Emmanuel's dark desk setup — Virginia
S·0010 · Emmanuel · Virginia · 2025
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In their own words
Plan your build carefully. Draw it out and measure everything. Don’t compare your setup to others with more expensive equipment. Save up for quality pieces and invest once to avoid replacements. Not all name brands guarantee quality. Watch YouTube reviewers for inspiration, especially those who review different setups.
— Emmanuel
Observation notes
Plan your build carefully.
Emmanuel's Samsung Odyssey Ark curves into a crescent-moon wallpaper in one photo, an album-art collage in the next — the screen rotates on its stand between gaming and music sessions. A neon "GO BEYOND PLUS ULTRA" sign anchors the wall above a row of headphones mounted on an LED-lit pegboard, with a sculptural bust wearing one more pair on the desk itself.
The Mac Pro's cheese-grater case sits at one end of the butcher-block desktop, an Xbox Series X and controllers at the other — everything measured out and planned before it went in, the way his own notes describe.
Gear list
16 items- Desk
- IKEA Karlby mounted on Jarvis sit/stand frame and caster wheels
- PC
- Mac Pro 2.7 GHz 24 core Intel Xeon W, 256GB DDR4, Two AMD Radeon Pro Vega II graphic cards and Apple Afterburner card
- Monitor
- Samsung Odyssey Ark Gen 2
- Mouse
- Logitech GX Pro Superlight x2, Logitech MX Master 3S, Razer Death Adder V2, Apple Mouse and VGN Dragon Fly F1
- Mousepad
- Orbitkey desk mat (slim and regular), Floppy Chamleon desk mat, Kaeini Retro PC desk mat, Techsouce Cyber Black, Muriicle desk mat and a few custom ones
- Headphones
- ZMF Caldera, ZMF Atrium, Meze Empyrean II, Focal Radiance and Hifiman Arya Stealth Magnets
- Webcam
- Opal C1
- Tablet
- Ipad Pro 12.9’’
- Watch
- Apple Watch Ultra
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