I am looking to self host my own media server (Jellyfin), a personal page and something more in the future and I need to choose my server hardware. I have decided on buying a single board computer to save on energy, space and, perhaps, cost.
Jellyfin docs recommend a computer with a Rockchip RK3588 / RK3588S processor. I would also need ethernet, USB for external storage, at least 4GB of RAM and maybe a M.2 slot for the OS and more space.
I know about Armsom and OrangePi, are they any good?
My budget would be up to 150 euros and I live in the Netherlands. Any suggestions?
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Honestly with 150€ you could get a second hand intel NUC which will have all the things you want. Of course this means x86_64 and not ARM but for jellyfin I would say it’s a plus.
I found a second hand box near me with Intel Celeron J4025 for 50eur. No disk and RAM (will buy myself). Would the processor be good enough? How is the price?
J4025 is good, I actually bought this exact model last year for 75€ with 120GB SSD and 8GB of RAM. Prices have went up since and I don’t live in the Netherlands which can be expensive. So all in all not a bad deal I would say.
I was fiddeling with my Raspberry Pi 4 but decided to buy a refurbished Dell Wyse Thin Client 5070. It cost like 70€, I put DietPi on it because I love it, plugged an external drive and I’m very happy with the experience.
+1 Dietpi on an old SFF office computer runs extremely smooth. Fiddled with Rpi too first… The few Watts lower energy use aren’t worth the hassle, old SFF’s offer so many (future) options while still getting really low idle power usage
GMKtec sells solid mini x86 computers. I have one with an Intel N150, which can do hardware encoding with Intel QSV. https://www.amazon.com/GMKtec-mini-pc-computer-n150/dp/B0CH81C4K3
$137 rn on Amazon for 8gb/256gb N150
The Radxa Rock 5 series use RK3588s and have USB, ethernet and 4-32 GB RAM.
Buy refurbished / used Mini PC with at least 16GB RAM and 1Gbit network card. Don’t bother with M.2, SSD is enough.
I have right now refurbished hp g4 ryzen 5 mini pc. There is 12 docker containers running there and couple applications in screen, I just add things. Don’t do ARM, as far as I remember running on ARM is compilation hell. Stick with x86. You want it to ease your life and not to make it harder.