With my new AW3423DWF I feel like now is time to post the ultimate iteration of my setup.
by ICantPeeSendHelp
With my new AW3423DWF I feel like now is time to post the ultimate iteration of my setup.
by ICantPeeSendHelp
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While upgrading my setup I started to realize it’s better to upgrade things for user experience rather than raw performance, which is why I stopped upgrading my PC at a 2070 super and R5 3600, except for aestheti
c changes(new cpu cooler and cables), which helped bring my desk setup together.I know it probably doesn’t make alot of sense to most people to have a monitor that cost me 4x as much as my GPU(I got it used), but I have lots of problems with traditional backlit panels and I am loving having them fixed here. Mainly I just can’t stand the overshoot and motion blur on most monitors, my old Samsung Odyssey G5 had BFI, but that was a minor solution, this monitor straight up has no overshoot, minimal blur and is better than having a higher refresh rate backlit for me because that would only work with high frame rate content, im not hitting 240-360hz in 95% of singleplayer games, so massively improving 60fps clarity is much more important than making minute details noticeable in motion in the few games that would hit those massively high frame rates. Mactype fixed all issues with text clarity for me, and this monitors peak brightness is already a bit too much for me so HDR is great on here IMO. To me this is the perfect display solution, is there potential to make something better? Of course, but this fixes everything I disliked with my old monitor, and won’t need a reason to switch for any reason other than all the things they added to prevent burn in fail, and me removing my taskbar and adding a dynamic wallpaper don’t work. I also needed a low profile VESA mount so I can use the full depth of my mousepad without the legs of the included stand getting in the way.
My Keyboard is a limited edition ducky that came with zeal switches that I revolved the color scheme of my setup around, it types great, I may mod it at some point down the road but its practically irreplaceable as stock was limited to 1010 keyboards, a quarter of which were zealios, so I probably will wait until I’m confident enough with my soldering. The mouse pad is from the same company that collaborated with Ducky on my keyboard, made to color match it, lucky for me it was still in stock 2 years later. The mouse is a G-Wolves HT-M stardust that just fits my hand great, is lightweight and is wired so I know I’ll be able to replace the cable when it breaks which I prefer over replacing spicy pillows every now and then, which are the only 3 boxes I really need checked. I mainly use my PS5 controllers for most games as I’ve come to prefer it over the Xbox controller, I keep a cable hidden on the underside of my desk using raceways, so I can use wired without having to plug in the cable everytime, the plus side is I find most games support PS5 controller if you plug it in wired, whereas if you want to use wireless, I’d just stick to the Xbox controller.
My audio setup now consists of the logitech Z333, AT2020 USB+, and Moondrop Aria Snow Editions. I got the speakers because they come with a subwoofer and independant woofers and tweeters, which is all I really need as I’m not much of an audiophile but do see the benefits of having those 3 things. The AT2020 helped me use my mic with an arm, cause my old snowball wasn’t exactly the easiest thing to use a boom arm with, and I wanted something side address so it would be easy to get my mic close without it obstructing my screen. No pop filter because I like the way it looks without one, and because I only use it for discord, condensor works great. The IEMs are really just for maximum noise isolation, better imaging, and I prefer the lack of distortion on in ears, I went with the Arias because I liked the tuning profile with a little more sub bass and a little less sharp highs.. I don’t really need my old open backs for soundstage as I usually just use my speakers for anything that would benefit from that, plus the replacable cable is a huge plus.
I can confidently say I’m not done updating my setup, theres always a new feature or a product that does the same feature just significantly better. But for the first time, I can say I’m 100% satisfied with every part of it, and how I use it.