Comment by echoangle

I can’t repeat it enough: get a refurbished thin client instead of a SBC when you don’t care about GPIO and physical size isn’t a strict limit. The power draw isn’t as bad as you would think, x86 means you can install whatever you want, and you can just attach whatever storage you want over SATA without having to get more expensive hardware. It also includes a Case and PSU, often for a fraction of the price you would have to pay for a RasPi, especially when having to buy the RasPi, a Case, a PSU and a storage hat.