My Intel NUC server just died (whenever it’s plugged in, it makes a buzzing noise, and the external power LED is off (the internal one is on tho)), so I need a new server box. Any recommendations?

I can salvage the RAM (16 GB DDR4) and hard drive (1TB HDD) off of this one, I believe.

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    As others just said, take the challenge of repairing or correctly identify what’s broken. It should be fun, and part of the diy ethos.

    If, you are still going for a new piece for the upgrades…

    Depends very much on your scope. Heck, there’s even aesthetics. Do you prefer AMD or Intel? Don’t you feel like having an ARM and take the challenge of compatible images? Would you need to check the transcoding compatibility for Jellyfin? Are you going fangless? Is one 2.5gpbs eth port enough? Etc.

    That said, check the reviews from https://www.servethehome.com/ they have articles with benchmarks and videos for all the latest nucs and other hardware’s form factor servers.

    Be aware that Intel discontinued the NUCs iirc… but Asus or some vendor might have picked up to grab that market segment.

    Good luck!

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      Are you going fangless?

      I would definitely go fangless. I have been bitten enough times. A bite might also transfer viruses. Nowadays I defang all my computers.

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        Dude, what the fuck. Defanging is so god damn inhumane. If you want a computer without fangs, you don’t want a computer. You want an SBC.

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      Well, I fully disassembled it, and I’ve found some components that are heating up a lot and probably making the buzzing noise.

      https://files.catbox.moe/6pazjn.jpg

      However I have no idea what they are, if they’re the problem or some connected component. The label doesn’t return anything, so I think this 'uns a goner :(

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        ask a repair shop. Since the label is the same on the other things around it, they could use a parts tester to determine what it is and then order that part. If you’re in luck, that’s the whole problem. If it’s some other component that failed they could still probably determine and fix it

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          To be honest, I don’t think it’s worth the bother. This is just an i3-5 something, and I got all the working parts off of it. But it’s good a good idea, thanks!

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    I don’t know how well your box performed, but I recently snagged a fujitsu esprimo box with an i5-6500. It has 5 sata connectors and two m.2 slots. There’s space for two hard drives and there’s like 5 low profile PCIE slots (2x x16 and 2x x4 I believe)

    I think they’re a great deal (if you get the right CPU). Apart from the weird OEM PSU and motherboard, it’s a pretty bonkers box, and I got mine for 40$, which was very lucky

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    Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:

    Fewer Letters More Letters
    NAS Network-Attached Storage
    NUC Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers
    PSU Power Supply Unit
    SBC Single-Board Computer

    4 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 13 acronyms.

    [Thread #158 for this sub, first seen 23rd Sep 2023, 12:45] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

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    +1 for repair. Its most likely PSU and if you are happy with nuc performance its a shame to throw it away.

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    If you don’t mind it being completely Chinese based, Beelink with their new Intel 12th gen mini PC were my upgrade from the last Shuttle device I’ve used.

    Dual Intel 2.5G NIC plenty of USB and an extremely efficient Intel Alder Lake-N100 with a great price to performance closed the deal for me.

    EQ12-N100 is what i went for, to be exact, there are more powerful options too, if needed.