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I think I'd recommend having at least 2 PCs. Your gaming PC is going to be terribly inefficient and draw 10x as much power at idle as a server with a mobile processor. Leaving it running 24/7 will get expensive to the extent that buying a dedicated server makes more sense. Plus if your gaming/work PC ever crashes while you're working, your server will crash as well.
Also if you ever work outside the home you probably want to have something that doesn't require a network connection.
You can get Yunohost set up with a single command.
Is this really true? Modern components have fairly robust power saving capabilities. Just because it's got a 750W power supply doesn't mean it's drawing 750W all the time.
My gaming PC takes 250w while gaming, my diy mini pc daily driver desktop takes 40w while working, my mini pc server running proxmox takes about 15w on average. The difference is over 10x in my case.
I said at idle.
Yes, it's really true.
It's not really 10x unless you're comparing to something like an N100 mini PC. It's not unusual for a gaming PC to idle around 100 watts though. That does get expensive if it's on 24/7.
Yeah, a sff mini pc draws below 10 W on idle, so the math is about right, even if a gaming PC can also draw as low as 40 Watt on idle if you buy a reasonably powered gpu.
I assume most people running a dedicated personal server are using that or something similar. In the case of RPi or similar SBC it will be even more.
i see, that def a good consideration. other people suggest a lot of great options, ill try those first and if in the end it doesnt work, this will be my final solution.