My Gaming / Office Setup and PC Specs
I am tired of answering DMs about what products I have in my current setup, so I am making this post to answer all the questions you may have. My setup originally started as a gaming room, but after focusing on making content for my TikTok and Instagram, it slowly turned into more of an office workspace.
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Thiccc Desk
I’ve been thinking about adding another monitor to my setup for awhile now, but with my last desk I simply didn’t have enough room. That is the reason I opted to upgrade my desk to a much larger one. My initial idea was to purchase the Karlby Countertop from Ikea, but I was worried about it sagging over time. This lead me on the hunt for a much sturdier solution.
Current Desk materials:
- I Purchased a Lowes Birch Butcher Block as the tabletop. Keep in mind you will most likely need help carrying this. IT IS HEAVY! So far I have not experienced any sagging.
- I then used 2 x Alex Drawers from Ikea to support the table. I waited months for these to finally be in stock.
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Audio/Video Equipment
Once I started taking my content a little more seriously, I knew I had to upgrade my hardware to make higher quality videos. I got rid of my old snowball mic and logitech webcam and joined the ranks of every wannabe YouTuber.
Equipment:
- Shure SM7b Mic: High Quality Microphone, but a little bit pricey
- GoXLR Mixer: This is needed to give enough gain to the Mic. It also has some other cool features.
- Rode PSA1 Swivel Mount Arm: Used to hold the mic.
- Canon EOS M50 Camera: I use this mostly as my webcam.
- CamLink : This is used to stream/record using the Canon camera and my PC
- Bose QuietComfort Headphones: Some of the best wireless headphones you can find. They can also be wired to reduce lag from your PC.
- Klipsch 2.1 Speakers: Not currently set up, but I use these when I don’t want to wear my headphones.
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Other Peripherals
Here are some other peripherals that are part of the setup, but I couldn’t find a category to put them in.
- Neweer Lighting: 2 x LED Panels with a desk mount to light my camera.
- GTRacing Gaming Chair: Gaming chair that was gifted as part of a sponsor.
- Logitech G703 Mouse: To be honest, I don’t think you can go wrong with any Logitech mice.
- Corsair K63 Keyboard: My current keyboard isn’t in stock anymore but this one is a similar model.
- Vivo Dual Monitor Mount: Super Sturdy. Doesn’t move as well as I would like but no need to worry about any monitors falling.
- Dell 27″ S2716DGR Monitor: This is my primary gaming monitor. 144hz and has GSYNC
- Dell 27″ Freesync Monitor: Secondary monitor, but could be used as a gaming monitor also.
PC Specs
Hopefully I can remember everything that is my computer. I built this PC myself and usually just add upgrades as they are needed. Also by the time I’m done writing this I hopefully went and bought a larger SSD to store all my files. Good luck finding a GPU in this market!
- CPU: Intel i7-8700
- Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A
- Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212
- GPU: EVGA Geforce RTX 3070ti
- Case: Fractal Meshify C (really easy to hide cables)
- Ram: Crucial Ballistix 2 x 8gb
- SSD: Samsung 870 EVO 250gb
- HDD: WD Blue 1tb