Same, and hope I can afford that w/$ $/t, 650w is wild to run here24/7 , would cost me 32% of my salary

(650/1000)(24*30)=468 kWh.

That would cost me about $70/month ($0.15/kWh) or someone in California about $234/month ($0.50/kWh).

Do you pay $1/kWh and make ~$1500/month or something? I can’t make the math work for your case.

It typically runs 120W idling, and 450W peak. Not great power efficiency wise, but I have a Cron midnight shutdown and and S5 bios event powering it up on a morning (I could use wake on Lan but didn't see the point).

Yeah, that number doesn't align with the eBay listings I'm seeing. Perhaps the mere publication of this article has caused them all to sell out.

It was AliExpress, during sales, earlier this year, with discounts from playing games. I typically used to see much higher eBay prices. A bit of hyperbole tbh, not everyone has the patience to do this but I was honest that this is what I got them for. The DDR shortage has pushed the current price up to $130 (?) or >£85 after all discounts now.