Hey, I need to buy (or build) a portable desktop with full power graphics (that can be hopefully upgradable) that can handle being put in a large luggage case and tossed around by the neanderthals at the airport without damage.
I travel a lot and obviously gaming laptops suck, I can use the TV in a hotel room.
Can a standard MiniATX build handle being tossed around in an airport? OR are there cases out there that reinforce the video card etc and keep stuff from flopping around?
I could give a damn less about looks, I'd build a case out of chicken wire and bubblegum if It didnt need to be portable, and RGBs are a waste of my money.
And when I say full-power, I'm talking about 1080 Ti performance minimum and plenty of processor, power consumption be damned.
Jason Phillips
Not upgradable and expensive as F?
I don't want to spend the $2800 for a Razer Blade. Especially when it might be obsolete in a year or two.
Looking to play Space farer games on max settings, like Elite Dangerous, Star Citizen, or EVE online.
Jack Powell
You could start by designing a case with a suspended internal cage for shock absorption. Use all solid state parts. Epoxy the delicate parts if you feel necessary. To reduce size you can design a custom cooling system, combing CPU+GPU+PSU cooling with maybe one big blower fan over their heatsinks. Or design a water loop over one very big radiator. If done properly this could save a lot of space, though I've never seen anyone watercool a PSU before. You may one to mod a high output server PSU, this might allow you to reduce the size a bit more.
Angel Young
Maybe consider a laptop compatible with external GPUs via thunderbolt 3. Like that razor cage thing. Then you can pack a relatively small laptop (rather than a 10lb behemoth) and the separate small egpu enclosure. You can upgrade both as needed. You can also put together a decently sized travel case, maybe with that custom cut foam to keep everything safe.
Logan Hughes
So the consensus is that a MiniATX desktop probably wouldn't survive the airport?
Jeremiah Hall
Don't be a poorfag. Buy a full size tower and something like a Pelican case to transport it. Don't be dumb and get something too small. Get a full sized tower ffs.
Hudson Cruz
>user gets robbed by baggage handlers
Noah Reyes
explain why why does anyone need a full tower for anything other than multiple gpus or a shitload of drives most people are using a single gpu and nothing else
Stop being poor. You'll fill a tower soon enough if you spend money.
Alexander Murphy
zotac E series
Camden Hall
>And when I say full-power, I'm talking about 1080 Ti performance minimum and plenty of processor, power consumption be damned. lmao, fuck off
James Brooks
the >I don't know which of these numbers is important so I just went overkill on all of them because my dad is rich starterpack
Wyatt Baker
you're forgetting the fact that you'll need to travel with a good monitor as well. it's simply too much. get a razer blade for traveling.
Anthony Rodriguez
not the OP but if it's to go through airports weight is a big factor there. I can understand wanting to go with a small tower but I don't understand why he's so against a laptop when his options are so limited.
Zachary James
Mac mini
Tyler Ward
OP said he plans on using hotel room TVs.
Jaxon King
Buy a small case and cram it full of stuff. It's not that hard. That's the best bet. i9, 64 gigs of ram, couple of ssds, power supply and GTX 1080 ti, case closed.
Colton Campbell
>t. too poor to afford traveling with a full tower PC in a large crate lmao at you poorfags that can't enjoy the better things in life
Jason Davis
this was on sale for black friday. You already fucked up.
Jaxon Collins
you want a laptop with thunderbolt 3 like anons are saying hereGet a Dell XPS 15 or Thinkpad X1 Extreme along with pic related
that way you get an upgradeable desktop GPU enclosure and a 6 core laptop CPU that will remain relevant for at least 5 years or more.
can't you just get a laptop like any normal person
Caleb Wright
You could build your own case using a smaller form PSU then mount the GPU flat and to the side of the Mobo using a riser. That was my plan until I found a laptop with a 1070 for a grand
Jayden Cook
wew lad
Caleb Nelson
Get one od those thin cases like node202 or ml08.
Landon King
>Hey, I need to buy (or build) a portable desktop with full power graphics (that can be hopefully upgradable) that can handle being put in a large luggage case and tossed around by the neanderthals at the airport without damage
IMO, you need a rackmount computer mounted in a shock absorbing 19 rack case.
You might be able to get away with a 2u case. Its not going to be small, which imo defeats the point.
James Gonzalez
I was going to suggest the same thing, but he wants it to be in airport luggage, that shit will die, his only option IMO if he doesnt get something small and take it in hand luggage is a 19 inch rackmount build in a shock absorbing flight case.
>PIC RELATED He needs to build a 19 rack pc and mount it in something like this, only way it will be working after airport staff throw it about.
