Upgrading hardware RPI to thin client

Hardware
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Hi Everyone,

Currently my HA is running on my RPI5 but im having some problems as i still run it on a SD card, so im looking to upgrade it and have some options and not sure which one or maybe something else.

  1. HP T640 with Ryzen R1505G
  2. HP T630 with AMD GX-420GI R7E
  3. INTEL KIT NUC6CAYH CELERON J3455
  4. FUJITSU ESPRIMO Q920 MINI I5-4570T
  5. Something else that you reccomend in the range of €100 - €150,-

All will be upgraded with 16GB ram and around 500GB SSD

I want to install HAOS with proxmox on the new device but i have never used this so if you have any tips or guides for me that would be helpfull.

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Skip anything with a Celeron CPU if you plan on doing virtualization. There’s plenty of guides on Proxmox and HA. GitHub - community-scripts/ProxmoxVE: Proxmox VE Helper-Scripts (Community Edition)

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I have been running HAOS on proxmox with openmediavault, pihole, Heimdall dashboard and unifi controller on my HP T630 for over a year now with no issues. I did upgrade the ram to 16gb and the ssd. It also has some usb ssd’s hung off it for storage.

Been a fine machine.

As for tips just follow the guide linked above. Start with HAOS and then add what ever you need once you have that running.

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I also found this guide https://smarthomescene.com/guides/how-to-install-home-assistant-on-proxmox-the-easy-way/

It gives me step by step instructions and it looks good.

@Arh What size SSD you have internal? I was thinking of getting 480GB but also gonna use external drives for storage so maybe a 120GB internal is enough. Looking at what you run on it, i was planning about the same: HAOS, openmediavault and pihole

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Howdy Tim,

Look at Beelink. It’s at the top of your price range, but a full n100 computer that you have room to expand in if needed.

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There’s also this helpful step-by-step guide right here on the forums. I followed this one when installing proxmox

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@Sir_Goodenough I have seen the Beelink n100 computers but not one that is in my price range, cheapest one was €200,- on aliexpress.

@ShadowFist Thx i have bookmarked the page for when i need it.

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This piece (often available used for ~50$ in privileged countries) is all that’s necessary, even with only 8GB of RAM it can perform top notch and never let us down in over a year of service already. :rocket:

The passive (no noise, no dust) cooling is great for a 24-7 system and the only thing that identifies the machine to be soon(2026) a decade old is the power consumption when idle (HA up and running) as it draws a solid 10W (peaks ~40W). :zap:

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I used a 250 gb ssd. One thing to remember with the HP T630 is you need sata ssd in m.2 slots.

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I’ve had success installing on a Lenovo ThinkCentre M710q. 8GB RAM version should be available for about £90. And easy to expand. I went with Lenovo, as generally they have good linux compatitbility.