@khauser86 said:
A fella I emailed yesterday just got back to me with this…“Good morning,
I have a Dell 7010 Small Form Factor which I can outfit with an i7-3770 CPU (~9500 passmark score), 8GB RAM, and a 128GB SSD for $300.
It’s very small and fan noise shouldn’t be an issue as it’s designed to be nearly silent.
It’ll have the most recent Win10, and I can install a wifi card if you need it (although I’m fairly certain you’ll be using ethernet).Let me know if that works for you.
Thanks!”
That’s the kind of system that I was describing. A used ex-corporate PC from Dell or Hp or Lenovo. They are built like tanks & cheap as chips. You will find an i7 for less than $300 if you shop around dell 7010 i7 for sale | eBay A Gen 3 or Gen 4 i5/i7 will be ample even an i3 if your don’t transcode much.
