Best Gaming Room Tour PC, XBOX 360, Racing Simulator, Huge Screens - Pure Awesome

This is my old gaming room tour, if you think this video is cool you really need to see the updated v2.0 tour of the room since a lot of things have changed. The link is below in the video description.
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I finally rebooted the Man Cave and re-arranged everything to give me more space and control over video, lighting and sound so I can improve my KZbin channel for you awesome subscribers and I wanted to share the end result with you.
With my new layout I now can move the camera further away from the desk and also position the lights in much better positions to do video recording. I can also now capture directly from the center screen of the setup to a separate computer using the Elgato Game Capture HD and some clever wiring with an HDMI switch and HDMI splitter allowing me to capture XBOX and PC and also record microphone input voice over in real time.
I also have a Mackie Mixer Model 802-VLZ3 that is used for mixing all of the analog audio outs from my computers ASUS Xonar STX and my XBOX 360 along with either a headset microphone or a phantom powered studio microphone.
My primary sound system is a Logitech Z-5500 setup connected with both fiber optic (TOSLINK) and analog from my ASUS Xonar STX so I can listen to 5.1 surround on both XBOX and PC while recording via the Elgato in stereo. This is a very flexible setup!
I now have my TrackIR 5 Pro and my Wacom Tablet connected always and in a place where can easily access them and then put them away. Prior to this I had to take them out of a drawer and hook them up with wires everywhere and then put them back away and try not to tangle everything up, this will work much better.
I also have a second workstation with two 24" IPS panels in Portrait mode that gives me another flexible option for surfing the web, coding or video capture and editing. I wouldn't recommend that layout for a daily all activities computer but I would recommend it for a secondary computer. I now have all of my technology in one corner of the room so I can simply access everything and as a result the room feels so much larger then it did prior to be re-organizing.
I did have to get rid of the stereo receiver and the extra speakers but they were taking up a lot of room and I was not using them that often since I already have a killer sound system on the computer and my second computer has studio monitors which produce far better sound then the floor standing speakers. I am going to need to have a yard sale to get rid of all this technology I'm no longer using :D
I also got rid of massive amounts old electronics that were just laying around that I knew I would never get around to using again, this freed up a lot of space! I am still working hard to cleanup the rest of the Man Cave but it is going to take time to get everything just the way I want it because I had far too much crap.
Let me know what you think about the new Man Cave layout and check out my other videos and share your feedback!
Questions & Answers
Q) What video hardware do you use?
A) I shoot a Canon 5D Mark 2 with Magic Lantern firmware (DSLR). I use Sony Vegas for almost all of my editing but also use Audacity (freeware) for doing some audio stuff on occasion. My lighting comes from two 500 watt halogen umbrella lamps.
Q) What are the dimensions of your desks
A) The main desk is 105x40 and the two side desks are 29x29 and 46x29 (in inches)
Hardware:
CaseLabs M10 Case
ASUS Maximus IV Extreme
Intel Core I7 3930k @ 4.6ghz
32GB Corsair DDR-2300
2x 256GB Samsung SSD in RAID 0
4x 750GB WD Black in RAID 5
2x EVGA GeForce GTX 680 FTW+ 4GB
ASUS Xonar STX Sound Card
Black Ice Radiators
Ultrakaze 130CFM fans
TrackIR 5 Pro
HDMI Switch
Wacom Drawing Tablet
Microsoft HD Webcam
Logitech Z5500 Speaker System w/ Klipshe Front Speakers
Optical Switch
Mackie Mixer Board
Optical Switch
Elgato Game Capture HD
ProFire 610 Audio Interface
KRK Rokit 5 Studio Monitors
24" Samsung IPS Panels
Kenmore mini fridge
KLH 200 watt Sub Woofer
Antec 900 Case
Antec 1200 Case
Thrustmaster T500RS Wheel
Thrustmaster TRS8 Shifter
Fanatec Clubsport V2 Pedals
Epson Workforce 610
HP Laserjet 5MP
Sparco Steering Wheel
Obutto Revolution Gaming Cockpit
Audio Tecnica AT2020 Microphone
Beyerdynamic MMX 300 - Premium Gaming-Headset
Samsung 46" HDTV (LED LIT)
dasKeyboard S Professional Silent
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[@Capsfn]

Ur setup is amazing!!!

[@Capsfn]

ok man thanks alot maybe we can do som videos together it would really help me get the boost i need :]

[@rickman297]

***** I saw you commented the same thing on a different video. hmmm very suspicious.

[@Barnacules]

I love inspiring people to try new things. KZbin is a huge source of my own inspiration.

[@Noidass]

best gaming setup ever !

