Show Us Your Battlestations - 2016 Edition


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July Update!

- Got rid of a buzzing LED bias lighting and got a desk lamp instead.
- Few new desk accessories, mouse pad, wall clock.
- Got the wireless adapter for my Xbox One controller.
- Raised the case from the ground and got some fan filters to try and control dust!

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11 hours ago, Tantawi said:

July Update!

- Got rid of a buzzing LED bias lighting and got a desk lamp instead.
- Few new desk accessories, mouse pad, wall clock.
- Got the wireless adapter for my Xbox One controller.
- Raised the case from the ground and got some fan filters to try and control dust!

 

nice! How do you like the monitor? Curious why not an ultra-wide if you like high resolution displays?

6 hours ago, ultimate99 said:

nice! How do you like the monitor? Curious why not an ultra-wide if you like high resolution displays?

I love it. The only thing I wish I had is a nice 144Hz refresh rate (specially with gaming), but again an IPS WQHD monitor with such refresh rate is way out of the budget I had. Not a fan or have a use for the ultra-wide format.

3 hours ago, Tantawi said:

I love it. The only thing I wish I had is a nice 144Hz refresh rate (specially with gaming), but again an IPS WQHD monitor with such refresh rate is way out of the budget I had. Not a fan or have a use for the ultra-wide format.

I guess size doesn't matter... :-p

I just bought a 1080p 27" monitor, it's nice, but not as crisp as I'd like it to be. Probably will return it and shell out more for a 1440p one.

31 minutes ago, ultimate99 said:

I guess size doesn't matter... :-p

I just bought a 1080p 27" monitor, it's nice, but not as crisp as I'd like it to be. Probably will return it and shell out more for a 1440p one.

I wouldn't go larger than 20-24"for 1080 on a computer, 1440 or more at that size and other than ultrawide, you can get decent 1440/1600p screens for decent prices, as long as you aren't scared of going for non major brands

5 minutes ago, Anibal P said:

I wouldn't go larger than 20-24"for 1080 on a computer, 1440 or more at that size and other than ultrawide, you can get decent 1440/1600p screens for decent prices, as long as you aren't scared of going for non major brands

examples? :D

43 minutes ago, ultimate99 said:

I guess size doesn't matter... :-p

I just bought a 1080p 27" monitor, it's nice, but not as crisp as I'd like it to be. Probably will return it and shell out more for a 1440p one.

Yeah 1080p is too little for a 27". Get an IPS 1440p 25"-27" and you would thank yourself. If you have the budget go with a 144Hz one like the ASUS PG279Q and never look back :D

37 minutes ago, ultimate99 said:

examples? :D

 

Slightly older article, I have 2 of the Qnix branded ones at 27"1440

Looking to purchase 2 of the newer ones they make 

 

http://www.koreanmonitor.com/guide-2015/

 

  • 2 weeks later...

I got some stands to get my monitor (speakers) off my desk, and some brackets to make use of the 2 24" screens I had doing nothing,  I replaced them with the 40" 4k, but figured I may as well put them to use 

 

 

Treated myself to a new K360 Keyboard and M510 Mouse, the same as the ones I had but they are 5+ years old now, love them but wanted fresh ones.

 

Also showing off my Dell XPS 13 I've had for a few months and love, best laptop ever in terms of portability, power, and usable screen balance.

 

Next on the list for this setup is the 10" KRK Sub to match my speakers.

 

Weird angle shot, because there isn't enough space behind me to get it all into a picture easily ... 

 

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  • 2 weeks later...
7 minutes ago, ultimate99 said:

Nice. What's running on the tablet?

It's Roccat Power Grid, gives me system stats, teamspeak/skype notifications and handy game commands.

On 18/08/2016 at 11:34 PM, Broughton said:

It's Roccat Power Grid, gives me system stats, teamspeak/skype notifications and handy game commands.

Nice, I'd been looking for something like this for a while.

I've got Logitech Arx

http://gaming.logitech.com/en-gb/articles/arx-control

as I've got Logitech KB and Mouse, which is OK, but it's far more limited app, no customised skins and the like, just macro/hotkeys and some basic system moniroting.

 

  • 2 weeks later...
On 3/1/2016 at 11:31 PM, Inertia said:

This is my man cave and my place of work (at home)

 

I Rebuilt my Pc in October.

