Recommendations For My Setup

[Vulxey]

Hi guys so basically I am wondering what should I add or remove to my setup. I want to make it look as good as possible. I have a $250 budget. 

 

 

 

[FavoringWinter]

I would get a better desk and chair to start. Ikea has some great budget options! but for easy upgrades new mouse (Model o is very nice), mousepad (razer Goliathus v2), and headphones (shp9500/hd599).

[dfsgsfa]

you should add more desktop icons on the right monitor

bigger table plz

[DailyProcrastinator]

Ikea desk 100%, maybe a VESA monitor mount if your monitors are compatible.

[Chris Pratt]

5 minutes ago, Hackerman25 said:

I would get a better desk and chair to start. Ikea has some great budget options! but for easy upgrades new mouse (Model o is very nice), mousepad (razer Goliathus v2), and headphones (shp9500/hd599).

Agree. The table in particular really clashes with everything else, but hey, at the end of the day it's just some place to put the monitors and peripherals. 

[Deuteronomy93]

The budget can come into question a bit, second hand things can really help for not very much.

 

What comes to mind for me are the below, you could do any combination that works for you:

• Computer
  • Get something to raise it off the floor, be it a new desk* or a side table.
  • Longer cables for your mic and whatever else is plugged into the ports on top.
    • Plugging these into the back will make thew setup cleaner, for the mic, this can be cable tied to the arm etc.
    • If you have no available ports, consider a hub or a PCI expansion card.
  • Fans
    • I'm always an advocate of more fans are better, this way you can tune the noise level more without impacting performance as much.
    • You have 3 fans that all look to be exhausting the air, do you have intake in that case?
      • If not I would swap the orientation of the side fans and get 2 more to exhaust from the top.
        • I'd play around with rear fan orientation.
    • CPU cooler is stock, upgrading even slightly to a Hyper 212 will help and may be quieter.
  • I use an Orbweaver, I can see you already like Razer but this is very nice to use and helps issues you have/may develop frok using computers.
  • I haven't listed anything to do with major components, you haven't said what you have so I'm avoiding these.
  • Someone mentioned your desktop icons, this is lowkey a good idea.
    • I don't think many people do it much? But I took everything off my start menu and customised it into groups that worked well for me.
    • Ultimately my desktop is clear and I have everything available to me without a program blocking it.
• Desk
  • New chair (more notes on this below)
    • I like something mesh that can breathe but also like back support.
    • I found something good that was relatively cheap in China but had struggled to find something in the UK and Spain previously.
    • Gaming style chairs aren't great, they don't breathe, aren't always that comfortable and are styled after bucket seats to keep you in a fixed position, not great for a desk chair.
  • I would definitely change this, the current one looks like a nice looking piece of furniture but not suited for this.
    • I have worked from home for years now and having a good desk that you can lay your forearms on for support is a good investment.
    • Whilst people have said Ikea, I would agree to an extent, but again depending on how much of your budget you're willing to sink into this.
  • I got the basic bitch Ikea kitchen worktop which was big, much sturdier than the usual desktops they have as well as cheaper. I would get this and 2 matching basic drawers or something along those lines.
    • I'm taller so this definitely helps but I suppose for a lot of people it is a thing, find a guide online for the perfect posture including chair* then mock this up and measure the perfect height for your desk. Find the difference in height between that amount, and the amount of the desktop with the cabinet or whatever you use under it.
    • Go online and look for furniture feet with the height you need. These are very cheap and are very simple to add to the setup to make it the perfect height and keep you comfortable. You can find ones that match the style or just paint what you find.
  • Cable management
    • Attach your gang socket to the underside of your desk:
      • Screws
      • Strong adhesive
      • Strong velcro
    • Cable ties will help keep this clean too.
  • Larger mousepad, you can get big ones for cheap now, Asus and Corsair have very cheap ones available.
• Audio
  • Pop filter for your mic
  • Do you have a headset?
    • If so where do you put it?
      • I got a £5 holder that clamps onto my desk which is very sturdy.
• Walls
  • Paint, not always the easiest thing to do if you don't own the house but does make a world of difference.
  • Lights, I wouldn't go for this in your case but you have RGB fans, that Razer wallpaper, RGB mouse and keyboard so if its for aesthetics, that might work for you. There are lots of guides online for how to do this cheap, from purpose made products to typical strips that you can put on your setup rather than in your computer.

Can't think of much else right now! Hope it helps

[Jason 57]

I agree with many of these suggestions.

 

If you are handy, and have a few basic tools, (drill and saw) you can always build yourself a desk. Sure it may not be as fancy as an IKEA setup, but it can be WAY cheaper.

One sheet of 0.75" (sorry not sure what country you live in) plywood and a couple of 2"x2" (used for legs and risers) pieces. This will allow you to make a desktop size big enough to place your tower on it (if you would like) if not, you will have enough leftover to make a side table to raise it up off the floor.

This way as @Deuteronomy93 stated, measure, MEASURE, MEASURE!! for what would fit you.

With your $250 budget, this will allow you to invest in a GOOD office chair. (desk materials should be around $50USD)

I stupidly ordered a gaming office chair that fit my weight (330LBS) but it wasn't WIDE enough. So I had to purchase another chair, after I measured my legs and seat.

I am currently in the middle of a desk upgrade, like you are doing. (Pictures and post to follow)