--- title: "A used Lenovo ThinkCentre is still the best $100 you can spend on a home lab" url: https://daily.dev/posts/a-used-lenovo-thinkcentre-is-still-the-best-100-you-can-spend-on-a-home-lab-mhnsjbnqq source_url: https://www.xda-developers.com/a-used-lenovo-thinkcentre-is-still-the-best-money-you-can-spend-on-a-home-lab type: article source: "XDA Developers" published: 2026-05-23T15:01:02.805Z updated: 2026-05-23T15:01:30.711Z tags: ["self-hosting", "homelab", "proxmox"] reading_time: 6 upvotes: 3 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # A used Lenovo ThinkCentre is still the best $100 you can spend on a home lab **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 6 min read · 3 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Used Lenovo ThinkCentre Tiny machines (M710q, M720q, M920q) remain the most cost-effective entry point for a home lab, starting at around $100 on the secondary market. These 1L desktop PCs offer quad- to six-core desktop CPUs with AVX2 support, Quick Sync iGPU for Jellyfin transcoding, excellent Linux/Proxmox compatibility, and a rich ecosystem of cheap accessories. Three units can form a full Proxmox HA cluster or k3s setup for ~$300, undercutting N100 mini PCs and Raspberry Pi 5 builds. Downsides include limited storage expansion, no ECC RAM, no IPMI/out-of-band management, and 1 GbE networking — but most are solvable with cheap upgrades. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#self-hosting](https://daily.dev/tags/self-hosting), [#homelab](https://daily.dev/tags/homelab), [#proxmox](https://daily.dev/tags/proxmox) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/a-used-lenovo-thinkcentre-is-still-the-best-100-you-can-spend-on-a-home-lab-mhnsjbnqq)