r/pcmasterrace • u/Ok_Rest9180 • 20d ago
Hardware How bud protected his pc going on vacation...
Most compact goon corner ever 😭😭😭
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u/Wbcn_1 i9-13900k, Gigabyte 4090, 64GB RAM 20d ago
He brought it on vacation?
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u/AbstinentNoMore 20d ago
Video game addiction. My BIL won't even go on vacation because he needs to play video games at least eight hours a day.
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u/elaborateBlackjack 20d ago
8 hours is ridiculous, that's addiction.
I did take my Rog Ally on my honeymoon, it was a 14 day cruise and we had plenty of downtime, so when my wife was reading I gamed lol. But not 8 hours wtf
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u/Ill-Engineering8085 20d ago
How is this a married person
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u/AbstinentNoMore 20d ago
His lifestyle blends well with my sister's. They're generally happy together. But I can't comprehend playing that many games, lol.
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u/nopants1986 20d ago
Most likely it's their spouse's sibling that is single.
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u/AbstinentNoMore 20d ago
Nope, my sister's fiance.
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u/MrPresident2020 20d ago
I kinda feel this but for me my whole life I've always been locked into video games once I'm around them, but the moment I'm not it's like they cease to exist.
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u/RUPlayersSuck R9 7900X | RX 9060 XT | 32GB DDR5 20d ago
Probably still saving for a Steam Deck.
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u/Xenomorph_7X 20d ago
Why spend 400 bucks on a handheld when you can just risk shattering a thousand-dollar GPU in the back of your car?
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u/Dara_Ara 20d ago
If only it was 400 bucks... The handheld market is absolute bs rn sadly
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u/rolfraikou 20d ago
SBC handhelds have been doing pretty well (single board computer). Retroid, anbernic, ayaneo, and a few other companies are making them. Typically android based for higher end ones, but we're seeing both decent PC support with Gamehub or Winlator.
I saw someone running Resident Evil 7, FF7 Remake, and GTA V on a Retroid Pocket 6. Those are running about $250+ shipping. Sure, it's not cutting edge but neither is a steam deck. I think the biggest downside is that compatibility is going to be even less than a steam deck. These things playing PC games is in its infancy (though it will get better)
I got a konkr pocket fit because I wanted something that was smaller and lighter than the steam deck, but was still fairly powerful. I've loved it, and used it more than my steam deck. Granted, I've been using that mostly for my PS1 and PS2 collection.
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u/brightseid 20d ago
Yup, literally just got a Retrioid Pocket 6 two days ago for $270 w/shipping. There is some discussion around lower end PC/Linux support for these devices so I'm hopeful for the future of these types of handhelds
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u/frig0ffrickyy 20d ago
Is there much advantage to an android based device like that over just a smart phone with a controller if you have a decent phone to begin with?
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u/shanyo717 20d ago
Honestly a phone with an attachable controller can be fine. It will do basically all that an android handheld can.
I find that the value comes from the separation of devices, I don't have to burn through the phone battery while gaming, and I can use the phone for other things WHILE playing games.
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u/FurbyTime Ryzen 9950x | 4080 Super 20d ago
Actually, yeah, there is. That's not to say phone+controller isn't good (It's how I play, actually), but the dedicated devices do have 3 benefits compared to that set up, being the screen's aspect ratio (Either 16:9 or 4:3 depending on the device, which means much less wasted space), the presence of a Micro SD Card slot (Which, let's be honest, your phone doesn't have at this point), and the active cooling (compared to a phone's passive) lets the chipset punch above what a phone with the same could do.
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u/Stampyboyz 20d ago
I don't have one but I think it has to be much easier to carry on you compared to most controllers.
Also if it has two screens you could do perfect/near perfect DS emulation.
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u/FerretAfficionado 20d ago
The original low tier (64 GB) steam deck version released at $399. They did increase in prices, and some versions were discontinued as they made upgraded models.
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u/laffer1 20d ago
This is what a Nintendo switch is for
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u/CapNCookM8 20d ago
And Android emulation. I'm starting to become a r/SBCMasterRace for gaming specifically.
