Damn straight
I work in mining, very hostile environments ( 50 degrees celcius +, dusty, vibrating and operators who do not wipe the grease off there hands before using the keyboards)
I have even seen a pc in a lab that was sprayed with water every day while on and still survived for years (p1) (was rusted on the inside hd brackets)
We do not use any kind of protection for the vast majority of the machines ( unless 100% uptime is required and since you will not be running a couple of million dollars worth of mill you won't need that)
You will find that your pc in the shed will be fine, especially if it is an old p2 or earlier. Just give it a dust out every now and then
If you want to be paranoid just cover it with a sheet every time you are trully making a mess (eg filling the shed with sawdust)
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Damn straight I work in mining, very hostile environments ( 50 degrees celcius +, dusty, vibrating and operators who do not wipe the grease off there hands before using the keyboards) I have even seen a pc in a lab that was sprayed with water every day while on and still survived for years (p1) (was rusted on the inside hd brackets) We do not use any kind of protection for the vast majority of the machines ( unless 100% uptime is required and since you will not be running a couple of million dollars worth of mill you won't need that) You will find that your pc in the shed will be fine, especially if it is an old p2 or earlier. Just give it a dust out every now and then If you want to be paranoid just cover it with a sheet every time you are trully making a mess (eg filling the shed with sawdust)