I just made a small hole to my wardrobe in the wall for 5 cables (ethernet, HDMI, 3 USB), connected UPS, headphone AMP, also my monitor has seven USB3.0 output. Now I have full silence and calmness, also I use sleep mode to wake up by clicking mouse. Zero regrets
The on/off switch is a really neat idea. No "but" afterwards. I am shit with Home Assistant, and I just have it send a wake on LAN packet to my PC. Of course this doesn't do anything to turn it off, and I'm sure there are various pros/cons to either setup... but just wanted to say "thanks for the idea" and also mention what I'm doing. I might seriously consider something like this because I "only" have a 3080ti but this room really does heat up. Food for thought. Thanks for the vid.
As you use Home Assistant you might be interested in what I have set up - I bought a little ESP32 board and use ESPHome to basically bridge the contacts on the power button. Pretty straightforward to set up and as long as your motherboard supports USB power when the PC is off you can easily double-sided tape it on the inside of your case to benefit from the cooling too!
I used to use an ESP8266 Node MCU to turn my PC from anywhere via MQTT. (It's backstory after if you want to read) Then I decided to take it out, make a smart blind motor (which I then also replaced as the motor wasn't strong enough and I need to get a better motor), then it was being used as a pollution monitor until I fried it when I tried to permanently wire it. At least I now have 3 more now to do all these projects at once. Only £4.50 each.
I want to use this solution to run some of my PC games on the TV in the next room. Already figured that long cables would be the easiest way but good thing you brought up the powered (!) USB cables. Also I really dig your sense of humor! Stealthy raunchiness, RGB joke as well as a Critical Role reference... nice!
I've had my system in another room for awhile now and I love it. Same basic set up. I use 15' display port cables and some active and passive USB and audio. All of the audio and USB goes into Keystone jacks in the wall under my desk so wireless devices work fine . Finally a small dock on my desk with USB 3.1 for dumping footage from my camera. No issues whatsoever. Not even a hiccup. I never turn off the PC, only put it to sleep, so moving the mouse or a key on the keyboard wakes it up and I'm off to the races. I loved it so much I did the same thing with my VR rig in my living room. Makes the wife happy not having a PC next to the TV stand!
Ok so how you really do this on a budget: First you live in Yorkshire UK, so you LIKE your PC to give off lots of heat as then you can actually feel your fingers during the winter months, while saving on heating the whole house. I just tell the kids a little chill is character forming and they can always come hang out with dad if they want to thaw out some. Second you build your rack out of 3/4 inch ply with screw in rack rails, find a mid tower case that's less than 19" tall and lay it on it's side, assuming you can't find a cheap rackmount case - I did both. You get the "server rack" vibe going by using shelves on drawer sliders for the "on their sides" PC's. This way you combine rack-mounted audio gear, power conditioner and UPS, with a dedicated DAW/audio PC, a dedicated gaming PC (I like Nobara atm) and an unRAID NAS. Add a KVM - I just switch between my DAW box and "gaming" box - and you're good to go. Seriously I have no convenient space to put my rack out side my office - all the available spaces are either too small or already filled with things my SO insists have to be prioritised, at least until the kids leave home ;)
I'm also running my computer in another room, I specifically put my office next to the garage so I could run cables through the wall (when I designed my house). My computer isn't fast by today's standards but it's pretty loud with 10 fans in it. One thing I'd like to sort out is how to keep my computer from getting dust in its current position. Because it doesn't have to look aesthetically pleasing I think extra dust filtering be that some sort of cover or a grow tent seems like an option
For the power switch of the pc you could also look into those raspberry pi kvm's over local ip (TinyPilot Voyager and the PiKVM for example) you can even control the bios via hdmi in capture.
I did this, but thankfully it's just on the other side of the wall. So a normal 16ft USB extension cable, then an optical HDMI cable. Not only no noise, but it keeps the game room from being a sauna.
Been running s setup like this for years, so that fan noise doesn’t get in the way of audio production/engineering (which I barely ever do any more), but it’s still great for the same reasons here: ultra short distance from PC to server, right next to my UPS, etc. You might be having that keyboard not detected issue because your UEFI might not be USB3 compatible? May be a setting for that, or if not add a USB2 cable to your snake and that should do it.
I've been running a similar setup for about half a year but with 30 m DP and USB cables with no issues. I've been using WoL to turn on my computer but I like the remote idea!
I did something similar. Ran a hdmi cable from my office to the front room tv. Great for those cinematic games that are better on a big 4k TV with a sound system. Wireless keyboard and controller 🎮
For me it was even easier. My server room is literally the other side of the wall from my desk. It's a thick sound isolated wall that keeps all the noise out. I put my PC cases on shelves against that wall and only need 10ft cables to my desk. The cables go through the wall behind a sheet of plywood that's 3 inched from the wall and that my desk rests on. So all cables are easily hidden as well!
