- Intel Core i7 6700T 2.8 GHz
- 16GB (2 x 8GB SODIMM)
- 500GB Toshiba NVMe Drive
Running Proxmox, learning how to virtualize servers.
Hardware Thoughts
The cost of this device for what I got felt great. I feel a bit bummed out that the SSD drive tray was missing in this unit I think it will still last me a very long time. I can upgrade the CPU to a 7th gen, max out the ram to 32 GB, and, once I get an SSD tray, add another hard drive. I can't, unfortunately, add any PCI devices like another NIC.
I understand that the M920 has a PCI port that accepts some uprades and it also has USB-C ports. That might be a better option although a bit more expensive.
Things to upgrade:
- CPU: i7 7700T
- RAM: 2 16GB DDR4-2400 SODIMM
- Drives: 1TB NVMe and 1TB SSD
- USB NIC
Uses
I bought this to continue my goal of self-hosting and learning. The less I have to go outside of my network the better.
Docker
- Home Assistant
- PiHole
- Portainer
- Grafana
- Prometheus
- Starlink Monitor
- Speed test monitor
- Code Server
- PfSense?
- Jellyfin
- Uptime Kuma
- Impostor Server
- Minecraft Server
- Miniflux (RSS)
- Kavita (Ebook hosting)
- LanCache
Gaming
I haven't tried hosting a Minecraft or Impostor server yet but I know it is possible. I am more curious if I can run some emulation software to play my old games.