I have seen a few times people suggest used SFF pcs like a dell optiflex as a replacement for a raspberry pi. Is there anything to look for specifically or ones to get/avoid? I have searched this sub and have not found anything that was recently suggested. Right now just looking for something to run home assistant and frigate. Down the road may add more.
I have a Lenovo mini pc, works awesome with proxmox, just be careful if you’re planning to virtualize something like plex or Jellyfin, as in some cases the come with APUs and the hardware transcoding is a headache, but apart from that it works great.