[@LoganRoxby]

his compuer is shit. and his water is crystalized gewwww

[@Noidass]

shut the fuck up

[@bordercollie21games9]

Logan Roxby he is building a new pc with dual xeons and 64 gigabytes of ram.

[@LoganRoxby]

yea i know i love him i follow him on insta and everythin

[@Firesideguild]

So many creative solutions in your space! I love the way you used the tables to shape your desk and the separate work station. The integration of the simulator is awesome too. Nicely done!

[@azimsabri7890]

THAT WOULD SUCKS IF HIS HOUSE ON FIRE

[@Barnacules]

I suggest you watch more of my videos :D Like maybe the updated room tour it would give you some answers to your question. But I'll summarize for you here just incase you're too mad to watch another video :D I can't get a girlfriend because I have a wonderful wife of 9 years that wouldn't appreciate that and when everything gets old I will just replace it all, why wouldn't I be able to? Not sure why your speechless :P

[@Tard1s2]

I wish i had a man cave

[@Barnacules]

Honestly I enjoy the larger screens with less resolution. I find myself always increasing the font size in visual studio on the 30" to make it comfortable on my eyes.

[@Dav1d_Angel]

i love ur gaming room good job, alot money

[@Barnacules]

You make a good point, I bet the seat would still move okay over it with the gliders. I might give it a try.

[@Barnacules]

I like the contrast of the wood surface and carpet against the black background. If I made everything black it would also make it really hard to film in there.

[@Barnacules]

Yeah I love them, they have a wonderful sound to them.

[@aikidokid163]

so basically, you have 5 moniters, headphones, 2 speakers, a microphone through a sound system, an xbox, a racing simulator with a special steering wheel, and a crazy fast computer engin just to name a few. you did all this for youtube earning only a few dollars a month to make good videos, you sir have earned my subscription keep it up

[@Barnacules]

Absolutely! The plan is when 42"+ 4K screens become available and are around $1500 each I will probably pull the trigger.

[@Barnacules]

Thanks for the input, the captions at the bottom take a long time to add manually but I'll see what I can do when I'm talking about important bits in the future.

[@Barnacules]

It's an IKEA dinner table with a foot service table at the end placed in an 'L' configuration and bolted to the wall.

[@Barnacules]

I've thought about doing a G+, it's hard to keep up with all the social networking but I love interacting with everyone. I respond to a lot of comments!

[@luvbird]

Barnacules Nerdgasm I just logged into youtube which I don't do often just so I could comment on your video. Christmas is around the corner and I was looking at man-caves aka battle-stations to see how I could improve mine. Anyways, I comment here because I really enjoyed your video. Buying all the equipment was worth the money. The audio is fantastic, the video is fantastic, the lighting is fantastic, and all in all, if there was a star rating on youtube, I would give you a 5/5. You did a great job in not only showing your equipment, but... You did what most people could not; explain easily without hesitation of all your equipment. You really knew what you were talking about and gave credit to all of it. Giving advice(like the chair roller - which I plan to buy eventually thanks to you) alone with giving information about all your equipment. I truly believe you'll get far in life and you won't have any hesitation in getting there with what you love. Please continue keeping up the good work. I also don't subscribe or like video often, but you've earned it. :)

[@Barnacules]

Thank you for the fantastic comment!

[@Barnacules]

Please make a video when you do, I love looking at other peoples setups. It's honestly what motivates me to do a lot of this.

[@Barnacules]

The HDMI switch is the 4-1 HDMI switch from MONOPRICE and it works great.

[@Barnacules]

Why thank you! New room tour video on the way.

[@Barnacules]

They are actually the base of the screens and I put lengths of 2x2 wood painted black along the edges to jack them up.

[@chrisms6446]

Such an epic setup. I remember watching this video so many years ago and you've encouraged me to build a similar yet ghetto setup over the years. Thanks for helping me get into videography and sharing what I love with the world. You're an inspiration to generations

[@Barnacules]

The TubeMP is good, it does tend to pick up a little noise from the USB cable though so make sure you have a good one. And the case is made by a company called CaseLabs and it's the model M10 and I will probably never buy another case again, it's that good!

[@Barnacules]

Damn straight! I love talking to my subscribers. That's what makes this fun. Even when I'm bigger i'm going to try my best to read every comment, obviously at some point that won't be possible but I'll still respond to as many as I can!

[@Barnacules]

I don't have time for it :) What little time I scrounge up during the week I usually spend more time making videos for you guys then actually sitting down and using it :) Actually that's not entirely true since I work on it a lot, but I don't game as much as I wish I could.

