Dream Room Setup & Planning

[Necromonger]

So I will be moving in soon with some family while I finish school. Rent will be super cheap which should help mitigate school expenses plus allow for saving up for projects like this, plus I will have access to laundry and drying machines plus access to tools in the garage (some of which I partly own but are being kept there since I didn't have room for them at my place). 

 

Both me and my girlfriend will be living here and since we both are avid PC gamers plus my cousins are avid console gamers, I would really love to create an awesome gaming/living/bedroom experience. I've been doing tons of research on how to go about building these (desk). I found several helpful guides on Youtube and in forums on IKEA countertop DIY desk. The main desk, with 2 monitors and 1 TV is 98" x 25.625" and is 27" high. This desk will host my current PC, my girlfriend's current PC, and a 3rd mini ITX build I will be doing later this winter. The second desk will have my gaming laptop, and an upgraded Dell Inspiron 537s; table size is 59" x 29.5" and will also be 27" high. There will also be a couple of tablets, an Asus (Android), a Chuwi (Windows 10), and a Surface RT (Windows 8.1 RT), located around. 

 

 

Specs of Gaming PCs:

 

Mine - Bloodthirster

MOBO: MSI Z87-G43

CPU: Intel Core i5 4670K

AIO: Corsair H100i GTX

GPU: Zotac GTX 1080 AMP! Edition

RAM: 24GB DDR3 Corsair Vengeance

SSD: 1.40TB Corsair Force LE

HDD: 2TB WD

PSU: EVGA 750 GQ 80+Gold

CASE: NZXT S340 Black/Red

Mice: Corsair M65 Pro RGB

Keyboard: Corsair K70 Black w/Red LED (Cherry Blue)

Monitor: Vizio D50u-D1 4K 60Hz

 

Girlfriend - Frost Queen's Claim

MOBO: Asrock H97 Pro4

CPU: Intel Core i5 4460

GPU: Zotac GTX 1070 AMP! Edition

RAM: 8GB DDR3 Corsair Vengeance

SSD: 750GB Samsung 850 EVO

PSU: EVGA 750 GQ 80+Gold

CASE: NZXT S340 Black/Blue

Mice: Utechsmart Venus

Keyboard: E-Element Black w/RGB (Blue)

 

Phanteks EVOLV ITX - Planned $550-$600 Budget (Black & Green Build)

MOBO: H170 ITX w/WIFI

CPU: Intel Core i3 6100

GPU: GTX 1060 6GB / RX 480 8GB

RAM: 8GB DDR4

SSD: 500GB

PSU: EVGA 500W

CASE: Phanteks EVOLV ITX

Monitor: Specter 24" 60Hz 1080p

Keyboard: Ajazz AK33 Black w/custom green keycaps

Mice: Logitech G600MMO

 

Dell Inspiron 537s - Scrap PC Build (Planned Upgrade $250-$300 Budget) 

MOBO: POS Dell LGA 775

CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650

GPU: GTX 1050ti

RAM: 8GB DDR2

SSD: 250GB

HDD: 320GB

PSU: Stock 300W PSU (May upgrade to 430W if it proves too little to power GPU and CPU)

CASE: Dell Inspirion 5

Monitor: Specter 24" 60Hz 1080p

Keyboard: Redragon K552 Kumaru

Mice: Redragon M901 Perdition MMO

 

Asus R516U - Planned Upgrade

MOBO: Asus????

CPU: Intel Core i7 6500U

GPU: Nvidia GTX 950m 2GB

RAM: 8GB DDR3L (+1x 8GB DDR3L upgrade = 16GB Total)

HDD: 1TB 5400RPM (Replacing with 1TB SSD + 512GB M.2 SSD)

 

Price for Both Desk

$250 + tax (~$270)

 

Other plans:

 

Painting! We've been given permission to paint our rooms in whatever colors we'd like. I really want to make our room stand out as an entertainment heaven for my friends, family, and my girlfriend. The main wall where both my PC and girlfriend's PC I want to paint with the Zotac Amp stripes. 2 Large Yellow Stripes on a matte silver/gray surface. 1 wall will be white (important for future plan), other walls will be matte black.

