Considering a refurbished Lenovo ThinkCentre M920q for use as a discrete HTPC / SteamLink console. Is this a good idea? Does anyone here have any experience with these? (lemmy.world)

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Windows 10/11 is a requirement because it will be a shared console, sorry y'all. I'm considering a refurb'ed model on eBay because some include Win10 Pro licenses, which would save ~$80 versus building from scratch.

The PC would be used for streaming media through Plex and maybe some light gaming via SteamLink, so specs aren't very important as long as it can handle basic web browsing and graphic output.

Has anyone here had any experience with these? I would imagine they're pretty no-fuss boxes given that they're business-class units, but I also understand that they're several years old. What' the upgradeability of them like? What specific models/SKUs would be recommended for this use / are there any other SFF PCs that are comparable?

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

[email protected] will likely have answers for you. This seems up their alley.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Lenovo builds are usually solid, but I only have anecdotal evidence on their notebook line. If the win license is the only thing pushing you in that direction, you might want to consider the grey market for windows keys and just build something to your liking.

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