[@Barnacules]

I love Wip, we're good friends and we have both one a Man Cave builds off contest. We go in drastically different directions though.

[@Barnacules]

With the remote :) They are not professionally calibrated but Samsung has always been good at consistent color across all of there screens in the same series.

[@Barnacules]

So true, that game is a beast.

[@Barnacules]

Check out my second Q&A video, I talk about this.

[@MacMacWA]

That's a sick setup...the bezel in the middle of the workstation monitors would drive me crazy though.

[@Barnacules]

Yeah, running it at 4.7ghz right now per core. I can get it stable at 5.0ghz when the water cooling is working right but I have a blockage due to a defective flow meter I'm working out.

[@Barnacules]

Thank you! These comments never get old!

[@Barnacules]

You're welcome! Thanks Josh.

[@Barnacules]

I made custom black wood blocks that glass monitor base sits on then I used double stick 3M tape to put a USB 3.0 hub under the class base.

[@Barnacules]

Live Streaming is in the cards, I've already got all the hardware and software to do it just need the time to get everything organized and setup so I can just hit a button when I'm playing games and go!

[@musicman257]

Love the man cave im not a big gamer but i love watching people set up their stuff whatever their passion might be video games vintage stereo music rooms etc etc.Great Job.

[@bluburryyumyum1367]

You are not fat. You are healthy, and you have the most elegant set up I have ever seen in my life. One day my friend, I shall be on your level.

[@Barnacules]

It's an Obutto R3volution with a T500RS wheel & shifter and Fanatec Clubsport V2 pedals. Check out my other videos I have where I mod it with iHud iPad/iPhone displays. It's pretty awesome.

[@Barnacules]

Honestly have no idea :D It was just something I picked up from my music folder that sounded nice.

[@forcepanther30]

I'm speechless!!!One word I can say to his gaming room!!WoW!!!!

[@Barnacules]

Gateway Netbook, I basically use it as a clean USB power source for my mix amp :)

[@Barnacules]

I notice no input lag, the screens are set to game mode which turns off internal processing. I don't know what the MS rating on the screens are but I don't notice any lag that is for sure.

[@Barnacules]

I feel legendary!

[@Barnacules]

C# mostly these days writing automation tools but I also do native code development C/C++ and a lot of database/networking stuff (SQL, TCP, IP, etc)

[@Barnacules]

Does not bother me at all! It depends on the screen but the Samsung 6000 series has nearly no screen door effect between the pixels so everything is very sharp.

[@LanceX666]

I like the the "temple of Chaos" theme from Final Fantasy 1, Nice touch.

[@Boranavin360]

Voiceover sounds professional. It sounds clean like talk radio does. Very cool.

[@Barnacules]

I'm a software developer that works 60 hours a week and then puts in about another 60 hours on KZbin and outside development. This is why I suck at playing games, I never have time to practice lol.

[@Barnacules]

Absolutely want to see your setup! Please post a video and I'll let you video link it if it's good!

[@Barnacules]

I do, check out my Belkin WeMo switch video. I could do more videos on coding in the future though if there is enough demand.

[@rayrivera57]

You are out of control and I love it..........I am 55 yrs old but when I grow up I would like to be like you.

[@Barnacules]

Was using a TubeMP amp and Studio Mic :D It makes all the difference in the world.

[@Barnacules]

Funny you say that, I have a Yamaha YZ-250F, Santa Cruz Blur, Airsoft guns, Paintball guns and a few assault rifles (I love shooting). I do a lot of out doors stuff when I'm not working.

[@Barnacules]

Ikea dinner table, check out my 2nd Q&A video for more details.

[@Barnacules]

It's a good start.

[@Barnacules]

Arma 3 is pretty amazing but I've only played the 'lite' demo, I can't wait until they optimize the hell out of it and release it for prime time. When they do I will do a video with the TrackIR.

[@Barnacules]

Just check Monoprices for HDMI switches, that is where I got it. And the HDMI duplicator too.

[@Barnacules]

I think my main PC has 10 USB ports on it, but I also have 2 hubs connected to branch it out further.

[@redraven013]

by far, the best desk/office tour video i've seen.

[@Barnacules]

Not really, I use a non-conductive cooling fluid. If a pipe bursts I just rinse everything with distilled water, dry it and fire it back up.

[@ph11p3540]

This guy really knows his priorities and has a lot of discipline. He could be an IT person or a warehouse swamper and he can get this in two years. Or he can work on the oil rigs and get this in two weeks.

[@Barnacules]

Lol... No worries, but I was seriously wondering where you put them? I would love to use them as the front channel on my big rig but I can't find any place to really put them where they don't block the screens. And they are super heavy so I'm afraid to mount them on the ceiling.

