By the late 20-teens, stuff got a lot more power friendly. I have a 2017 Dell desktop that idles at 18w with an 8TB drive inside. Marginally more than my NAS.
Though I’m not disagreeing, you definitely need to check that first. It’s why I retired my really old desktop that was my prior server - it idled at 100w+. Ouch.
Depends on how old.
By the late 20-teens, stuff got a lot more power friendly. I have a 2017 Dell desktop that idles at 18w with an 8TB drive inside. Marginally more than my NAS.
Though I’m not disagreeing, you definitely need to check that first. It’s why I retired my really old desktop that was my prior server - it idled at 100w+. Ouch.