Soldato
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- 18 May 2010
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Hi,
My PC has been packed in a box since I moved house 8 weeks ago, what once was used daily for gaming and internet now lies dormant because its too hot and I've no where to set it up in the new house.
This has got me thinking for when cooler weather returns, HTPC for under the TV at the annoyance of the Mrs, or laptop for anywhere.
HTPC is going to limit me to a game pad and I like FPS so thats a disadvantage but a big plus is cost because I'm limited to 1080P and 60FPS and I have a CPU and RAM I can use for the build.
Laptops are more convenient but more expensive, whats it like gaming on a laptop? Is it immersive on such a small screen sat down at the uncomfortable dining room table, can you WASD with the in built keyboard without the whole thing being at an angle? They are also outdated and not up-gradable after 5 minutes.
Has anyone been through this thought process and gave up on their massive space consuming desktop for a HTPC or gaming laptop and if so how do you play FPS games? Steam controller on the HTPC? Corsair Lapdog or similar? Or laptop at the dining room table with maybe a separate keyboard and mouse?
Just looking for musings on alternatives to full fat desktops for gaming that isn't a console really, I'm far to invested in Steam.
Thanks
My PC has been packed in a box since I moved house 8 weeks ago, what once was used daily for gaming and internet now lies dormant because its too hot and I've no where to set it up in the new house.
This has got me thinking for when cooler weather returns, HTPC for under the TV at the annoyance of the Mrs, or laptop for anywhere.
HTPC is going to limit me to a game pad and I like FPS so thats a disadvantage but a big plus is cost because I'm limited to 1080P and 60FPS and I have a CPU and RAM I can use for the build.
Laptops are more convenient but more expensive, whats it like gaming on a laptop? Is it immersive on such a small screen sat down at the uncomfortable dining room table, can you WASD with the in built keyboard without the whole thing being at an angle? They are also outdated and not up-gradable after 5 minutes.
Has anyone been through this thought process and gave up on their massive space consuming desktop for a HTPC or gaming laptop and if so how do you play FPS games? Steam controller on the HTPC? Corsair Lapdog or similar? Or laptop at the dining room table with maybe a separate keyboard and mouse?
Just looking for musings on alternatives to full fat desktops for gaming that isn't a console really, I'm far to invested in Steam.
Thanks