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And honestly in areas with colder year-round climates, the increase in ambient temps from running locally might actually reduce heating bills because it's technically doing double duty of doing a job and heating the place.
Literally had mild winters where the computer running could keep a single room comfortably warm.
It’s getting cold in Canada, but playing civ 6 is my version of getting warm by the fire.
I'm gaming a lot. Can confirm, almost no heating bill, but high electricity bill