Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “Setup Wars Episode 216 – Laptop Edition”.
What’S happening, you guys from tech stores welcome to setup where it’s episode, 216 laptop edition, we’re gon na take a look at how people with laptops build their setup. I know there’s a lot of people out there who only have laptops and would love some inspiration or maybe even tips on how they can improve their very own laptop setup. Well, you came to the right place, i’m also in a very good mood today guys. So i’m going to show off 10 setups instead of the usual five and if you guys like longer, episodes like this then make sure to slap.
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I love the stand that he’s using for the laptop. Not only does it provide a comfortable viewing angle, but he can also reach in and type on it whenever he wants. We got the popular rk 61 keyboard paired with the logitech m705 mouse, but it also uses a wireless numpad. I actually have one myself and i personally think it’s the best companion to any 60 keyboard, because you can still have an awesome compact keyboard while having access to a numpad if you’re working with numbers once you’re done using it just tuck it away in your drawer. For audio anthony’s, using the same creative pebble speakers, i gave arthur for season 5 of setup makeover. I’Ve actually heard these in person and they sound really good.
It also fits in nicely with the gerton tabletop. Aside from the speakers, he also has a pair of sony headphones hanging from the pegboard on the side, i’m starting to see a lot of pegboards on the show. For some reason, maybe it’s getting really popular technically. This is a dual system setup since anthony also uses the zotac zbox mini pc. He uses a laptop mostly for work, while the zbox is for casual gaming wires. Also, look like it’s under control, thanks to the cable net under the desk and a few zip ties overall, i think it did a fine job with the decoration and design of his setup everything’s nicely organized and there’s a nice balance of modern and minimalism. Thank you. Anthony for entering up next is aaron from the netherlands and his super compact gaming and productivity setup, that’s being powered by his 15-inch asus rod. Strix gaming laptop he’s got that hooked up to a 22-inch aoc monitor in vertical mode and for peripherals. We’Ve got the logitech g pro keyboard and rog gladius 2 mouse now for audio he’s using the audio engine a2 plus speakers and the logitech g pro headset. But he also has a google home speaker that attached to the wall, pretty cool placement. Actually, what doesn’t have a pretty cool placement is the webcam.
I feel like it’s way too high up there, wouldn’t it make more sense being on top of your laptop. Instead that way, people in your zoom meetings aren’t looking at the tip of your head. I can’t help but feel like everything is really cluttered together and that’s mostly due to the design of the desk. You have this built-in drawer on the left side that pushes you to the right so now you’re forced to move everything on the desk to the right. So it’s within reach there’s a lot of empty space on the left side that can be utilized, and i also feel like the vertical monitor – doesn’t really make sense for the type of work you do. You didn’t mention anything about coding or graphic design where a vertical monitor would make more sense.
Since you already have a monitor arm, you can tilt it right above your laptop and remove the laptop mount to give you more space up top. And finally, i thought the rgb bulb. You have hanging from the top was pretty clever, but it seems very distracting at the same time, maybe pick a color that isn’t too harsh on the eyes.
Oh yeah, the cable management, i’m not sure. What’S going on down here to be honest, but it could definitely use some extra attention since your setup is in the corner, you can reposition the power brick on the right side of your desk. That way the cables aren’t visible from the bottom.
That’S all i got for this setup. Definitely lots of room for improvement. Thank you. Aaron for entering at number three is gallo from the philippines. We have ourselves a little bit of everything from editing to graphic design and some gaming, so his layout is a little different compared to the other setups. He has a 17-inch rog laptop right in the center, with a 49-inch smart tv mounted against the wall, so he uses the laptop as the main display, while the tv is secondary, most laptop owners usually just tuck away the laptop and use it mainly to just power. This setup, but in gello’s case the laptop, is part of the setup from a functionality standpoint. I can see this setup working really well.
However, i probably would have mounted a tv a little higher just so it’s not being blocked off by the laptop or better. Yet you could have left the laptop on the mouse pad instead of using a stand, i’m also a little worried about the mouse space you have other than those minor gripes. I’M really digging this layout. I think there is definitely some potential over here thanks for entering moving right along, we have mohsen from germany and his custom setup that he built using two sidewalk sign stands and one coffee table talk about ingenuity. The setup is used for mostly productivity because he does a lot of photo and video editing along with graphic and web, designing, which explains why he has a 27-inch samsung, monitor mounted against the desk.