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u/Winjin 20d ago
When I had to move countries I just took out everything that could move and bend, like the GPU, CPU cooler, etc, took off the glass panels, and moved everything separately. Worked like a charm.
Taking GPU through security was fun, they pulled me aside, but really they were like "That's a self contained water cooling unit? Neat idea" and let me through. After all it's got less than 100 ml of coolant inside so it's ok :D
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u/Hermanni- 20d ago
Probably a good idea for international shipping, but people worry way too much.
I've had my PC in my car 50+ times and never had any issues. Just lie it down so the mobo side is down, make sure the case can't move and don't drive like an idiot. And if you're worried about the GPU and want to be extra careful, taking it off takes just a few minutes.
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u/Dr_Fortnite 13700k 7900XT MSI Eva build 20d ago
Are laptops just not a thing to people anymore?
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u/Talk-O-Boy 20d ago
Nothing better than going out to the Bahamas during the summer, and spending all my time inside playing PC games!
I don’t even have an issue with a person gaming for their time off, we all unwind how we like. I just don’t get the point of paying for a trip to do so.
Maybe OP doesn’t have a laptop, and needs to handle work stuff while away? Idk, seems far fetched, but I can’t think of another reason.
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u/Telefundo 20d ago
My very first thought. Unless I'm gonna be somewhere for a month or more, my laptop, or even tablet, will do just fine.
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u/Additional_Past_7107 20d ago
So much paper dust. This is not optimal.
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u/RUPlayersSuck R9 7900X | RX 9060 XT | 32GB DDR5 20d ago
You're right! Needs lotion to absorb the paper dust. 🤪
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u/r0nm0r0n 20d ago
It puts the lotion on or it gets the hose
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u/LucidNonsense211 20d ago
Come on, the original quote even rhymed! “It puts the lotion on its skin, or else it gets the hose again.”
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u/EarzFish 285H | 96GB DDR5 20d ago
Hopefully won’t make some kind of paste that prevents removal later.
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u/Liarus_ CachyOS | 9800x3D | RX 9070XT 20d ago
to be frank, you can always clean that up, but you can't really clean a PC that's in pieces
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u/MangoCats 20d ago
I was going to say: I know it's a joke, or trying to be, but the dust that comes from toilet paper is outrageous. Not a good combo with cooling fans.
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u/XelnagaDeezNutz 20d ago
yeah the lint is gonna be killer! Should put them in plastic baggies first, problem solved.
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u/Witty_Michael 20d ago
What is paper dust?
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u/Hegelian_Spirit 20d ago
Particles and fibers from the paper. Toilet paper isn't very rigid and creates more dust than printing or gloss paper.
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u/SieqwardZwiebelbrudi 20d ago
remove GPU and cooling
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u/Mind-The-Mines 20d ago
It's a 5 pound brick of copper strapped down with paperclips. What's the worst that could happen?
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u/Lightofmine 20d ago
Yes it's really not difficult 😂
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lay it so the weight is perpendicular, but with a 5070 or higher I'd just take out the GPU
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u/SieqwardZwiebelbrudi 20d ago
laying it on the long side won't help with inertia during sudden breaking though etc. a case will survive a lot it you remove GPU and tower cooler, while a curb may kill your cpu when 2kg of cooler are attached
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u/Telefundo 20d ago
lay it so the weight is perpendicular
This makes me laugh. I recently had to start laying my desktop tower this way. One of the "clip points" on the motherboard for the GPU heat sink somehow snapped off. So I can't stand the tower up like it's supposed to be or the heat sink just falls off lol.
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u/bio4m 20d ago
Still not as safe as just removing the gpu before transport and reassembling when everything's arrived
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u/Complete_Fix2563 20d ago
Safer still is not talking your PC on vacation
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u/bio4m 20d ago
Hey the PC works hard, it deserves a vacation every once in a while 🤣
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u/Aggressive-Expert-69 Ryzen 7 9700x / Gigabyte OC 9070 / 64gb DDR5 20d ago
Delete this before my PC sees it
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u/AspenFrostt 20d ago
my PC already asks for benefits and Christmas bonus
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u/fordfan919 20d ago
Im organizing all of our PCs for a collective bargaining agreement. Nobody call the Pinkertons.
