Show me your S***ty Battlestation

[BeardyHat]

So, inspired by this particular article and the state my desk has been in for awhile now, I figured this might be a fun thread.

This subreddit dedicated to the worst computer setups on Earth makes me weirdly proud to be a PC gamer

Celebrating the gloriously terrible PC gaming setups of r/shittybattlestations.

www.pcgamer.com

My desk has been in a state for quite awhile now, because I am generally just a messy person. My desk currently has some miniatures I started tackling recently, but is also piled high with computer components and tools from recent PC projects, as well as tools and parts from recent RC projects. I need to put stuff away and while I have storage for a lot of it, I need more storage still and a better method of organization.

Anyway, enough delaying, here it is:

https://imgur.com/a/AeGqRNB

Like I said, it's a disaster. Are you in a similar state? Maybe you're better organized and less of a mess than me, so let's see it.

Maybe this will be inspiration for me to get it straightened up this week, as though my wife's mocking wasn't enough.

 

[Zed Clampet]

Right now, mine is just a laptop sitting on a lapdesk. Not much to look at. But once I get my desktop going, it will be the ultimate cable disaster, and I'll take a picture. Maybe I'll get my wife to take a picture of me using it since most of the cables will probably be wrapped around my legs.

 

[DXCHASE]

https://imgur.com/a/AeGqRNB

At first, i thought either Warhammer figure painting or RC fixing/modding/repair and its both! I used to work in a model store and the guys backroom for fixing customers RC's looked like that but also my other friend who painted figures lol (the matt and then the bottles).

Also, Love Army of Darkness



So, for me, it started like this....Didnt have a desk but was fully diving into PC gaming: (remember SLI?!?)

Then, i upgraded a monitor to an ultrawide as payment for work which i gladly accepted because they were really expensive then, esp. this one. If you look below it, the same piece of board is now laying over a filing cabinet, with one (not in picture) on the other side:

Having such a crap station, it lead to this (board fell off filing cabinet)

And now, many years later, its a lot better lol, my living room is my battlestation:

 

[Pifanjr]

What an absolute disappointment that the author did not actually include a picture of their set-up.

I'll have to add a picture later when I'm home and my wife isn't using the PC. I cleaned the entire desk a couple of weeks ago but it's already messy again, though not nearly as cluttered as it was.

Cute cat!

 

[Alm]

My PC room is normally in a state:

https://imgur.com/a/ys8FwcM

View: https://imgur.com/a/ys8FwcM

 

[Frindis]

My main computer is on a hiatus, so I am stuck with an old computer that barely plays anything. Thankfully I got KOTOR to work with it and I can play Enter the Gungeon without to much hiccups.

 

[Colif]

I have been using a coffee table for a few years now to be my monitor stand, and my PC is too big to be on the same table so I have been using another box for it to stand on. There are advantages to wireless kb/mouse, PC doesn't need to be close by.

Before I got the coffee table I was using the Box the PC sits on. Its about 20 years or so since I had a PC table my monitors would fit on. I was never lucky enough to have speakers like DXChase to even use a stand.

I do plan on buying an actual desk next year, just need to replace the windows in my room before I get it. So I will continue to make do until then.

 

[BeardyHat]

At first, i thought either Warhammer figure painting or RC fixing/modding/repair and its both! I used to work in a model store and the guys backroom for fixing customers RC's looked like that but also my other friend who painted figures lol (the matt and then the bottles).

Also, Love Army of Darkness



So, for me, it started like this....Didnt have a desk but was fully diving into PC gaming: (remember SLI?!?)

Those are some huge speakers! Wish I had that for my HTPC setup!

Yeah, all the hobbies. I do some minor soldering there as well. I'm hoping to finally jump back on to painting those models, as well as building some new ones this week, assuming the work I need to do to my other car doesn't take long. Which it theoretically shouldn't, but projects do have a tendency to go on longer than anticipated.

And now, many years later, its a lot better lol, my living room is my battlestation:

Next Gen! And Cat! And suspicious flower vase...

I have been using a coffee table for a few years now to be my monitor stand, and my PC is too big to be on the same table so I have been using another box for it to stand on. There are advantages to wireless kb/mouse, PC doesn't need to be close by.

Before I got the coffee table I was using the Box the PC sits on. Its about 20 years or so since I had a PC table my monitors would fit on. I was never lucky enough to have speakers like DXChase to even use a stand.

I do plan on buying an actual desk next year, just need to replace the windows in my room before I get it. So I will continue to make do until then.

Do you sit further away in that case? I desperately need space underneath wherever my PC is so I can stretch my legs out and I feel like I'd struggle with that setup.

As for desks, I got mine at a thrift store for $80! It's a huge executive desk and I love it so much; I had been working on an old kitchen cable that I had sanded down and repainted, but it ended-up not being big enough once I started painting mini's. The desk I have now, I actually needed to shave like an 1/8th of an inch off the bottom of the feet just to barely squeeze it in through the doors in my house, plus partially disassemble it. It'll probably never leave my office.

 

[Colif]

My room is small, the only seating space I really has is my bed, so for the last 25 years I have used it. I never really thought to buy an actual Computer desk until earlier this year. I still haven't contemplated a chair as I probably just keep using bed now.