The setup is being powered by a 15-inch acer aspire, 5 laptop. That’S sitting on a stand and for peripherals he went wireless. We got the logitech k400 keyboard and the m28 mouse. The only audio source for this setup is the bluetooth speaker that he has in the center and that’s about it really other than a printer on the left and some fake plants. One thing i can recommend for your setup to maintain that minimalistic theme you’re going for is some storage.
I mentioned this in my dream. Setup, video. But there are these tiny storage containers that you can stick under your desk. They don’t take up a lot of space, but at the same time you can store small accessories in them. You can store your airpods in there portable chargers, sd card readers, anything really that you want convenient access to, while you’re using your setup. I can see that you did a fine job with the cable management as well.
Hooking up all the cables to a power strip you attached under the desk will help minimize cable clutter from everywhere else in the setup a really clean and minimalistic laptop setup. Thank you. Mohsin for entering, he also runs a tech channel on youtube by the way so make sure to check him out and tell him techsource sent you coming in at the halfway point is faze from the us and a dual setup for gaming and productivity. Now this is kind of cheating, since he does have a desktop pc as well, but i’m going to include it anyways because i think it looks really cool, so faze is using the black rosy gaming desk.
It’S the same one i use for the venom setup i created for season two. It comes with this giant mouse pad that covers the entire surface and he got three cutouts near the back for cable management, which worked out really well for his layout. Since he has three devices the device powering, the setup looks to be the acer nitro 5 laptop. However, he swaps to his custom pc when he wants to game both pcs are hooked up to his 27 inch.
Acer monitor. That’S mounted against the desk he’s also using the corsair k70 keyboard with the m65 elite mouse. However, that extra mouse pad was a little unnecessary. Considering the desk itself is practically a giant mouse pad, and then we have his audio gear, which consists of the hyperx, clad, revolver s headset and a fee fine microphone. But he also has a giant sony home audio system underneath the desk, which i’m sure doubles as a foot rest. The setup definitely has a nice balance of functionality and aesthetics with a little bit of personality.
I think faze did a great job overall with the execution there isn’t any unused space, but at the same time nothing is cluttered well done, and thank you for entering this next setup from rain takes the creative award, because this is the first time i’ve seen someone Position their laptop on the side like that to be used as a vertical monitor. I love how he’s able to align it so well with his main display from a practicality standpoint. It doesn’t make much sense since it renders the laptop unusable, but if you have a keyboard and mouse already, then it won’t make much of a difference. It looks like the usb ports are on the left side of the laptop anyway, so we can still plug things in without having to move the laptop.
He kept everything else on the desk very clean and minimal. He also hung his headphones on the wall and he managed his cables with an odd method. He wrapped the cables with a velcro, strap and attached it to a velcro strip, interesting, but hey as long as it works go for it. I also like the implementation of the whiteboard against the wall. He uses it to add a bit of art to his setup, he’s also an art student, so he can actually draw some pretty cool stuff on there and change it up, often a very refreshing setup. Thank you.
Rayne for entering up next is renz from the netherlands and his awesome music production setup. He likes making music with fl studio, and this is the setup that makes it happen. He’S rocking a similar layout like a gallow setup, with the laptop right in front of his larger display, but it’s positioned perfectly, so it’s not blocking it off.
This way, he’s also able to use the laptop as well. The setup is sandwiched by two hefty yamaha hs8 speakers that he was smart enough to put on stands to avoid taking up extra space on the desk and putting the speakers at ear level. He also looked up his audio interface under the desk in the back.
He definitely knows what he’s doing here. Also, the way he mounted his secondary monitor deserves some recognition, since you can’t typically clamp a normal monitor arm on this type of desk. He found an alternate way of doing this.
He took the grommet approach and he drilled a hole near the back and even cut out a small hole to run the cable through. That is big brain moves over here. This ikea mickey desk, while aesthetically pleasing, has a lot of limitations, but that didn’t stop wrens from finding alternatives to create this awesome music production setup.
