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PC gaming is like the last bastion of quasi-mainstream general compute at home, so I seriously hope it doesn't go away.

by Ericson2314 6y ago

hombre_fatal 6y ago
I never bought another game on my girlfriend's console after considering the fact that I have games in my Steam library that I bought 10+ years ago while the $60 game I buy on her console just lasts until the hardware breaks and they shut down the eShop. That's such a bad deal I'm surprised that I ever made it. Aside, I wonder how much the jumbo-sized ATX / tower PC case market has sold consoles by making people think they have to pick between a stupidly big server-sized PC tower vs. a cute little console that fits under the TV. I think the ATX/tower form-factor has played a nontrivial hand in preventing culture of having a small but powerful PC at the center of the home entertainment system. The small-form factor trend is finally picking up steam (https://old.reddit.com/r/sffpc/ https://old.reddit.com/r/sffpc/) and it amazes me that this isn't yet the standard.
- Yizahi 6y ago
  SFFPC is still too much hassle for an average builder, plus "ITX tax" is not very attractive too. I have built my first SFF last winter and I had to read that sub for a long time to find out all compatibility issues, and even then I ran into incompatible cooler mount and MB, I had to use a bit of force to set CPU cooler on a crooked mount. And latest trend of AIB GPU manufacturers to abandon 2-slot format is also not good for SFF. Another issue are thermals. I can find out that my SSD is overheating to 105* in the nice looking ITX case and mitigate that a little (I have to hope now that 82-83* on a working SSD won't kill it too fast). Average user will see this by a blue smoke coming out of the case :) I wish there was more initiative from big manufacturers in that area.

4 ms·

PC gaming is like the last bastion of quasi-mainstream general compute at home, so I seriously hope it doesn't go away.

by Ericson2314 6y ago

PC gaming is like the last bastion of quasi-mainstream general compute at home, so I seriously hope it doesn't go away.

hombre_fatal 6y ago
I never bought another game on my girlfriend's console after considering the fact that I have games in my Steam library that I bought 10+ years ago while the $60 game I buy on her console just lasts until the hardware breaks and they shut down the eShop. That's such a bad deal I'm surprised that I ever made it. Aside, I wonder how much the jumbo-sized ATX / tower PC case market has sold consoles by making people think they have to pick between a stupidly big server-sized PC tower vs. a cute little console that fits under the TV. I think the ATX/tower form-factor has played a nontrivial hand in preventing culture of having a small but powerful PC at the center of the home entertainment system. The small-form factor trend is finally picking up steam (https://old.reddit.com/r/sffpc/ https://old.reddit.com/r/sffpc/) and it amazes me that this isn't yet the standard.
- Yizahi 6y ago
  SFFPC is still too much hassle for an average builder, plus "ITX tax" is not very attractive too. I have built my first SFF last winter and I had to read that sub for a long time to find out all compatibility issues, and even then I ran into incompatible cooler mount and MB, I had to use a bit of force to set CPU cooler on a crooked mount. And latest trend of AIB GPU manufacturers to abandon 2-slot format is also not good for SFF. Another issue are thermals. I can find out that my SSD is overheating to 105* in the nice looking ITX case and mitigate that a little (I have to hope now that 82-83* on a working SSD won't kill it too fast). Average user will see this by a blue smoke coming out of the case :) I wish there was more initiative from big manufacturers in that area.