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?

  • Sabata11792
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    91 year ago

    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.

  • @colonial
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    71 year ago

    I’m a broke ahh college student, so my PC is in my bedroom. No RGB + Be Quiet everything, so it’s not disruptive, even when my scheduled jobs kick in around midnight.

    I don’t just use it for gaming, though - it’s nice to do schoolwork on a real computer (big keyboard, dual monitors etc) instead of a laptop.

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️
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    1 year ago

    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.

  • SymbioteSynapse
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    41 year ago

    Mine is in my bedroom. Moderate rgb, corsair fans. Light and sound don’t bother me though. It’s quieter than my 3d printer which is also in my room, but I don’t run it at night.

    I would have it in another room if I could though. We just don’t have the space right now.

  • Rouxibeau
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    41 year ago

    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.

  • @AA5B
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    31 year ago

    Speaking as the parent ….

    I intended to convert our guest bedroom into a gaming room for my kids. We got excited over the things we could do to decorate and turn it into a real game room (maybe leave it usable as a guest room on the rare occasion). Then when it came down to it, that would mean I’d never see them. Instead we added banquet tables in the family room near the TV, so at least we’re all in the same room.

    We do occasionally game together so that was even more handy

    And it helps a lot with ventilation plus I’m lazy

  • @Entheogen
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    31 year ago

    I keep mine in the family area. More distractions, but it keeps me more available for everyone.

  • slazer2au
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    21 year ago

    We do have a dedicated room for the PCs but we also use that room for work.

  • Presi300
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    21 year ago

    My PC is in my bedroom, idk what kind of mansion y’all are living in, but i ain’t got that many rooms in my 4 room apartment

  • @Redditiscancer789
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    21 year ago

    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.

  • @[email protected]
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    21 year ago

    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.

  • @rustyriffs
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    21 year ago

    I don’t need a description. The answer is yes.

  • @[email protected]
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    11 year ago

    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.

  • Conman_SignorOP
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    11 year ago

    I mean honestly I just keep mine in the living room. Keeps me involved in family time and I’m not locking myself away