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u/TheoreticalScammist 9800x3d | RTX 5070 Ti 20d ago
Its retirement age also keeps climbing with these prices
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u/dtw48208 20d ago
This genuinely made me laugh. Here's a fake award since I'm too poor (after buying a graphics card and some ram) to purchase a Reddit one. 🏆
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u/Apprehensive-Aide265 20d ago
That's why I have a laptop, the only time where I will moove my pc is if I change of home.
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u/Intraflexed 9800X3D-5090 FE | m15 r5 | ROG Xbox Ally X 20d ago
I have an Xbox ally x for when I don’t want to haul around my heavy ass laptop
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u/SagittaryX 9800X3D | RTX 5090 | 32GB 5600C30 20d ago
I mean it depends on how you build your PC. I have a SFF build that fits in my backpack, taken it many places quite easily.
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u/Edgy_Robin 20d ago
yeah but then you actually have to put some effort in and who wants that?
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u/Breaking_Bread_420 Ryzen 7 9800X3D | RX 9070 XT | 32GB 6000MT/s | 1440p 240Hz OLED 20d ago
Stuffing in those toilet paper rolls definitely took more effort lmao
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u/Buji19 98000X3D | 1650 | 64GB DDR5 20d ago
This posts brings so many questions, like “Why don’t just take the gpu and cpu cooler?”, “Why would you bring your whole ass pc to a vacation?” or “If you really need your pc while on vacation why not get a laptop?”.
It’s clearly not optimal but if it works …
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u/Acceptable_Gear_3097 20d ago
Exactly, my PC is like ~£3000 - £4000.
I bought an £800 gaming laptop for when I travel with work.
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u/totallybag 7800x3d 7900xtx 20d ago
Hell I just bring a handheld and my old Thinkpad that's all I need.
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u/K__Geedorah R7 5700X3D | RX 9060XT 16gb | 32gb 3200 mhz 20d ago
I just got back from a trip and my entertainment of choice was my GameBoy Advance lol.
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u/VexingRaven 7800X3D + 4070 Super + 32GB 6000Mhz 20d ago
I got a Thinkpad P16s on sale and it's an honestly fantastic laptop for general use and light gaming. People don't realize how far you can get entirely with integrated graphics these days.
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u/Spaciax Ryzen 9 7950X | RTX 4080 | 64GB DDR5 20d ago
should I remove the CPU cooler during plane transport, even if it's watercooled? I heard people remove air coolers since they tend to be a bit flimsy, but not water coolers. Is it just in case water leaks or something?
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u/bearflies 20d ago
The reason you remove the GPU is because it's so big that during transport the microbumps from riding in the car can bend the card at the socket. At minimum it's going to cause wear.
If you have an air cooler it has the same issue. It's a big piece of metal screwed into a super thin PCB. It's a lot of weight shaking on a delicate piece of the board.
AIO coolers are screwed to the case and the "cooling" part that attaches to the actual CPU is so small that you probably don't need to realistically remove it. Because they're AIO they also aren't going to leak assuming they're not damaged prior.
A custom water cooler is also not going to run the risk of damaging the board via microbumps but it's definitely going to need to be removed and drained because it runs a much higher risk of leaking during transport than an AIO.
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u/OpenCatPalmstrike 20d ago
Rule of thumb in transporting anything, doesn't matter if it's a computer, a microwave, or something else.
"If it can flex, it can break."
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u/ThatSandwich 5800X3D & 5070 ti 20d ago
Graphics cards and air coolers are essentially levers attached to the motherboard. Gravity and leverage are best friends, so it's best not to leave any unattended during transport.
