> So if I stopped pirating I'd have saved $1200 ... Only if you stopped pirating before that point, otherwise you're describing a sunk cost fallacy. Which is

> So if I stopped pirating I'd have saved $1200 ... Only if you stopped pirating before that point, otherwise you're describing a sunk cost fallacy. Which is not to discount your current opex. Though $45 in power, I'm guessing you're in the USA?, does seem very high for a mostly idle CPU and a small volume of spinning rust + cooling.