I've been running a 27inch 1440p with g-sync at 144hz on a 15ft display cable and a 20ft usb 3.0 cable for 10yrs works great. I was gonna say a basement is a great place to store a rig too, just have to make a small hole in the floor.
POTATO 🥔 nice setup! To turn my PC on, I hooked up some GPIO pins on my rock64 + a relay to the PC power switch. I just run a python script to activate the relay and press the power button. The rock64 also runs wireguard so I can remote in and power it on from anywhere (even from my phone).
So you've given me my next project. I do music and the noise my PC generates while not bad, would be best to be absent. I fortunately can just move my PC 8 feet to the left and it will clip into the next room, right where I have an entertainment setup and my NAS. All I need is a UPS (already on the list for my NAS honestly) and I need to make a pass through for cables. This also fixes the cable I have hanging from my router that is next to my NAS that goes to my PC. Thanks for making me rethink Linus's idea.
Great video! I had a similar issue with noise inside my pc room with exactly this part on my rig. The noise and water cooling became an issue. Then I weight all the costs and work. Then I finally try my best it part of all my parts. (Including 12 bays nas, 2 10g switches, WiFi) … my mora-3 420 pro external radiator under my desk. Oh what a God sent device piece of hardware! Used the adapter to use 4 big noctua fans on each side dual d5 pumps and a bunch of qd3 quick disconnects. Now I can use a very tiny case almost no fans on it. Absolutely can’t hear the fans or pumps under my desk The added bonus… not in my entire life had so much cooling capacity, I can cool 2 entire pc with this things and still god 👍 I can keep by beloved watercooling hobby with expanding a lot a money every time that I go upgrade anything. I just disconnect change the hardware and plug it again. Nice setup anyway! Congrats
I was actually looking into a set up to run my PC in my office from my Living Room TV for some couch gaming. I was thinking about the thunderbolt route and looking for more info. You helped me realize that is totally overkill and I can just run 1 HDMI cable and an USB one for much cheaper. So thanks, great video :D
I have always wanted to learn more about multi room computing Thanks for this quick intro to a much cheaper solution than what Linus did. Direct cable runs are the way to go imho just get a duct from point A to B done.
My server is in my closet and everything else is in my bedroom. It's all super quiet, but all the dang blinking lights! Routers, modem, switches, UPS's, printers, monitors, security camera DVR... I hang hats on some and some I use post-it notes with black magic marker over the light sources on others. My gaming PC with the big window facing the wall creates a backlit area behind my monitors.
I run mine to a cupboard next door which has a vent into the roof. Recirculating hot air is a problem, so I had to make sure I created an effective "hot" or "cold" zone on each side with venting out of the hot side. Power can be done via suspend and wake-on-keyboard. I run Displayport and one USB cable which goes to a 7 port hub. Displayport can also carry sound (like hdmi) but I have a separate USB line with a bluetooth dongle which runs to (almost) the centre of the house for maximum headphone coverage. The hub does my usb wired headset, webcam, ring light, keyboard, mouse, with power supply for lightning and USB-C.
“One of his eyes resembled that of a vulture - a pale blue eye, with a film over it. Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degrees - very gradually - I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye for ever.” -Edgar Allen Poetato
I know how you feel. In 2014 I've been obsessed with silence because I had to run my rig in the same room I was sleeping. But main problem was not that, I just thought that modern computing shouldn't require fans just for showing a static desktop. Already had SSDs, no issue there. So I removed every damn fan and managed to get a 1kg heatsink to cool down my CPU (which was a i5 4690, so nothing special) and got it working, even gaming with a 1060... but temps always were over 80°C while gaming, as the GTX was the only thing capable of removing hot air from the case... But at least I had a fanless rig 95% of the time. Never been that happier, nowadays I try to go fanless as much as I can, even for my (smaller) servers but instead of going with power hungry ones, I go clustered with fanless ones.
Well this was entertaining, insightful and characteristically Brett. The car fob style PC starter has my eye. Even though my PC is so close to me it would probably be considered a felony in some states. Potato in chip form. I am no basic b**ch Brett. BTW, loving the whole vibe now. Videos really coming a long great. Keep it up man, your killing it.
I wanted to take a moment to express my sincere gratitude for the fantastic TH-cam video you created. Your support and guidance have been invaluable to me, and I truly appreciate the effort and thought you put into making such an informative and well-made video. Thank you so much for your help!
My apartment had a random hole in the wall between the main bedroom and the guest room. My desktop sits on this side of it with my server rack two feet away on the other side of it. This seems super logical for my positioning. Only problem is I run a 3700x and a 1060 so I really don't even have any noise or heat to dispel so its probably useless in my case. lol. Thanks for the great video.
