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Re:Why your next home computer should be an old Xeon worksta... by _nalply on Sunday July 03, 2022 @05:37AM (#31966402)
To add to this: these Xeons are usually power-hungry. If you run them at home during the winter you might save some heating expenses if you do it cleverly. But the summer? Nah, forget it.

This said, there are some Xeons which run on moderate to somewhat litle power. You might get one or two used of them on ebay. I consider to do this for my home server some day.

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Re:Why your next home computer should be an old Xeon worksta... by water8 on Sunday July 03, 2022 @07:41AM (#31966952)
Yes this machine will run up your electricity bill and your room temperature. The reason they’re so cheap is because all the hardware got thrown out for more efficient less expensive machines
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Re:Why your next home computer should be an old Xeon worksta... by erichocean on Sunday July 03, 2022 @08:26PM (#31972234)
The reason they’re so cheap is because the hardware was originally leased, and the leases ran out.
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