The mini PC that changed what homelab hardware looks like. Dual 10GbE SFP+ and dual 2.5GbE onboard, three NVMe slots, a PCIe x16 slot at x8 electrical, and a 12th or 13th generation mobile Core processor. Idles near 15 watts and fits on a shelf. The main tradeoff is thermals under sustained load.
Across 3 listings tracked in the last three days, the median total cost in USD including shipping is $500, and the lowest is $470. RackSniper flags a listing once it falls at or below 70 percent of the trailing 30 day median, which for this product means roughly $350 or less. Condition and configuration vary widely on used enterprise hardware, so treat the median as a reference point rather than a target.