What is a “fractal” case? As in it has geometric shapes that help with noise dampening, almost like a soundproofing tile?
Is there something special about that brand, more than any generic larger fan with quiet bearings?
That’s good to know, thank you, and certainly simplifies the search.
Do you mean keep the hardware itself in another room, and stream it to your desk? How do you do that… Steam Link or something similar? Wireless HDMI? (Not sure what the latest on all that stuff is nowadays.)
Or if you meant just actually playing in the utility room, heh, no way… I’d die from heat exhaustion within a few minutes, if I didn’t shoot myself from the noise first.
Huh, really interesting! Taking that a step further, then, would an altogether caseless setup be even quieter, then? I could just put some screen door meshing around it to help keep out some dust… or maybe dunk the whole thing in a fish tank filled with non-conductive fluid…
Also wanted to mention this as an adjacent thread: GeForce Now will soon get RTX 5080s and 2x the games (play AAA PC games on any laptop or phone, no special hardware needed)
I’m still interested in the hardware (mostly because I want to try some indie dev in Unity & Unreal Engine, which can’t easily be done in GFN), but for general gaming use, GFN has been really amazing. A lot cheaper too, at $20/mo instead of $1-$4k for a gaming PC.