You should put a smart plug on your remote server with the bios setting to always power on after power loss.
This won’t help you if you’ve fucked up network settings, but it’s a life saver if your computer locks up or doesn’t come back.
Turn off the smart switch, wait a few seconds and turn it back on again, your computer should start back up.
It is generally cheaper to pay for hosting if that’s all you’re doing.
You don’t need a GPU to host a server, just a decent cpu and a decent amount of RAM.
I’m not sure how well it works hosting on the same pc as you’re gaming on. I’d expect it would lower performance for both to some degree.
You can use a power calculator to get a rough estimate of the costs.
For example, a pc running 24 hours a day at 0.30/kwh using 150w would cost just under 30 per month.
For work, Tailscale between vps and server. It works like cloudflare tunnels but doesn’t have the issues with the TOS excluding media streaming etc.
Keeps the internal server relatively safe and we can stream media/serve media content.
Cloudflare is our registrar and dns provider.