Desktop Computers on the road

the vibration from the truck could damage your compounds. huge, bulky, why not buy a laptop instead? Alienware, or asus rog laptop goes around that price. Plus that 850w power supply, you probably need atleast 1000-1500 inverter to run it.

 

Gaming rig desktop may not run off the typical 1500 watt inverter, and many companies won't even supply this level of inverter. It's not practical to have a desktop in truck. Even large gaming laptops can have trouble getting enough power to charge and run simultaneously. And what are you going to use for a monitor? Gaming through typical tv's suitable for truck use is going to be less then ideal given slow refresh speeds.

If you do not drive somewhere that offers APU's or allows for idling (to keep case cool in the summertime) you're likely going to have issues . Then there's is the space issue.

 

I'm using a Shuttle Z77R5 in my truck with a 970gtx and a single solid state hard drive. It works on my standard truck. But I had used another truck for a few weeks and it didn't work on that inverter. (And it was an xantrex 1800 pro inverter installed by my company.)

So don't just assume "I have a 1500 watt inverter, that will work."

 

You'd need some way to get 120V.

 

mounting a 24" monitor will be your 1st problem.... most companies will not let you hard mount ANYTHING..... some will BUT change you $XX per hole you drill in the truck..... remember it's their truck

your invertor even if big enough my not run your desktop..... MOST invertors are "modified sine wave" (dirty power).... some electrics computers, tv, printer.....ect. REQUIRE "pure sine wave" (clean power like your house has).pure sine wave invertors can cost as much as 5X as much

running electrics on the invertor you will need to turn everything off if you need to start the truck for any reason..... the invertor will lose power when the truck starts and can fry some electrics with the power surge

laptops don't care because of the battery acts as a buffer...... they can take dirty power and the power surge of the truck starting also they are made to take the abuse

any online gaming will kill you...... data rates...!