ThinkCentre M75q Tiny

As someone who also looked into self hosting I would be strongly against a raspberry pi since per dollar the performance is not really there, getting a used SFF pc like a lenovo m75q is probably going to do you far better long term.

With RAMpocalypse/RAMageddon a 400€ budget put you into pre-owned PC territory. The more future proof in 2026 would be the minimum of an AMD Ryzen Zen 3.5 processor with Radeon RDNA2 integrated graphics. The only new build mini PC from a reliable Chinese NUC brand to meet your budget is the recently

Best perspective is knowing some emulators work better with higher single thread performance while the Core i3-12100T has slightly better graphics performance. Ultimately it depends on cost. Like most Linux distros Batocera OS takes better advantage of Radeon GCN 5 integrated graphics in recent year

I went this route also. A little bit costlier, but I am fairly certain that it will last longer. Lenovo M75q Gen 5 with Ryzen 7 Pro 8700GE (Radeon 780M chipset), 64GB DDR5, Samsung 990 PRO 4TB. Currently happily llama-ing (with ROCm) with Qwen3.5-27B.Q4_K_M at ~3.7t/s (far from fastest, but I am in no

I spent months with the same dilemma as you. Needed a minipc with radeon 780m but couldn't trust any of this Chinese suppliers. Found Lenovo m75q gen 5 with the AMD Ryzen™ 7 PRO 8700GE, which is limited to 35W, meaning low energy consumption, and no concerns about thermals, but still very powerful m

Lenovo ThinkCentre M75q Gen 2 Mini Ryzen 3 Pro 5350GE 256GB SSD 16GB RAM Modern dependable hardware with a Zen 3 4-core/8-thread processor. Depending on your router they're even offering Wi-Fi 6 for an additional 10 Quid. You can even add an additional Type C port if needed.

For the best results with PS3/PS4 emulation in BatoceraOS with integrated graphics, one is generally focused on a system with an RDNA3 Radeon RX 780M iGPU + 32GB of memory. As for 5-10 years of longevity, most Chi-NUC brands are questionable beyond 3 considering most like a history beyond that lengt

I spend over 5 months with the same dilemma as you. Needed a minipc with radeon 780m but couldn't trust any of this Chinese suppliers. Found Lenovo m75q gen 5 with the AMD Ryzen™ 7 PRO 8700GE, which is limited to 35W, meaning low energy consumption, and no concerns about thermals, but still very pow

I spent months with the same dilemma as you. Needed a minipc with radeon 780m but couldn't trust any of this Chinese suppliers. Found Lenovo m75q gen 5 with the AMD Ryzen™ 7 PRO 8700GE, which is limited to 35W, meaning low energy consumption, and no concerns about thermals, but still very powerful m

I am using this when I am not actively gaming as this Lenovo Neo 50Q G4 (i5-13620H /16GB /512GB SSD) uses about 2040watts while my 12700K /32GB / 2TB / 3070FE system uses about 150watts at the desktop and 370 while gaming.. I got a inexpensive but working "fine" DP KVM to switch back and forth qui