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Show us your gaming setup: 2013 Edition

So should I cut holes in the wall for cabling, get a cable hiding system, or paint a PVC pipe and mount it to the wall? Tv is in a corner, both being outside walls.
 

Ally1987

Member
Sorry for the crappy pics, but heres my big mansion.

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I just mean that bringing girls over to an apartment with a bunch of posters on the wall or a themed-carpet, doesn't help your case. Plus I also just really like the modern look.

I disagree. Girls like having interesting and unique things to look at, especially with a great story behind it; makes for great conversation. (and no I don't mean nerdy action figures or anime posters). Cozy and warm makes them more comfortable. A place can look classy and clean without having to be cold and sterile.
 

Kilrathi

Member
Going to have to post my setup of my current room at college when I move back up. Its a pretty big room for a single and its big enough for the kinect.
 
My basement is a combination home theater/game room. Not the fanciest/schmanciest thing, most of the equipment is entry-level quality a/v stuff, but when calibrated well, it looks alright.

Entrance to the basement
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Couch view of the screen (96" diagonal)
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Couch and consoles (games are just out of view)
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View from the back of the room. Yes, those are laserdiscs. On the walls, too.
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lexi

Banned
Nothing special, just my humble PC gaming setup.

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TV mounted above, for whenever I want to switch and lie back for 'comfy couch' gaming.

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audiogremlin

Neo Member
Not much has changed with my setup. Everything is still in a tiny room in the basement.

All console gaming and music listening happens here.

Samsung 42 inch LCD TV. Old but still fine for gaming.
XBox 360
PS3
Hauppauge HDPVR Gaming Edition for the times I want to record my matches.
Street Fighter 4 Round 2 TE. Got 4 of them...2 for XBox, 2 for PS3.
The rest of the stuff is my audio gear.

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This is the newest addition which isn't pictured above.
Hori LCD Monitor 3 HDMI version for the PS3. I have no idea why I bought this but it's cool to have.

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Immediately to the right of the console setup is my gaming PC. I used to have it as a racing setup but have converted it to a fighting game setup. The pedals are still on the floor if I want to hookup the wheel and stick.

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Here's a pic of the fighting game setup on the PC.

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Sony Duo 11 Windows 8 ultrabook/tablet, MacBook Air 13 inch for surfacing the web and headphone listening, MacBook Air 11 inch for downloads.
Not pictured are the handhelds which are behind the Air. There's a Sony PSVita and a Nintendo 3DS XL.

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Headphone setup.
Sennheiser HD800 headphones
Headroom Amp/DAC
Headroom powersupply

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Finally, to the left of the console system are the hard drives. In the picture are 26 drives. There are 2 others below the MacBook Air. Currently have 54.5 TB of space. I really need to do something to make this a cleaner setup. The drives are getting out of control.

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Yes Boss!

Member
Wholly crap, I don't even have a single external harddrive.

How is the new version of the Hori screen with HDMI....was thinking if getting it?
 

Deraldin

Unconfirmed Member
What are you storing on all those external drives?! Not sure how you'd go about cleaning something like that up. That's about $2500-4000 worth of storage space right there depending on the drives.
 

audiogremlin

Neo Member
The Hori LCD Monitor 3 is actually quite nice. Screen quality is good and the speakers are quite loud...actually that is an understatement. The speakers can go LOUD. It makes it really easy for me to put the ps3 somewhere I don't have a TV to do some casual gaming. Aside from that, I do all my gaming on the xbox. I play Street Fighter 4 almost exclusively so that's why I use the xbox (there's a 1 frame delay on the ps3 which I still haven't adapted to).
 

audiogremlin

Neo Member
Those drives have anything and everything on them. I don't delete anything. I could possibly be on that show Hoarders if it didn't look so clean.

A lot of those drives are 2 or 3 TB drives. Going to start getting 4 TB drives once the price is right. I was looking at the Drobo but given the cost already incurred with those drives, it would seem like such a waste. One thing I was contemplating though is a PC just for storage. I'm just not sure where I would put that damn PC...
 

jbueno

Member
In about a month I'll finally move out of my current city and my parents' house, since my University was only 5 minute walk away from their home it never made sense to move out, so I'll be posting my new setup once I move out and settle down. I'll be living alone, so I can't wait to set the place up entirely to my liking!
 

Shadow780

Member
Finally, to the left of the console system are the hard drives. In the picture are 26 drives. There are 2 others below the MacBook Air. Currently have 54.5 TB of space. I really need to do something to make this a cleaner setup. The drives are getting out of control.

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That's a lot of porn dude.
 

elfinke

Member
I just posted mine yesterday in the 2012 thread. Here's it again:

I've been meaning to post in here since I moved into my new apartment. Here's where I do most of my 360/PS3 gaming (holiday edition!).

I love a lot of the setups in this thread. Great source of inspiration.

Beautiful - B&W 685's right? I've just painted the living room in preparation of a projector installation, how I'd love to grab a set of these as well!

Pc & lounge setup
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What are those horny speakers? Klipsch?
 

