Self-Host and Tech Independence: The Joy of Building Your Own

Re:Self-Host and Tech Independence: The Joy of Building Your... by zer00eyz on Sunday June 08, 2025 @11:53AM (#44217717)

> M910 with an i5

These are great and the M920q is also nice.

At 100 to 160 used these are a steal, just test the disks before you commit to long term projects with them (some have a fair bit of wear). Its newer cousins quickly climb in price to the $300+ range (still refurb/used)

The bleeding edge of this form factor is the Minisforum MS-01. At almost 500 bucks for the no ram/storage part it's a big performance jump for a large price jump. This isnt a terrible deal if you need dual SFP+ ports (and you might) and a free PCIE slot but it is a large price jump.

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Re:Self-Host and Tech Independence: The Joy of Building Your... by kassner on Sunday June 08, 2025 @02:11PM (#44218575)

> M920q

I’m pissed at Lenovo for making the perfect machine for a home server, and then cheaping out by not adding the $0.50 M.2 connector on the back of the board. 2xM.2 + 1xSATA requires upgrading to “Tall” Intel NUCs if you want 3 discs.

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Re:Self-Host and Tech Independence: The Joy of Building Your... by philjohn on Sunday June 08, 2025 @02:58PM (#44218881)

If you want 2 m.2 slots you want the p330, same form factor as the m920q[1]

[1]https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/116583724775

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Re:Self-Host and Tech Independence: The Joy of Building Your... by kassner on Sunday June 08, 2025 @04:52PM (#44219428)

Thank you! I thought only ThinkCentre were in the 1-liter form factor

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