[SOLVED] Any benefit to a dedicated gaming PC?

[nbartolo7]

Any benefits to having a dedicated PC just for gaming with no software installed at all, other than what is necessary to game (Steam, emulator, whatever), and another system for all your other tasks (work, leisure, experimenting)?

Your opinions please.

 

[Flayed]

Any benefits to having a dedicated PC just for gaming with no software installed at all, other than what is necessary to game (Steam, emulator, whatever), and another system for all your other tasks (work, leisure, experimenting)?

Your opinions please.

None that I can think of.

 

[Flayed]

Any benefits to having a dedicated PC just for gaming with no software installed at all, other than what is necessary to game (Steam, emulator, whatever), and another system for all your other tasks (work, leisure, experimenting)?

Your opinions please.

Ok thought of one. You could get someone else to do your work for you while you play games

 

[mdd1963]

concur with 'none' (i.e., no advantages) assessment

 

[cryoburner]

Some people might like having a separate system for work to avoid distractions and maybe maintain better security. As far as performance goes though, having a separate system for gaming is not likely to improve your gaming performance to any significant degree, assuming you're not installing malware or something.

 

[Flayed]

Having a dedicated PC for streaming is a thing people do apparently.

 

[nbartolo7]

Interesting. So not many pros as I thought. Alright then.

 

[USAFRet]

It only depends on how walled off you want your work stuff.

Some people just have 2 different drives, possibly in a hotswap bay. A full setup on each physical drive.
Change only the drive, one for work, one for games. Same hardware otherwise.