What kind of hardware should I buy for a homeserver setup?

[xrld]

I have used Jellyfin for about 3 months on my main tower which uses a lot of power and I feel like leaving a beefyish computer on for 8-10 hours a day might be bad? I've been looking at used Dell Optiplex's and cheap laptops to keep on for days. On Ebay almost all of them are under $75 which is perfect, I really don't want to spend more than $100. I have an 8tb HDD in my PC right now which I plan on moving into whatever I buy.

But if I do buy something I mainly plan on having Jellyfin, qbit, prowlarr, sonarr, radarr, some reverse proxy stuff, with 1-3 people connected at a time.
So far I have my eyes on a 9020 optiplex, intel i7-4790 16gb ddr3 ram but no HDD included. (I should be able to just insert my 8tb HDD)

I'd like some input on this. Like maybe I could go cheaper but still have great quality and a stable stream.

Any and all comments are appreciated, if you want more info please ask I'm willing to answer!

[tmsrxzar]

4th gen intel isn't going to be a good experience and a 10 year old cpu will be stretching the limit of software support (drivers/etc)
and you're going to want to keep it a few years yourself (i think)

look for something with an intel uhd or better igpu, the processor will be commensurate performance (8th gen+)
something in a small form factor such as minipc will by light on the wattage

i'm not sure your $100 limit is realistic

there is also a recommendation page https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/admini...selection/
(NAS' and Pi are the general not good)

[TheDreadPirate]

There are a lot of surplus office Dell Optiplexes with 7th gen and newer Intel CPUs for cheap. Those are a good starter servers.

[tmsrxzar]

There are a lot of surplus office Dell Optiplexes with 7th gen and newer Intel CPUs for cheap.  Those are a good starter servers.

i don't disagree at all but intel uhd (8th gen) will be the better performer for not much more price

https://www.ebay.com/itm/335248016191 (for comparison only, not an advertised or endorsed product/listing)

and intel has issued ESU on the 7th gen so it will be end of support next month (Sunday, March 31, 2024)
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/...tions.html

(yes, i realize that doesn't mean linux won't still support it)


here's the user benchmark https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/In...7884vs3648
the 8500 ranks far better

versus https://versus.com/en/intel-core-i5-7500...re-i5-8500
says the gpu is the same in performance i might disagree but i'm just me