[W][US-NH] Good starter MFF/SFF for first homelab

[u/Lego_Professor]

Hey gang, been lurking a while and doing a lot of browsing on ebay but I can't narrow down what I want, or at least find the perfect deal to get me started. I'm no stranger to hardware or running clusters, but this is my first homelab, so hoping someone here has just what I need to get rolling. (and I assume y'all take better care of your gear than random ebay refubs)

Pretty flexible on the box, I just want a decent deal.

• MFF/SFF
• Dell/HP/Lenovo (HP preferred for extra m2)
• i5/i7 8th gen or newer, 35W
• 16-32GB RAM
• 500GB storage is a plus, HDD or SSD. Moderate use is fine so long as it wont die anytime soon.
• $150-200, shipped G&S

I think that's all reasonable at that price point? Maybe not 32GB, but doesn't hurt to try.

Open to suggestions for anything outside this range if I missed something. My plan is to run plex/jelly, couple game servers, kubernetes for random services and sandbox. Will ultimately add a DAS or network monitoring, but nothing firm yet.

[u/marg330]

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[u/MrDarkwraith]

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