<story><title>Hetzner Price Adjustment</title><url>https://docs.hetzner.com/general/others/price-adjustment/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>rr888</author><text>Its fascinating that electricity is really the biggest cost of computing. I put a server in my house which was supposed to save money, but actually the electricity cost was something I hadn&amp;#x27;t thought of and really adds up. esp when the AC has to run to remove the extra heat. So much old hardware out there but its going to get junked as new hw is more efficient.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>iforgotpassword</author><text>Don&amp;#x27;t use a &amp;quot;server&amp;quot; server, unless you &lt;i&gt;really&lt;/i&gt; need that. Use a desktop from a few years ago, from some oem who advertises power efficiency. Stuff it full of hdds and ram.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ve made very good experiences with Fujitsu. The power consumption figures they publish in their energy consumption white papers has been matching my measurements very well, so you can check ebay for used machines that match your performance&amp;#x2F;price expectations and then google eg &amp;quot;p920 energy white paper&amp;quot; and check the pdf. (Note, some models are available with different PSUs, ie 90+ and 85+.)&lt;p&gt;My &amp;quot;home server&amp;quot; mostly idles at 14W with one hdd running, one in standby and one ssd.</text></comment>
<story><title>Hetzner Price Adjustment</title><url>https://docs.hetzner.com/general/others/price-adjustment/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>rr888</author><text>Its fascinating that electricity is really the biggest cost of computing. I put a server in my house which was supposed to save money, but actually the electricity cost was something I hadn&amp;#x27;t thought of and really adds up. esp when the AC has to run to remove the extra heat. So much old hardware out there but its going to get junked as new hw is more efficient.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Loic</author><text>In Germany, my rule of thumb was that a constant 1W load is 1€&amp;#x2F;year. This year, I had to update it, it is now more something like 3€&amp;#x2F;year. The increase is so important I am still not sure if my calculations are right!&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;   1W x 24h x 365 = 8760Wh
   My current price: 0.33€&amp;#x2F;kWh (100% renewable)
   8.76kWh x 0.33€&amp;#x2F;kWh = 2.89€&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;</text></comment>