High watts, social heat
Discrete GPUs and many NUCs burn far more idle watts than a Raspberry Pi — shared-raspberry-pi-thinclient-electricity-overnight-earn-fairness-europe-2026 — and often more than a quiet NAS — shared-nas-minipc-electricity-overnight-earn-fairness-europe-2026. Fairness includes coil whine, GPU fan ramps when earn clients wake NICs, and summer room heat.
Smart plugs and UPS schedules do not replace consent — shared-smartplug-ups-electricity-overnight-earn-fairness-europe-2026. Quiet hours still apply — quiet-hours-overnight-earn-scheduling-europe-2026.
Fairness checklist (GPU / NUC)
If flatmates meet your GPU first via bill, fan, or hallway heat, fairness already failed.
- Propose overnight window or hard power-off when not earning — quiet-hours-overnight-earn-scheduling-europe-2026
- Prefer one efficient always-on box over thrashing gaming towers — multi-device-household-scoreboard-earn-apps-2026
- Offer €/month buffer if power or AC worries flatmates
- Measure idle watts once (kill-a-watt / smart plug) — no “it is idle so free” myths
- ISP fair-use still binds the flat IP — isp-fair-use-bandwidth-europe-2026
- Exam/heat weeks: pause — exam-laptop-heat-vs-overnight-earn-2026
When GPU/NUC overnight still fits
Solo meter, own room with airflow, written OK, efficient undervolt/idle profile, fair-use checked — light overnight bandwidth client can be a calm add-on. Gaming-max fans all night for tiny earn rarely clears the fairness bar.
Roommate electricity general guide still applies — roommate-electricity-vs-overnight-earn-fairness-europe-2026 — GPU is the high-watt special case.
Tonight
If shared GPU/NUC earns overnight without written note: pause, draft group-chat line (window + device + watts/€ buffer), restart after OK. Hub: /guides/bandwidth-safety/. Start: /en/start/.