I did something similar with the pc 10m away racked in the garage, used hdmi over cat 6 for video, usb over cat 6 balans. But extended the power/reset switch over cat 6 cable and worked absolutely fine to trigger the power on.
Sick! It’s always nice to see different options for clean set ups. Not as clean as having your pc built into a desk, but you can only ask for so much haha
Looks sick! I personally gone with the more expensive fans+cooling and some undervolting for the noise problem :D BeQuiet makes some great silent stuff!
I know it's been almost a year now, but I did a very similar setup with my fiance and mine's computers. Moved them out of the game room and essentially threw them in a closet. Ran all the cables I needed to and it's a super clean setup. My only gripe is that my secondary monitor's DisplayPort cable seems to be having issues where it'll flicker on and off at seemingly random times. However the fact that the noise and heat are being generated in a seperate room makes up for the mild inconvience of not seeing what my friends post in Discord for a couple of seconds, haha. Glad I wasn't the only guy to see Linus' setup and think "how can I do this, but cheaper?"
Great approach to remove heat from your workspace - like you I'm a noise snob for my workspace. Think you should try the challenge to silence things without water. Fighting the little peripheral connection issues would make me rip everything out. Key point of technology is it should just WORK and be there when you want/need it. The old bad days where being in front meant living with issues are no longer acceptable in my book. Push your ability make it silent in the room!
I just bought a house and I'm doing this exact thing to make my space quiet for recording music. Just putting a wall with some insulation between me and my computer is more than enough. Also running an ethernet hdmi-extender and some long USB cords to my tv for easy couch-play.
Thanks for this video! i live in 2nd floor of the house and i always had problem with my room heating up with my 500watt PC (measured it with power meter). I test and it really is my PC giving a me heat problems. might want to move out my pc too
I run the same DP cable at 25ft, one 25 ft usb c extension cable to a usb hub that runs my keyboard, mouse, controller, camera, and I have wireless headphones so the receiver is connected directly at the pc without any issues. Simple, voila! Much cooler room and no noise! Back to pushing my gpu to run 4k games without an issue in my room. 😅
Every now and then your head moved between the two black hexagon tiles and it looked like you were an … off putting Mickey Mouse …. Not sure why but I got a really good giggle out of that, thanks! 😂 Also, great video 👍
I solved this problem by chucking my PC into my closet beneath the stairs, hooking it up to Ethernet, and using Moonlight and Parsec to stream to client devices all throughout the house. Has the added benefit of being able to stream games to my phone or tablet away from home. Why Moonlight AND Parsec? I generally get better quality with Moonlight (basically native level, even hundreds of miles away,) but Parsec can be configured to run at boot, before you even log into Windows, which is nice to have as a backup solution for any troubleshooting that might arise.
I bought a little ESP32 board and use ESPHome in Home Assistant to basically bridge the contacts on the power button - it's great for being able to access from outside the home network (if I'm working remotely and need access to my rig to render, or if I just want to remotely play some steam games). My next step will be to rack mount the setup so that I can have a bit more space round the desk...
Since I have a server rack, I have considered this. My 25u rack could easily hold a beefy UPS, 1 4u Truenas Server, with the obligatory DS4246 taking up another 4u, 1 4u Proxmox server, 1 4u dedicated machine, 1 4u cloud gaming server and a switch and patch panel. Now I just need to sell a kidney to be able to afford this...
Damn, you gave me an idea, connecting the home automation to the wireless power switch. Using hooks with lights or even when you phone connects to home wifi when you come home :D
I fixed the "No keyboard detected video" by plugging in my USB hub to the top left usb port on my motherboard I/O. That is the first usb that the MB detects.
EXCELLENT!! NOW, set the BIOS to “WAKE ON…” any key, or F1, or whatever your BIOS may offer, even your MOUSE! This completely eliminates the key fob thingy as it’s FREE!!
My primary concern is just heat in a room. I feel like both cpus and gpus have just gone ham on power consumption. At the end of the day, the pc is an inefficient space heater, so a 400w/600w/800w will put that much more heat into a room. I can deal with noise, just put on headphones, but the extra heat gets hard to manage doesn't matter the season. My PC can comfortably keep my room 2 degrees warmer than any other room in the house at
I have a setup like this, elected to run 30ft display port cables and a USB 3 hub. Never enjoyed walking to my server rack to hit the power button. I don't have the keyboard error with my hub. I used the Amazon basic hub to start with but upgraded to a ACASIS one that works better. You want a powered hub as the USB cable won't have enough power to drive your peripherals at a 20+ foot length. Totally just bought that remote power button. I didn't go the dock route because I didn't mind running 6 display port cables to drive my monitor addiction and there isn't a hub that serves that and displayport 2.1
My ASROCK X570 PHantom Gaming-ITX/TB3 has a thunderbolt 3 controller on board, plus it has a Displayport input that links a gpu to the port so it can output display over thunderbolt. I paid around €200 euro for the board this summer.
