The original post: /r/selfhosted by /u/toothpicvic on 2025-03-13 17:09:03.

Hi all, first time posting in here, so a bit of a noob. any help/guidance appreciated. I’ve been looking at starting a home server and using used enterprise gear (ie optiplex, thinkcenter, etc) to save on costs. My goals: -server to replace google photos for my wife and i to run immich (have an nvme drive for that and a couple hdds for a bit of extra space and redundancy, but I’ll upgrade to full 3-2-1 later) -migrate my plex stuff from desktop pc to that machine and run docker -I’d like it to be very quiet and hopefully small enough to put in tv console

I saw a Lenovo Thinkcenter Workstation P330 (i7-8th 32GB RAM) posted in facebook marketplace (349 CAD), which i think would fit my needs pretty well and save a bunch of time and energy on scouring ebay for deals. Is that a good strategy, or am I missing something / completely off base & need to rethink my strategy)?