Hello everyone it's SpawnPoiint and welcome back to another video. And today i'm going to
show you my new gaming desk setup, something i've been building over the last two weeks
i'll cover everything i've added to it including the screen, desk, all of my accessories and this
incredible gaming chair. I will also show you how i've sorted my cable management and how i've tried
to keep all of the wires out of sight. Now this desk setup will not be replacing my tv setup that
i use for gaming and it won't be replacing my other desk setup that i use for working.
This new one will basically just be used for gaming on the PlayStation 5 in my living room
i hope you enjoy today's video and don't forget to hit that like button
and sub to the channel if you want to see more gaming content from me. Everything that
i show you in today's video is linked in the description along with the timestamps.
OK so this is the desk that i'm using, it's a motorized standing desk from FlexiSpot
I've gone for a full black style, so i've got the black wooden top and the black metal frame i really like
the look of this combo. Now most of the time i will be sitting at the desk as i'll only be using it
for gaming but the fact that i can set the height for both sitting and standing at a press of a
button is great so this little control panel here this lets me set up to four different heights
I've got number one for sitting and i've got number two for standing, one tap on the bottom and it will
move to that height that i've already set or if i want to, i can manually press the arrows to adjust
it myself. The motors are pretty quiet as well it's just a very slight wind while it's in use
Also when it's at its standing height it's actually very, very sturdy. Now this is something
both the FlexiSpot and the Autonomous desks have in common there's no wobble there's no flex on
these and they feel really solid and secure the only thing that i would like to see added
to standing desks is better cable management, some kind of trunking or tube where i can run a cable
from the top down to the floor maybe it could be hidden inside the legs. I will show you later how
i've managed to hide the cables out of sight. On my desk i've got the PlayStation 5 and this
is what i used to play probably 90% of the time now over the last year i've used this a lot for
games like call of duty, ratchet and clank and kena. I've definitely downloaded and started far
more games than i should admit to and my backlog of games is getting ridiculous now. But the game
i'm most hooked on at the moment, which is free, is Warzone. It's awesome playing with mates and family
a few nights a week but i think when it comes to story based games i'll always prefer playing
on my tv setup there's just something about sitting on the sofa and gaming is just so chill
now for me the PlayStation 5 has been incredible so far even though i've got access to the Xbox
series x i've just preferred playing on this and it's definitely been my go-to throughout 2021 and
as you can see looking at the side of the console i've actually added these black plates along with
the black center piece trying to keep with that matte black theme these were from dbrand and
i did actually do a video about these just a few months ago when they launched now if you've heard
of dbrand already you'll be aware that they very recently actually removed these plates from sale
that was due to a Sony copyright issue but they've actually in the last week or so just re-added
these back onto their website so if you want to change the look of your PlayStation 5 it's really
easy to do these plates on the side actually just clip off and you can clip on a different color
and sticking out the back of the PlayStation 5 is a one terabyte sandisk extreme ssd, i use
this to store my PlayStation 4 games on and also something that you cannot see from looking at it
but i've added a two terabyte ssd internally and i use that to store my PlayStation 5 games on now
this update went live a couple of months ago from sony which allows you to use that internal bay
to increase the storage size of your console.
so over the last few months or so i have been trying to find a new gaming monitor for this setup
and this is one that i've landed on and i think this could be the perfect monitor for gaming
this is a 27-inch LG GP950 and it is a beast of a monitor
i know a lot of people will probably use this monitor for pc gaming as it's got a 144hz screen
but it's absolutely perfect for console gaming too. It's a 4k screen that supports a vrr, 120hz and
hdmi 2.1 this means it's ready for the playstation 5 and the xbox series x it also supports amd
freesync and g-sync as well as hdr but it is so fast it's got a one millisecond response time
and an incredibly low input lag now i'm used to playing on the c1 lg's oled which is rapid
and this feels very very similar i don't know the exact figures as i couldn't find on lg's website
but take it from me this is quick it's an ips panel so while sitting straight on it looks great
the colors look vibrant and everything i've played on it looks awesome i've been pretty spoiled with
playing on the lg oled so the contrast on this cannot really compete but it is not bad
at all but as there are limited dimming zones it means that the dark scenes look kind of gray
and as soon as you go off center which you won't really do while gaming you can see the colors look
slightly washed out on a tv this would probably be an issue but on a monitor is of no concern at all
i usually fit led strips to the back of my tvs or monitors but the GP950 but that comes with rgb
lighting built in you can set it to different colors if you want some nice ambient lighting
i usually have it set to white but this is what it looks like if you go for the rainbow mode instead
not something that i will use but it definitely sets a nice vibe but one thing worth mentioning
is how easy it is to set this monitor up as no tools are required at all the screen just clips
into the stand and the stand attaches to the legs just using two screws that are built in the screen
can then be adjusted as you would expect so it can be tilted it can be moved up and down or it can
be pivoted around so you could use it in either a portrait or a landscape mode but yeah this monitor
has been incredible every game that i've played on it looks great it's been really responsive and
i've had no issues at all so far now if there's any interest and you think you would like to see
a full review of this monitor the GP950 drop that in the comments and it might be something
i do over the next few weeks. And here's the chair that i'm using this is the Herman Miller Embody
which is in collaboration with Logitech G and this is the best chair that i've ever had it
looks awesome it's incredibly comfy and the design and features are literally good for you
So first, when it arrives it's actually fully assembled you literally just roll it out of the box and you're
good to go now i've built enough chairs over the years to really appreciate just how useful this is
and a massive time saver i also really like the look of it it's kind of got the perfect balance
between an aesthetic office chair and a gaming chair and i've gone for the all black version
