Share Basement Play Space

GMart84 · January 3, 2019

So this has been over a year in the making and has taken a lot out of me both financially and emotionally as I rode the roller coaster of pricing in late 2017 and early 2018 on all things PC. However, now that I finally got the systems both up and running on the home built desk and the new entertainment area I am really proud of what I have accomplished. I want to thank all the members of this community that have helped me directly or indirectly along the way as you posts and knowledge came into need more often than I want to admit. Anyway here is my finished space.

My desktop gaming area is small (only 6' wide) and I needed to fit all my PC building stuff, my server, the gaming rig and all that in the space.

I really like the look in the dark, though its not great for my eyes to game that way.

The systems in the picture are the Black and Blue Build from my signature and the one down on the right is the FreeNAS Server we use as a media server for the house. It is cramped but I am not doing any competitive gaming.

I spent a lot of time trying to make this system look as nice as possible and that meant taking the large and heavy tempered glass panels off the case time and time again so I put that (useless, what my girlfriend calls it) 3D printer to use and printed a mounting system to hinge the panels and retain a somewhat stock look.

But that got me thinking I should also print some other stuff for the computer!

Overall I tried hard tubing three separate times, I am just no good at it so I had to really work at keeping soft tubes short and angled in the desired direction as possible.

I didn't stop with this one either. I wanted to have a second PC connected to a larger screen and Oculus Rift for VR PC Racing so that came next.

GMart84 · January 3, 2019

The VR Rig started as a daily driver in 2017, but quickly became something different as extra parts kept showing up. It is less RGB'd up as it need to be on more often and less distracting for those watching the TV when it is just being used as, well a TV.

This space is shared by my whole family (myself, my wife (who will never forgive me now that she knows how much this all cost), and my two girls) hence the play house on the right side of the picture.

This system is a lot less crazy as it is only driving a 1080p TV and to be honest is more typically used for the Rift which the GTX 1080 is great for.

I know the wires are all out there but I have limited options for hiding on the marble counter top.

The 3D printer came in handy here as well as I needed to get some warm air out of this tempered glass area. I know there are gaps but it seriously got warm in there. The ONe in the fan in the middle actually is latched over the top of the Core P5 case which makes it really easy to move around if the VRM or the RAM is getting too hot.

Project Cars 2 is my go to for VR racing, there are others but I stink at those. Plus my girls 4 and 8 are already starting to pick up driving on this thing. I am sure that will bite me in the arse later when they are getting speeding tickets and all that.