BriBri

Member
I'm away for Christmas/New Year so only got my 3DS's...
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Games:-

UK 3DS XL (Silver/Black) - eShop/Settings/Kid Icarus Uprising/Paper Mario/Professor Layton/Super Mario 3D Land/Excitebike 3D/Kid Icarus 3D/Kirby 3D/TwinBee 3D/Urban Champion 3D/Xevious 3D/Folder 1 (3DSWare/DSiWare)/Folder 2 (Apps/Demos)/Folder 3 (Virtual Console inc. ambassadors)

Jap 3DS LL (White) - eShop/Settings/Kokuga/Animal Crossing/Denpa/Dragon Quest X card game/Escape Zombie Panic/NSMB2/Puyo Puyo/Rhythm Hunter: Harmo Knight/Riki Densetsu/Space Harrier 3D/ Folder F (Famicom)/Folder A (Apps/Demos)/Folder G (Game Boy)
 

kinggroin

Banned
Projector Room (PC gaming and Movies) on an Optoma short throw 720p GT750
Denon receiver and Yamaha satellites
Custom sub with seperate Sony amp and cross over

Speakers and sub need a massive upgrade. Next year.

176"

My four year old in the first pic to get an idea of size.
 

Kammie

Member
Projector Room (PC gaming and Movies) on an Optoma short throw 720p GT750
Denon receiver and Yamaha satellites
Custom sub with seperate Sony amp and cross over

Speakers and sub need a massive upgrade. Next year.

176"

My four year old in the first pic to get an idea of size.
How far away do you sit from the image? Playing there has to be intense.
 

entremet

Member
What are you storing on all those external drives?! Not sure how you'd go about cleaning something like that up. That's about $2500-4000 worth of storage space right there depending on the drives.

If you do tons of video work or take a lot of photos, it's really easy.
 

SuperÑ

OptionN, ShiftN
I have the same projector (Optoma GT750) and don't get those deep blacks. Where are you projecting on may i ask?
 

audiogremlin

Neo Member
Projector Room (PC gaming and Movies) on an Optoma short throw 720p GT750
Denon receiver and Yamaha satellites
Custom sub with seperate Sony amp and cross over

Speakers and sub need a massive upgrade. Next year.

176"

My four year old in the first pic to get an idea of size.

OMG! I'd like to know how far away your seat is too. I have a 100 inches projector setup for my daughter and the sitting position is 12 feet away. Even at 12 feet which is optimal distance for 100 inches seems huge to me.
 
Beautiful - B&W 685's right? I've just painted the living room in preparation of a projector installation, how I'd love to grab a set of these as well!

Thanks and correct. I have the 685s and an HTM62 all in the front - love them. I have 2 Polks in the rear with a DefTech Supercube sub. I added more pics below.

Better pic to show the front setup (this has my older plasma though):

Picture of my rear setup (sub is under the end table):
 

luffeN

Member
OMG! I'd like to know how far away your seat is too. I have a 100 inches projector setup for my daughter and the sitting position is 12 feet away. Even at 12 feet which is optimal distance for 100 inches seems huge to me.
Let's see: The Optoma has a throw distance between 0.5 to 5m (~20 inches to ~197 inches) with a picture size between 80cm and ~8m (~31.5 inches to ~315 inches). He says 176" so he sits about... 3m (~118 inches) away?

Edit: Okay, that is probably where the projector is sitting, he might of course sit further away xD
 

AlexV

Member
SuperÑ;45952812 said:
I have the same projector (Optoma GT750) and don't get those deep blacks. Where are you projecting on may i ask?

The black levels you're seeing are probably more a function of the camera's exposure settings than the projector.
 

apesh1t

Banned
Bedroom, never use this TV, it's not even plugged in. I have no cable to it, since my wonderful apartment has only one outlet for cable and it's in the living room.
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Never watch or use this TV, it's not even plugged in. If anyone in the Boston area wants it I'll be getting rid of it in 6 months (keeping it for decoration), when I move.
Living room:
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Why are there cables every where? Well, as mentioned before there's only 1 cable outlet/internet also there 2 outlets that are directly behind this display are tied to the light switch and 1 flick of that and I lose all power. When did an apartment do this then put the switch on the opposite wall? I dunno. Everything feeds off of 2 multi circuit breakers, wired together. Fire hazard? You bet cha.

PC:
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Way too weak to play games on, minus the small indie game, like Hotline Miami. I watch movies on it though.

Heres where I keep my games:
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in a closet, in boxes
So I got curious and wondered how many I actually have now.

185 360 games
50 PS3 games
20 Wii games

Thats not including downloaded games, which I know I have over 50 on XBL, around 15 on Wii/PS3 each. I also have a pretty extensive GBA/PSP/DS collection but I didn't feel like counting them, gonna say around 40-50 on each handheld. When I moved to MA, I left all of my retro (PS2-NES) at my parents house, I know I had around 150 game son PS2/XB, but I only brought the games I thought I'd play the most.

Heres what they look like spill all over the floor:
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hollams

Gold Member
I have a couple of rooms that I game in.

Here is my main gaming room.
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This is the view from over my chair. I have my PC hooked up to my TV and mostly use a 360 controller to navigate windows with the help of Xpadder. I do use a keyboard and mouse when needed.
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I just got this setup. Here is my new arcade rig.
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And lastly my Racing/Rockband room.
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I have an 1100 sq. ft. basement that I will be moving all of this into once I get the funds to fix it up.
 

OverHeat

« generous god »
2013 setup...a little messy since its also my 1 year old playground :s lol
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X360,PS3,WiiU and X51.Multi-platform ftw.
 
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