I don't have a particularly beefy computer (with only a RTX 3060) but I invested in a Noctua Headsink for the CPU, a very quiet PSU, a Be Quiet case (that came with two big & quiet fans on the front) as well as using custom fan curves (through a free software called Fan Control) to lower their speeds when I'm just browsing videos, am in calls or recording audio. With all of this (mainly the Fan Control) I don't hear my computer at all even though it's right at my feet. It does get whiny when my GPU ramps up during more intense gaming but otherwise it's very quiet. Several years in the future once it's time to upgrade my GPU I'll likely aim for a Noctual edition GPU to lower it's noise further during the more active moments.
The wireless power switch is nice but the range could be an issue. I'd just setup wake on lan instead, as long as you are on the same wifi you can actually turn on a PC with wake on lan not just wake from sleep. That way you can just use your phone to wake the PC. You can also add a smart switch as a failsafe backup incase the computer locks up. Just ensure in your bios you have the PC set to power on when restoring power.
First thing that came to mind for remote power on was WoL but I see you went with the chicken nugget ass device 7:27. Pretty spiffy, interesting piece of tech there.
Nice setup! I've been thinking of building a setup like yours for my workstation. My server room is next door and chilled with ac 24/7, thinking of moving my PC over there and run the cable like your setup. I run 4 displays and 8 usb cables to the PC. Having build the setup, do you forsee any trouble connecting more cables than you did? cheers!
I had that phase with computers and it was nice when it worked but my setup needed around 15 meters of HDMI cable i got expensive usb to ethernet bridge and HDMI signal boosters and it was never good there was always some problem with it. This was back in early 2000 mind you and the cooling fan technology had not matured enough so it was nice when the setup worked. These days i just prefer to have all my computer stuff at arms length.
I did a similar thing for my setup but I took a different route USB 2.0 over Ethernet is really cheap Displayport lets you daisy chain monitors so you could have run just one cable then split it off to two or three displays. Though I can't remember how I did it, windows has a feature where you can power on your PC with a keyboard or mouse click.
My server rack is in the eaves so 1 wall in between the monitors and where i have the PC. I feel like this is a good option to move the PC and clear a bit of space on the desk
An even easier way to handle the remote start would be to get some NFC tags and configure the tag to send a Wake-on-LAN packet to your PC (assuming that your MoBo and networking config allow it).
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His Dad's advice is truly S tier stuff. Guy knew his tech! /s
It always came at the most random times too 🤷🏻♂️
I just made a small hole to my wardrobe in the wall for 5 cables (ethernet, HDMI, 3 USB), connected UPS, headphone AMP, also my monitor has seven USB3.0 output. Now I have full silence and calmness, also I use sleep mode to wake up by clicking mouse. Zero regrets
Im using my iPhone to turn on my PC with WOL (Wake on Lan) - and a free app to send a WOL package.
The on/off switch is a really neat idea. No "but" afterwards. I am shit with Home Assistant, and I just have it send a wake on LAN packet to my PC. Of course this doesn't do anything to turn it off, and I'm sure there are various pros/cons to either setup... but just wanted to say "thanks for the idea" and also mention what I'm doing. I might seriously consider something like this because I "only" have a 3080ti but this room really does heat up. Food for thought. Thanks for the vid.
As you use Home Assistant you might be interested in what I have set up - I bought a little ESP32 board and use ESPHome to basically bridge the contacts on the power button. Pretty straightforward to set up and as long as your motherboard supports USB power when the PC is off you can easily double-sided tape it on the inside of your case to benefit from the cooling too!
I used to use an ESP8266 Node MCU to turn my PC from anywhere via MQTT.
(It's backstory after if you want to read)
Then I decided to take it out, make a smart blind motor (which I then also replaced as the motor wasn't strong enough and I need to get a better motor), then it was being used as a pollution monitor until I fried it when I tried to permanently wire it. At least I now have 3 more now to do all these projects at once. Only £4.50 each.
I actually just set up an ESP32 to turn on one of my Proxmox VMs the other day lol
So much gold sprinkled through this episode. Keep up the great work. I haven't laughed so hard in awhile.
My favorites were the vibrator, the RGB joke and the Critical Role reference ^^
I want to use this solution to run some of my PC games on the TV in the next room. Already figured that long cables would be the easiest way but good thing you brought up the powered (!) USB cables. Also I really dig your sense of humor! Stealthy raunchiness, RGB joke as well as a Critical Role reference... nice!
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I've had my system in another room for awhile now and I love it. Same basic set up. I use 15' display port cables and some active and passive USB and audio. All of the audio and USB goes into Keystone jacks in the wall under my desk so wireless devices work fine . Finally a small dock on my desk with USB 3.1 for dumping footage from my camera. No issues whatsoever. Not even a hiccup. I never turn off the PC, only put it to sleep, so moving the mouse or a key on the keyboard wakes it up and I'm off to the races. I loved it so much I did the same thing with my VR rig in my living room. Makes the wife happy not having a PC next to the TV stand!
