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True, the old server parts are dirt cheap if you can source them (theyr'e not really available in my country and importing from China, UK or US would more than double the cost). But they're also quite power hungry and energy cost has gone up crazy over the past few years. My current setup consumes around 127 W total (overclocked CPU, 3 HDD-s) and it costs me around 20€/month or half my energy bill (small one bedroom apartment with full LED lighting). If I upgrade it'll probably be cheap current PC hardware which tends to be much more power efficient.
My dream setup is a 16 core ARM CPU with something like 64...128 GB of LPDDR🫠