Reuse my 2020 gaming PC or dedicated homeserver ?
My current setup :
- Old gaming PC (2020)
- New gaming PC (2026)
- DS418 NAS
- Some ubiquiti equipments for networking
My NAS has hit its limit for Plex and can't do docker/VM without tinkering & perf issue.
I would like a dedicated homelab server and I see 3 possibilities :
- Reuse my old gaming PC (32GB DDR4, RTX 2070 super, equivalent/same-year i5 CPU)
- Buy a dedicated NUC (Intel NUC 13 ? Minisforum ? GMKtec?)
- Buy a mac mini
Last solution seems to be the worst, but I'm tempted to start developping on iOS, so just throwing it in there.
What are your rec ?
Posted May 11, 2026, 5:21 AM UTC
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