power consumption is a strong point. there are a lot of old desktops that idle >10W but there also are some (not as old typically) that go below. if you want t

power consumption is a strong point. there are a lot of old desktops that idle >10W but there also are some (not as old typically) that go below. if you want to be sure, use an old (skylake and above) laptop and give it a usb3-eth plug. my latitude e7470 idles at around 3W (powertop)