Find the right used mini PC for your home server
Ex-office 1-litre PCs (Lenovo ThinkCentre Tiny, Dell OptiPlex Micro, HP EliteDesk Mini) are the cheapest good way into Proxmox, Plex, Jellyfin or Home Assistant. They look alike in listings but differ in the details that matter: NVMe slots, PCIe expansion, second-NIC options, RAM limits and video transcoding. Filter by what you need.
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- Great for 4K HDR and AV1 libraries
HP Elite Mini 800 G9
2022 · Q670- CPUs
- i3-12100T, i5-12500T, i5-13500T
- NVMe / 2.5"
- 2 / 1
- Max RAM
- 64 GB official
- Expansion
- Flex IO
- Great for 4K HDR and AV1 libraries
HP EliteDesk 800 G8 Mini
2021 · Q570- CPUs
- i5-11400T, i5-11500T, i5-11600T
- NVMe / 2.5"
- 2 / 1
- Max RAM
- 64 GB official
- Expansion
- Flex IO
- Good for 4K HEVC; no AV1 decode
Dell OptiPlex 3080 Micro
2020 · B460- CPUs
- i3-10100T, i5-10500T
- NVMe / 2.5"
- 1 / 1
- Max RAM
- 64 GB official
- Expansion
- None
- Good for 4K HEVC; no AV1 decode
Dell OptiPlex 7080 Micro
2020 · Q470- CPUs
- i5-10500T, i7-10700T
- NVMe / 2.5"
- 2 / 1
- Max RAM
- 64 GB official
- Expansion
- PCIe
- Good for 4K HEVC; no AV1 decode
HP EliteDesk 800 G6 Mini
2020 · Q470- CPUs
- i5-10500T, i7-10700T
- NVMe / 2.5"
- 2 / 1
- Max RAM
- 64 GB official
- Expansion
- Flex IO
Specs & buying notesVerify specs - Good for 4K HEVC; no AV1 decode
Lenovo ThinkCentre M70q Gen 1 Tiny
2020 · H470- CPUs
- i3-10100T, i5-10500T, i7-10700T
- NVMe / 2.5"
- 1 / 1
- Max RAM
- 64 GB official
- Expansion
- None
- Works in Jellyfin; Intel is the safer media-server pick
Lenovo ThinkCentre M75q Gen 2 Tiny
2020 · AMD PRO 500- CPUs
- 4650GE, 4750GE
- NVMe / 2.5"
- 1 / 1
- Max RAM
- 64 GB official
- Expansion
- None
- Good for 4K HEVC; no AV1 decode
Lenovo ThinkCentre M90q Gen 1 Tiny
2020 · Q470- CPUs
- i5-10500T, i7-10700T
- NVMe / 2.5"
- 2 / 1
- Max RAM
- 64 GB official
- Expansion
- PCIe
- Good for 4K HEVC; no AV1 decode
Dell OptiPlex 3070 Micro
2019 · H370- CPUs
- i3-9100T, i5-9500T
- NVMe / 2.5"
- 1 / 1
- Max RAM
- 32 GB official
- Expansion
- None
- Good for 4K HEVC; no AV1 decode
Dell OptiPlex 7070 Micro
2019 · Q370- CPUs
- i5-9500T, i7-9700T
- NVMe / 2.5"
- 1 / 1
- Max RAM
- 32 GB official
- Expansion
- None
- Good for 4K HEVC; no AV1 decode
HP EliteDesk 800 G5 Mini
2019 · Q370- CPUs
- i5-9500T, i7-9700T
- NVMe / 2.5"
- 2 / 1
- Max RAM
- 32 GB official
- Expansion
- Flex IO
Specs & buying notesVerify specs - Works in Jellyfin; Intel is the safer media-server pick
Lenovo ThinkCentre M75q-1 Tiny
2019 · AMD PRO 500- CPUs
- 3400GE
- NVMe / 2.5"
- 1 / 1
- Max RAM
- 32 GB official
- Expansion
- None
- Good for 4K HEVC; no AV1 decode
Lenovo ThinkCentre M720q Tiny
2018 · B360- CPUs
- i3-8100T, i5-8500T, i5-9500T, i7-8700T