here but it's also available in blue but what makes the Embody gaming chair special is the
support that it offers your back which let's face it is pretty important so no matter how you sit in
it it provides support to your spine at the lowest point and it's actually supposed to mimic the same
posture that you get from standing. It not only supports your back but it will also adjust your
own shape so it feels a little bit more natural now you'll notice it's got no hard frame so if
you look around the top around the edges there's no frame here like you'd normally see in a chair
it means that when you move and you turn the whole chair kind of flexes with you and it is so comfy
to sit in the seat itself is made from foam it's actually got a cooling foam to prevent heat build
up plus it feels really soft yet firm it makes you kind of want to sit properly you can adjust the
back fit to work with the curvature of your spine the seat depth can be adjusted so you have support
under your legs there's a lever on the side you can change the seat height and finally the arms
can be moved both in height and width personally i think this is the nicest looking gaming chair
that you can buy now obviously the other Herman Miller chairs are probably, from an aesthetic point
of view, nicer looking but the embody Logitech G definitely offers that perfect combination
but this chair is not cheap it's actually £1,270 or $1,595 but it will be the last gaming
chair that i'm going to need for a very very long time it also comes with a 12 year warranty
for both parts and labor, that's huge. this chair will probably outlive everything else on my setup
now i might actually do a dedicated video or review about this chair maybe in a few weeks
or a few months or so under the chair i'm using one of these floor mats so it's a hard plastic
mat rather than a soft flexi one this means it doesn't move or bend much when i'm using it
it also means that it's a lot easier to move the chair around instead of using on the carpet
when it comes to the accessories around my desk i don't have many as i try to keep it pretty minimal
plus as i don't work from here i don't really need much on display i've got a black DualSense
controller now this is the official sony one that they released a few months back and it's sitting
in a walnut wooden stand from geek made designs i've got a few of their items around the house
including the wooden PlayStation icons and some other controller stands and here's the headset
that i'm using these are the SteelSeries 7Ps and i've been massively impressed with these i haven't
used about three different headsets over the last year on the PlayStation 5. these have definitely
been the best i've used so far they do need a usb dongle plugging into the front of the PlayStation 5
but it's pretty small and you don't really notice it and they are sitting on a wooden headset
stand from grovemade and this matches nicely with that walnut controller stand here is a felt desk
pad that i've also got from grovemade now i don't really need a mat as i'm not using a keyboard and
mouse but i think it breaks the large black top up and adds a nice little bit of contrast
it's also somewhere where i can put my drinks and other things without scratching or leaving marks
now i've not got around to setting this up yet but i've also got one of these Elgato 4k60s +
capture cards it will let me capture gameplay up to 4k 60 on both the playstation 5 and the xbox
series x i can then edit and upload those to my youtube gaming channel at the moment i upload my
gameplay footage straight from the console so it will be interesting to see if this adds any extra
quality to those videos next to my desk i've got this floor standing lamp from ikea i've had it for
about five years but they do still sell it inside the lamp i'm using a lifx bulb but it means i can
actually change the color depending on the mood that i want to set most of the time it's set to a
nice clean white but if i want to change it up to a purple or a blue i can do so using my phone or
my voice and this is my shelving so if you've seen my living room setup tour that i did a few months
ago you would have seen all of this already but it's got random items on it like my playstation
merch controllers n64 complete with goldeneye then at the bottom i've got the xbox series s and
series x i don't really need both but what i'll probably do is i'll get my children to use the
series s while i can use the series x one thing that i always try to keep on top of with my setups
is cable management i've said it before but i hate seeing cables on display with a stand-in desk it's
not quite as easy as any cables you attach to the side of the legs need to be able to move when the
table goes up and down so instead of running all of the power cables from the playstation 5 and
the monitor down to the floor i've actually fitted a power socket under the desk itself
it now means i can actually swap the plugs out and anything i wish to add or remove is going to
be a lot easier and a lot quicker this way then to try and keep all the cables and all the wires out
of sight i've actually used some of these small clips i bought from amazon so these little clips
they open up and they allow you to obviously slide the cables in and then you can clip them closed
so what i've done is i've taken these clips and i've stuck them to the bottom of the
table as well as on the legs themselves it now means i can run all of the cables through them
i actually used to use tape or cable times but this works a lot better and is a lot neater too
now when looking at the desk you cannot see any cables and it looks really clean
now even when the desk moves up and down you can't really see many cables i just wish the monitor had
a better cable management solution built in just like with the lg ergo arms that does a great job
of hiding the cables and it means you don't have any loose cables behind but this strange obsession
i have with hiding cables it probably won't be an issue for you but hopefully this little tip
of using these clips will definitely be useful for your own setup in terms of future plans for
this setup i don't really have any i set out to create something simple and easy to maintain and
somewhere that i could game from if i wanted to free up the tv for my family i don't need any
speakers or anything else i would normally add to my desk setup so i think this is probably it it
would also be nice to build a gaming pc something clean and minimal but although it would look great
it's probably something i wouldn't use at all but it could make for a cool video so this is it this
is my gaming desk setup overall i'm really happy with what i've built it's pretty simple looking
but it's practical for me any ideas suggestions or improvements please drop those in the comments
well you've just made it to the end of today's video so thank you for watching and if you
drop a "nice gaming setup" in the comments i will give you a thumbs up for staying until the end
and here's another couple of videos that you might be interested in watching next
don't forget to hit that like button subscribe to the channel and turn notifications on so you
don't miss my next upload you can also follow me over on instagram and twitter, until next time