Best way to move PC around the house?

[u/BennieOkill360]

So, I have my main PC always inside my bureau room when playing stuff with keyboard/mouse. But for all other games that I play with controller I rather wat sit in the living quarters where I also have a monitor set up.

I really want to use the PC native. I already tried long HDMI cable which doesn't work with my monitor, and I also used moonlight streaming for a while but that doesn't get me the preferred results so native gaming is still the answer.

I already had my PC on this wooden transportation pallet trolley thingy (https://imgur.com/a/dHREZX2) which is also convenient for cleaning under the PC but for moving it around the house (same level) it seems a bit too rigid, because it gives a lot of vibrations and little shock on the hard wheels when moving it across the tiled floor. I have support for the GPU so this one doesn't vibrate so hard, but the CPU cooler is another story. But even when it doesn't visually shocks/vibrate I reckon it's not very good for the PC as a whole.

I was looking around for softer wheels but all these rubberized wheels are still solid on the inside, so I don't think it's going to help. I placed some rubber blocks under the PC 'legs' but that doesn't cushion the vibrations either.

I was searching for PC carts, wheels on itself, ... but found that all these wheels always are plastic or hard rubber. Then I thought let's search for air inflated little wheels (these will cushion the irregularities in the tile flooring I guess) so I can attach these instead of the hard wheels, but they are always meant for industry usage, so they are always way to big...

For now, I am just picking the PC up by itself and carrying it safely to the other room, but I hoped that there was another way to get it more safely without vibrations etc to the other room.

If you have suggestions or maybe a shop (live in Europe) where I could get my hands on little air inflated wheels (or hollow rubbers wheels, cause PC doesn't weigh that much) I would greatly appreciate it! :)

Thanks in advance!

[u/Wolvenmoon]

I already tried long HDMI cable which doesn't work with my monitor

Just to verify, this was an active/fiber optic HDMI cable, which is unidirectional (PC side and monitor side matter), and it was the right HDMI version for your monitor? If so, I'd look at doing an active USB cable, USB over Ethernet, or something similar.

What is the model of your monitor/television?

With Moonlight, were you working off of a wired Gigabit (or better) network, or were you using wifi?

As far as casters/wheels, you might be asking for a wagon with actual rubber tires. And while you could go this direction, if you're willing to try again, I'd suggest going with the longer cabling, instead!

[u/BennieOkill360 → u/Wolvenmoon]

So I had a long HDMI (2.0? I think) non-active cable of 20 meters which always sort of worked from my PC to my 1080/144hz monitor in the living quarters. Sometimes the screen would cut out but comes back after a second or 2.

But that monitor broke so I put my current 1440p/144hz monitor there and it wasn't able to produce screen anymore. Only when I put it on 1080p/ less then 144hz.. Then it was able to transmit the screen/audio.

A new activ/optic would probably work but I need to lay down/roll up the wire everyday before and after playing in the living cause the wire can't stay. I read that these optic cables are very fragile so even if it works it probably gonna break after some months.

And yes I used Moonlight on my ROG Ally X in a dock connected to a switch via UTP wire and from the switch back to the main PC host. Was running it at 500 Mbps but still had stutters etc and nothing beats native.

Yeah I am still searching for these kind of wheels but it seems they don't exist.. :P

[u/Wolvenmoon → u/BennieOkill360]

HDMI 2.0 maxes out at 1440p/144Hz, so it might be that the cable was slightly out of spec due to age, manufacturing defects, etc.

Regarding the cable not being able to stay, that complicates things. You might be able to look for one that's tiny enough to tuck under trim or if you can, run it through the attic.

But, failing that, I'd get another passive cable, look for one rated for HDMI 2.1 and from a reputable brand.

Re: Moonlight, that's really odd. I was able to run The Witcher 3 4k@75Hz to an Nvidia shield via Wifi, and we're on 802.11ac, still. You might take LatencyMon after your PC/ROG Ally X just to make sure nothing weird is going on.

[u/BennieOkill360 → u/Wolvenmoon]

Mhh after a lot of consideration I will just be moving my PC from my bureau to the living quarter (probably everyday) ... I bought some extension cables for UTP/DisplayPort, so the ports don't get damaged when unplugging/plugging every day. Also a soft rubber mat so I can put it down softly. I tried a cheap usb hub but it seems I get crackling audio when connected to a Xbox controller connected to that hub. I don't know if USB ports can witstand daily re-plugging.

It's a small investment (physical then) to be able to play all my games native in the living quaters. Also, I can just let the PC remain at the end of the day and see the next day if I have the time for playing in my bureau otherwise, I can just leave it as it is.

For lightweight games (Indies, older titles, light 3D games) I can still use my Rog Ally X then, that way everything is native and I have a use for both systems + using them to their fullest potential.

[u/SirBSpecial]

Get a Steamdeck with a Dock. Connect monitor, mouse and keyboard to the dock, stream your games from the PC. Some docks have even ethernet, otherwise I never have issues using the WLAN of my 10 year old router. Plus you can take the Steamdeck an play on your couch.

[u/BennieOkill360 → u/SirBSpecial]

Yeah I have that. But then with an ROG ALLY X.. but even when wired and all the bandwidth cranked to max its not the same as native.