Travelling overseas with a desktop
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- shapesalad0
Cheap(or fairly decent) light laptop and then use a GPU render farm?
In terms of cost - think of it like this:
A) bring a heavy desktop =
Worry about it breaking during flight. Pain in ass to move around. If you disassemble it, then you got the time factor of that and assembling it, plus risk factor if shorting something. If you bring a large suitcase for your clothes+stuff you're going to put your desktop where? In a carry on suitcase? You then might not have space to carry on additional valuables, headphones, camera etc. And you should always carry on sanitary kit+spare clothes in case your main suitcase goes missing or is delayed arriving (speaking from experience you do not want to arrive with nothing and have to wait 4 days for your missing suitcase to arrive, major pain in ass having to shop for clothes and claim back insurance). So you might need to pay extra to check-in two suitcase. Then you got the worry that the one with your desktop in gets damaged/goes missing.
Overall it's a cost of time, extra money and worry.
B) bring a decent inexpensive, easily replaceable laptop and subscribe to a decent render farm =
Easy to pack up and move. Don't need to pay for an additional checked in suitcase. Don't need to waste time disassembling it / assembling it. Easy to carry on your laptop to the flight and be worry free that it's ok and not going to get damaged / lost. Easy to replace if it gets damage - you can by a laptop anywhere. Easy to hide in your accommodation / lock away, so less like to be stolen when you go out and leave it at home (personally I leave my laptop in the oven under a baking tray = last place a burglar is going to look. Just remember to take it out before you preheat the oven). Don't need a monitor. Don't need to carry a keyboard.
Downside is, you'll need a decent internet connection and laptops are easy to steal if you go to a cafe or carry it around in a backpack. Cost of render farm.
Overall I'd go with B and save time, stress and travel lighter. The cost of the render farm might balance out in comparison to the time costs involved in A and the additional checked in suitcase costs.
- also what about voltage across difference countries? You might need a heavy power adapter transformer for your desktop.shapesalad