Ok so how you really do this on a budget:
First you live in Yorkshire UK, so you LIKE your PC to give off lots of heat as then you can actually feel your fingers during the winter months, while saving on heating the whole house. I just tell the kids a little chill is character forming and they can always come hang out with dad if they want to thaw out some.
Second you build your rack out of 3/4 inch ply with screw in rack rails, find a mid tower case that's less than 19" tall and lay it on it's side, assuming you can't find a cheap rackmount case - I did both. You get the "server rack" vibe going by using shelves on drawer sliders for the "on their sides" PC's.
This way you combine rack-mounted audio gear, power conditioner and UPS, with a dedicated DAW/audio PC, a dedicated gaming PC (I like Nobara atm) and an unRAID NAS. Add a KVM - I just switch between my DAW box and "gaming" box - and you're good to go.
Seriously I have no convenient space to put my rack out side my office - all the available spaces are either too small or already filled with things my SO insists have to be prioritised, at least until the kids leave home ;)
I loved the fact you got a car key to start your computer 😂😂 You'll always impress me with your American way of thinking
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I'm also running my computer in another room, I specifically put my office next to the garage so I could run cables through the wall (when I designed my house). My computer isn't fast by today's standards but it's pretty loud with 10 fans in it.
One thing I'd like to sort out is how to keep my computer from getting dust in its current position. Because it doesn't have to look aesthetically pleasing I think extra dust filtering be that some sort of cover or a grow tent seems like an option
Surprised you didn't use WOL to turn on the PC.
Thank you for this, the top search result for this type computer mod was 14 years old.
For the power switch of the pc you could also look into those raspberry pi kvm's over local ip (TinyPilot Voyager and the PiKVM for example) you can even control the bios via hdmi in capture.
I did this, but thankfully it's just on the other side of the wall. So a normal 16ft USB extension cable, then an optical HDMI cable.
Not only no noise, but it keeps the game room from being a sauna.
Been running s setup like this for years, so that fan noise doesn’t get in the way of audio production/engineering (which I barely ever do any more), but it’s still great for the same reasons here: ultra short distance from PC to server, right next to my UPS, etc.
You might be having that keyboard not detected issue because your UEFI might not be USB3 compatible? May be a setting for that, or if not add a USB2 cable to your snake and that should do it.
I've been running a similar setup for about half a year but with 30 m DP and USB cables with no issues. I've been using WoL to turn on my computer but I like the remote idea!
this dude is literally the funniest tech youtuber there is, so many jokes in his videos every time
I didn't hear one laughable joke..
@@squirrelslax2945 I would suggest watching the video again and maybe obtaining a sense of humour. Hope this helps!
@@28469 I have a sense of what humor is.. nothing in this video was funny. If anything, the attempts to be funny were cringe and felt scripted.
@@squirrelslax2945 it's a very dry sense of humor. Most people won't appreciate it. I loved every moment of this video.
@@ABP8214 Its not dry, it's corny and boring. Worse than dad jokes..
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Also I've been thinking about doing something similar. I only have a smaller server and I would just build a desktop in the room next door.
hi Brett. seeing a few new angle shot, please do a studio tour including your video setup. I'm curious to see it.
and also.. Potato
I did something similar. Ran a hdmi cable from my office to the front room tv. Great for those cinematic games that are better on a big 4k TV with a sound system. Wireless keyboard and controller 🎮
So the solution to avoiding LTT expensive $1128 solution is to buy a $300k-$400k house where the rooms are close. Got it!
I hope this is sarcasm
For me it was even easier. My server room is literally the other side of the wall from my desk.
It's a thick sound isolated wall that keeps all the noise out.
I put my PC cases on shelves against that wall and only need 10ft cables to my desk.
The cables go through the wall behind a sheet of plywood that's 3 inched from the wall and that my desk rests on.
So all cables are easily hidden as well!
This idea should be officially supported, i can't wait to yeet this pc into another dimension and keep my table area clear.
I've been running a 27inch 1440p with g-sync at 144hz on a 15ft display cable and a 20ft usb 3.0 cable for 10yrs works great. I was gonna say a basement is a great place to store a rig too, just have to make a small hole in the floor.
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nice setup! To turn my PC on, I hooked up some GPIO pins on my rock64 + a relay to the PC power switch. I just run a python script to activate the relay and press the power button. The rock64 also runs wireguard so I can remote in and power it on from anywhere (even from my phone).
