I paid about that amount once for an ex-lease server which has been in use since 2017. A DL 380 G7 (24 threads, 128 GB) giving me all the freedom I want. A larg

I paid about that amount once for an ex-lease server which has been in use since 2017. A DL 380 G7 (24 threads, 128 GB) giving me all the freedom I want. A large solar array on a barn roof gives us negative energy bills so power use is a non-issue. If you have the space for the hardware and the possibility to offset power use using solar or just dirt-cheap electricity this might be a solution for you as well. There's plenty of off-lease hardware on the market which can run for many years without problems - in the intervening 8 years I have replaced one power supply (€20), that's it.