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1. rtsn (rtsn@gnusocial.de)'s status on Saturday, 18-Nov-2017 17:44:25 EST rtsn
   I use a raspberry pi 3 as a server for various selfhosted things and I've started to notice its limitations. 
   
   I've started to think about maybe upgrading to a "real" home server. What would be a good choice? I'm looking for something cheap-ish, quiet and slightly more powerful than a raspi 3, I know nothing about real server computer. Any suggestions or pointers to good docs on this for n00bs?
   1. mcscx (mcscx@quitter.se)'s status on Saturday, 18-Nov-2017 19:54:37 EST mcscx

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      @rtsn I use an ASRock N3150 board (ebay 50€) with fanless power supply, 60 GB KingDian SSD and 16 GB RAM. Power consumption is <=25 Watts
      1. rtsn (rtsn@gnusocial.de)'s status on Saturday, 18-Nov-2017 20:27:28 EST rtsn

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         That sounds reasonable and in my price range, does it work well for you and may I ask what you use it for?
         1. mcscx (mcscx@quitter.se)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2017 19:06:17 EST mcscx

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            @rtsn I use it as a virtualisation host for testing parallel systems of Windows servers. Hence the 16GB RAM. CPU speed is less important.
         2. mcscx (mcscx@quitter.se)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2017 19:09:28 EST mcscx

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            @rtsn Actually I use the pc for several test purposes with a couple of inexpensive chinese 60GB SSDs, also with Windows 7 + 10
            1. mcscx (mcscx@quitter.se)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2017 19:21:03 EST mcscx

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               @rtsn drawback: the rear usb doesn't work well in usb3 mode, will lead to data corruption. Front usb3 supposedly doesnt have the problem.
               1. mcscx (mcscx@quitter.se)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2017 19:23:17 EST mcscx

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                  @rtsn also you can't install Windows7 easily from usb because it doesn't support the usb chips out of the box. But it's still possible.