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    Help! Cozy setup for my wife



    First of all, the pic is my setup. I feel it communicates exactly how much I have no idea what the hell I'm doing here. No I didn't just move in, I've been in this office for 3 years. Feel free to roast the shit out of it.

    My wife saw some dual gamer setups and is finally wanting to join the PC Master Race!

    Aesthetics are very important to her. Green or white matching this keyboard she wants: https://a.co/d/0fZZMFEb

    Here are the PC parts I have lying around, and they'll more than work for her games: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/N9mzNp
    minus power supply, the one in my old tower is 12+….

    Any midsize ATX case should do for fitting everything I'm sure.

    I've seen setups she has sent me and I have no idea where people are finding monitors and cases that aren't black or full RGB. Clearly I'm not a fan of RGB or tempered glass.

    Edit with what I've managed to find
    Monitor but never heard of brand and it's not on rting.com
    Pixio PX278 Wave https://a.co/d/008OEa40

    My case but smaller and white she liked: https://www.fractal-design.com/products/cases/north/north/

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    1. Subhuatharva on

      I recently built one for my fiancé. First of all start with a brown table. Blacks don’t look well especially when you want to try a theme. Go for earthy theme because you already have a case with wooden accents.

      White office chair maybe something like the Sihoo C300 white. Remember she will only spend hours if she is mad comfortable for a few hour long sessions.

      You can also elevate the feel of the setup by using a XXL mouse pad or desk mat rather than a simple square mouse pad.

      For keyboards, even though you already have a selection, I would suggest looking into some heavy CNC aluminium keyboards. They feel expensive and bring out the best in a setup.

      Since you are not into RGB lighting a simple back drop static light will look pretty sweet. Or you can try a monitor light bar which gives her setup some local ambient lighting. I am using the Quintis curver light bar but they have some cheaper options with RGB on top and light bar at the bottom. This will be a game changer.

      Finally give her some space to customize the setup. Install a shelf on top of the monitor. Mostly same color as the table. Let her decide what goes on there. Plants, books figurines, other small lamps.

      Optionals would be monitor arm which mounts to the desk and gets rid of the ugly stand. White speakers if she likes to watch movies and videos without headphones.

    2. Roboplodicus on

      So thats a solid monitor on the surface. It has good GTG time so it will have decent motion clarity, over 100% sRGB color gamut so colors will be vibrant, decent contrast ratio so you’ll be able to see objects in dark scenes and you will get minimal black crush and high refresh rate so things will look very smooth. The 3 year warranty is pretty good too. I haven’t heard of the brand either so I can’t say how reliable it might be but its not super expensive and you have a guaranteed three years on it so I think its a decent choice.