Download steam PC game files to Macbook or other low power device then copy to PC
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Dual boot the MBP into windows and login to steam/epic games/etc dl the files, then bang them on a usb 3 stick/external hdd/ssd enclosure and copy onto your pc?
Or use a virtual machine install of windows within mac?
Or use a virtual machine install of windows within mac?
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Soldato
What's the speed of your internet and the speed of your network for transfers?
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You're very welcome mate.
My fttc speed is around 65mb
I plan on downloading starfield, cyberpunk+dlc amongst others so looking to be a all nighter.
My transfer speed depends on the device but using the mac 1000mb + .
Plus the benefit of not leaving the waterpumping multi fan spinning machine on over night when people are sleeping
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in my expirence you dont copy them over as steam will force a re-download.
but team does have the download from local machines option you need to enable on both machines for it to work i beleive.
there are some other projects out there that do something very similar Linus Tech Tips did a build as an example for one of their gaming events.
i supposed you could "backup" the game and "restore" the game using steam inbuilt tools faster than downloading 100+gb of data i suppose.
just remembe its base game and not including any mods
but team does have the download from local machines option you need to enable on both machines for it to work i beleive.
there are some other projects out there that do something very similar Linus Tech Tips did a build as an example for one of their gaming events.
i supposed you could "backup" the game and "restore" the game using steam inbuilt tools faster than downloading 100+gb of data i suppose.
just remembe its base game and not including any mods
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Caporegime
For what purpose
Cant you just stick your PC in low power usage mode and turn off the monitor and download straight to it?
I have my fans on low (locked 42%) GPU idles at 210mhz, monitor turns off after 20 mins, SSDs use minimal power. My 5800X3d idles at 3600Mhz but im sure you can enalbe a low power mode something like C1 state.
Probably left something on CPU wise when I was changing settings years ago
Seems much easier to sort your main problem of higher power use on your PC when idle/just downloading than use another device and copy from one to another
I have my fans on low (locked 42%) GPU idles at 210mhz, monitor turns off after 20 mins, SSDs use minimal power. My 5800X3d idles at 3600Mhz but im sure you can enalbe a low power mode something like C1 state.
Probably left something on CPU wise when I was changing settings years ago
Seems much easier to sort your main problem of higher power use on your PC when idle/just downloading than use another device and copy from one to another