Here is my new $2K media center PC with gaming capability.

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Shown integrated with home TV and audio system:




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Now, here are the build specs on the computer:

1. Microsoft Windows 11 Home
2. Thermaltake cube PC case for gaming
3. 200mm front fan
4. Noctua 120 mm rear fan
5. EVGA Supernova 550W power supply
6. Samsung 1 TB solid state drive
7. Samsung 2 TB M.2 solid state drive
8. 32 GB RAM
9. AMD Ryzen 9 12-core processor
10. Zotac Games NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super Twin OC graphics card
11. NVDIA Experience
12. MSI small form factor motherboard with A5 socket
13. Noctua low-profile CPU cooler

Installed media software: Windows Media Player


Installed game software:

1. N3V Games Trainz Railroad Simulators: 2022 Platinum Edition and Trainz a New Era SP4 Edition
2. Steam/American Truck Simulator
3. Microsoft Flight Simulator X Deluxe w/ SP1 and SP2
 
Projectman said:
Not the proper forum for gamers and gaming systems
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The forum title said COMPUTER in it so you show me. I'm from Missouri. My gaming system is in fact a computer and it is not silent to boot. As far as I know this machine produces "digital audio" sound. If the mods here can find a better category for my thread, please move it there by all means. This computer is also an important component for music reproduction and reproduction of the sound portion of video streams. This box does much more than just game.
 
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A gaming computer is bad for audio, and it must never be placed next to speakers, amps, dacs etcetera

An audio computer is a computer in which the power usage is turned back to a minimum with a maximum amount of shielding.
 
NewAlkyogre said:
A gaming computer is bad for audio, and it must never be placed next to speakers, amps, dacs etcetera

An audio computer is a computer in which the power usage is turned back to a minimum with a maximum amount of shielding.
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However, the gaming PC will be shut down under the following conditions:

1. watching live local television broadcasts: it severely interferes with the signal-boosted indoor antenna even in SLEEP mode
2. watching DVD/BD movies
3. using DVD player to play music CD's
4. using the phone to stream music
5. listening to radio broadcasts on the receiver's tuner


I found audio tolerable while using the computer in the entertainment system do the following:

1. play games
2. stream radio and music from websites
3. stream TV and video from websites

The reason why the music is so loud in the 1981 Orion Pictures BD movie "Wolfen" while dialog is so soft is probably because it was originally mastered that way since it is a horror film. The James Horner musical score is absolutely bone-chilling so it is shocking when the scary sound barges in suddenly and barges in quite loud.
 
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