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Post your gaming setup: 2020 Edition
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Size M bag, pretty expensive and after a request i got three bags of foam for free. I weigh 130 pounds and with the basic foam i nearly laid on the ground. Now it's great. For bigger and heavier People i would recommend Size L.
How did you hide the cords? Did you run them through the wall? If so, does it worry you that you may have voided your home insurance?
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Keeping an eye on this thread. My home theater build is nearing completion and I need to outfit it with some furniture.
Why would running cords through walls affect home insurance?
Why would running cords through walls affect home insurance?
In Europe we use cable trays to hide cables inside the wall. It's normall and has nothing to do with insurances.
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I believe it's the power cable when run by itself that's a problem for insurance / building bylaws - need a proper in-wall shielding. Just buy one of these to solve that:
You just have to cut through some drywall but that's easily replaced with doing that drywall hole mesh and sanding/painting even if rented when you leave.
Okay, interesting. The only wires I've got going through my walls (other than standard outlets, etc) is some speaker cable and Ethernet cables.
Yeah this is exactly it. Probably depends on your local codes and regulations though. Still a good reminder for DIYers.
Interesting. Can't say I've run a lot of wires in Europe ... Wish this was standard practice in the states.
Fuckin CLEAN. Nice job, man. Kinda what I was thinking about doing with my new den area... Gotta figure out what to put beneath my new LG 77' C9. I was thinking of doing something similar.
Oh a topic on cable management. Nice.
I redid my desk space recently with a new and much larger desk (no change to the gaming place).
When I did that I had to think of a (new) way to hide my cables (I hate visible cables). Everything Amazon had in store for me seemed half-assed, too big, to cheap or basically I had to get a new working desk with an integrated cable channel (I just bought the new wooden plate!). Hiding the cables in the wall was not an option, 100 year old solid walls... etc. The one visible cable has been hidden after the pic was taken, so please don't give me shit for that :)
I came up with a solution myself. Some leather, two tools (to cut 10mm and 4mm holes) coupled with LOXX (known as guitar strap security locks / also used in sailing apparently (2EUR per piece)) clip thingys did the trick.
Keeps all the cables hidden away, easy to add stuff later and with a minimal footprint. This worked better then I expected.
Leather strips are 9cm long, I spaced them 20cm apart.
I redid my desk space recently with a new and much larger desk (no change to the gaming place).
When I did that I had to think of a (new) way to hide my cables (I hate visible cables). Everything Amazon had in store for me seemed half-assed, too big, to cheap or basically I had to get a new working desk with an integrated cable channel (I just bought the new wooden plate!). Hiding the cables in the wall was not an option, 100 year old solid walls... etc. The one visible cable has been hidden after the pic was taken, so please don't give me shit for that :)
I came up with a solution myself. Some leather, two tools (to cut 10mm and 4mm holes) coupled with LOXX (known as guitar strap security locks / also used in sailing apparently (2EUR per piece)) clip thingys did the trick.
Keeps all the cables hidden away, easy to add stuff later and with a minimal footprint. This worked better then I expected.
Leather strips are 9cm long, I spaced them 20cm apart.
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Recently moved, figured I would finally join this thread...
Very jealous of some of y'alls minimal setups. Eventually when the next house happens the goal is something like that.
Cord management is so difficult. When I do notice, I cannot stand it, but don't have many idea on how to "fix" it. Maybe when I move again i'll dedicate something to it. Trying to figure out how to add an LG 2020 OLED here!
Very jealous of some of y'alls minimal setups. Eventually when the next house happens the goal is something like that.
Cord management is so difficult. When I do notice, I cannot stand it, but don't have many idea on how to "fix" it. Maybe when I move again i'll dedicate something to it. Trying to figure out how to add an LG 2020 OLED here!
I bought a house near the end of last year, and my setup is still very much in flux. I know what I want to do with it, but it's not there yet. Loving all the pictures of everyone else's stuff. It's always good for new ideas!
This is beautiful. Going to need to do our living room / office soon so definitely going to use this thread for ideas.
If you like cable management then you'll love the following thread.
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Current 4.2 setup January 2020:
LG 65" B8 OLED
Sonorous Studio ST-160B media console
Energy Connoisseur C9 / C5 speakers
SVS 22-31 PCi Subwoofers
Emotiva XPA-5 200x5 amp
Emotiva XMC-1 processor
LG UBK90 blu ray player
PS4 Pro / Nintendo Switch
Belkin PureAV PF60 front and back
Medialight Bias LED light strip
Pretty happy with this setup. Everything is calibrated and looks and sounds amazing. Room has a very nice acoustic response with the heavy rug, couch and bare walls.