Thank you for entering changing up the pace a bit. We have our very first laptop powered ultra white setup from sasha who resides in germany, he’s using a 34-inch ultrawide from msi that he hooked up to his beefy alienware 51am gaming laptop. That has a dedicated cooler underneath and probably for good reason, because we got the 9900k in here with an rtx 2080 dam. So in this type of configuration, sasha doesn’t use laptop for anything other than powering the setup. Since it’s further away from him and the screen is usually off, i’ve noticed when laptops don’t offer any type of functionality in setups, most people just close the lid and store it on a laptop stand, or they hide it from sight, but sasha kept his in the Setup because it actually contributes aesthetically, not to mention it balances well with his headset on the left side. So if you have a laptop set up, you got ta.
Ask yourself: should i hide it from view, or should i keep it in plain sight? It all comes down to how the laptop contributes to your setup, whether it’s functionality or purely for aesthetics for peripherals. We got the logitech g915 keyboard and the g502 mouse finishing off with a pair of studio monitors from swiss sonic. I, like these rgb spheres that he also added in the setup to add a bit of soft lighting and the posters on the wall. Add a bit of personalization as well, overall, really great work with this laptop setup. Thank you for entering thomas is up next from canada and his awesome man cave that he built from scratch. So a little bit of backstory for this one. This room was more cluttered before because he used to hoard a lot of his stuff.
Well, after watching set up wars and my cable management guide, he was inspired to clean it all up and build something new believe it or not. But this entire setup was built on a budget a lot of the stuff he bought second hand or already owned before this. Entire room is not only a gaming den, but it’s also a place where thomas can train his students for boxing mma and kickboxing already, then. So the main setup is powered by his msi gt80 gaming laptop, which is then hooked up to a 65-inch 4k tv up top. At this point, you guys are probably wondering how the hell does he use the setup since he doesn’t have a chair and the tv is mounted too high up.
Well, it’s actually a couch gaming laptop setup, there’s a full pullout couch on the opposite side, where he kicks back and uses the setup remotely with the wireless keyboard and mouse and, of course, netflix and chilling. With a lucky lady thomas says, he was quite the gamer in the earlier years, but now he’s more of a retired gamer and mostly uses the laptop to watch, videos and movies from the couch. But he does host lan parties quite a bit to ignite that old flame.
He once had taking a look at his entire wall shelf filled with games. I can say with confidence that he wasn’t kidding. Also, is it only me, or is it satisfying to see that all the shelves are filled up perfectly without any empty spaces in there? I can also see that thomas is a man of culture as well. He is a huge fan of dragon ball z. I think if we met in person, we would be best buddies, even though the concept of the setup is really simple, thomas spiced it up really well with some art and lighting. I absolutely love the nano leaf placement.
It highlights and focuses your attention to the tv and it kept everything so organized and symmetrical there’s something about how we organize those consoles underneath that just satisfies my ocd well done on a creative and clean couch gaming laptop setup. Thank you for entering thomas last but not least, is vincent from montreal, canada in a super, clean and minimalistic laptop setup. I’M absolutely loving that modern industrial theme that he was going for.
We got that brick wall and the wooden accents for that industrial. Look combined with a white table top for a bit of a modern twist. I like it.
We have a 27-inch acer, monitor hooked up to a dual monitor arm. That’S also holding up his lenovo thinkbook laptop. The setup even has a bit of vintage touch to it because of the typewriter style keyboard and the wrist rest that he’s using now.
This keyboard isn’t wireless, as it seems he actually drilled a hole in the mouse pad and the desk to pass through the cables. Such a clean job, i also love how the speaker is kind of blend. In with the background, nothing in this setup really sticks out or is obtrusive.
I feel like everything works really well together. He even added a bit of plantation and some books for a complete look when you look at it, it’s such a simple setup, but yet it’s very effective. I feel like this setup is the perfect representation of less is more.
Thank you, vincent for entering alrighty. That will do it for this episode. As always, let me know in the comment section below which of these was your favorite. I know there’s a lot to choose from since we went over 10 awesome, laptop setups. So take your time if you’re watching this video and you have a really cool laptop setup to share with the world or perhaps inspire others who have laptop setups, then consider participating on the show click the video link down below to learn how to enter. Also, if you guys enjoyed today’s episode, make sure to smack that like button and subscribe, if you’re new here, because i host set up words every single monday.
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