[Refurb] Lenovo ThinkCentre M720S SFF i3-9100 8GB RAM 256GB SSD $139 Delivered @ Metrocom
Just came across this while browsing for SFF computers.
Very good deal, and an excellent option for an entry-level media server. 9th generation i3 should be more than capable of HEVC 10-bit transcoding and 8GB is more than enough ram. Small-Form Factor is also nicer than Mini/Micro because it has a PCIE expansion slot. You can connect an Intel quad-NIC and pass it through to a pfSense VM, allowing you to use it as a firewall router with enterprise-grade security ON TOP OF functioning as a media server in the host OS.
As an added bonus, because it’s an 8th/9th gen i3 processor, it has support for ECC.