AFlaccoSeagulls Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Hey everyone, I wanted to make a thread to share/discuss your PC "battlestation". I'm about to embark on creating my own new battlestation and I'll be sharing my progress here, starting with this post. Day 1: This is my current setup: Full specs Tower: CPU: Intel i7-4790k GPU: EVGA Geforce GTX 980 Mouse: Logitech G502 Keyboard: Logitech G105 Mouse pad: Corsair Gaming MM100 Cloth Monitor 1: Dell S2716DG 27" 144Hz Monitor 2: ASUS VG248 24" 144Hz Headset: Logitech G230 Gaming Headset Desk: FREDDE Computer Station (IKEA) My goal is to have something that looks like this: Obviously my tower won't be as nice to look at, but something along these lines that's nice and clean and minimalist is what I'm aiming for. Here's the list of parts I'm going to buy: Item Cost RGB Silent Keys Keyboard $150 White WASD Key caps $10 IKEA counter top (white) $79 Legs $25 Drawers $160 LED Strips $30 Monitor wall mount $25 Mouse Pad $25 Cable clips, Velcro ties, J Channel cable raceway, 3M sticky pads $50 Headphone stand $10 Cube clock $20 Monitor LED's $20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heimdallr Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 No fancy gaming computer, but I have my laptop with nice monitor, work laptop with crappy monitor, and then PS4 + PSVR hooked up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFlaccoSeagulls Posted January 24, 2018 Author Share Posted January 24, 2018 Ordered all the parts from Amazon and then went to IKEA last night and bought the 2 drawers, counter top (I went with the black stone just like in the picture even though I originally thought I wanted white until I saw how easy it gets scuffed up), and the legs. Today is purely about assembling the drawers and then installing the legs onto the counter top. The original setup that I'm trying to mimic also drilled a hole in the counter top for the mouse and keyboard cables to go underneath, and I'm not sure I have the expertise to do that lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFlaccoSeagulls Posted January 25, 2018 Author Share Posted January 25, 2018 Day 2 Drawer assembly is complete. Now I just wait for the Amazon stuff to get here so I can begin planning out how I want to layout all my cables and stuff, and then start actually doing the thing tomorrow (hopefully). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raves Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 My current specs are: CPU: Intel Core i7-6700k 4.0GHz Quad-Core GPU: MSI - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Gaming X 8G RAM: 2x16GB Trident Z DDR4-3000 Storage: 2x Samsung 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive, 1x Seagate 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive, multiple Externals Monitors: 2x Acer-H236HLbid 23.0" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raves Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 @Darth Pees what do you think of my "battlespecs?" I'm looking at getting a new desk and make room for 3 monitors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFlaccoSeagulls Posted January 25, 2018 Author Share Posted January 25, 2018 3 minutes ago, Raves said: @Darth Pees what do you think of my "battlespecs?" I'm looking at getting a new desk and make room for 3 monitors. I think I wish I had your hardware lol but I like my monitors better. Once you 144Hz you'll never go back (especially for gaming). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raves Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Just now, Darth Pees said: I think I wish I had your hardware lol but I like my monitors better. Once you 144Hz you'll never go back (especially for gaming). I bought them as a budget, I'm probably getting my next monitor at 144Hz, might replace the 2 Acers as well giving me 3 of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZ_Eaglesfan Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Cool thread! I have a new 4k monitor coming in tomorrow, will post some pictures sometime this weekend of my setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heimdallr Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 As soon as the 1180 Ti comes out I'm going to build my PC. I need a next gen card that can handle 8k VR. I'll probably buy another 144hz monitor to go with my current one too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheesehawk Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 7 hours ago, Heimdallr said: As soon as the 1180 Ti comes out I'm going to build my PC. I need a next gen card that can handle 8k VR. I'll probably buy another 144hz monitor to go with my current one too. With the current market on gpu's I don't even want to know how expensive that 1180 will be at release. If anyone is ever getting rid of their monitors, let me know. I have the one right now, but am looking to upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFlaccoSeagulls Posted January 25, 2018 Author Share Posted January 25, 2018 UPDATE: So the piece of laminate that I posted above (the black stone) is curved for some reason, so the left side of the laminate sits evenly on the desks, but the right side is angled slightly upwards, leaving about a half of an inch between the desk and table on the far right end. I'm wondering if anyone knows if this is normal or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheesehawk Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 50 minutes ago, Darth Pees said: UPDATE: So the piece of laminate that I posted above (the black stone) is curved for some reason, so the left side of the laminate sits evenly on the desks, but the right side is angled slightly upwards, leaving about a half of an inch between the desk and table on the far right end. I'm wondering if anyone knows if this is normal or not? I'm gonna go with a solid no, that is not normal. Is it IKEA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFlaccoSeagulls Posted January 25, 2018 Author Share Posted January 25, 2018 4 minutes ago, packerrfan74 said: I'm gonna go with a solid no, that is not normal. Is it IKEA? Yeah. Apparently it needs the adjustable leg in the middle, so I'm going to try to return the desk, get a new one and get the adjustable leg to prevent the warping. Or I might go for a more expensive counter top that doesn't warp so easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFlaccoSeagulls Posted January 25, 2018 Author Share Posted January 25, 2018 UPDATE: Taking the laminate counter top back to IKEA tomorrow or Saturday and exchanging it for a more expensive (and hopefully more sturdy!) oak counter top and also getting an adjustable leg to offset some of the pressure down the center of the table. Then I might even drill the drawers into the counter top (from underneath the drawers), but I'm not sure that's going to be necessary after I get the adjustable leg installed and a new counter top. Hooray for speed bumps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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