Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “Setup Wars Episode 197 – Minimalist Edition”.
What’S happening guys, i’m tech source, i hope you’re doing well and staying safe out there during these difficult times as we patiently wait until this pandemic is over, i’m not gon na lie. It’S been starting to affect me mentally i’ve been doing my best to try and stay busy as possible. That way my mind doesn’t wander off and probably lose my sanity. If it wasn’t, for you know, making youtube videos, that’s kind of the only advice i can give you guys. Whoever is kind of struggling through this right now is to stay as busy as possible, because the busier you are you know the faster.
The day goes by and the easier it is to get your mind off of what’s happening out there, whether it’s a new hobby, you want to pick up or try different activities hell. You can use this time to improve your setup. You know whatever it is to get you distracted is uh is a good thing, but um. I hope you guys are hanging in there.
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but things will get better um and i hope that my videos are somewhat helping cheer. You up during these difficult times, but anyways with that said, welcome to setup wars, episode 197 minimalist edition, if you guys want to participate, make sure to watch the video link down below. Oh with that said, let the setup wars begin, stop paying full price for windows. 10, cd keys, you guys you can pick one up for only 13 on your cdk.com, just make sure to use my code to get that extra 20 off links in the description starting off. The show is dio ortegas from manila in the philippines and what looks like an underground museum. To be honest, i’m not really sure where this is. But it’s looking like a super cozy gaming den look at those collectibles he has displayed in those glass shelves.
You can tell that he’s definitely into pokemon. So in the tiny corner of this awesome gaming, then dio has built himself a minimalistic setup that he uses for gaming and photo editing. The desk is custom made and absolutely love the steel pipes. He added in combination with the brick wall, because it kind of gives off this on the ground theme, so dio managed to squeeze in a 27-inch rog swift gaming monitor in here with some razer gear. We got the black widow x, tournament edition chroma keyboard with the wireless basilisk ultimate mouse; excellent, cable work for the keyboard and mouse pad by the way and finally, for audio. He has a set of logitech mx, sound speakers that he uses with the pc and the razer thresher ultimate headset, which is used with his ps4. I love that, even though he has such limited space to work with dio still managed to personalize it while keeping things organized and balanced and the pc powering the setup is a custom.
Joker theme build with an i7 8700 and the rtx 2080 super from galax. I love the custom mods he added to the build like the aio sleeve. We got some custom cables in here and a back plate from v1 tech. It’S such a clean build, but it’s a shame that it has to be underneath the setup speaking of which i would recommend getting a more comfier chair, maybe something with back support, because that does not look comfortable for long gaming sessions.
Overall, though, i am loving the super comfy underground man cave that he built and i’m digging his taste and decoration and gear choices, it’s such an awesome setup to start the show. Thank you. Dio for entering next up is ertim from singapore and has super clean multi-purpose setup for gaming coding for fun and media consumption. He’S using the ikea backhand desk that he bought for seven us dollars, damn what a steal.
Apparently secondhand furniture in singapore is practically free. According to earthem, so on the desk we got a 165 hertz 1440p gaming monitor and the asus claymore keyboard with a logitech pro mouse. He did keep the desk very minimal. The only other things on here is a desk lamp in the corner and the razer leviathan.
Sound bar tucked away behind the monitor. Now, if this was my setup, i would have mounted the monitor either on the wall or on the desk that way it’s floating over the speaker without blocking it or you can mount the actual speaker on the wall. Above the monitor using these cheap wall mounts from amazon. I also feel like that empty space on the right side of the desk is a little too obtrusive. Maybe you can put something small there to balance it with the light on the opposite side, while also adding a bit of personality to your setup or better. Yet i feel like you can easily fit your pc on the desk if you just scoot everything to the left, a bit speaking of the pc, we have another nzxt build, but this time with a 7700k and an msi gtx 1080 ti at least it’s not under The desk this time cables are matched beautifully thanks to the cable net and a few sleeves, but it looks like your rgb strip is falling off the back of your desk. With a few minor modifications. I think you can really improve not only the appearance of your setup but functionality as well. Thank your tim for entering and i’m looking forward to your wife’s submission once she’s done. Building her setup coming in hot at number, three is han from melbourne. Australia and his retro themed setup.
