Subj : ESXi
To   : Accession
From : niter3
Date : Sun Nov 09 2025 09:13 pm

 Ac> You mention 'server' here. Are you using an old server (with server
 Ac> hardware) to play games? I'm not sure the low ghz and multi cores are
 Ac> built to do that kind of thing..

Yes, the server is 12 years old... I think it's also suffering from over heating issues because he complains it just turns off.

He definitely has pushed the limits ont his one. We'll have to figure something out for him.

 Ac> BTW, I looked a little deeper into those mini PCs you were talking
 Ac> about. It's crazy how they can cram that much stuff into like a 6" x 6"
 Ac> x 3" box. They also boast great cooling, which I find quite hard to do
 Ac> with what they're working with. Up to 3 or 4 displays even.. Crazy!
 Ac> This is almost exactly what I was looking at above. The space saving and
 Ac> initial specs are pretty awesome! Currently, though.. I'm not sure I
 Ac> could use it as a server as it seems like you would be wasting the thing
 Ac> just for the cores and ram, but the price is definitely on point when
 Ac> these things are new vs some used refurbished/renewed server hardware.
 Ac> Damn man, now you have me looking into this more. :)
 Ac> 
 Ac> The K12 is probably the cheapest out of the GMKTec family ($550), but
 Ac> seems to have the best expansion (up to 24tb ssd and 128gb ram). Oddly
 Ac> enough, this price point is better than finding old server hardware with
 Ac> enough ram/hdd space. Now I have to start looking into this more.
 Ac> 
 Ac> LOOK AT WHAT YOU DID (and I'll probably thank you for it later). :D

HA! :) Right... I'm using this mini pc for my daily driver and gaming on it... Running this under Ubuntu at the moment under XFCE. Nice and fast!

Just dealing with your typical Anti Cheat messages and proton settings.

 Ac> That's up to you. I gave up on consoles after I bought a brand new PS4
 Ac> (at the time) with the whole VR setup. The kids used it for a few months
 Ac> and completely forgot about it. At least if my son forgot about his PC I
 Ac> could use it for something else. Never again will I go the console route.

That seems how it goes. I had this vision my kids all playing on this arcade build, and everyone from parties using it. :) It's gaining dust.

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