I bought a barebones mini PC to reuse an old SSD, and it’s the smartest tech choice I’ve made all year

A few years ago, I bought a Beelink SEi8 mini PC, and it has turned out to be one of those pieces of hardware I appreciate more over time. It’s not my main desktop, and I’m not pretending it’s some tiny workstation that can chew through video edits or high-end gaming. Most of the time, it runs as a media PC and lightweight server for things like Plex and a handful of other apps. But that’s exactly why I like it. It does the jobs I actually need it to do without taking up much space, making much noise, or feeling like another full-size computer I have to manage.