Definitely loving the color combination here so han uses this setup for architectural work, along with film editing and gaming, he’s rocking a 34 inch ultra white from lg. That’S mounted against a caraby countertop, but he also added a motorized base, so he can adjust the height when he wants. So on the desk.
We got the razer black widow, light keyboard and the razer death adder mouse, both in mercury white. I’M actually surprised the only audio source for the setup are those dinky looking speakers from logitech. Personally, i would have gone with the creative pebbles in white, which has way better audio quality, and they will look a lot better in your setup.
Since majority of the color scheme is white, they don’t even cost that much as well and i’ll drop a link below. If you want to check it out. We are three for three. Ladies and gentlemen, here is another custom pc built in an nzxt case. We got the ryzen 7 1800x, with the trident z, rgb ram sticks and a zotac gtx 1080 ti amp edition, graphics card, really nice use of the white cables and the rgb lighting to stay consistent with the retro theme of your setup. I don’t really have any complaints for your setup, though. The only thing that i would probably recommend is maybe a mouse pad to protect your desk from getting scratched and also provide better friction for your mouse, but other than that.
It’S a simple and clean minimalistic setup. Thank you han for entering up next is sam from the netherlands, who is currently training to become a pilot, and this is the setup he uses for gaming and school work. He’S got a 29 inch ultra right hooked up to a custom desk and for peripherals. Sam is using the and pro 2 keyboard with gataran blue switches and custom white pudding, keycaps very nice. It also looks like he’s, got the logitech g900, which is still the same mouse i’m using today.
My first impressions of this setup were it kind of resembles mine in a way he’s using the same speakers. The same stance and a similar ultrawide monitor only difference is that he’s got a white theme going on instead of red. Another thing i noticed is that the surface area ratio is a bit off. We have way too much unused space compared to items on the desk and it gives off this empty shallow appearance. There is way too much empty space between the pc and the speakers. I feel like if you’re going with the minimalistic setup, it could have been done with a smaller desk, but on the upside.
If you ever plan on expanding your setup or adding more monitors, then you are pretty much future proof because you do have the extra space to accommodate any upgrades. The pc power in the setup is a custom micro atx build inside the nzxt manta. This is the fourth nzxt case in this episode. What is going on? We got the i5 8400 with an rx 580 in here very nice, build, i don’t think i’ve seen an nzxt manta case in years to be honest, eh. What can i say? It’S definitely a clean minimalistic setup, maybe a little too minimal for me.
Thank you sam for entering last, but certainly not least, we have zen chile coming from germany. I think this essentially second time on the show, and it looks like he made some nice improvements since episode 142.. The first thing i noticed is that he swapped out his previous asus monitor for a 24 inch aoc gaming. One now, even though he’s using a lineman tabletop, zen chili went with a different set of legs and it’s always refreshing to see a different combination. Instead of the usual cookie cutter setups, we always see with the linman tabletops zen. Chile also upgraded all of his peripherals.
He went from using budget sharkoon gaming gear to budget corsair gaming gear. We got the k55 rgb keyboard and the iron claw rgb mouse. Actually now that i’m looking at his old setup, it looks like he upgraded pretty much everything except the desk. He even picked up a new headset, which oddly looks very similar to the cloud twos from hyperx.
However, the biggest upgrade from his setup has to be the pc. He went from a ryzen 5 1400 to a ryzen 5 3600 and he also upgraded his gtx 1060 to an rx 5700 xt from sapphire nicely done. A gorgeous custom build to match a gorgeous setup. Well, minus a few cables.
I got ta say really. Nice upgrades overall, and i think you did a great job balancing the budget you spent across the entire setup. It’S always a pleasure having you on the show. Thank you again, zen chile, for coming on and that wraps up this episode of setup warriors.
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