If you’re an active gamer or just love video games, then the most comfortable room in your home is not your bedroom or your living room: it’s your man cave or she-shed. If you live alone in a 2-bedroom apartment, there still may be an open room to have a complete gaming setup. If you need more room, looking into buying a house with more room may be a perfect solution to getting your gaming room setup and fully functional.
Whether it’s now or in the future, that one gaming room is where you probably feel most alive and is a self-proclaimed sanctuary, but only if you have the right gaming setup – of course. There are so many pieces that go into creating a solid gaming man cave that something with the potential to be a marvellous gaming setup can quickly turn into a hot mess.
The minimal gaming setup includes:
- Gaming PC
- Monitor
- Gaming chair/desk
- Keyboard
- Gaming mouse
- Gaming headphones with microphone
- LED lights
That exhaustive list may have your head swimming, but the good thing about wading through it is that by the time you’re done, your man cave will look amazing. Need some ideas to get the process kick-started? Here are a few great gaming setups designed for a man cave.
Budget gaming setup
Not everyone gets an entire room for their man cave; if you’re working with a tight space but still want to have a gaming corner to call your own, this setup is for you. Create a desk out of a large floating desk like the Vivo White Electric Height Adjustable Standup and add some floating shelves to help store your equipment. Invest in a good monitor riser and then distribute your equipment to meet your visual needs. A great streaming setup that’s still budget-friendly would include a Corsair Crystal Series 680X with an MSI MEG X570 Unify motherboard and an AD Ryzen 9 3900 X CPU. Tack on a vertical monitor and a standard monitor along with a few streaming cams and stands and you’ll be ready to go.
Sleek setup
Not everyone has the space or the desire to create an extensive gaming setup in their home. Those that have to split their time between work and gaming will find this sleek and modern design to be ideal. Not only can a laptop riser help minimise space, it can help improve ergonomics and keep things tidy.
To build this setup you’ll need a MacBook Air, an extra monitor for better visuals, a keyboard, gaming mouse, iPad and some headphones. Complement the hardware with some great furniture including a VIVO Single Monitor Articulating Desk Mount Stand, desk shelf, laptop stand, desk lamp, laptop tock, a gaming chair and large desk area. Toss in a few minimalist abstract artworks and you’re ready to go.
Black-light gaming setup
There’s something about backlit black-lights that just make gaming so cool. If you want your gaming room to look as cool as you feel when you’re playing, then this setup is for you. Plus, it’s a throwback to desktop PCs which make it nostalgic at the same time. To start, choose a desktop unit encased in tempered glass with AIO radiators and RGB fans that you can see the glow and you won’t need to invest in any fancy lava lamps. We suggest the darkFlash Phantom Black ATX. Then throw in a few monitors including one vertical monitor along with a seek headphone set and mouse pad from innovative brands like Razer. Finally, add some blue and purple LED lighting stands to enhance the visual effect and settle back into your favourite ergonomic chair to play!
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