[@Barnacules]

Yeah, it was on my list but the T500RS came up as a good deal and I went that route. Then shortly after they came out with the BMW racing wheel and I was like "DROOL" so at some point in the future I'll probably upgrade again.

[@Alpha2000Sixx]

This brings a tear to my eye, this is beautiful

[@Barnacules]

That is a drawing stylus for the Wacom drawing tablet.

[@Barnacules]

I've never been a hero before, it feels good :P

[@Burgandary]

I was amazed by your set-up but the chair is what really did it for me

[@Barnacules]

The computer was custom built from scratch starting with a CaseLabs M10 case.

[@Barnacules]

I can assure you there is no bull shit in the man cave, I don't have any cattle to speak of.

[@Barnacules]

This made me laugh, he is certainly rocking the mangina for sure :)

[@Barnacules]

Don't worry, I don't trip. All these guys do is validate what I'm doing which is awesome. It's encouragement to keep going and making more videos, more money and more cool gizmo's for the cave. Besides all of them don't have wives, girlfriends or kids so they haven't experienced life to it's fullest like I have, and it just bugs the shit out of them :}

[@Barnacules]

Thank you, I never get sick of hearing that :P

[@Barnacules]

A lot of people have told me to give it a try, does it work with surround mode enabled?

[@Barnacules]

They power the beast computer, screens, xbox and all peripherals. Then 2 other UPS's are not in the room that power the other server and desktop and my speakers, etc.

[@Barnacules]

You're not the first person to call me a poser, but you certainly found the nicest way to say it :D But rest assured I'm a gamer, just don't get much time to practice and become great at it because I'm always working. Hell I even make games, look up Angry Sharks for Windows Phone, I made that :P

[@Barnacules]

Ikea, it's a dinner table and a serving table and an end table all pushed together.

[@boen747]

your screen usually comes with an install disc with softeware to do this, if not go to your screen manfacturers website and download there calibration tools if they have them available. hope this helped.

[@Barnacules]

Those are 'Fellows' adjustable monitor stands

[@Barnacules]

I would drop a bunch of those zeros at the end, but pretty close :P

[@tommarsee]

That my friend, is absolutley incredible. Full respect for making that look so good!

[@EPlCBLUE]

I love this whole room. If i ever win the lottery or actually become rich ( or at least rich enough to buy this room and enough ramen noodles to survive) I know what I am buying first. I have been saving up for 6 months for my first build.

[@Barnacules]

End Dust does wonders.

[@ph11p3540]

You really put this into easy context. Now we got something to shoot for. Now if I can rout some of this data muscle to my work shop and kitchen.

[@ShizzySlays]

Excellent room, man. You've got a right to be proud. My setup is a disaster, I keep cleaning it up and getting it exactly the way I want it, and it takes less than a day for me to trash it again. It's impossible for me to keep a gaming desk clean!

[@Barnacules]

Then you should consider moving back in with her, I on the other hand just got a job, got married, had a kid then went and bought cool stuff for a spare room in my house and called it the Man Cave. That's always a good option.

[@Barnacules]

Software Developer and the room is probably $20 - $30k over the years. Could probably replicate it today for $15k

[@Barnacules]

Thank you Richard

[@canuxnet]

This is seriously incredible! Amazing organization of all your gadgets. Very jealous! Thanks for sharing an inside view of the manliest cave I've ever had the pleasure to see!

[@Barnacules]

The Dell 24" monitors are very old first generation IPS panels, I couldn't buy them now. Just go for some good Samsung panels.

[@Barnacules]

Why not? Actually I did it to maximize the overclock on my 3930k processor.

[@MN83QC]

That was so extreme-geek that I wasn't ready for that..

[@Barnacules]

Not rude at all Michael, the computer itself with screens was about $7000 but you could do the same for under $5k today if you shopped around.

[@JoshHess8]

Wow, this video completely blew me away! That is the best 'man cave' I have ever seen and probably will ever see!!!! Really enjoyed it thanks!

[@Barnacules]

Thank you so much for the complement! --'-,-(@

[@RobertVanGilder]

He's talked about that before! Mainly for the WOW! factor and because they have a "game" mode which is equivalent to a large HD monitor!

[@Barnacules]

When your dealing with the internet Hate is actually Love.

[@tylerbrown6013]

It was a pretty good console variant, I still prefer it over the slim though. Thanks for throwing out your input it really made you seem intelligent.

[@Barnacules]

Yup, ram ram and more ram. MOAR RAM!

[@benzajac2620]

I could only dream this setup. WOW is all I can say. Love the intro...