Shill me your recommendation for an industrial x86 mini/micro form factor PC. I’ll be using it as a Bitcoin node among other things.
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#[1] any suggestions for this?
Some fanless intel
Could build yourself a mini-ITX pc
I’d prefer the fan-less approach that @NVK mentioned.
Btw, older Mac minis also make great cheap nodes
Great prices
I bought a 5 year old dell optiplex micro with 1tb ssd and 24gb ram for 170$. Hard to beat that. Havent tried the mac mini yet though.
I’m a big fan of these Lenovo tiny clients (bottom). Unusually can be had for about $100 bucks with a current-ish intel i5 and a easily upgradeable ram and storage…

Refurbed dell optiplex micros are a dime a dozen on ebay and amazon. Can get 1tb ssd / 16gb ram for under 200$.
Thinkpad