# Dell Wyse 5070

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Dell Wyse 5070 and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a cheap, quiet, low-power mini PC that runs home services well and is easy to upgrade, usually bought used.

## Why people recommend it

- Fanless, low power draw (2 comments): "It's fanless, still gets firmware updates (via LVFS!), and takes about 5W at the wall plug." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47409371)) "It's fanless, still gets firmware updates" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47407060))
- Runs home services well (2 comments): "I run quite a few services with a used Dell Wyse 5070 thin client PC from 2018 with 4GB of ram." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46417313)) "The whole setup didn't cost me much, and is more than enough for what I need it to do." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46073861))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Apple Mac mini](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mac-mini.md): 390 recommend
- [NVIDIA DGX Spark](https://hackerapproved.com/p/nvidia-dgx-spark.md): 170 recommend
- [AMD Strix Halo](https://hackerapproved.com/p/amd-strix-halo.md): 130 recommend
- [Framework Desktop](https://hackerapproved.com/p/framework-desktop.md): 93 recommend
- [Intel NUC](https://hackerapproved.com/p/intel-nuc.md): 42 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Dell+Wyse+5070+thin+client&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Dell Wyse 5070", https://hackerapproved.com/p/dell-wyse-5070/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).