Consider a Dell Optiplex FX160 Instead of a Raspberry Pi
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Consider a Dell Optiplex FX160 Instead of a Raspberry Pi
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Re: Consider a Dell Optiplex FX160 Instead of a Raspberry Pi
#2Re: Consider a Dell Optiplex FX160 Instead of a Raspberry Pi
#3A somewhat controversial claim, but only until you discover that it's the low-profile home server use case under discussion here.
I'd go with a Qotom box for that, but something like this would be about as good and, at the cited prices, a fair bit cheaper - and wouldn't involve the same US Customs import encumbrance that I've found Qotom hardware to entail, besides. But I think it would depend on being able to find used FX160s cheaply, as the article describes, and since its description of a sudden glut in the used market seems written from an Australian perspective, I imagine that might be an issue elsewhere.
Re: Consider a Dell Optiplex FX160 Instead of a Raspberry Pi
#4Site seems to be down
https://web.archive.org/web/20170515001126/https://thesizzle...
Re: Consider a Dell Optiplex FX160 Instead of a Raspberry Pi
#5A somewhat controversial claim, but only until you discover that it's the low-profile home server use case under discussion here. I'd go with a Qotom box for that, but something like this would be about as good and, at the cited prices, a fair bit cheaper - and wouldn't involve the same US Customs import encumbrance that I've found Qotom hardware to entail, besides. But I think it would depend on being able to find u…
This is the first I've heard of Qotom, can you elaborate?
Re: Consider a Dell Optiplex FX160 Instead of a Raspberry Pi
#6tl;dr - Buy this stock of FX160's on ebay now, they're better I promise.
Re: Consider a Dell Optiplex FX160 Instead of a Raspberry Pi
#7Site seems to be down https://web.archive.org/web/20170515001126/https://thesizzle...
Appears as though the influx of traffic that Hacker News creates, has struck another website down again, haha. Thanks for the archived link.
Re: Consider a Dell Optiplex FX160 Instead of a Raspberry Pi
#8Site seems to be down https://web.archive.org/web/20170515001126/https://thesizzle...
"Error establishing a database connection"
Install a caching plugin!
Re: Consider a Dell Optiplex FX160 Instead of a Raspberry Pi
#9Site seems to be down https://web.archive.org/web/20170515001126/https://thesizzle...
Site must be running off a Dell FX160 ;-)
Re: Consider a Dell Optiplex FX160 Instead of a Raspberry Pi
#10A somewhat controversial claim, but only until you discover that it's the low-profile home server use case under discussion here. I'd go with a Qotom box for that, but something like this would be about as good and, at the cited prices, a fair bit cheaper - and wouldn't involve the same US Customs import encumbrance that I've found Qotom hardware to entail, besides. But I think it would depend on being able to find u…
This is the first I've heard of Qotom, can you elaborate?
They make/sell "industrial" fanless Intel boxes. I got one of these[1] for a router, and it's worked well so far. No moving parts with an SSD.