Cheapest little option to provide TightVNC access to home network

[smitbret]

I want to set up a small, inexpensive PC that I can just leave on 24/7 as a remote gateway to the rest of the PCs on my network via TightVNC. Need something that will run Windows smoothly since I will use RDP to access the other PCs on my network when I am logging in remotely.

Something like this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA7CY41D7016

Any other suggestions?

 

[dave_the_nerd]

As a general rule, I wouldn't say that Atoms will run Windows "smoothly" although you might have different standards there.

I actually have a VM running on my server that I use for exactly that.

But anyway, my preference would be for something with a "Big Core" like an i3 NUC or something.

 

[Ken g6]

If you set up remote desktop over SSH tunneling, you don't need anything more than a Raspberry Pi running Linux. If you're willing to set up a Linux machine. (Edit: Meaning the Pi is the Linux machine.)

 

[nk215]

If you set up remote desktop over SSH tunneling, you don't need anything more than a Raspberry Pi running Linux. If you're willing to set up a Linux machine. (Edit: Meaning the Pi is the Linux machine.)

I am wondering if the computing power of a ssh server makes any different. Since SSH tunneling is too slow I can't really tell the different between my atom server and my e5-2670 server.