LG 65" B8 OLED
Sonorous Studio ST-160B media console
Energy Connoisseur C9 / C5 speakers
SVS 22-31 PCi Subwoofers
Emotiva XPA-5 200x5 amp
Emotiva XMC-1 processor
LG UBK90 blu ray player
PS4 Pro / Nintendo Switch
Belkin PureAV PF60 front and back
Medialight Bias LED light strip
Pretty happy with this setup. Everything is calibrated and looks and sounds amazing. Room has a very nice acoustic response with the heavy rug, couch and bare walls.
Ignore the small clutter but this is my current setup. With a little bit of cleanup and after donating some of my unused stuff, this will hopefully look a bit nicer haha
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It's a pc underneath the desk.
Thanks.
Daaaaamnnnnn that's sexy. All of it! That pc area makes me want to become a pc gamer and set up an area like this. Looks incredible!
Oh yeah, look at him sitting there planning world domination!
Here's mine. It's really a workspace first and foremost. The machine is based around audio/music production, but I recently slapped an RTX 2060 in it to play games in between production sessions.
Cables are a mess back there, but it's at least accessible for when I need to move things. Old 32" TV on the right that's usually got a twitch stream or podcast playing on it.
Closer view of the main desk. Complete with baby monitor! The headphones are Sennheiser HD800s.
And here are the PC specs. It's not a gaming machine, but it does alright! Us composer/producers need lots of RAM and SSD storage.
Just wanted to compliment you on your choice of speakers ;)
Very clean overall setup compared to mine. What kind of music are you producing?
Cables are a mess back there, but it's at least accessible for when I need to move things. Old 32" TV on the right that's usually got a twitch stream or podcast playing on it.
Closer view of the main desk. Complete with baby monitor! The headphones are Sennheiser HD800s.
And here are the PC specs. It's not a gaming machine, but it does alright! Us composer/producers need lots of RAM and SSD storage.
PC setup
Just wanted to compliment you on your choice of speakers ;)
Very clean overall setup compared to mine. What kind of music are you producing?
Not much of a change since last year. Would take a pic of my home office, but its just a mess of books, comics, and stock boxes everywhere most of the time.
Probably need a bigger TV as I plonk a dining chair in front of it to play most of the time, but going to Japan instead this year. Priorities.
Probably need a bigger TV as I plonk a dining chair in front of it to play most of the time, but going to Japan instead this year. Priorities.
Wife and I like to game together, so we have the dual TV setup going and love it. One switch dock and an Xbox One on each TV.
Only one PS4 though.
Then I have my office and my PC and Retro stuff is setup in there along with another Switch dock.
Wife likes to chill on the couch and play something while I'm PC gaming (or stuck working late)
Only one PS4 though.
Then I have my office and my PC and Retro stuff is setup in there along with another Switch dock.
Wife likes to chill on the couch and play something while I'm PC gaming (or stuck working late)
Going to be moving soon but this is currently where the magic happens
Looks great! What tv stand/cabinet is that?
I am in the market for a new cabinet. Does the console get enough air that way?Going to be moving soon but this is currently where the magic happens
Nice use of that space! Mind sharing where that computer desk is from?
Some amazing setups here, hot damn.
Mine is very simple by comparison to some with nothing flashy really other than the RGB lightshow! I work from home full time so my setup is actually 2 setups on one desk, my gaming PC and my work laptop which is hooked up to the dock you can see on the right hand side of the first picture. The right hand monitor has 2 inputs, HDMI when I'm using my gaming PC and VGA when I'm working so it switches between the two and the keyboard and mouse on the right side of the first pic swing around for work and back when I'm not.
When I'm working I usually either have a Twitch stream on/single player game on pause/multiplayer game in lobby on the left and work on the right. Then when it comes to the evenings I switch to HDMI for extended desktop space as well as having a stream on in the background occasionally while I play stuff.
Mine is very simple by comparison to some with nothing flashy really other than the RGB lightshow! I work from home full time so my setup is actually 2 setups on one desk, my gaming PC and my work laptop which is hooked up to the dock you can see on the right hand side of the first picture. The right hand monitor has 2 inputs, HDMI when I'm using my gaming PC and VGA when I'm working so it switches between the two and the keyboard and mouse on the right side of the first pic swing around for work and back when I'm not.
When I'm working I usually either have a Twitch stream on/single player game on pause/multiplayer game in lobby on the left and work on the right. Then when it comes to the evenings I switch to HDMI for extended desktop space as well as having a stream on in the background occasionally while I play stuff.
Thanks. I unfortunately got it from a store four years ago that's now closed though. ☹️
It does a good job at hiding wires, and I'm sure there are better designs now.
would post my set up in the current house, but I think I'll wait until we move into the bigger spot. I plan on creating a his and hers themed gameroom up stairs for both me and my GF to play In, instead of having her play in the living room and me currently in my man cave. Any recommendations for a tv stand that can accommodate 2 55 inch TVs or should I just look into getting two separate stands?
Is the TV unit a Besta Burs from Ikea but you've just chosen not to put one of the front doors on and changed to a wooden look?Going to be moving soon but this is currently where the magic happens