Solo Staking Project - Day 2 - Hardware

So according to Rocket pool these are considered the minimum hardware requirements:

Quad core CPU (or dual-core hyperthreaded)
8 GB of RAM (preferably DDR4)
2 TB of free SSD Disk Space 
Linux or macOS Operating System

I looked into buying a ready made set up like the ones Dappnode offer but that was going to set me back around £1300 and I thought I could do better than that. Even a ready made NUC was going to cost close to 1k so I thought I'd see if I could pick up the individual pieces I need and build a unit myself. I went to eBay and this is what I got.

CPU & Base unit: Acer N4660G Mini Micro with a i5-9500T (9th gen i5 with 6 cores) - £160

RAM: 32GB of Crucial DDR4 RAM (2x16GB) - £75

2TB NVMe SSD - £110

Keyboard - £7.37

Total cost: £352.37

Boom!

Feel like this setup has plenty of power for my needs and should future proof it for a good few years to come. Now I just need to assemble it!