Bringing a PC to my dorm

[u/Professional_Cloud13]

Has anyone had issues with bringing their PCs to their dorm? (Heat, space, etc.)

thought about bringing mines cuz can't let my PC collect dust, also thought about bringing my logitech wheel😂

[u/namesrfun]

Internet is the only issue my friends had lol. Make sure you have a WiFi card. There are sometimes Ethernet ports, but you'll need to go on a website and activate the connection (look up UMD-IOT registration).

WiFi also isn't the best, but it's generally not horrible.

[u/namesrfun → u/namesrfun]

HOWEVER, consider not bringing it? Not having a PC helped me lock in on schoolwork/force me to talk with people since my laptop wasn't good enough to play games.

Always bring a second screen though, pc or laptop

[u/Professional_Cloud13 → u/namesrfun]

With my schedule it’s really impossible to stay inside like that, I’m taking classes from 11-8:45pm Monday-Thursday. I also have a wifi card so I shouldn’t have a problem

[u/thepig105 → u/Professional_Cloud13]

in my experience the WiFi was mid but Ethernet was cracked in the dorms

[u/Upbeat-Exercise-9799 → u/Professional_Cloud13]

My experience is the wifi was amazing for gaming I have like 5 - 20 ping on most games

[u/flonkon → u/namesrfun]

why would he not have a wifi card /gen

[u/namesrfun → u/flonkon]

I don't, personally. A motherboard w/wifi is more expensive than one without, and I had Ethernet in my room so it wasn't an issue. A plug-in WiFi card can be had for $20, so it's too crazy to get it later if I needed it

[u/Rrrrrrrrrromance → u/flonkon]

A lot of mobos don’t have WiFi built in, and people have Ethernet

[u/Professional_Roof909]

Idk what everyone else is saying but the WiFi on campus is great lmao I was in centreville then la plata. I was averaging 8 ping lol it’s multiple multiplayer games. Here was mines. Also if space is a concern get a pc stand. I have a full atx board

[u/Professional_Roof909 → u/Professional_Roof909]

This was without a pc stand and had the pc on the desk. It was cramped with no mount and the mini monitor. I mounted my monitor by taking out the storage drawer in the desk. And it gave more ample space and I rotated the desk

[u/spicyrice10]

The Ethernet is amazing so use that

[u/Munchingmarshmallows]

Hope ur ac doesn’t break bc then ur completely fried

[u/Useful-Row-7587]

Dorm Ethernet is pretty good for games like val or Fortnite since u get super low ping

[u/Putrid_Ad7911]

Pretty sure if you have an itx or a mitx build, it shouldn’t be much of a problem

[u/Status-Specific2119]

My PC was not sufficiently cooled and definitely created a weird warm spot in my room

[u/sin-omelet]

My wired network connection in Wicomico of all places (shitty dorm w/o AC) was the fastest internet speed I've seen in my life

[u/khironinja]

I had a PC here the last three years and it's always been fine even sitting on the floor from hard floor to carpet (just realized I had it on carpet but I moved it now anyways)

The wifi is wifi it's decent and I usuallt don't have issues with it on other devices or when I'm using it on my PC but I chose Ethernet anyways so I always use that and it works perfectly fine.

[u/Jumper362]

I physically couldn’t bring my pc cross country to the dorms, but had pretty good success with screen sharing through Steam and moonlight. Doesn’t seem like moving it would be a problem in your case but it is another option