 

Basic Idea

 

Entertainment! So why the white wall?! Simply because I want to try a projector. I've seen a bunch of good Chinese projectors go for under $200 that have 1080p resolution at 60Hz with really good reviews. I want one of the walls to be white to project onto it. Either that or buy a pulldown white screen and roof mount it. Ultimate Netflix and Chill or movies & chill!

 

Gaming!!! So I should have a budget for a 3rd PC plus the Dell upgrade later this year (December 2016 - January 2017), maybe even sooner if I save up with monitors, keyboards, and mice for all. This will be the centerpiece of attraction! 5 Gaming PCs for League of Legends (perfect team combo setup), Overwatch, Battlefield 1, World of Tanks, plus other fun coop games. If I manage to pull all of this off, which I feel confident in achieving and completing, I'd also love to set up Streaming. I'd love to stream me, my girlfriend, and family/friends playing together. Yeah I know! Lots of people to stream with and manage, but this would be the ultimate goal. To stream and have fun!

 

Forgot to add: I've also found the furniture to accomplish all of this. Total of other furniture (Bed plus chairs) = $800

[Necromonger]

Stupid of me.. Forgot to add pictures LOL

[Matias_Chambers]

So you already built the 2 first PC's? 

[Guest]

What size is the laptop

[Wolther]

Plan on anything to deal with the heat generated from all of that being in the same room? I can imagine it would get pretty hot. 

 

Edit: Also there's no motherboards listed in the builds.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Wolther said:

Plan on anything to deal with the heat generated from all of that being in the same room? I can imagine it would get pretty hot. 

Window or A/C I think

[Necromonger]

23 minutes ago, Matias_Chambers said:

So you already built the 2 first PC's? 

Correct!

12 minutes ago, dexxterlab97 said:

What size is the laptop

Its 17.5" diagonally. Screen is about 15" I have the layer for the measurements turned off. But it has all the dimensions (L, W, D) of every item.

9 minutes ago, Wolther said:

Plan on anything to deal with the heat generated from all of that being in the same room? I can imagine it would get pretty hot. 

 

Edit: Also there's no motherboards listed in the builds.

I've been extremely lucky so far. My old plasma TV (42" LG) generated a lot of heat and you could definitely feel the heat generated from that thing. My current monitor/TV is a 50" LED which is relatively cool compared to the plasma. 

 

All my PCs I have to turn off after 4 min of standby. This is to mitigate any heat from when they are idle. Its kind of annoying but I've learned to deal with it. 

8 minutes ago, dexxterlab97 said:

Window or A/C I think

Well, both. I currently have AC here, but rarely use it. I instead use a fan whenever it gets warm. It's never gotten uncomfortably warm though. This could change though in the new place/room. It is 20% smaller than my current bedroom. I'll test the waters, besides 

 

...So I won't be complaining about heat for months to come. 

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Necromonger said:

Correct!

Its 17.5" diagonally. Screen is about 15" I have the layer for the measurements turned off. But it has all the dimensions (L, W, D) of every item.

I've been extremely lucky so far. My old plasma TV (42" LG) generated a lot of heat and you could definitely feel the heat generated from that thing. My current monitor/TV is a 50" LED which is relatively cool compared to the plasma. 

 

All my PCs I have to turn off after 4 min of standby. This is to mitigate any heat from when they are idle. Its kind of annoying but I've learned to deal with it. 

Well, both. I currently have AC here, but rarely use it. I instead use a fan whenever it gets warm. It's never gotten uncomfortably warm though. This could change though in the new place/room. It is 20% smaller than my current bedroom. I'll test the waters, besides 

 

...So I won't be complaining about heat for months to come. 

Now just add some chairs. Standing while gaming is not really confortable

[Necromonger]

3 minutes ago, dexxterlab97 said:

Now just add some chairs. Standing while gaming is not really confortable

For chairs I have these planned

 

We use these where I work(ed) at. They are quite comfortable, don't look too distracting and they seem to hold up plus they are about $90.