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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by plactagonic@sopuli.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Edit: so it turns out that every hobby can be expensive if you do it long enough.

Also I love how you talk about your hobby as some addicts.

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[-] gndagreborn@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago

Started out with a raspberry pi several years ago. Got my feet wet with entry level, beginner friendly NAS prebuilds. Hunted for recycled computer parts. Now searching for and actively acquiring enterprise gear that is making a massive dent in my wallet.

[-] glitch1985@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

That retired enterprise gear will continue to hurt your electric bill also.

[-] FilthyHookerSpit@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I also want to into this hobby. Where do you start after getting a raspberry pi?

[-] Acid@startrek.website 1 points 10 months ago

I’m half way on that journey, went from Rpi4 to M2 Mac Mini to host docker stuff and god knows how much in hard drives.

Really should look at used ones

[-] nukeworker10@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Serverpartdeals.com for refurbished HDDs. Fractal define R5 case for the 6 14 TB HDDs and 2 SSDs for cache, a uUSB thumb drive to run unraid. Some ram, a PSU, a Mobo, and a very old quadro GPU, only a couple grand in parts and your obsession is fed, for now.

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