So you've given me my next project. I do music and the noise my PC generates while not bad, would be best to be absent. I fortunately can just move my PC 8 feet to the left and it will clip into the next room, right where I have an entertainment setup and my NAS. All I need is a UPS (already on the list for my NAS honestly) and I need to make a pass through for cables. This also fixes the cable I have hanging from my router that is next to my NAS that goes to my PC. Thanks for making me rethink Linus's idea.
Dad always had good advice. And Raid Owl always has good videos even my non-tech wife can appreciate.
Great video!
I had a similar issue with noise inside my pc room with exactly this part on my rig.
The noise and water cooling became an issue.
Then I weight all the costs and work.
Then I finally try my best it part of all my parts. (Including 12 bays nas, 2 10g switches, WiFi) … my mora-3 420 pro external radiator under my desk.
Oh what a God sent device piece of hardware!
Used the adapter to use 4 big noctua fans on each side dual d5 pumps and a bunch of qd3 quick disconnects.
Now I can use a very tiny case almost no fans on it.
Absolutely can’t hear the fans or pumps under my desk
The added bonus… not in my entire life had so much cooling capacity, I can cool 2 entire pc with this things and still god 👍
I can keep by beloved watercooling hobby with expanding a lot a money every time that I go upgrade anything.
I just disconnect change the hardware and plug it again.
Nice setup anyway! Congrats
I was actually looking into a set up to run my PC in my office from my Living Room TV for some couch gaming. I was thinking about the thunderbolt route and looking for more info. You helped me realize that is totally overkill and I can just run 1 HDMI cable and an USB one for much cheaper. So thanks, great video :D
“My computer is in another room…” is the equivalent of “My girlfriend goes to a different school…”
Bro she was gonna come tonight but she had to wash her hair…I swear
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I have always wanted to learn more about multi room computing Thanks for this quick intro to a much cheaper solution than what Linus did. Direct cable runs are the way to go imho just get a duct from point A to B done.
Exactely! I want to play some of my PC games on the TV in the next room without an LTT-Style "Media Center". This solution is way easier.
My server is in my closet and everything else is in my bedroom. It's all super quiet, but all the dang blinking lights! Routers, modem, switches, UPS's, printers, monitors, security camera DVR... I hang hats on some and some I use post-it notes with black magic marker over the light sources on others. My gaming PC with the big window facing the wall creates a backlit area behind my monitors.
I run mine to a cupboard next door which has a vent into the roof. Recirculating hot air is a problem, so I had to make sure I created an effective "hot" or "cold" zone on each side with venting out of the hot side.
Power can be done via suspend and wake-on-keyboard. I run Displayport and one USB cable which goes to a 7 port hub. Displayport can also carry sound (like hdmi) but I have a separate USB line with a bluetooth dongle which runs to (almost) the centre of the house for maximum headphone coverage.
The hub does my usb wired headset, webcam, ring light, keyboard, mouse, with power supply for lightning and USB-C.
“One of his eyes resembled that of a vulture - a pale blue eye, with a film over it. Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degrees - very gradually - I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye for ever.” -Edgar Allen Poetato
I know how you feel.
In 2014 I've been obsessed with silence because I had to run my rig in the same room I was sleeping.
But main problem was not that, I just thought that modern computing shouldn't require fans just for showing a static desktop.
Already had SSDs, no issue there.
So I removed every damn fan and managed to get a 1kg heatsink to cool down my CPU (which was a i5 4690, so nothing special) and got it working, even gaming with a 1060... but temps always were over 80°C while gaming, as the GTX was the only thing capable of removing hot air from the case...
But at least I had a fanless rig 95% of the time.
Never been that happier, nowadays I try to go fanless as much as I can, even for my (smaller) servers but instead of going with power hungry ones, I go clustered with fanless ones.
I love coconut hand soap, it foams great and the taste is really close to the real thing
Definitely considering the remote power on route with my 2nd floor home office desktop. Thanks Brett!
Well this was entertaining, insightful and characteristically Brett. The car fob style PC starter has my eye. Even though my PC is so close to me it would probably be considered a felony in some states.
Potato in chip form. I am no basic b**ch Brett.
BTW, loving the whole vibe now. Videos really coming a long great. Keep it up man, your killing it.
I wanted to take a moment to express my sincere gratitude for the fantastic TH-cam video you created. Your support and guidance have been invaluable to me, and I truly appreciate the effort and thought you put into making such an informative and well-made video. Thank you so much for your help!
You’re so kind! ☺️
My apartment had a random hole in the wall between the main bedroom and the guest room. My desktop sits on this side of it with my server rack two feet away on the other side of it. This seems super logical for my positioning. Only problem is I run a 3700x and a 1060 so I really don't even have any noise or heat to dispel so its probably useless in my case. lol. Thanks for the great video.
Ya dang. Weird place for a hole to be in the wall.
I did something similar with the pc 10m away racked in the garage, used hdmi over cat 6 for video, usb over cat 6 balans. But extended the power/reset switch over cat 6 cable and worked absolutely fine to trigger the power on.
