Taken from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26393824 > There are capable desktop computers with open hardware, down to the silicon: you just have to pay for it. For example, for $4k, you can get this with specs roughly equivalent to a normal developer machine: https://www.raptorcs.com/content/BK1SD1/intro.html > Actually, for about 1700 you have the Blackbird BK1B01 mainboard + cpu from Raptor, with 4 cores, 16 threads: https://www.raptorcs.com/content/BK1B01/intro.html I bought two of these last year and they're great, stuff your own memory in there, add some storage and off you go. Edit: clarified that this would be a mainboard + CPU. https://www.raptorcs.com/content/base/faq.html