A home setup for using one powerful PC from many rooms
One powerful Windows 11 desktop is set up as the main machine for the home, with access planned from the living room, bedroom, shop, and outside the house. The main machine sits in a guest bedroom closet and is meant to handle 3D design rendering and several CNC programs.
Its hardware includes an Intel Core i9-13900KF, a GeForce RTX 4070 with 12GB of , a 2TB M.2 , a Z790 Wi-Fi , a 750W 80 PLUS Gold , , and Windows 11 Home. Sunshine and Tailscale are installed on that main PC so its power can be used from the home network or over the internet.
In the master bedroom, a mini PC is connected to a wall-mounted TV and runs Moonlight, with a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse for control. A stronger mini PC and a DAS are also planned for the living room setup.
Key points
- The main computer is kept in a guest bedroom closet and used remotely from other rooms.
- The central PC has a Core i9-13900KF, RTX 4070, 2TB NVMe storage, and Windows 11 Home.
- Sunshine runs on the main PC to stream its screen and controls.
- Moonlight runs on the bedroom mini PC connected to the TV.
- Tailscale is used so the same setup can work from outside the home.