Those of you who use your pc solely for gaming, do you keep it in a dedicated room or do you keep it in the family room? Want some opinions. Are there benefits other than the quiet and keeping you rig safe? Do you get more done with the gaming time you have? Why do you or don’t you have a dedicated PC room?
Got a dedicated room for my PC. Less distraction when I’m trying to sleep and plenty of open space for VR. Privacy is a big consideration too if you don’t live alone.
I share an office space with my so. The door locks. I have a new Steam Deck for elsewhere. No room for a separate room without Harry Pottering my kid.
I keep mine in the family area. More distractions, but it keeps me more available for everyone.
I’d keep it in a designated room if I had such a room. I don’t even have room for my desk anymore. My desktop is on my TV table behind my TV, which is also the display I use it with. It’s a PITA using a mouse and keyboard with as is (well… My wired ones anyway; I should get some wireless periphs) and just mostly use it for gaming with a controller via Big Picture mode on Steam.
Can I ask: if you rent or buy, say for example, a 2 bedroom unit, and then use a whole bedroom for the computer, would you compare the cost of the rental/purchase to a 1br unit and associate that cost difference just for the computer, to the cost of building that pc?
(that’s a long sentence sorry)
I think your build just became a lot more expensive.
I don’t need a description. The answer is yes.
I live in the basement of my house. Not because I have too or anything I just prefer too. Because of that, the majority of my PC/gaming stuff is downstairs in the same room. If you build them right the noise is a non issue.
I have a room for my work computer and gaming PC along with VR. Lately I’ve been more into couch gaming, though, so I ran a 30ft hdmi cable to my living room.
Most certainly don’t. After all, it’s a luxury having a separate room specifically for your PC and other technical appliances.
However, you’ve said it yourself that it does keep things quiet. Not to mention that this way you could also connect a custom loop to your heating and make the components run cool with the heat coming off of it being put to good use. At this point you might as well make a server.
The downsides, beside the cost, are that you won’t see your creation. PC is something you put your soul into, picking all of the parts, making them all fit together the way you want them to, and if you spend time making it look pretty, it may as well serve as a decoration on your desk.
Not to mention that it’s simply easier to just put it beside your monitor, and to troubleshoot it if something happens.
Bro you just took me on a tangent I didn’t even know I wanted. A server room sounds awesome for heating in the winter.
You need to see some serious value in the server use for that to be “efficient” but I say this as someone that turned of the heat a few winters ago and mined crypto.
Mine is in my bedroom. I have 2 desktop PCs set up in family room for my kids. Both small, tasteful single-screen setups, one in a nook in a shelving unit, the other on a converted little sewing table (that one’s been kitted out with LEDs, my kid is a gamer). Whereas my setup is a multi-screen monstrosity on a drawing table so I can sit and stand at it.
Dedicated PC room considered harmful. Be part of your family even if you’re ignoring them with your headphones on. Put in the work and manage your cables so the setup looks presentable. Get a nice looking chair and not a Gamer Chair. Get furniture.
Dedicated PC room considered harmful. Be part of your family even if you’re ignoring them with your headphones on. Put in the work and manage your cables so the setup looks presentable. Get a nice looking chair and not a Gamer Chair. Get furniture.
You just made me realize something. Before I moved out I had my PC in my room and I’d spend an unhealthy amount of time there. After I moved to live with my girlfriend, I had no option for a room where I would be isolated with my PC. So it’s in a shared space, I can game just as comfortably, but the fact that I’m not isolated makes me pause the game every so often and just talk to my girlfriend.
I don’t game that much anyway these days, not addicted or anything, but even when I do immerse myself, there’s always this impulse to take a break and socialize.
My steam deck and Shockz (open ear/bone conduction) headphones are how I stay “connected” to the family when I’m gaming. We can all be in the same room and chat, which is nice.
This. This is what I was looking for. I currently game on my laptop so I can break it out and play then put it up so it doesn’t get messed with( little one running around). The idea of a dedicated gaming room seems awesome but It also seems like a way to close yourself off. And I don’t like that. I like being able to hangout in the same room with everyone and still play my games.
People are less likely to hear me say bizarre shit from my office than from the living room
It’s in the entertainment room. As with all modern, suburbanite, gen-xers I have converted a 15’x20’ portion of the basement to a room for entertainment. The gaming rig is in a “quiet” case that looks like stereo equipment, but I’ve got a WheelStandPro that slides out to the love seat area when it’s not parked under the desk. It’s got some game storage cabinetry, desk area, dart board in an awkward, improperly laid out area, arcade machine, projector with 10’ automatic screen, smaller 55" flat screen, 7.1 sound, built in bookshelves/DVD storage (which is never used as we have a Plex server), a couple of love seats, and an adjacent alcove with a 6 flavor soda fountain, superauto espresso machine (my normal espresso maker died and I couldn’t be bothered), liquor cabinet, beer/drink fridge, and mini-kitchen (dw, microwave, ice maker, sink).
In a good week I get a solid 30-40 minutes of gaming in. Usually on my steam deck. Sitting on the living room couch.
Moving to a smaller apartment. I’m going to have the computer in a side area, routed through extenders to my desk in the bedroom with the 28" 1440p monitor there, then to my living room with my 65" TV and home cinema setup via HDMI 2.1 (120hz VRR HDR 4K).
I’ve already got the kit and cables, set up tested working (Denon HDMI 2.1 8k switcher and extenders, Displayport KVMs and extenders, and a loooong powered USB C hub extension along with a shorter one for my desk). I can use my VR set in the living room this way too through the USB hub and Displayport extension.
My MiSTer is also to be set up in the living room and runs the opposite way too (so can be used at the desk too). And my Onkyo 7.2 AV receiver is in the living room and can output to the speakers in the living room or the speakers at my desk with a simple switch. All audio runs through it and I can control it with my phone with an app and PC via web access.
Just gotta wait for the solicitors to do their shit finalizing the sale and give me a move date. Gonna be sweet.
I mean honestly I just keep mine in the living room. Keeps me involved in family time and I’m not locking myself away
Put er wherever the best internet is and moonlight to some firestick personally.
If its a dedicated room its nice to have a desktop too for more typing based work
