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The arguments about power consumption only apply to a specific set of old workstation CPUs. You can buy old hardware that isn't super inefficient. I bought an H
by elagost 7y ago
The arguments about power consumption only apply to a specific set of old workstation CPUs. You can buy old hardware that isn't super inefficient. I bought an HP EliteDesk tower on the cheap ($150) last year that had a i7-4790 (an all-around great CPU) and is super quiet. With a lower-power GPU in it (nvidia 1030) it's even decent for light games or video decoding. I've not directly measured the power consumption, but it's not nearly the monster these old Xeons can be.
The main point, from what I gather, is that you can buy older hardware that's just as powerful as something you'd buy today, but you get the benefit of better repairability, cheap replacement parts, and saving a bunch of plastic from the trash. I don't see the need for buying brand-new hardware when the old stuff works just fine. (My main machine is a 6-year-old Thinkpad)