Hey all!
I love PC gaming. I have a whole room upstairs set up for it. I have a deck and a nice comfortable chair with a 32inch 4k G-Sync monitor. My PC has a 1080ti and an 8600k processor so it's pretty decent.
Having said that, I love playing games down on my couch and just "relaxing", something I can't really do up in my PC room.
So I've tried a few things but I'm always bothered by how it ends up.
- Built in Steam app on my Samsung 4k TV: My TV isn't too new so it can't do 4k streaming and has no bluetooth so I'm stuck with the Steam Controller only. Not ideal as I'd like to play 4k with my Xbox One Controller.
- Steam Link: Still 1080p but I guess I get to use my Xbox One Controller now.
- Moonlight Raspberry Pi: Limited to 1080p because of the Pi and can use Xbox One Controller. Easier to use Steam Link tbh.
- Old android box I can connect to my TV: Oof. Worst of all.
My partner and I are renting our house so I don't think I can get away with drilling a hole down into the Kitchen and then into the Living Room to route a HDMI cable across unfortunately. That would have been nice but I'm not sure how long HDMI cables hold up 4k/60FPS anyway and then I have to figure out the controllers reaching down there.
I just found out that I'm going to be a first time Father so I feel like buying myself one last "big" thing for the foreseeable future. I've been thinking about buying a mini-itx PC with a 2080ti in it just to play the odd game in 4k on my TV easily. I fee like I'm nuts for doing this and there HAS to be a better solution than dropping > €2000.
Any tips or recommendations on what I can possibly do? I feel like I'm spending for the sake of it and having two strong PCs seems like massive overkill tbh.
Another solution is upgrading my Samsung TV to have Steam streaming at 4k built in.
I love PC gaming. I have a whole room upstairs set up for it. I have a deck and a nice comfortable chair with a 32inch 4k G-Sync monitor. My PC has a 1080ti and an 8600k processor so it's pretty decent.
Having said that, I love playing games down on my couch and just "relaxing", something I can't really do up in my PC room.
So I've tried a few things but I'm always bothered by how it ends up.
- Built in Steam app on my Samsung 4k TV: My TV isn't too new so it can't do 4k streaming and has no bluetooth so I'm stuck with the Steam Controller only. Not ideal as I'd like to play 4k with my Xbox One Controller.
- Steam Link: Still 1080p but I guess I get to use my Xbox One Controller now.
- Moonlight Raspberry Pi: Limited to 1080p because of the Pi and can use Xbox One Controller. Easier to use Steam Link tbh.
- Old android box I can connect to my TV: Oof. Worst of all.
My partner and I are renting our house so I don't think I can get away with drilling a hole down into the Kitchen and then into the Living Room to route a HDMI cable across unfortunately. That would have been nice but I'm not sure how long HDMI cables hold up 4k/60FPS anyway and then I have to figure out the controllers reaching down there.
I just found out that I'm going to be a first time Father so I feel like buying myself one last "big" thing for the foreseeable future. I've been thinking about buying a mini-itx PC with a 2080ti in it just to play the odd game in 4k on my TV easily. I fee like I'm nuts for doing this and there HAS to be a better solution than dropping > €2000.
Any tips or recommendations on what I can possibly do? I feel like I'm spending for the sake of it and having two strong PCs seems like massive overkill tbh.
Another solution is upgrading my Samsung TV to have Steam streaming at 4k built in.