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!
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 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!
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.
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 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 🎮
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).
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.
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.
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!!
Hi need something similar just to be able to do gaming on TV in different room. Distance of HDMI needed from PC to TV is about 7 - 8 meters and distance of usb hub could be as low as 3 meters (hub just needs to reach through the wall to the second room to have usb controllers plugged into it. Is simple optic HDMI + normal standard 3m USB cable + Hub solution for my case? Or do i need better cable for usb? How long can standard nonactive USB cable be to do the job? Thx
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.
“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
Bruh! Buy this PSU and you good... Prittec 1600W UM-1600 Has 140mm Fan in it... So you are good ;) .... .... Which is spinning i guess 2800-3200 rpm ish :DDDD BTW Potatoe
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. 😅
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.
I was looking for this solution, i have a custom loop so the noise is not the issue, i want to get rid of all the heat in the room. where did you find the wall cable entry with rubber?
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
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...
Love your channel of course but hope my channel gets as big as yours someday this is just my personal channel but yes you did make some compromises he would with the 12 pin connector with a 4090 lol
Sooo I'm considering doing something like this, I'm using an SST-RM52 Case for my computer, but I don't know how to deal with VR, my Valve Index has remarkably short cables and I don't know deal with those
My PC raises my room temp so much, anyone that enters it complains and quickly walks out, so I can't wait to give this a go! I have the same USB Hub as you, but unfortunately it's never successfully powered any USB 3.0 webcams like my Elgato, but hopefully using an extra active USB 3.0 extension cable from the PC to the webcam works. $130 project to end my years of sleepless, sweaty nights, and friends complaining about my PC fan on voice chat *fingers crossed.* Thanks for the simple video, and showing that this MUCH cheaper route does indeed work fine.
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.
does G-Sync work properly for you? I haven't been able to find a long (10-15m) DisplayPort cable to reliably sustain G-Sync on 100Hz 3440x1440 screen; speaking of USB, we're using 10m USB 3.0 powered hubs in studios and they work flawlessly for years (both PCs and Macs), no issues with detection on boot, fun fact we can even plug one to each other and get 20m (~65ft) with full usb speeds and enough power for an external ssd :D
I'm using a phoossno 10m DP1.4 cable (can be found on amazon), I regularly play at 165Hz 3440x1440 with G sync no issues. I also got one of their 20m gen2 hdmi cables so I could connect to my LG CX for that 4K 120Hz + VRR goodness
I made it work with sunlight and moonshine. Moonshine is installed on an raspi for testing and now on an n100 System. That way i have 2.5 gbit bandwith and no Problem. Its a nice setup you should take a Look at. One minus is, That you cant Access the bios. But for That i have an pikvm with an kvm Switch so i can Switch to my HomeLab Systems. Even for powering the System i can use an WoL Paket .
I know this is an old video but did you run into issues finding a video cable that worked over that kind of distance to output the performance you needed from a 4090? I tried to do a similar setup as yours before but couldn't find anything that'd run higher than 4K@60fps over HDMI. I figured it was probably because once I got over a certain length I'd need an active cable that also supplied power, but even when buying a specialist cable exactly for these sort of use cases, I still couldn't acheive a video signal at 4K@120fps without running into a bunch of flickering issues. Not sure if I just got unlucky with the cable or I was missing something. Just wondered if you ran into anything like that. Im about to move house and what was previously a 'nice to have' setup with having things in different rooms is now going to become a necessity, so trying to figure out my options
well thunderbolt can be good , a friend of mine does it a bit different , he and his family have 5 computers and 3 laptop/notebooks , and a gaming pc , most pc,s only have small storage cause he uses Domain controller , his house also has ethernet in the wall (they renovated the home to be able to do it ) big server pc rack in the basement and super POE switch , if lets say he wants to browse the internet on RU-vid orso and he uses his game pc , and want to switch pcs , he just logs out , logs in to another pcs lets say the one of his wife , that pc with his account now just is set to exactly where he left off on the gaming pc , he uses Cat7 ethernet , its expensive but it works . to keep his gaming pc clean he uses a 2 way fan instalation , couple a fans that blow cool air in it and 2 smallerones on the bottom to blow air out at bit slower pace as the cooling fans , once every 2 days just vacume round the pc dust free
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 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.
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!
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
Who's Raid Owl? Also, duhh you went with #1. Who doesn't love a baseball sized hole in the wall accommodating all those wires? Not ... speaking from ... personal exp.. alright, yes, I am. I've basically got a bundle of underwater submarine cables in my house.
running 128GB of ddr5 will give you potato speeds. Modern MB's designed on Daisy-chain vs T-topology Not sure when memory will catch back up to compute lvl's
My pc is in another room since ~2010s :D The only headache for my next upgrade is the video signals, 8k@120Hz cable are impossible to find at sane prices (if they really exist)
How about running fast networking and RDP? I'd really like to see results of fast network. Unfortunately I have only basic gig network and wireless seems to increase lag a bit. But even that is fairly good experience. I wonder what it would be even on 2.5gig connection. Is it even remotely close to fool user not having direct access to hardware?
You may have heard the story of the US spending millions of dollars on a pen that could write upside down for use in outer space. And the Russians just used a pencil. That actually didn’t happen but it nevertheless seems appropriate to mention when talking about my simple, elegant, ultra-low-cost solution to the problem of fan/motor noise in my home lab… Wait for it… I have music playing all the time. The first thing I do when I walk into the lab is turn on some music. Bonus - it helps distract me from my damn tinnitus.
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
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theoretically, sepreate cables for video and usb (anything else, like audio can be ran though USB) should be quite a bit more reliable but could you could have bandwith issues with usb, would probably be best to run two seapreat lines of usb 2, or find some sort of extender that can do usb 3.
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.
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.
Potato; I used USB-over-ethernet ($50) and a long HDMI cable for an office run (theater setup for presentation) and it worked with only two cables. If that helps anyone
Of course I saw this after spending hours and hundreds of dollars on case aesthetics, tasteful RGB, and tying in the style of my room and monitor backgrounds. Maybe next time 😩
Hello do you think it's viable I wanted to connect my pc to my tv downstairs and I didn't want to go up and down with the pc all the time. Also how about your audio like using headset with mics. I thought I can just use wireless headset with dongle instead but it might be unreliable if I'm downstairs already
bret i would like to see you upgrade to silent 100gbe - switches for 100 g are 800 - you already did 40g - 100g is not that much more - networking is weakest link for smb sector and going forward will bee the best choice for price/perf and value #threatbutt solutions
i have a setup 2 years now with pc and server in different room , well is the room just net to my desk , use 3 monitor , and also have the living room tv connected to it , with wirless keybord trackpad , tv has a 15m hdmi to it ,
You could also have chosen to use wake on lan to put your pc to sleep and wake it up. I do that for my server and i just wake it up by a button in my home assistant. You just need a phone or any other thing able to access home assistant (or any other solution to send the magic packet)
I didn't have anywhere to put the computer, so I put the radiators in the crawlspace. Only moderately stupid, I now have to worry about taking components sub-ambient
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.
Power on by keyboard. I have it set to password so I don't have to reach over my screen to power on my system. Set it to your user login password if you use one and you will never ferget it
