Hello,

I want very cheapt PC or laptop for self hosting stuff. I am probably going to have a static ip soon which would be fun :D

  • velox_vulnus@lemmy.mlM
    3·
    1 month ago

    I am curious about what you’re trying to self-host. If it’s something as simple as a static website, you can simply use a cheap, secondhand Raspberry Pi? Maybe, even a cheap RISC-V SBC, or an ESP-32 web server?

    If it’s anything similar to a substitute mirror server for Nix/Guix, you’ll be needing lots of storage.Now, if its a build farm you’re talking about, then I’m afraid you’ll have to spend a good amount.

    eBay has a lot of cheap stuff from the USA. Including the shipping charges (which I’m assuming also includes duty), you can save almost around ₹5-10k.

    • whoareuOP
      3·
      1 month ago

      I host invidious, pihole, thelounge and some IRC bots. I want to also host Lemmy, mastodon etc, however I don’t have enough storage and cpu on my linode server to sustain this many services.

      I am kinda afraid of using eBay because of scams. I don’t wanna wait for pc forever which never gonna come after paying money.

      • velox_vulnus@lemmy.mlMEnglish
        2·
        1 month ago

        I guess you should look for something like a old Lenovo ThinkCentre or a Dell Optiplex. Pick something with 4 or more physical cores, add 16GB to 32GB of RAM, 1-2TB of space and you should be good to go? Just hope that you don’t broadcast your own links to other folks, or your server won’t be able to take the huge influx of network traffic.

        Btw, I’ve heard that eBay (the site) protects your against scammers. Now, I’ve personally never used eBay, but I’ll soon be, to get myself a used ThinkPad for cheap.