"I'm a potato" - great channel, love your delivery method.
Your dry and subtle humor just slays me! Lol
Sick! It’s always nice to see different options for clean set ups. Not as clean as having your pc built into a desk, but you can only ask for so much haha
Then your desk is hot and probably noisy tho
Looks sick!
I personally gone with the more expensive fans+cooling and some undervolting for the noise problem :D
BeQuiet makes some great silent stuff!
00:43 the "Not his wife" sticker really got me! 🤣
I know it's been almost a year now, but I did a very similar setup with my fiance and mine's computers. Moved them out of the game room and essentially threw them in a closet. Ran all the cables I needed to and it's a super clean setup. My only gripe is that my secondary monitor's DisplayPort cable seems to be having issues where it'll flicker on and off at seemingly random times. However the fact that the noise and heat are being generated in a seperate room makes up for the mild inconvience of not seeing what my friends post in Discord for a couple of seconds, haha. Glad I wasn't the only guy to see Linus' setup and think "how can I do this, but cheaper?"
Great approach to remove heat from your workspace - like you I'm a noise snob for my workspace. Think you should try the challenge to silence things without water. Fighting the little peripheral connection issues would make me rip everything out. Key point of technology is it should just WORK and be there when you want/need it. The old bad days where being in front meant living with issues are no longer acceptable in my book. Push your ability make it silent in the room!
Someone who has done exactly what I was gonna do in a similar space with similar distances... excellent.
I just bought a house and I'm doing this exact thing to make my space quiet for recording music. Just putting a wall with some insulation between me and my computer is more than enough. Also running an ethernet hdmi-extender and some long USB cords to my tv for easy couch-play.
We've ascended to keyfobs for our computers. I love this timeline
You should see how I unlock my car…
Thanks for this video!
i live in 2nd floor of the house and i always had problem with my room heating up with my 500watt PC (measured it with power meter). I test and it really is my PC giving a me heat problems. might want to move out my pc too
lol, I died with the rgb part
Rip 👻
Vibrators definitely can set it over depends on the vibs power supply they make some good but low power ones. Glad you had the right one!
I run the same DP cable at 25ft, one 25 ft usb c extension cable to a usb hub that runs my keyboard, mouse, controller, camera, and I have wireless headphones so the receiver is connected directly at the pc without any issues. Simple, voila! Much cooler room and no noise! Back to pushing my gpu to run 4k games without an issue in my room. 😅
Every now and then your head moved between the two black hexagon tiles and it looked like you were an … off putting Mickey Mouse ….
Not sure why but I got a really good giggle out of that, thanks! 😂
Also, great video 👍
Vibrator lmao.
I solved this problem by chucking my PC into my closet beneath the stairs, hooking it up to Ethernet, and using Moonlight and Parsec to stream to client devices all throughout the house. Has the added benefit of being able to stream games to my phone or tablet away from home.
Why Moonlight AND Parsec? I generally get better quality with Moonlight (basically native level, even hundreds of miles away,) but Parsec can be configured to run at boot, before you even log into Windows, which is nice to have as a backup solution for any troubleshooting that might arise.
Yeah I’m a fan of Parsec. I did a video on it awhile back.
You don’t need onboard thunderbolt, just a tb header and addin card
"comment your favorite hand soap flavor" 🤣 love this!
I bought a little ESP32 board and use ESPHome in Home Assistant to basically bridge the contacts on the power button - it's great for being able to access from outside the home network (if I'm working remotely and need access to my rig to render, or if I just want to remotely play some steam games). My next step will be to rack mount the setup so that I can have a bit more space round the desk...
Texas toast. That's what my PC makes while editing. I have the same system and the Z790 Hero.
Nice work, the dad jokes were great 😂
You can enable power on keyboard in any bios since 1989 and use a key combanation to power on any pc.
Thanks for the giggles!
I’d love to run a 3d scanner in my garage, using my workstation that’s inside my house.
Can it be done?
🇦🇺🤜🏼🤛🏼😎🍀☮️
Since I have a server rack, I have considered this. My 25u rack could easily hold a beefy UPS, 1 4u Truenas Server, with the obligatory DS4246 taking up another 4u, 1 4u Proxmox server, 1 4u dedicated machine, 1 4u cloud gaming server and a switch and patch panel. Now I just need to sell a kidney to be able to afford this...
Potato, but said like potato, and not like potato. Anyone who says potato is still a good person though, and I still respect them.
The remote start was such a good idea, thanks!
Damn, you gave me an idea, connecting the home automation to the wireless power switch.
Using hooks with lights or even when you phone connects to home wifi when you come home :D
I really enjoy your sense of humour.
I fixed the "No keyboard detected video" by plugging in my USB hub to the top left usb port on my motherboard I/O. That is the first usb that the MB detects.