My mouse pad sits on a book next to me on the bed and the Keyboard on my lap. I am used to it now, to point having monitor on the other side of my bed would feel unnatural

its not ideal for gaming but I don't play many of those and I make do

Might get one of these once the windows are replaced

UTESPELARE gaming desk, ash effect/grey, 160x80 cm - IKEA

UTESPELARE gaming desk, ash effect/grey, 160x80 cm

www.ikea.com

I will likely use it at its lowest height and yet it still might be above me a little. Will make a difference to looking down at monitor. Also give me chance to have two monitors...

room layout has been restricted by my speaker placement.. 5.1 speakers need to go somewhere, so always had two to my left and two to my right.
Once I get my new PC I won't be able to use the speakers anymore - that will come as a shock. They can't connect to my new motherboard and not wasting money on a soundcard. Surround hasn't really worked properly on windows for years now, I just had quad stereo really. Not sure if centre speaker does anything anymore... I know the sub does.

I am going to use my Wiim Ultra as my sound output for the new PC (via Bluetooth) and use my headphone amp to power my headphones instead of speakers going forward. If I can't cope with using Hifiman Arya Stealth and need speakers, I will buy some.
But that also means I have more space and don't have to avoid some walls anymore I will need the space for the table really.

 

[Zloth]

Pretty much the same as I posted in this topic: https://forums.pcgamer.com/goto/post?id=4056

Definitely the same desk/chair/TV setup. I also dusted once more....

...I think.

 

[Pifanjr]

Our personal computer:

My spot for working from home:

I originally put the stuff for wfh next to our personal computer, but it was too distracting if my wife was playing a game next to me, so I moved it to the table instead. Luckily we have a very large table.

 

[BeardyHat]

room layout has been restricted by my speaker placement.. 5.1 speakers need to go somewhere, so always had two to my left and two to my right.
Once I get my new PC I won't be able to use the speakers anymore - that will come as a shock. They can't connect to my new motherboard and not wasting money on a soundcard. Surround hasn't really worked properly on windows for years now, I just had quad stereo really. Not sure if centre speaker does anything anymore... I know the sub does.

I ended up getting rid of mine several years ago when I got tired of how it limited it made my ability to setup my desk. .

I don't play games like I used to anymore, but I don't really miss the 5.1. It was pretty sweet when I first got it, but it definitely seemed less and less interesting as time went on.

 

[Colif]

I won a set of these 23 years ago

They died 12 or more years ago now and my only thought was, I need speakers again.
Alas, they no longer made those and I had to make do with

A PC without speakers still seems wrong to me, but I will live. I told mum I give her the old speakers but I feel its probably overkill for her. This PC is already but oh well.
I mostly use mine to watch videos, music has been moved to a better source

I will just use those for everything

 

[neogunhero]

My setup is pretty basic. Ignore the dust and cat hair. Still using only one monitor, don't really have much use for a second one at the time. And it's not even a monitor, it's a cheap 32 inch TV from circa ~2013, so it doesn't look the best but it works fine. The desk is in the middle of the living room as the bedrooms are a bit too small to put it in there with all our other stuff. Brand new chair, same keyboard, mouse and headset for the past 5-ish years.

The desk was maybe $40-50 at Walmart, but when I went to the store to see if it was in stock, the guy came back and said they had one with cosmetic blemishes on sale for $20. So heck yeah I took it, it’s cheap particle board but it gets the job done. The bubbling you see on the left side happened due to me, most likely water getting to the particle board.

The chair is comfortable but not good if you have cats. They love to sleep in it and it catches fur like none other.

 

[BeardyHat]

I won a set of these 23 years ago

They died 12 or more years ago now and my only thought was, I need speakers again.
Alas, they no longer made those and I had to make do with

A PC without speakers still seems wrong to me, but I will live. I told mum I give her the old speakers but I feel its probably overkill for her. This PC is already but oh well.
I mostly use mine to watch videos, music has been moved to a better source

I will just use those for everything

That looks like a cool audio setup. Think I mentioned in the Cornerclub that I once fancied myself an Audiophile, but I seriously can't tell much of a difference between things; the only thing I really know is that I like a good amount of treble over bass.

My setup is pretty basic. Ignore the dust and cat hair. Still using only one monitor, don't really have much use for a second one at the time. And it's not even a monitor, it's a cheap 32 inch TV from circa ~2013, so it doesn't look the best but it works fine. The desk is in the middle of the living room as the bedrooms are a bit too small to put it in there with all our other stuff. Brand new chair, same keyboard, mouse and headset for the past 5-ish years.

The desk was maybe $40-50 at Walmart, but when I went to the store to see if it was in stock, the guy came back and said they had one with cosmetic blemishes on sale for $20. So heck yeah I took it, it’s cheap particle board but it gets the job done. The bubbling you see on the left side happened due to me, most likely water getting to the particle board.

The chair is comfortable but not good if you have cats. They love to sleep in it and it catches fur like none other.

Clean! Looks like a pretty solid, focused setup.

