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Hi all,
I'm currently looking to buy a small form factor PC with the intention of being used as an Ubuntu server that will host the likes of Docker, Portainer etc. Whilst I've built systems in the past when it comes to ultra-small form factor I have no clue and given my budget of £150 (at a push) I've been looking on eBay at pre-built and used systems, one that caught my eye was Lenovo M910q as you can get it with an i5 processor and upwards of 8-16GB of ram. One I'm currently looking at supports:
Lenovo ThinkCentre M910q Micro (MFF)
CPU - Intel Core i5 6500T
Graphics - Intel HD 530
RAM - 8GB DDR4 SODIMM
SSD Storage Size - 256GB SSD
Video Out - 2 x DisplayPort
USBs - 6 x USB 3.0
Ethernet - Yes
Do you guys think this will be enough for what I'm planning or should I be looking at a better-specced CPU/Ram combo? It's an absolute longshot I realise but I do have a Q6700k laying about somewhere, I'm wondering whether a CPU swap might be possible to give it a significant bit of juice?
Alternatively, if you think that the machine will be too much for my intentions, I have a Raspberry Pi 3 laying about which I could use but something tells me it might be a little underpowered in the long run?
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated as always!
Metrix
I'm currently looking to buy a small form factor PC with the intention of being used as an Ubuntu server that will host the likes of Docker, Portainer etc. Whilst I've built systems in the past when it comes to ultra-small form factor I have no clue and given my budget of £150 (at a push) I've been looking on eBay at pre-built and used systems, one that caught my eye was Lenovo M910q as you can get it with an i5 processor and upwards of 8-16GB of ram. One I'm currently looking at supports:
Lenovo ThinkCentre M910q Micro (MFF)
CPU - Intel Core i5 6500T
Graphics - Intel HD 530
RAM - 8GB DDR4 SODIMM
SSD Storage Size - 256GB SSD
Video Out - 2 x DisplayPort
USBs - 6 x USB 3.0
Ethernet - Yes
Do you guys think this will be enough for what I'm planning or should I be looking at a better-specced CPU/Ram combo? It's an absolute longshot I realise but I do have a Q6700k laying about somewhere, I'm wondering whether a CPU swap might be possible to give it a significant bit of juice?
Alternatively, if you think that the machine will be too much for my intentions, I have a Raspberry Pi 3 laying about which I could use but something tells me it might be a little underpowered in the long run?
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated as always!
Metrix