Iron for mini pc?

Question

Iron

Hello! The guys have a small dream, I want to have a computer in linux for data storage, communication with the cloud, a torrent rocking chair. And then I broke my whole brain at first what I wanted was expensive, then the dollar said hello to Russia. Now there are two options (both versions already have hdd) the first is to buy a cubeiboard 4 (it is certainly expensive, advise where to buy used) and such a joke https://market.yandex.ru/product/8457770?hid=91033
This option is simple, but here I have doubts whether I have enough power, I only need samba and a tracker. I already have food. But I don’t want to take the case yet, and it turns out that all this will take up more space than in the first version, and I can’t even imagine how to scatter the hdd. But with the performance of problems there will no longer be any celeron that solves everything.

Answer 1

I collected a similar device for myself (began as a NAS). I took a mini-ITX motherboard with a soldered Intel Atom (passive cooling). Unlike cubeibord, you can install any OS (I started with FreeNAS, now I have Ubuntu Server, you can experiment with Windows), the number of SATA is more than one, there is a slot for expansion cards (I have additional SATA, the total number is up to 8; expand, do not I want; you can assemble any RAID).
There are mini-ITX boards with a power supply option from an external laptop power supply, the silence is complete. Problems with the choice - it seems that nothing new is being imported, only the leftovers are being sold.

Answer 2

but then https://market.yandex.ru/product/8457770?hid=91033 is no longer necessary to take

Answer 3

Expensive - inexpensive is a relative concept.
Setting any task is your Wishlist, budget and additional wishes.
Let's say such a box , if you insert a laptop disk and 4 G of memory into it - very good!
Or such a motherboard with a soldered processor - though without a case, but cheaper.