Need help choosing PC gaming desk and chair

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I dont want to spend over 1000 dollars for the desk and chair. anyone recommend a chair especially for sitting over 8 hours or more?

as far as in a desk i am probably going to just buy a 50 dollar 6 foot banquet table. i love plenty of room for my mouse. but if anyone else recommends anything else let me know.
 
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My desk and chair:

$300.00 total. It's pretty small though. I don't need much space because I'm 13, I may need more space next year...so I can't recommend one to you. Sorry.

Try iKea. :P
 
My desk is just one of those six feet long fold up tables, like you see at a church function. It's long enough for all my computers, monitors, printers, crap like that. Nothing fancy..

My chair however, is a nice leather job, with a massage thing built into the back AND seat ( :biggrin: ). I really like it.
 
IKEA makes great furniture that is cheap and classy. Just don't plan on disassembling it and moving it anytime, because the stuff is made to self-destruct once you try and take it apart again.

If you're using a mousepad this won't concern you, but if you use your desk as the mouse surface make sure it works well enough
 
My desk is just one of those six feet long fold up tables, like you see at a church function. It's long enough for all my computers, monitors, printers, crap like that. Nothing fancy..

My chair however, is a nice leather job, with a massage thing built into the back AND seat ( :biggrin: ). I really like it.

Haha, I've got the same desk except mine's the 8' one. I can stack lots of crap on top of it. :P And I've just got a nice leather chair.
 
$50
ikea swivel chair $24.99
office depot computer desk $23.99

it works
 
$1000?
spend $900 on your computer and $100 on the desk and chair
 
I just spent $300 on my new desk.
I haven't put it together, as I'm moving in a month and don't want to hassle with it. But I got it from OfficeMax.com It's 6' x 3' (bowed) and will be a dream desk for me compared to my current one... I'm a design student. This desk will be sturdy enough for my projects, and is definitely large enough to have multiple things out... It weighs approximately 150lbs.

My office chair I got from Sams Club last year. It was slightly over $100 and has kept up well. I use it very often (probably not 8hrs/day) ... but I use it enough. Comfortable and good for the price.

My .02
 
I have an old wooden desk our uncle gave us for Christmas in 2000. The drawer on it that holds the keyboard is falling apart. There's duct tape on one side holding the wheel track on, and the rails are severely bend out of shape. My keyboard tends to fall off onto the floor once in a while, and the drawer smashes into the tile below. Luckily it only landed on my foot once, and it hurt really bad. I say luckily because it falls off a lot.

For my chair I used an old office desk chair we found next to a dumpster with some worn fabric. The other computer has a nicer synthetic leather office chair. I recommend any chair with the solid leather back(it's not in two pieces), like you see in an office setting, and make sure it leans back a bit with springs, also make sure you have arm rests, since that seems to give you optimum comfortability (I realize that isn't a word, but work with me) The only thing annoying about my setup is the desk is too low, so I have to have my chair lowered all the way down, and some chairs don't fit under it with their arm rests. I also have a bit of trouble resting my arms on the arm rests of this chair and typing ergonomically, so I have wrist issues. Probably not too good, but my wrists physically can't touch any sort of pad in front of the keyboard because it's too low. It's close to sitting on my lap.

Also one more Caveat make sure you're keyboard wire is long enough if you have a sliding drawer for the keyboard. Otherwise it sits half way under the desk like mine, and you have to pull it out diagonally to play, and it sits awkwardly half on the drawer and half off. I have gotten used to it, but I imagine some people couldn't stand it.
 

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