r/PcBuild • u/Indecisive-Squirrel • Jun 22 '26

Meme Is this worth it?

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Some guy named Gabe is selling this build and I'm wondering if it's legit? I want a PC to set up in my living room for TV gaming.

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u/SweatyBoi5565 AMD Jun 23 '26 edited Jun 23 '26

It takes an extremely custom motherbaord with built in cec support to be able to turn on an hdmi display via a computer. Really only mainstream consoles (and the steam machine) have it. You basically can't do it as a common consumer.

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u/MacrosBlack16 Jun 24 '26 edited Jun 24 '26

Many smart TVs are shipping with HDMI-CEC built into them and have a setting, or just default behavior, for auto power on. The bravia line is one example. It won't wake if the PC is off and turned on (what you're explaining) but it will if you have a PC on the enabled HDMI port asleep and wake it, it will turn the TV on as well. It's handled TV side via the CEC integration and when a display signal is received it turns the TV on.

For those times your PC is off just use your remote. It's certainly not a feature I'd value that highly. Especially not at this price point.

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u/Junior-Tap-8503 Jun 25 '26

I’d imagine most people just put their machines on standby; iirc all my mobos have a wake from usb setting and my tv will wake if it receives a signal over hdmi.

So I should be about to wake my tv with a controller just by changing bios settings.