My Intel NUC server just died (whenever it’s plugged in, it makes a buzzing noise, and the external power LED is off (the internal one is on tho)), so I need a new server box. Any recommendations?
I can salvage the RAM (16 GB DDR4) and hard drive (1TB HDD) off of this one, I believe.
As others just said, take the challenge of repairing or correctly identify what’s broken. It should be fun, and part of the diy ethos.
If, you are still going for a new piece for the upgrades…
Depends very much on your scope. Heck, there’s even aesthetics. Do you prefer AMD or Intel? Don’t you feel like having an ARM and take the challenge of compatible images? Would you need to check the transcoding compatibility for Jellyfin? Are you going fangless? Is one 2.5gpbs eth port enough? Etc.
That said, check the reviews from https://www.servethehome.com/ they have articles with benchmarks and videos for all the latest nucs and other hardware’s form factor servers.
Be aware that Intel discontinued the NUCs iirc… but Asus or some vendor might have picked up to grab that market segment.
Good luck!
Are you going fangless?
I would definitely go fangless. I have been bitten enough times. A bite might also transfer viruses. Nowadays I defang all my computers.
Dude, what the fuck. Defanging is so god damn inhumane. If you want a computer without fangs, you don’t want a computer. You want an SBC.
+1 for repair. Its most likely PSU and if you are happy with nuc performance its a shame to throw it away.
I don’t know how well your box performed, but I recently snagged a fujitsu esprimo box with an i5-6500. It has 5 sata connectors and two m.2 slots. There’s space for two hard drives and there’s like 5 low profile PCIE slots (2x x16 and 2x x4 I believe)
I think they’re a great deal (if you get the right CPU). Apart from the weird OEM PSU and motherboard, it’s a pretty bonkers box, and I got mine for 40$, which was very lucky
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If you don’t mind it being completely Chinese based, Beelink with their new Intel 12th gen mini PC were my upgrade from the last Shuttle device I’ve used.
Dual Intel 2.5G NIC plenty of USB and an extremely efficient Intel Alder Lake-N100 with a great price to performance closed the deal for me.
EQ12-N100 is what i went for, to be exact, there are more powerful options too, if needed.
