mggevaer

Thanks for all the ideas people. I' not looking for very high performance at the moment, so it looks like something with a mobile chipset is the way to go.

Hi all, Looking into buying a life-time license but trying to do some math first on total cost of ownership. One often claimed benefit of DIY systems is the ability to run low cost second hand hardware. However, newer hardware tends to be more energy efficient. But is this also the case for idle power? 1W of additional idle power consumption translates to about ~4USD/year where I live. So saving a couple of watts can add up. Is there a specific niche for this sort of thing? Perhaps old office pc's, or mini pc's have especially favourable idle power consumption?