Help me build a home server with a budget of €100/$109 (I live in Denmark)

I am thinking of buying it used how much ram who’d i need and what CPU

What I want to run on it

Nextcloud

RSS feed

transmission (if possible for the budget)

Maybe a few other small services

Photoprism (if possible for the budget)

Is this realistic for my budget?

Edit: Thanks alot for your really helpful comments

  • thayer@lemmy.caEnglish
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    6 months ago

    I don’t think you’ll be able to build anything with €100, but you might be able to buy an old PC or laptop locally and use it as is. I’ve never run nextcloud myself, but from I’ve read it’ll be the most taxing service on your list. Everything seems pretty minimal, though I don’t know anything about Photoprism.

  • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techEnglish
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    6 months ago

    For that low of a budget I’d go look for used desktops to run - which is exactly what I did to get started .

    Then raspberry pis

    If you can go up further I’ve really enjoyed the beelink computers as tiny servers

  • tootbrute@piefed.social
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    6 months ago

    Start small. Find good used hardware first before thinking what services to run. I would start with an old desktop.

    Self-hosting is a journey, not a destination. No matter what you buy you’ll probably need to buy new hard drives. Used hard drives are a bit of a gamble.

    Where do people buy used systems in Denmark? Show us a few things you’re interested in and people can give you recommendations.

    Also, instead of Photoprism, I would suggest Immich. I was a huge supported of Photoprism for years (even donated money) but their development is too slow. Immich is way faster and has an android app. Anyways, give it a look.

    I think 8 GB of RAM is sufficient for all those services. I run them all with Yunohost and I rarely get over 4 GB RAM used.

    • pinguinebee@lemmings.worldOPEnglish
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      6 months ago

      1

      I have looked at

      Lenovo Thinkcenter sælges. i5-3470 8gb ram 256gb HDD

      Price 44 US Dollars 40 Euros

      2

      I5 4570 Vpro 3.2 ghz 4 gb ram 500 GB Hdd. (3.5")

      Price

      46 Euros 51 US Dollars

      (It’s a bit more expensive and has less RAM, but thinking of that, if the other seller has sold)

  • Miku Luna \ she/it@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    6 months ago

    The Raspberry Pi 5 might be good enough for your needs. The 8GB costs a bit less than 100€ without any accessories at the danish reseller, so it fits in your budget. I don’t know if it’s good enough for all your services.