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From: Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: CRAP Poll: Mine's bigger
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On Tue, 23 Jul 2024 12:20:42 -0000 (UTC), Samuel Söderberg
<samuel@samuelsoderberg.se> wrote:
>On 22 Jul 2024 at 22:52:19 CEST, "Spalls Hurgenson"
><spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

>> You're a PC gamer, cool. But what hardware are you playing those PC
>> games on?
>>      a) A Desktop
>>      b) A Laptop
>>      c) A Big honkin' Tower
>>      d) Steam Deck (or similar) 
>>      e) Mobile device via streaming 
>>      f) A Server Rack
>>      g) Big Iron
>>      h) A Macintosh
>>      i) PC Games? Nerd.

>Hah!
>I am in category F!
>I built my gaming machine in a manly 4U rack case.


But is it WORK gear or just a rack-for-the-heck of it? :-)

Not that I'm opposed to the latter. I've often considered doing that
myself...just because. But I really don't have the room for a full
rack

[I mean, maybe I would if I got rid of some of the tower PCs I have
laying about. Or those boxes and boxes of old video game manuals. Or
those 'emergency spare' monitors collecting dust in the closet. But
ain't none of that gonna happen. ;-]

I doubt I'd use a rack-mounted PC for gaming though. Too noisy. 

>The air flow is amazing.
>It has only ever been a problem when I had to take it out (...) to replace the
>GPU.

I hear you. My current tower is beneath my desk. Every time I need to
futz about with its innards, I have to move a side-table, a chair, and
a small cabinet to get it out. Getting it back in is even worse
though; I have to scramble beneath the desk to plug in all the cables
and I don't think I've managed that without slamming my head at least
once against the bottom of the desk. ;-)


[The wags amongst you are now all probably nodding their heads and
saying, "Repeated concussions; that sure explains a lot." ;-]