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I want to build a Mini ITX PC for my home server, where do I start? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 day ago by AnonomousWolf@lemm.ee to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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My budget is ~500 Euro.

I haven't built a PC in 10 years, I gave no idea where to start.

It will mostly be used to run Nextcloud, Minecraft Server and some future homelab projects.

I'm thinking of using this for the case https://www.the-diy-life.com/introducing-lab-rax-a-3d-printable-modular-10-rack-system

Where do I start? What CPU or motherboard would you recommend? I want it to be somewhat future proof and also act as a NAS

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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 points 22 hours ago

Do you want a rack? I personally just use old desktop parts. It's currently a massive ATX box (old PC), but I'll be upgrading to ITX once I upgrade my PC again.

So my recommendation is:

Build around whatever you have on hand
Whatever is cheap and meets your current needs and can expand to meet future needs

You don't need high specs for most things, just make sure the CPU can do transcoding if that's what you're planning to do eventually. Consider N100 builds or things with laptop CPUs instead of a normal ITX build, that should save you some cash now and power usage later.