I would seriously recommend not running BTC stuff on the same computer that your doing other stuff with.
Opens up way to much attack surface.
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I definitely need a more dedicated machine for a plain bitcoin core node.
I got an old dell for ~80$ a few months ago (not including the cost for a ssd)
Its running tor, i2p, core, lnd, mempool, fulcrum, lnconnect, thunderhub, and ligress so far with zero issue. (Well ligress is my current project not 100% up yet)
8gb ram with an i7 did the ibd in ~15 hours
a nuc?
Nuc?
Those "mini-pc" form factors are called NUCs
You can run Bitcoin alone on one server and everything else on another server. It's all a la carte
+1
It's less about Bitcoin/non-Bitcoin and more about not putting all your critical data on one server. Best to divide it up amongst multiple servers and reserve one for experimentation with new services.