EXCELLENT!! NOW, set the BIOS to “WAKE ON…” any key, or F1, or whatever your BIOS may offer, even your MOUSE! This completely eliminates the key fob thingy as it’s FREE!!
My primary concern is just heat in a room. I feel like both cpus and gpus have just gone ham on power consumption. At the end of the day, the pc is an inefficient space heater, so a 400w/600w/800w will put that much more heat into a room. I can deal with noise, just put on headphones, but the extra heat gets hard to manage doesn't matter the season. My PC can comfortably keep my room 2 degrees warmer than any other room in the house at
Great work! Love the content, been looking to do this.
I have a setup like this, elected to run 30ft display port cables and a USB 3 hub. Never enjoyed walking to my server rack to hit the power button.
I don't have the keyboard error with my hub. I used the Amazon basic hub to start with but upgraded to a ACASIS one that works better. You want a powered hub as the USB cable won't have enough power to drive your peripherals at a 20+ foot length.
Totally just bought that remote power button.
I didn't go the dock route because I didn't mind running 6 display port cables to drive my monitor addiction and there isn't a hub that serves that and displayport 2.1
Great setup! Thanks for sharing.
My ASROCK X570 PHantom Gaming-ITX/TB3 has a thunderbolt 3 controller on board, plus it has a Displayport input that links a gpu to the port so it can output display over thunderbolt. I paid around €200 euro for the board this summer.
I LOL'd at that Minesweeper clip! ❤
Cut the clip before I lost tbh
this video has a chaotic energy thats just always creeping in the background
I don't have a particularly beefy computer (with only a RTX 3060) but I invested in a Noctua Headsink for the CPU, a very quiet PSU, a Be Quiet case (that came with two big & quiet fans on the front) as well as using custom fan curves (through a free software called Fan Control) to lower their speeds when I'm just browsing videos, am in calls or recording audio. With all of this (mainly the Fan Control) I don't hear my computer at all even though it's right at my feet. It does get whiny when my GPU ramps up during more intense gaming but otherwise it's very quiet. Several years in the future once it's time to upgrade my GPU I'll likely aim for a Noctual edition GPU to lower it's noise further during the more active moments.
Those long expensive thunderbolt cables are notorious for being easily damaged, multiple standard cables was the best way.
Thanks great Potato, I like to see a video or comment on the power draw of your new system.
The system pulls around 100W idle and around 600W when gaming. It’s def not a Green system 😬
Inspirational, thanks! What's your feedback on the remote's battery lifespan? Mine drains within weeks.
I haven’t had to change the battery yet 🤷🏻♂️
Thanks for the ideas!
Gonna do this to set up a second VR headset, this one in the living room next to my game room
Lol, I have not seen Linus' video. But I'm also considering abandoning a room of my house to noise. So, this video is appreciated.
fully loaded baked potato
The wireless power switch is nice but the range could be an issue. I'd just setup wake on lan instead, as long as you are on the same wifi you can actually turn on a PC with wake on lan not just wake from sleep.
That way you can just use your phone to wake the PC.
You can also add a smart switch as a failsafe backup incase the computer locks up. Just ensure in your bios you have the PC set to power on when restoring power.
Coconut.
My favourite hand soap flavour, that is.
Mmm put that in a pina colada
Hello algorithm, this is for you.
First thing that came to mind for remote power on was WoL but I see you went with the chicken nugget ass device 7:27. Pretty spiffy, interesting piece of tech there.
Nice setup! I've been thinking of building a setup like yours for my workstation. My server room is next door and chilled with ac 24/7, thinking of moving my PC over there and run the cable like your setup. I run 4 displays and 8 usb cables to the PC.
Having build the setup, do you forsee any trouble connecting more cables than you did? cheers!
I had that phase with computers and it was nice when it worked but my setup needed around 15 meters of HDMI cable i got expensive usb to ethernet bridge and HDMI signal boosters and it was never good there was always some problem with it. This was back in early 2000 mind you and the cooling fan technology had not matured enough so it was nice when the setup worked. These days i just prefer to have all my computer stuff at arms length.
the beauty is to see your pc
Excited to do this, thanks
I did a similar thing for my setup but I took a different route
USB 2.0 over Ethernet is really cheap
Displayport lets you daisy chain monitors so you could have run just one cable then split it off to two or three displays.
Though I can't remember how I did it, windows has a feature where you can power on your PC with a keyboard or mouse click.
That is often a bios setting. Likely in the same area as wake on Lan and other power settings.
My server rack is in the eaves so 1 wall in between the monitors and where i have the PC. I feel like this is a good option to move the PC and clear a bit of space on the desk
An even easier way to handle the remote start would be to get some NFC tags and configure the tag to send a Wake-on-LAN packet to your PC (assuming that your MoBo and networking config allow it).
Yeah prob but I like the chicken nugget key fob lol