My initial use case is for increased privacy, better coin management and do “my bit” for the network.

Still learning about LN nodes, no intention for routing, just exploring LN for personal use.

Read a lot about people mismanaging their channels so to start with just easing into it.

Yeah I know a node can be run on a RPi as many many people do and enjoy it. However cost wise for me there’s not a lot in it, so for the smoother and faster performance, spending a little bit more is worth it, I will avoid buyer’s remorse 

Yes I have noticed the prices for M2 NVMe SSDs to be cheaper!  This is what threw me as I was under the impression the performance is better and I see a lot of people using SATA 3s.

I’ll be sure to check the health.

Thanks for your advice!

Hello,

I’m looking to run a node on one of the following:

HP ProDesk 400 G3
CPU i5-6500T (2.50GHz)
1 x 16gb DDR4 ram

Or

HP EliteDesk 800 G3
CPU i7-6700 (3.40GHz)
1 x 16gb DDR4 ram

Is the i7 worth the extra $?

Also when it comes to the storage I don’t know if I should go for M2 NVMe SSD or SATA-3 (6Gb/s) SSD?

Was thinking 1TB would be enough as I have NAS for personal storage and this will be purely for Bitcoin.

Thanks for you help in advance!