Should I sell my old Mac and build a new server?

[Creed1]

So I currently have a Mac mini 2012 with an i5 3210m, 16GB of Memory, and I am using an external sad (USB 3.0 400mb/s) running Linux. I am debating on selling it and building a new server for around $350. Would it be worth it?

 

Thanks. 

[djboy6480]

I would sell it. In 2 or 3 years the mac isnt worth anything anymore so take the money and build somthing "new"

[The Sloth]

what is the purpose of the server? 

what do you use the old mac for? 

[The Sloth]

1 minute ago, djboy6480 said:

I would sell it. In 2 or 3 years the mac isnt worth anything anymore

yes it is, op can easily sell if for 450$, if OP puts in an ssd. 

[fuzz0r]

Would really depend on what you are planning on using it for.

[djboy6480]

Just now, nerdslayer1 said:

yes it is, op can easily sell if for 450$

I wouldnt buy nearly a decade old hardware

[The Sloth]

Just now, djboy6480 said:

I wouldnt buy nearly a decade old hardware

the build is amazing, you can easily use if for daily task. 

[Creed1]

@nerdslayer1I use the Mac mini with Linux for hosting game servers. 

[djboy6480]

Just now, nerdslayer1 said:

the build is amazing, you can easily use if for daily task. 

true it looks good. Maybe its just me but if you do more than browse the web with it I would replace it

[The Sloth]

3 minutes ago, CmzPlusHardware said:

@nerdslayer1I use the Mac mini with Linux for hosting game servers. 

if you need something more powerful go for it, you can easily buy something with much better hardware. 

[djboy6480]

by the way there are pritty good rack-servers out the dual xeon 32 gigs of ram, 8 cores @ 2.2GHz for under 300$
I mean thats a huge performance boost

[djboy6480]

Just now, djboy6480 said:

by the way there are pritty good rack-servers out the dual xeon 32 gigs of ram, 8 cores @ 2.2GHz for under 300$
I mean thats a huge performance boost

if you can live with the nois level

[djboy6480]

For example: http://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-Proliant-DL380-G6-2x-Intel-X5560-2-8GHz-64GB-DDR3-2x-300GB-10k-HDD-512MB-RAID-/401287367865?hash=item5d6e974cb9:g:8DkAAOSwR29ZFei5

[Creed1]

I've been trying to sell it for over a month now with no luck. My only option is to almost sell it at my local computer store, but I may only be able to get $300. 

[The Sloth]

5 minutes ago, CmzPlusHardware said:

I've been trying to sell it for over a month now with no luck. My only option is to almost sell it at my local computer store, but I may only be able to get $300. 

try it for 250$ 

[Creed1]

Before I do all of this, will it be worth it? I will only be hosting small servers with only 5-10 people on at a time. 

[djboy6480]

depends on the games you host