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u/AlphisH PC | 9950x3D | 3090Suprim | 64gb g.skill 6000 | x870e carbon | 20d ago
I thought the whole point of vacation was to get away from everyday things...? Do people really bring their desktops with them ?
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u/CanadianSpectre 20d ago
I was thinking the same thing. That's not vacationing.
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u/NewTelevisio i5-13600k | RX 6900 XT | DDR5 32GB 20d ago
I guess it depends on the vacation, like if you're going over to your friends place across the country and you're planning on having lan parties then I understand.
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u/CanadianSpectre 20d ago
Yeah, I guess that's fair. For me the stress involved, to the point that the solution is as pictured, just seems antithetical to a vacation.
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u/NewTelevisio i5-13600k | RX 6900 XT | DDR5 32GB 20d ago
It's only stressful while traveling, and that's already the stressful part for most people so it just transfers the stress to another thing.
I would just remove the gpu and be relatively stressfree, depending on the mode of travel. Like I've had my pc in my car multiple times without issues, doesn't even stress me anymore.
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u/feralkitten 20d ago
That depends.
I regularly go see a college buddy; we were/are gaming friends. We played N64 in college, then Halo, then Warcraft3... I normally bring my rig when i go visit. Half the time we spend catching up and having beers. The other half we LAN party like we did in college 30 years ago.
I'm not bringing it to the beach, but i'll bring it when i plan on playing games.
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u/TurbistoMasturbisto 20d ago
I can understand taking a handheld device to use while traveling or to have some fun at the end of a day. But yeah this is a bit to much in my opinion. Just stay home if your pc is that important to you.
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u/EtherBoo 20d ago
Years ago I had to travel for work. I was a contractor and had to drive my own car and was going to be there for 2 weeks+.
I drove up with my desktop, CRT monitor, and set it up in the hotel room. The hotel Internet was ass so I couldn't play much online, but I went through so many single player games back then. The front desk person was very confused when I loaded it on the luggage cart.
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u/Jiquero 20d ago
What? The whole point of vacation is that you don't have to work. Guess what people at r/pcmasterrace love to do when they don't have to work?
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u/cjsv7657 20d ago
Sometimes a "vacation" is visiting relatives for a couple weeks who's idea of fun is watching tv 12 hours a day. Or the better "vacation" where you're the babysitter sitting in the hotel room with multiple small kids who shouldn't have been brought.
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u/diamondblocks 20d ago
Is this a recession indicator
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u/KerryWood34 20d ago
Nah, that's too many rolls. Maybe if there were only one or two. Dude's got COVID toilet paper money.
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u/handsomeness i7-7700k | Titan X(P) 20d ago
We need to talk about the elephant in the room and it’s not the packing method.
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u/spyboy70 20d ago
Now that retro emulators are allowed on iOS, my iPad and a game controller would be fine on vacation, but I know I'd barely use it (other than during travel) because I'm on vacation and want to go out and see things, not stare at yet another screen.
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u/SumonaFlorence Just kill me. 20d ago
You know what, I'm impressed.
The paper's probably going to tear and little bits of TP will be everywhere because of it getting caught on the solder joins on the PCB's and make a fucking mess.. but.. I'm impressed.
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u/PM_YOUR_PET_IN_HAT 20d ago
Toilet paper will compress and produce dust. Then it wont be doing it's job after it compresses.
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u/spikehamer 20d ago
Some of the most expensive products of the decade in a single image (housing included)
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u/mortalomena 20d ago
I've hauled my computer in the boot for lans and vacations for two decades, never had any problem just laying it down on some pillows motherboard side down.
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u/jamesrblack PCMR | 9800X3D | RTX 5090 FE | 32” 240hz 4K OLED 19d ago
- Take out GPU
- If using a standard heatsink, also remove that
If you don't do this, at least you have toilet paper when you shit your pants as you unpack things and see what's happened to your hardware.
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u/Spl4sh3r Upgrade is forthcoming... 20d ago
If he is going on vacation, why does he have to mess with his PC?
Bringing your PC with you, then it is not a vacation. That is a change of scenary.
