@matrix im not really building a new pc , im just replacing the warn out parts.
i actually do have a laptop as well but that is for experimentation with different software.
particularly right now im trying to do LFS.
also im no expert but i would think it would be easier to maintain a system of your using it almost daily anyway , if something strange happens with the server side i just pull up a terminal and probe away till i find the issue.
if it was in a closet it might take me a while to even notice that something strange is happening.
most stuff like documentation and tutorials , etc.. are designed with VPS as their primary target it seems. but that seems very counter-productive to me because what the point of having a server if its on somebody else's hardware