Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “Setup Wars Episode 225 – Budget Edition”.
What’S happening, everyone ed from techsource and yes in case you haven’t noticed, we do have a new channel logo. I was going for more of a cleaner minimalistic look and i’m absolutely satisfied with our new logo, and it seems like a lot of you guys liked it too. So that’s good, but we’re not here to talk about the new logo. We are here to check out some cool budget setups and, of course, the total cost of the setup would be around 2 000 usd or less. That includes the cost of the pc.
If you guys want to be a part of the show, make sure to watch the video linked down below, but with that said, sit back and relax, because you know what time it is, if you guys were given twenty thousand dollars to build your dream setup. What would it look like, because, with today’s sponsor omaze, that could be a reality always wanted to cover your entire wall with natalie paddles go for it want to play cyberpunk in 4k with maxed out settings. Consider it done. You can spend the money on any pc.
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So his wife gave him permission to use a small space beside their cabinets to build a setup. Hence why he is right behind a door and if it wasn’t for the door stopper on the ground, it would get pretty annoying constantly having the door slam into your face. I do have to say that i love his taste and design, even though he was given such a small space to work with. He did such a great job with the decorating aspect, adding a piece of art on the wall, with a few wall shelves to the side holding up some collectibles and a small drawer on the bottom. That doubles as a stand for his pc and storage.
They say you can tell a lot about a person by the way they dress well. In this case, i can tell a lot about chico. Just by the presentation of the setup, i can tell he’s a very sharp person he’s also a very clean person who likes to be organized all the time. With attention to detail.
Every inch of the setup has been carefully planned and executed all the way to even the cable management, with a built-in raceway to channel all the wires and even as pc is looking sharp. It’S packing the ryzen 5 3600 and the zotac rtx 2060 super. I’M sure you probably already know this, but noctua does make black fans, which will look a lot better in that build. This setup is such a great example that, even if you have space limitations that shouldn’t stop you from building a great setup, here’s another setup that made very good use of the limited space so dan’s from the uk, and he is a military engineer. Who’S also married and had a baby well dan’s office is now the baby’s room, so he was forced to relocate to the very edge of his living room where he built this compact setup for gaming photo editing and work. He picked up the desk from ikea, which not only fits perfectly in the corner, but also matches his dresser.
He spent a little under 2000 pounds for this entire setup. I love that he removed the shelves from the desk to fit his custom pc in there and bonus points for going with a monitorizer to free up some extra space on the desk to store your laptop. I know you’re on a tight budget, but eventually it would be a great idea to replace the tape. That’S holding up your usb hub with actual double-sided 3m tape, but overall, really good use of space in your living room. Coming at number. Three is danielle from the uk and his super clean, modern setup. I think the most important piece of any setup is the desk that is essentially the face of the setup and the foundation. At the same time, it will either make or break any setup. So picking the right desk that not only gives you the space to build what you want, but also matches your setup steam is really important, just like daniel’s selection on his desk. I think he picked the perfect desk for this setup.
I’Ve seen so many cool setups on the show that have the awesome factor stripped away because of the selection of the desk, and i get it you guys. Not everyone has the money to go out and buy a brand new desk. You know a lot of people rely on what they have lying around the house or they go out and buy used, but i always recommend saving up for a desk first before you begin building your setup, because guess what? Once your setup’s complete? It’S going to be really difficult to take everything apart and start all over once you do have a new desk, so it just makes sense to start on a foundation that you’re completely happy with. I just love the simplicity and maturity of this setup. There isn’t any flashy rgb lights or nanoleaf panels, it just works.
I also love the custom wall, rt added for a bit of personalization and the amazing wallpaper that completes the look. I think it was a really great choice going with the white version of the wallpaper on the adjacent walls to add a bit of contrast in the setup. Even the pc fits in perfectly daniel, isn’t here to show off or prove to anyone that he has a killer setup, and i like that about him.
However, i do have one slight concern about your headphone placement. I don’t think that’s the best location, because not only is it inconvenient reaching for that, but you can also see the cables hanging down from a distance which goes against the super clean setup you’re going for. I would just pick up a cheap headphone angler and attach it to the side of your drawer but make sure to wrap the cables around the headband. So they don’t hang here’s another clean setup by evan from grease.
