IMO, yo should consider the investment would be the cost of at least an ECC compatible setup using unregistered ECC:

- ECC compliant CPU.

- ECCP compliant Motherboard, some do. Some don’t.

- The ECC memory

- Reduntant storage

- The energy cost of running a full PC as opposed to an ARM SBC. Sadly those extra W/h are relevant if you live in shitholes like the EU.

So if you are serious about running a lightning node by either putting more money than the aforementioned setup or going for the routing node runner game you should invest in ECC and prosumer grade hardware.

HP Microservers are a good starting point. AFAIK even the unwanted versions support ECC. Any non APU Ryzen even first gen support ECC unregistered but motherboards are another story.

Just playing with LN with hundred bucks channel? Nah… stick with your current Raspberry Pi or old PC. nostr:note16j6f2qcake9vj47paj5wp4p5ujn2nx7ley5kahqh5dxmzaj50ags0xgw3k