Then like another poster said, it all depends on how much you pay for electricity and some people have quite low cost electricity.

For me that would be a $49 cost per year, or a cost of little over $4 per month.

That's very roughly $100/year, which is < 1/6th of the cost of the _network cards_ in this build.

My workstation bursts to 600w+ for 15-20 minutes at a time when compiling, for comparison.

Now it's up to the person to decide whether increase in living cost is worth it, which... is kinda normal. I think I spend more money on other things that I take enjoyment from.

Maybe having single bulky, but efficient server means other laptops/whatnot will be used less which will cancel out and be electricity negative at the end of the year.

Aren't 60w lightbulbs still around?

How about people power this stuff with renewalbles like solar?