He was going for that white on black aesthetic and i think he did a really good job. This entire setup costs about 2 000 euros which he earned from summer jobs talk about dedication. We got the limit tabletop and alex jor combo and a single 24-inch.
144. Smarter for gaming and school work for peripherals he’s using the and pro 2 wireless keyboard and the glorious model of gaming mouse and finally, the pc powering the setup is a good looking budget build featuring the ryzen 5 3600 and the gtx 1660 ti. This was such a simple and clean setup until i discovered the 120 millimeter fan on the wall, which raised one question and one question only why it’s not even centered, so what possible reason could that be there other than to mess with people’s ocds? I guess, since we’re on the topic, it would be nice to add a bit of art on the walls to kind of personalize the setup, because it’s looking a bit too clean now. This is what i’m talking about a kobe bryant theme set up by jay from the philippines he’s using a desk. He picked up from facebook marketplace, but he skinned it in blackwood vinyl.
Just like how i did with the hybrid setup i built on a channel earlier. This year it’s looking really good with that skin, on top of it not to mention it protects the desk from damages over time. So if you plan on reselling it later, then it’s going to bring you more value, it’s sort of like protecting your investment in a way so on the desk, he’s rocking a 24 inch phillips monitor that he does all his gaming and work on and for peripherals. He’S using the ola keyboard and logitech g305 mouse, i love how he was able to take advantage of the wall behind the setup to add a clothes hanger holding up some kobe jerseys jay stayed in the notes. He wasn’t going for a super flashy setup, but more on the budget and simplistic side, and i think he achieved it. Even the pc contributes to the kobe color scheme. We got the ryzen 5 3600 and rx 5600 xt with custom black cables. Looking really good.
However, i do want to point out that you have the top two fans as intake instead of exhaust, i’m not sure if that was intentional or what, but i figured, i would point it out. Anyways cables are also managed really well with the help of those ginormous raceways and a few cable clips well done. I think you did a great job at not only keeping under your budget but also not being afraid to personalize your setup to pay tribute to the goat, kobe bryant may rest in peace all right. That is it for the video.
I hope you guys enjoyed it. I’M just kidding i’m actually in a really good mood today. So let’s do another five setups yeah keeping the momentum going is joe from rhode, island and his retro futuristic gaming setup.
These colors always look so good together and i don’t think i can ever get tired of seeing them. It’S a coincidence, coming across this setup, considering i recently did a futuristic, retro pc build on the channel, so if you guys missed it definitely check it out. So he built this on top of the ikea glass home tabletop, but that didn’t stop him from building a super clean setup. He’S rocking a 27-inch is monitor from asus that he does everything on and for peripherals he’s using the razer huntsman elite keyboard with the logitech g502 hero. I like that he routed the mouse cable underneath the pc instead of having it going across the desk.
There aren’t any speakers in this setup. Instead, he relies on the hyperx cloud twos as the main audio source. I got ta admit, placing your controller behind the monitor like that is pretty clever and very budget-friendly. I do think that you can improve your cable management, though it’s nice to see you attaching the power strip underneath the desk, but using a few raceways can help hide the rest of the cables and, finally, the pc powering it all.
Is a semi budget build he’s using an i7 8086k cpu with the gtx 1050 ti for some odd reason, he stated in the notes that he accidentally ordered the wrong gpu, instead of going with the 1070 ti, which makes no sense. Why couldn’t you just return? The gpu, in any case, i think it built a pretty sweet gaming setup, but it can definitely use some more work to improve leo was up next, with our very first budget laptop setup. He was going for a clean and minimal stormtrooper theme setup for gaming productivity and school work. Already, i’m loving the presentation i think, going with the gray mickey desk was a great choice for the setup, as it adds a nice foundation of contrast that focuses your attention on the rest of the gear.
