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Good deal for a refurbished Optiplex. Very good option for a Jellyfin server with hardware transcoding.
Optiplex 7070 with an i5-9500 for $140.27: https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/185943442308
[eBay Plus, Refurb] Dell OptiPlex 7060 SFF Intel i5-8500 8GB RAM 500GB HDD $131.97 Delivered @ Australian Computer Traders Ebay
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This is an excellent system and at an amazing price point. The 8th gen Intel processors are amazing in performance and bench-marking results two gens before and two gens after. I did get the the Dell Optiplex 7060 Core i7-87000 3.2GHz 8GB/1TB Windows 10 for a year and i bought it for $320 (cheapest i could find at the time) i upgraded to 64gb mem and put a 20TB HDD, also have 2 X 2'5" HDDs in it for extra storage and a 1tb m.2 in it. I run Unraid with about 40 containers (key call outs are Jellyfin and Frigate) 2 VMs Home assistant and ubuntu) fantastic system
Can you provide details as to how you've got all the storage set up? Are you using 2 splitters? Did it come with brackets for the 2.5" hdd or you sourced it elsewhere?
1 x 1tb M.2
1 x 20tb HDD
2 x 2.5" HDDThe 1tb m.2, there is a slot on the motherboard for this. There is a place for 1 x 2'5" hdd. I took the CD-ROM out and there is enough room for a 2.5" hdd or SSD. The other 2.5" is a USB 3.0 disk which I just Velcroed to the power supply (not great but works for me)
Anyone using HAOS and frigate on one of these? My HASS in VM is super unstable so thinking of going full native
yes run A HA VM, and Frigate with about 6 cameras. offload to the gpu as well. (and about 40 common self hosted type containers)
If I upgrade the RAM and stick a 4060 in, how well is this for gaming?
Barely cheaper than just buying a brand new ~$700 gaming machine that already contains a 4060 🤷🏼♂️
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/873806
The Dell in this deal is almost six years old.
with Wifi ?
Nope.
For people who has the experience
is it better to buy something like this instead of a NAS for video streaming and such? I guess for NAS you will probably get more HDs to add
Yes, these SFF PCs are far better value and it's not even close.
If you need more storage, you have plenty of options for adding it over USB. Some armchair experts will say that's a bad idea because you can't run raid/zfs over USB, but you don't actually need redundancy in a home environment.
Most consumer NAS are massively overpriced and come with a rubbish CPU that's no good for video streams. The 8500 and 9500 are both capable of HEVC 10bit decode.Makes sense, always wondering why those NAS are so popular here given the price esp Synology. You can just run raid with the slots you can on the mobo tho right? I agree with you in a home environment data loss should be very rare, I had hard drives start to die before but they still had enough life left for me to copy the data
Also Do you mean like adding a DAS via usb?
You can just run raid with the slots you can on the mobo tho right?
It won't do you much good for an SFF PC like this because the case only fits a single HDD.
I agree with you in a home environment data loss should be very rare
For what it's worth, RAID isn't to prevent data loss. It's redundancy in the event of a drive failure. In other words, if a drive fails, raid keeps the array online and operational. This is necessary for businesses who need constant uptime.
When it comes to preventing data loss, regularly backing up your data is what really matters.
Also Do you mean like adding a DAS via usb?
Yes. For a home-server, USB storage is more than sufficient for 99% of people. There will never be a bottleneck for media playback or anything.
Anyone got a good simple guide on going from buying this thing, to creating a media server that can be connected to from all the TVs and phones in the house?
No guide, but terms you can search for: fresh install Ubuntu desktop, install Docker on Ubuntu, setup Jellyfin in Docker compose.
Thanks I was following a windows guide, any benefit to going the Linux route?
Makes Docker easier. Makes server/machine moves easier.
However, if Windows is what you're familiar with, Jellyfin (or another media server) is all you'll have on it, and are not concerned with the effort it'll take to move the media server data over to another machine (if/when you upgrade), then stick with Windows. (With Windows (and Linux even) you're probably fine just moving the OS drive over to a new machine and away you go. So there's no real migration concern, it's more a consideration.)
You should absolutely be using Linux, especially if you want HDR tone mapping (not supported on Windows unless you have an 11th gen Intel CPU). Also Linux is much more efficient and practical when running headless.
If you want the easiest, most user-friendly solution, get Unraid and follow Spaceinvader's tutorials on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcRwT7iHIcc
If you don't want to pay extra money but still want a relatively smooth experience, consider YunoHost or Ubuntu Server running CasaOS and/or Cockpit. https://casaos.zimaspace.com/
If you want something more nuanced and secure, you could try Proxmox. That's what I run on my Lenovo M720S, which is similar to the Optiplex. Not as beginner friendly though.
Easiest of not familiar with linux etc.
Install plex on computer > point to media folder.
Install plex on tv/phone
Install "Remote Desktop" on android phone to give remore desktop access
If you want to head down the rabbit hole there's a hundred options. If ya intrested in that kinda thing I would reccomend going with something like ubuntu server, techhut does a good guide:
https://youtu.be/lXcfKTNObOo?si=mP0keOvdoGgrXT3V
But I would only reccomend if you have an intrest
I was thinking of building an arcade machine with a refurb desktop driving it, should this be fine for most emulation (say up to SNES era but N64 would be very welcome if possible)?
Definitely SNES. Should be able to handle many n64 games with Project64 but can’t guarantee the entire library.
thanks! i wound up taking a punt earlier on an optiplex 7050 system at $75. hopefully should be ok for 8-16bit stuff and if not ill just use it as a basic media server i guess. at that price its worth a punt anyway
This can take a low profile GPU such as an RX 6400 or an Arc A380. This would massively improve performance.
My partner is a teacher and just wants a shitty PC to mark on one monitor, online shop or watch youtube and netflix etc. on the other without any major input lag etc.
Should I get her one? She's pretty notorious for opening 300+ tabs etc - just hope it can cope.
The HDD is a bit worthless. Put in a NVMe and it will do any office work as fast as.
I’ve heard you can put the Synology OS on non-Synology hardware using a hack.
Anyone tried it?
look up xpenology
Would this be suitable for light gaming? Games like City Skylines etc?
on low settings yea sure. but you would also struggle to get a low profile graphics card in there to be better.
Thanks Faricity might look at other options then.
Some in stock but $20 more now
Back in stock for $9 more using coupon code.
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Geez I wish I’d landed one of these. It would be a brilliant Plex machine.