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Re:CLI agents like Claude Code make self-hosting on a home s... by lucb1e on Monday January 12, 2026 @06:56AM (#46587225)
What's the power consumption on those?

I'm not familiar with Dell product names specifically but 'tower' sounds like it'll sit there burning 200W idle. Old laptops (sliding out the battery) is what I've been opting for, which use barely anything more than the router it sits next to. Especially if you just want to serve static files as GP seems to be looking for, an old smartphone will be enough but there you can't remove the battery (since it won't run off of just the charger)

Re:CLI agents like Claude Code make self-hosting on a home s... by notesinthefield on Monday January 12, 2026 @08:17PM (#46596296)
Old optiplex’es sff or not idled between 15w and 30w. Id aim for sff’s specifically. I have run an ftp server for lab iso’s on a very old android phone - not fun.