On top of it, who says you need a ton of money to make something. This good, looking leo’s setup is a prime example of that. Ladies and gentlemen, he even built a stand out of legos for his asus notebook. You can’t get more budget than that, but what i love most about this setup is the little things like how he used two clone troopers that are pretending to hold up his monitor. It’S so subtle, yet very clever, which not only adds a bit of personality, but also stays true to the overall theme. This setup is so simple when you break it down yet very effective. All it takes is the perfect combination of colors and gear to make something. So aesthetically pleasing to the eyes, and i feel like leo nailed every aspect of it while maintaining both function and form.
These are the type of budget setups that i want to see more of on the show. Thank you leo for sharing this with us up. Next is joseph from california: in a super budget friendly setup, he actually spent less than one thousand dollars for everything here. Even though joseph was going for a minimalistic clean setup, i can’t help but focus on those monitor cables in the back, which is odd, considering he did a really great job with the rest of the cables in the setup.
So why not just pick up a few zip ties and group the wires in the back together? It’S such a simple fix. I do have to say the riser was a great idea to lift up the monitor to eye level, but i would have gone with a black or white option so blends in with the setup a lot better. I found a really cool riser on amazon that also includes a tiny drawer and a phone stand which i’ll leave a link below if anyone wants to check it out and finally, the pc powering the setup is used for gaming, video, editing and homework. It looks like it’s a pre-built dell inspiron that he upgraded with a gt 1030 graphics card.
Despite a few minor recommendations, i think you built a pretty good setup on a super tight budget. Keep up the good work. Here’S another really cool budget-friendly custom gaming setup from marco coming all the way from serbia. He built the desk all by himself and he skinned it in black carbon fiber vinyl to add a bit of texture to it and, judging by the cable management pictures, it used to be a brown desk before he got skinned. He’S rocking a single 22 inch monitor with a set of bloody peripherals. We got the b328 keyboard and the t70 gaming mouse with a marvel headset hanging from the corner of the desk, there’s actually a few more custom mods. He has done to the setup and they are mostly to the pc.
He custom painted the filters on the front and the top of the case as well as the motherboard tray inside, but he even took it a bit further and painted the power supply cables in white as well. What that has to be some serious dedication there. But if you’re gon na go through the trouble of painting all those parts, why didn’t you paint or skin the ssd? Clearly you have the skills to do both.
The only thing that doesn’t make sense to me is the color scheme. It’S kind of all over the place we have black and white black and red, and a bit of green accent, lighting from the leds. It’S looking like a circus themed setup, but other than that. I really like the mods you have done here while staying under a tight budget. Wrapping up the episode is sunny coming all the way from hong kong and his peculiar setup. When i first saw this weird combination of the linman tabletop and alex jor, i had this reaction that i can’t really explain.
So i’m just gon na show you one of the emotes we have on our server. This was my reaction, but after a few minutes of roasting the setup in my mind, i started to actually dig the layout for some odd reason. Not only does he add extra legroom space underneath the desk by creating more distance between the alex drawers, but he’s also able to fit more things on the top of the desk as well, when you think about it, if you line the table top with the alex Yours perfectly, he wouldn’t have that extra space to put anything on it.
So really, this is 200 iq. Moves by sunny the rest of the setup looks pretty straightforward. We got dual displays any logitech keyboard paired with the harpoon wireless mouse, but something is missing.
What is powering the setup bet, you guys didn’t guess the pc was baked in one of the drawers he’s got a custom pc that he installed on the bottom drawer and he removed the backside to allow the hard air to escape pretty cool. Also, i don’t know if this guy lives in a hotel or a skyscraper, but that view, though i would kill to live in a place with a view like that, and this bed is right next to the window. That’S pretty crazy! Imagine if you sleepwalk and decide to jump out the window has that ever happened, pretty sick setup sunny. Thank you for sharing it with us, thanks again to omaze for sponsoring today’s video to winter, for a chance to win twenty thousand dollars towards your dream setup and help support a great cause, visit omaze.com source, and that does it for today’s video. We did go over 10 setups, so do take your time and vote on your favorite in the comment section down below. If you guys enjoy these longer setup wars, videos consider dropping a like, so i could do more for you and if you’re new here consider subscribing because i do set up words every single monday.
Thank you guys so much for watching. I love you beautiful faces and we will see you in the next one. .