Having a lot of black things was the reason in the long past that I got a black cat. Felt like it would make things easier, but that cat got left at my parents when I moved out with my girlfriend and now I have an orange cat, who yeah, cats-up everything I have. I keep those little lint rollers stashed everywhere, because the cat hair drives me nuts.

I cleaned-up my office this week on Monday before taking care of my other responsibilities this week. Today, with everything else out of the way (except laundry, but that's easy to do while I do this) I cleaned-up my desk, because I really want to paint some models, as well as having a lot to build and I just hate starting on a new project in a messy space. So, took me about an hour and a half to pick-up, put things away and sweep the desk, but I'm ready to paint, finally. My wife wouldn't say this is clean at all, but we have different standards...

https://imgur.com/a/3b4tfr9

Testing the forum pic function again. I'm pretty sure Brian wrote up a guide awhile ago, but I don't recall the instructions...

 

[Pifanjr]

That looks like a cool audio setup. Think I mentioned in the Cornerclub that I once fancied myself an Audiophile, but I seriously can't tell much of a difference between things; the only thing I really know is that I like a good amount of treble over bass.



Clean! Looks like a pretty solid, focused setup.

Having a lot of black things was the reason in the long past that I got a black cat. Felt like it would make things easier, but that cat got left at my parents when I moved out with my girlfriend and now I have an orange cat, who yeah, cats-up everything I have. I keep those little lint rollers stashed everywhere, because the cat hair drives me nuts.

I cleaned-up my office this week on Monday before taking care of my other responsibilities this week. Today, with everything else out of the way (except laundry, but that's easy to do while I do this) I cleaned-up my desk, because I really want to paint some models, as well as having a lot to build and I just hate starting on a new project in a messy space. So, took me about an hour and a half to pick-up, put things away and sweep the desk, but I'm ready to paint, finally. My wife wouldn't say this is clean at all, but we have different standards...

https://imgur.com/a/3b4tfr9

Testing the forum pic function again. I'm pretty sure Brian wrote up a guide awhile ago, but I don't recall the instructions...

Does your cat get in the way while you're playing? Our cats typically leave me alone while playing, unless they're hungry or they want to sit on my lap. However, one of them will harass my wife when she's playing for no discernable reason other than just wanting to get attention.

 

[BeardyHat]

Does your cat get in the way while you're playing? Our cats typically leave me alone while playing, unless they're hungry or they want to sit on my lap. However, one of them will harass my wife when she's playing for no discernable reason other than just wanting to get attention

My cat who died a few years ago would always insist on being in my lap whenever it was available, but our other cat who is now quite old herself, doesn't care. She very, very rarely will come and try to sit on my lap, but she mostly only wants 5 minutes of cuddling before bed and that's about it.

Cats are definitely ass****s. Any peculiar behavior like yours is what I attribute that to. My friend used to have a cat that hated his laughter and would attack him anytime he laughed.

 

[Colif]

Think I mentioned in the Cornerclub that I once fancied myself an Audiophile, but I seriously can't tell much of a difference between things; the only thing I really know is that I like a good amount of treble over bass.

I won't pretend to know what I prefer, but i think its mostly neutral. My brother used to pump up the bass on parents stereo and I would always bring it back to the middle. I never really liked bass boosted headphones. Shame that was what most of them were.

I can't afford to be an audiophile but I wanted to see what i had been missing out on by using more consumer orientated sound gear for most of my life. I never really owned any stereo equipment until now. I had been running off PC motherboard for music for last 25 years or so, everything else prior to that was portable stereos mostly. So now I feel I have everything I need to play anything I can realistically afford.

Advice online is to get a pair of headphones you like first before getting the hardware but that didn't make sense to me as why have headphones if you can't power them? I had previously bought a pair of Sennheiser HD600 that worked okay on my Digital Audio Player but really needed full volume to be really loud. So that led me to buying the headphone amp, as I didn't really want to have to charge my player every night to listen to music. If I hadn't bought it I probably wouldn't have bought the Hifiman Arya last year, headphones that will be really hard to beat.

its nice to hear treble, the 5.1 speakers I have don't have any. They mostly bass and mid range, its only listening to headphones I notice what is missing. The Arya are opposites, they don't have a very punchy bass but they sure can do the highs. My IEM are closer to the speakers, but can do some treble. I sort of want something inbetween still.

I have been distracted by wanting a new PC this year, so headphones have to wait.

 

[DXCHASE]

You gotta water that plant!

 

[neogunhero]

You gotta water that plant!

If you mean the one behind the TV, it's supposed to be a propagation station but I don't think I'm doing it right . The elephant ear on the left however has been dying for over a year and I just can't seem to revive it. The ones I have outside are growing nicely, but this inside one has been giving me so much trouble. Also, recently reorganizing the living room and my desk didn't seem to help any as now I don't have a good place to put it to keep full sunlight on it. Maybe I should just stick to plastic plants like the one behind my headset stand.

 

[Frindis]

Hmmm, *looks at the Elephant Ear* Notices small scratches on leaves. *looks closer at the moist dirt* Suspicious smell, ammonia-like odor. *looks at chair* A lot of cat hair.... @neogunhero, I think I might know why your plant is dying.