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Memory and CPU's are about it.
GPU's have all shifted to bespoke hardware that is physically impossible to run on consumer hardware platforms. All the Blackwell etc type chips are insanely dense. Most GPU's built for datacenter use don't even have video output hardware so it's somewhat useless.
Memory (DIMM's) are somewhat standard. Most servers use registered ECC which doesn't work in consumer platforms, but the actual memory chips themselves could be removed and replaced onto normal consumer DIMM's as they are basically univsersal.
x86 CPU's are still CPU's at least. You might need weird motherboards but those can still be run by us plebs.
The server boards would pretty much have to come with them. Also, and if those cpus go as high as 500W, and as a result a lot of homes might not have a powerful enough socket to power them. Even without GPUs, might need something like a dryer outlet to realistically power.
500w isn't that high, sockets in Aus can push out 2000w+ without any issues, and your not gonna spend 1500w on the rest of the system.
Quick google suggests USA can do 1800w with a 15a circuit, or 2400w with 20a circuit, so plenty of headroom there as well.
Remember people plug space heaters into sockets, and those will out draw even a high end CPU easily.
Keep in mind these are dual socket systems, and that's CPU without any GPU yet. So with the CPUs populated and a consumer-grade high end GPU added, those components are at 1500W, ignoring PSU inefficiencies and other components that can consume non-trivial power.
For USA, you almost never run a 20A circuit, most are 15A, but even then that's considered short term consumption and if you run over a longer term it's supposed to be 80%, so down to 1440W. Space heaters usually max out at 1400W in the USA when expected to plug into a standard outlet because of this. A die-hard enthusiast might figure out how to spread non-rendundant multiple PSUs across circuits, or have a rare 20A circuit run, but it's going to be a very very small niche.