Depends on your skillset. If you know how to install things yourself I would buy an older laptop, fe Thinkpad and upgrade it with a large ssd. I like a built-in battery backup when there is a grid outage.

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yes that was my previous install.

ThinkPad. I wanted to only use hardware i already own and not purchase anything. Tried all 3 implementations mentioned above.

Any reason not to buy the single purpose device to save space, reduce noise and electricity consumption?

Don't think so