[joe_mamba]

> about $80 (£60)

Man, I wish I lived where you guys lived.

[0x20Fearless]

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

[SillyUsername]

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).

[quickthrowman]

(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.

[pjc50]

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.

[SillyUsername]

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.