I am back with the “What does my PC setup look like?” series that garnered the most views on my blog thus far! Thank you everyone for the great support, by the way. It goes without saying that I appreciate each and everyone of you that read the stuff I publish.
Last time, we left off on my audio setup. I mentioned that I went away with the traditional audio speaker system and just got rid of that entirely, using only my gaming headset to hear. I do have a rather cheap sound system on my regular work computer, as doing work on that computer with a headset on I would imagine is not an ideal comfort level.
My keyboard is nothing fancy, considering eveyrthing else. I really only need a regular keyboard; in my opinion, gaming keyboards for your computer are a bit overrated. I can see why and how they help in terms of gaming in something like a first person shooter, but the whole ideal is not for me. Same thing goes for my mouse. I do not have a gaming mouse with all the fancy buttons, but I have a sturdy Logitech that clicks and points just fine. Oh, and my score per minute in Battlefield 4 is nothing short of best among my friends, so please do not think that not having those accessories will hinder your performance at all in videogames. š
My actual computer:
Here it is guys. I will be quite brief (I mean I will not go right into detail with what model is what or even where I bought the pieces; there are several places that offer this advice and I hope you know where to buy parts from) with how I describe the setup, as it does get quite complicated, especially since you guys are a bit new to the whole tech scene, or at least the desktop-buildingĀ scene. For those looking for a budget computer, I would definitely suggest looking at places like Tomshardware or Mysteryblock’s list of gaming computers under $500, along with CNET.com. Those places offer a lot of advice on making a desktop purchase if you do not already know a lot of about processors and all that tech sense.
I have a 6-core processor manufactured by AMD, and it runs at a solid 3.4Ghz. I will be weird here and mention that I never overclock my hardware. The whole point of having a separate computer was so my parts do not get burnt out as easily, and I just have this little notion about me that says overclocking will burn out my parts. Feel free to argue with my in the comments or my email if you disagree.
My graphics card is a GeForce GTX 980. I wanted to get the TI edition, but it got expensive and I do not really need the liquid cooling on that. Speaking of cooling, I have 3 fans in the system, which seems like a lot, but I got cheap when I bought my liquid cooling and I just needed a third fan for insurance.
I light up the whole case with Hue. I can not say much more than that, but the case has a glass side so I can see all my hardware performing as I game. The setup looks more beautiful this way, and because the gaming computer is a different entity than my browsing desktop, I like to keep things fresh and lit up.
I have an aluminum computer tower to store my processor, hard drives, graphics cards, and whatnot to fill out the rest of the exterior design. I was going to go cheap again with the case by choosing a plastic one, but I think this piece of aluminum really suits the whole “gaming simplicity” theme I have going on. At one end, I do not have anything too fancy, but at the other, my lighting and glass case for the computer really makes everything shine. It is complex simplistic, as I would describe.
To round off the gaming station, all my accessories, from my monitor, to my desktop machine, to my keyboard, sit on top of a nice, glass desk. This one is rather thick, so I would not imagine it breaking easily. The glass adds extra pizzazz to a well-designed computer setup.
Cheap $500 PC World 