[plug] miniPC recommendations?

[michael_collins at tutanota.com]

I've had decent luck with my Chinese 'Chatray' previously, very good value: https://www.aliexpress.com/w/wholesale-chatreey-official-store.html

The first one was fried after 12 months of running it as a Proxmox server, but thankfully Chatreey were okay sending me a replacement free of charge.
Michael Collins
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14 Sept 2026, 17:44 by plug at plug.org.au:

> Hi Bruce
>
> I have purchased a few second hand good quality Lenovo office PCs  on eBay and have been very happy with my purchases.
> They run Linux Mint very well and have not had any problems with them.
>
> Lenovo Thinkcentre M700, I5-6400t 2.20GHz,8GB , 1TB SSD
> paid $219.99 in  Jan 2024 inc postage
>
> Lenovo ThinkStation P310 SFF Intel i7 6700 3.40GHz 16GB 512GB SSD Quadro K620 video card
> paid $238 in Nov 2024 inc postage
> The Quadro K620 video card is supported by the proprietary Linux Nvidia driver
>
>
> Sadly second hand PCs  have gone up in price and the SSDs are smaller but they are still good value compared to buying a new PC and still within your budget.
> The Thinkcentre looked like new and still had all the anti-scratch stickers on it.  
>
> Also purchased this...
> HP T620 Thin Client Quad Core GX-415GA 1.5GHz | 8GB RAM | 32GB SSD
> paid  $43.00 in Nov 2024 inc postage
> makes a nice little server and runs well with Dietpi > https://dietpi.com/
>  
> Cheers Ivan
>
> On Mon, 14 Sep 2026, at 9:26 AM, Bruce Axtens via plug wrote:
>
>> Hello Pluglings (for want of a better term)
>>
>> I'm still lurking here in the shadows. Have been for years, my son Daniel having been the impetus. He's now Principal Engineer for Fastly: >> https://www.fastly.com/blog/author/daniel-axtens
>>
>> But I didn't come here to do that. My question is more mundane: after years of having various second-hand laptops as my home setup for Linux I'm now seriously considering laying out real money for a miniPC. Does the group have any suggestions re manufacturer and vendor? I'm thinking something in the $300-$450 range.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Bruce Axtens
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