Subj : Re: ESXi
To   : niter3
From : Accession
Date : Mon Nov 10 2025 05:38 pm

Hey Niter3!

On Sun, Nov 09 2025 20:13:18 -0600, you wrote:

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

I think servers, in general, aren't really meant to play games, unless their specs are outrageous and you have some kind of RTX video card (or something similar from AMD) in it. It could just be that the games are overheating it, and if it's server hardware, those fans gotta be SCREAMING while he's playing. ;)

> 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!

Welp, after looking into what it would take to get the storage and ram where I'd want it, we're probably talking almost 2 grand. The price of ram has skyrocketed, and the newer m.2 drives haven't come down in price yet, especially for bigger (4-8tb) ones.

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

May I ask, what are you playing? And have you ran into any games that /don't/ work with Proton? I would love to ditch Windows completely, but I need all my games to work properly.

> 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.

Swiping tiktok videos and gaming on your phone is the new craze these days. Microtransactions and all! :/

Regards,
Nick

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