RE: Research diaries #20: Builing another PC

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I'm so far removed from the hardware world. It's been quite a while. Being as you seem like you know what you're doing, I have a question for you.

What type of hardware could I run to host a web application, and it run smoothly? I don't especially think of it as being computationally expensive, but I want to plan in the event that I have moderate success. That said, I'd like to do this as cheaply as possibly. (I know, I know. This is a tall order.)

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self-host on a pi and then look how it goes
or buy some old computer to use for self-hosting :)

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I thought about it, but man have you looked at the cost of a Pi these days. Sheeeeeeesh.

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that's why I said the old computer for hosting ;)

some old dell, they are bigger but also like pis on steroids :P^^

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I was going to ask about power consumption, but maybe I don't really care lol.

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woelfchen suggestion is good. For pi you would have to learn/know linux.

It depends very much on your application. But if you are starting out why not just deploy it on your main machine as the investment is zero?

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Lol because my main machine is a laptop that I'm pushing to the limit. I feel like I'll need more than a Pi, but I may be mistaken. They're almost cost prohibitive for the machine that you get. I was just curious if there were any other good single board options out there.

I run Mac so I already use unix. This isn't coming from being completely naive of computers, just out of hardware. The Pentium III was still a formidable processor the last time I put anything together.

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