 

i7 Skylake, 32gb DDR4, 512gb NVME drive etc, very little to actualy take a picture of once its built.

 

In January I got myself a few new Christmas presents for it ...

 

The PHILIPS Brilliance BDM4065UC Ultra HD 40" LED Monitor, and I finally got a sound output worthy of my Rokit 8 Monitor speakers, a USB soundblaster X-fi coupled with a Musical Fidelity V90 DAC .  Wish you could hear how good it sounds,  next on my list is the KRK Rokit matching Studio Subwoofer, there's plenty of punchy mid-bass, but it would be nice to get the sub-bass too.

 

Pictures ...

 

My Desk now ...

 

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The DAC ..

 

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The Creative Soundblaster thingy (TBH this serves as a volume knob and gives a clean optical out, its other features are unused)..

 

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The Rest of my office ....

 

Workshop area for repairs and builds ...

 

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Mobile Devices ...  Surface Pro 3 (i7 / 8gb / 512gb) iPad mini 4 16gb LTE with Logitech keyboard, HP Stream 7, Lumia 930 (Plus iphone 6 128gb in my hand)

 

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My 2 old Monitors are behind, I was thinking I may get 2 monitor arms and put them either side of my new one in Portrait orientation.

 

 

USB Hub/ Phone/ Printer / Paperwork etc zzzz

 

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I've got cupboards full of paperwork and spare parts (mostly used) etc behind me but there's no need to post that here.

I like your speakers Krk :)

  • 2 weeks later...
  • 3 weeks later...

Well after neigh on 10years deliberating on and off i finally took the plunge to replace my aging Lian Li PC65 classic into a more modern case.

 

shes an old girl with new clothes inside and out. 

 

  • Core i7 2600k Turbo locked 5ghz
  • Zalman NPS-9000-CU Cooler
  • 2x4Gb Mushkin 2133Mhz Ripjaw DDR3 XMP 
  • 2x120Gb Samsung Evo 840s (sata3)
  • 1 x Crucial BX 256Gb SSD (sata3)
  • Asus Z68 V-Pro motherboard.
  • EVGA SSC 970GTX
  • EVGA 650GS PSU
  • Asus Xonar DG Soundcard (optical out)
  • Corsair 400C Case
  • Corsair Low noise 3x 120mm LED/NONLED Case Fans (further lowered to 1k rpm via cable adapters) 2x 120 CPU out Fans/Top Rear (PWM) 1x 140mm CPU Air in PWM (front top)
  • corsair Low Noise 120mm NONLED Fan (GPU blower/fan balance) front mid
     
  • Keysonic LED backlit gaming keyboard.
  • Razer Deathadder LH mouse
  • Everglide Giganta Gaming surface
  • Mouse bungee :)
  • Samsung S27D590C Curved Mon 1080p 60hz HDMI/VGA/DP active>
  • late 1990s Technics mini seperates HD81 Series (optical in)
  • 1Tb WD usb 3 hdd
  • Wired 360 xbox controller/headset
  • Lenovo X201 Centrino i7 laptop (i7 2.67Ghz ULV, 8Gb DDR3, 60Gb SSD OCZ Vertex 3, W10 pro x64)
  • Dock with 16x DVDRW port extender and dual battery charge.
  • work iphone 6
  • personal Lg G3 32gb (quad 2.5ghz 3Gb sys ram 32Gb storage 128Gb expansion) Marshmallow.

    Optional, yet regular addon peripheral
  • 3/4 pint Latte mug from Espresso Delongi downstairs. :p 

    House network backbone.
     
  • Asus N16U DSL2+ Router
  • 4x TPLink 500mbps nano powerline adapters
  • 16Mbit DSL 1Mbit up :( (fibre due Oct 07) 
  • 2x 4port TPLink Gb switches.


living room media
 

  • 1x TPLink Gb switch
  • sky HD+,
  • Steam streamer
  • Laptop dock Living room, Bedroom and PC room.
  • Lg 47" TV
  • Panasonic 5.1 DTS home cinema Bluray system (NFC, bluetooth), 
  • 500Gb Buffalo Linkstation NAS.
  • wired 360 controller, wired keyboard (steam streamer)
     

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^flash so detail can be seen :) 

 

 

2 things left to do, anyone spot them?

 

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