Aside from the problem of getting people to actually COME to a LAN party, these days you gotta be careful with power consumption.
I've seen my PC consume up to 850 watts (as measured by a Kill-a-Watt) while gaming, and 900 watts during a stress test. At that level, just 2 PCs would be enough to reach the limit of a typical household 15-amp breaker.
Granted, I've got a monster PC (9800X3D, RTX 5090, 128 GB of RAM), but even with mid-grade specs, you can only expect to run 3 PCs on one breaker.
If you run a LAN party today, make sure to have plenty of extension cables rated for at least 15 amps.
I go to a semi-annual public BYOC LAN party event called PDXLAN. I have to buy two seats due to my PC's power consumption.
I've seen my PC consume up to 850 watts (as measured by a Kill-a-Watt) while gaming, and 900 watts during a stress test. At that level, just 2 PCs would be enough to reach the limit of a typical household 15-amp breaker.
Granted, I've got a monster PC (9800X3D, RTX 5090, 128 GB of RAM), but even with mid-grade specs, you can only expect to run 3 PCs on one breaker.
If you run a LAN party today, make sure to have plenty of extension cables rated for at least 15 amps.
I go to a semi-annual public BYOC LAN party event called PDXLAN. I have to buy two seats due to my PC's power consumption.