, I’m quite new to the self-hosted experience, and so far I’ve been running my services from a RPi3b, and I’m looking to upgrade.

One of requirements is that the system is silent and cheap to run. Also, it should be mostly self contained. My Pi is in a passive cooled aluminum case.

So I’ve been looking at options and stumble upon the Bmax N1 plus, it’s a cheap, passive cooled, low power Celeron machine with a bunch of internal storage options. I’ve seen a couple of critics in yt saying that is too slow for console emulation, but how about running services?

Other option I’ve checked out was the Zima board, but the whole naked computer aspect is not particularly to my liking and I don’t have the tools to build a nice case for it.

I’m mostly interested in running home assistant and jellyfin.

  • cichy1173@szmer.infoEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I do not know where are you from but in Poland Dell Wyse 5070 with J5005 is really cheap and popular for selfhosting. It is really powerful (for passively cooled device) and a couple of my friends are using it for selfhosting Home Assistant

    • fixmycodeOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      thanks for the suggestion. I ended up buying a N5100, with a case that’s a large heat sink, so I hope for the best.