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u/Ad-fundum69 PC Master Race 20d ago
On the upside, if it didn't work, and you find your GPU diagonally inside the case, and you shit yourself, at least you have supplies at the ready.
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u/jhonnya2001 20d ago
how you got approval for bringing the beast with you on vacation i'll never know
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u/Exotic_Call_7427 20d ago
In Covid times, the value of his PC would be tenfold.
Or, to be more precise, ten-ply.
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u/bones10145 20d ago
Aside from the lint it'll produce, how much static would toilet paper produce when you removed it?
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u/YourMomonaBun420 20d ago
They need a bidet, that computer is going to have a raw butthole wiping with that much toilet paper.
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u/Mister_Shrimp_The2nd i9-13900K | RTX 4080 STRIX | 96GB DDR5 6400 CL32 | >_< 20d ago
Is the toilet paper protecting the pc, or is the pc protecting his toilet paper?
Mysteries of the universe
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u/AbandonYourPost 9800X3D | 3080ti | 32GB DDR5 20d ago
Bro, it's vacation. Just get a handheld or subscribe to cloud gaming services for a month to use on a smartphone. This just screams gaming addiction.
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u/n00b_sailb0at 20d ago
Unless the vacation is specific in the sense that the vacation is centered around gaming. Like, you're going on a trip to meet with some long time friends to hang out in a rental house on a lake, drink and play CS:GO, then sure this is fine. Any other scenario, I would be trying to get this person some help.
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u/RicekickJR 20d ago
Why do you need to play video games on vacation? Leave it at home and enjoy your time away from everything. I never understood that. The games you play will still be there when you get back.
Also handhelds and laptops exist, that couldve been better and way less bulky.
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u/MrDeeJayy Ryzen 7 5700X | RTX 5080 16GB | DDR4-3200 32GB 19d ago
I see the covid investment is finally paying off.
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u/vlobe42 19d ago
When I was 14 or 15, I was going on vacation to my grandma’s house, about 800 km away. I was dumb enough to put my entire PC inside a cardboard shipping box without any padding or protection whatsoever and just shipped it to her house.
It arrived in perfect condition.
6 weeks later, I did the exact same thing to ship it back home. Again, absolutely no problems.
Today I can’t even understand how insanely lucky I was 😭
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u/Tyz_TwoCentz_HWE_Ret How does a computer get drunk? It takes Screenshots! 19d ago
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u/spezialzt 270K PLUS | 96Gb 9200 DDR5 | RTX 5090 | 16Tb NVMe Raid 0 20d ago
you know during corona this would have been a wierd flex
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u/Suikerspin_Ei R5 7600 | RTX 3060 | 32GB DDR5 6000 MT/s 20d ago
Removing those toiletpaper rolls can potentially damage his PC. Imagine knocking off a capacitor or other small component from the motherboard.
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u/darthsolocup 20d ago
Honestly looks just as good or better than the foams they use to ship prebuilts lol
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u/Right_Parking_191 20d ago
Use the PC as the suitcase and pack all your clothes in it, kill two birds with one stone
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u/ChosenOfTheMoon_GR 7950x3D | 32GB 6000MHz CL 30 | 7900XTX | AX1600i 20d ago
This PC cannot shit itself in any way if shit his the fan that's for sure. :3
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u/LastBossTV 20d ago
Man, at the very least, save the foam insert from the box your GPU came in so you can ship it (if ever needed) with some degree of security. It's so simple and greatly mitigates such an expensive risk.
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u/No-Bee4589 20d ago
Hey it worked I mean if it works it's not stupid it may be funny but it's not stupid. Lol
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u/TypicallyThomas 20d ago
This is actually not too bad of an idea. I have to ship my PC internationally soon and was worried about protecting the internals
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u/horror-traktor 20d ago
People in this thread acting as if they have never heard of a lan party lol the commercial ones can go for a week or so, maybe that's the vacation

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u/djnastynipple 20d ago
A computer and toilet paper? This is the financial equivalent to buying a house if it were 2020.