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Leaving for college, which PC do I take with me...

The Mane-iac

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I'm leaving for college tomorrow and I've come upon a dilemma for what I do about a PC. I currently have at my disposal two different PCs. No matter which one I take, it would be connected to a 1920x1200 or two monitor

  • My top tier gaming rig I built last year, in a full size tower that weighs a ton and is the size of a small house, but can handle anything thrown at it including massive sized files in PS/SAI.
  • An old Core 2 Quad Dell desktop with an AMD Radeon HD 6670 and 4gigs RAM that allows it to handle PS fairly well so long as I don't get carried away with layers or size. Is complete rubbish at games.

 

So basically I'm trying to decide which one to take with me. I'm going into an art focused major, and I really don't want to be stuck doing all my work on school PCs. I also don't want to be stuck working on the cheap, low res, Sandy Bridge Pentium laptop when I'm in my room (I plan on taking it no matter what so I can go write papers elsewhere if I want).

 

Currently I don't have a roommate that I know about (my paperwork said I didn't have one but one might be found), but I'm kind of worried the gaming rig will be a huge target for theft. Of course it is huge and heavy so I guess it has that going for it, but someone could always just pull the graphics card or something.

 

So, what does everyone think? Anyone currently in college/been through college able to maybe help shine some light on things? Would the gaming rig just be asking for it? Would it just be way too large to have in a dorm? Would it be enough to overlook the size because of how much newer it is and that it can handle anything?

 

And while I'd love to just buy a modern laptop that could handle PS/SAI just fine and all that, buying a new laptop is not financially viable right now.

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Troblems

I'd say go with the older one, and see how you do with it. It seems like it doesn't matter if it gets stolen, and will allow you to focus on school work. If you decide that you absolutely are hating it, how hard would it be to get it to you?

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Azure Envy

Does your rig look really outrageous or flashy or something? If it's just a plain black tower, I doubt it would be any more of a target than the Dell. I wouldn't worry too much about someone walking off with something that weighs as much as a full tower. I have enough trouble moving mine a couple feet let alone down flights of stairs. I ended up just replacing it with a laptop and had that cable-locked to my desk. Never really had any trouble with that either.

 

I'd bring the beefy machine, but then again I brought a steel full-tower gaming machine to college too.

 

Just my 2c.

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Nuke87654

I'd take the older one as not only would it ensure your gaming rig doesn't get stolen (or it's parts at least), but it'll also ensure that you lose the one that would impact you the least financially. I'd only take the gaming rig only if you plan on playing games on ultra settings alot or the work needed to get done requires the amount of power your gaming rig has.

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ProjectRKA

I'd say go with the older one, and see how you do with it. It seems like it doesn't matter if it gets stolen

Of course it matters if it gets stolen. It's his. But yeah, I'd say you should go with the older one as well.

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The Mane-iac

@@Lunatic Envy, Yea, the gaming rig is pretty flashy. Very clearly something more than just a giant case. It's an Antec 1200 with a half dozen glowing red fans and a straight view inside to the graphics card and such.

 

I'd hate to see the Dell get stolen because that makes a hassle and everything, but I don't even have $300 in the thing. I think my graphics card in the Antec cost more than that by itself.

 

Thanks everyone. I was leaning on taking the Dell, and just seeing if I need my Antec. This way also allows me to better know if I will even have room for a full size tower.

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