- NVMe / 2.5"
- 1 / 1
- Max RAM
- 32 GB official
- Expansion
- PCIe
- Good for 4K HEVC; no AV1 decode
Lenovo ThinkCentre M920q Tiny
2018 · Q370- CPUs
- i5-8500T, i5-9500T, i7-8700T, i7-9700T
- NVMe / 2.5"
- 1 / 1
- Max RAM
- 32 GB official
- Expansion
- PCIe
- Good for 4K HEVC; no AV1 decode
Lenovo ThinkCentre M920x Tiny
2018 · Q370- CPUs
- i5-8500T, i5-9500T, i7-8700T, i7-9700T
- NVMe / 2.5"
- 2 / 1
- Max RAM
- 32 GB official
- Expansion
- PCIe
- Good for 4K HEVC; no AV1 decode
Dell OptiPlex 3060 Micro
2018 · OptiPlex Micro- CPUs
- i3-8100T, i5-8500T
- NVMe / 2.5"
- 1 / 1
- Max RAM
- 32 GB official
- Expansion
- None
Specs & buying notesVerify specs - Good for 4K HEVC; no AV1 decode
Dell OptiPlex 7060 Micro
2018 · Q370- CPUs
- i5-8500T, i7-8700T
- NVMe / 2.5"
- 1 / 1
- Max RAM
- 32 GB official
- Expansion
- None
- Works in Jellyfin; Intel is the safer media-server pick
HP EliteDesk 705 G4 Mini
2018 · EliteDesk Mini- CPUs
- 2400GE
- NVMe / 2.5"
- 1 / 1
- Max RAM
- 32 GB official
- Expansion
- None
- Good for 4K HEVC; no AV1 decode
HP EliteDesk 800 G4 Mini
2018 · Q370- CPUs
- i5-8500T, i7-8700T
- NVMe / 2.5"
- 2 / 1
- Max RAM
- 32 GB official
- Expansion
- Flex IO
- Good for 4K HEVC; no AV1 decode
Dell OptiPlex 3050 Micro
2017 · OptiPlex Micro- CPUs
- i3-7100T, i5-7500T, i5-6500T
- NVMe / 2.5"
- 1 / 1
- Max RAM
- 32 GB official
- Expansion
- None
- Good for 4K HEVC; no AV1 decode
Dell OptiPlex 7050 Micro
2017 · OptiPlex Micro- CPUs
- i5-6500T, i5-7500T, i7-7700T
- NVMe / 2.5"
- 1 / 1
- Max RAM
- 32 GB official
- Expansion
- None
- Good for 4K HEVC; no AV1 decode
HP EliteDesk 800 G3 Mini
2017 · Q270- CPUs
- i5-6500T, i5-7500T, i7-7700T
- NVMe / 2.5"
- 1 / 1
- Max RAM
- 32 GB official
- Expansion
- Flex IO
Specs & buying notesVerify specs - Good for 4K HEVC; no AV1 decode
HP ProDesk 600 G3 Mini
2017 · ProDesk Mini- CPUs
- i5-6500T, i5-7500T
- NVMe / 2.5"
- 1 / 1
- Max RAM
- 32 GB official
- Expansion
- None
Specs & buying notesVerify specs - Good for 4K HEVC; no AV1 decode
Lenovo ThinkCentre M710q Tiny
2017 · B250- CPUs
- i3-7100T, i5-7500T, i5-6500T, i7-7700T
- NVMe / 2.5"
- 1 / 1
- Max RAM
- 32 GB official
- Expansion
- None
Specs & buying notesVerify specs - Limited: 1080p H.264 is fine, 4K HDR is not
HP EliteDesk 800 G2 Mini
2016 · Q170- CPUs
- i5-6500T, i7-6700T
- NVMe / 2.5"
- 1 / 1
- Max RAM
- 32 GB official
- Expansion
- None
Specs & buying notesVerify specs
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Popular lists
- Two NVMe slots
- PCIe slot
- 10GbE
- 2.5GbE+ networking
- 64 GB RAM (official)
- Plex / Jellyfin 4K
- Proxmox node
- OPNsense / pfSense router
- Budget home server
- vPro / AMT
- Low idle power (measured)
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