Setup already in progress 💪
The ssd already arrived and found its new home in the mini pc.
I chose to start with StartOS. Installation was s breeze an the documentation on the Start9 website is one of the best i ever saw 👌
Now need to sync the #bitcoin blockchain. Excited how long it will take. Can’t wait to finally connect my wallet 😱🤩 
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Got my StartOS node running with a 2 TB ssd a while ago. Synced pretty fast.
Nice! Optiplex, right?
What cpu is it running?
It’s an 8th gen i5, don’t quite remember which one specifically
Quite powerful 💪
I have only a core2duo 😅 might take a little longer than your sync
Yeah, I have another mini pc with a weaker chip (intel Celeron N4020) that still performed well.
Good to know! Did it also run electrs and mempool?
Yeah, I ran all that plus an LND node with like 40 channels and a bunch of apps (I was running it as an Umbrel). It started to bog down a little with all the LN channels and routing though. That’s when decided to upgrade to the Optiplex and I swapped over to StartOS.
That sounds pretty promising! 🙌🙏
Apparently the RAM is having the big role in procesing all those UTXOs and 8GB just isn't enough for fast sync. If you have an option upgrade and restart. No worries. The next time it will only validate the chain untill it will start syncing from where you stopped.
I am constantly checking the monitor… most of the time it doesn’t even use 1gb out of the 8gb available. Also the cpu only runs at around 50-60% 🤷🏻♂️
I have also a fast internet connection. Maybe a bad tor connection? 
Thanks for the hint 🙏
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