Comment by freedomben

not trying to be difficult, but $500 seems like an odd price tier to end up in. If I was going cheap, I'd do something between a rock64/raspberry pi and an Intel Nuc. If I was going powerful, it would be north of $1,500 for sure. That decision would probably be based on what I was running on it. If it's a VPN, the rock64 would be plenty. < $50