A typical day for me revolves around this setup — it’s where I work, socialize, watch content, play games, and more. My rule of thumb is simple: if you’re spending a good chunk of your time in one place, it should inspire you, not distract you. That’s why I’m always thinking about ways to optimize my space — not just to boost productivity, but to make it more fun, vibrant, and personal. In this post, I’m sharing the tools and gear that power my daily routine.
PC aka the beast
I am really content with my last build - it is almost a dream come true to be honest. I would like to start emphasising the path-tracing technology as this build mainly was built to utilize it. Most new titles that release today actually come with ray tracing enabled by default (and no setting to disable it), I know it sucks but I reckon this is where we should accept the technology advancement - you can't overlook how ray tracing makes some of the games really amazing when implemented well.
Specs
- Palit Gamerock RTX 5080
- Ryzen 7 7700X
- Patriot 32GB (2x16) Viper Venom 6000Mhz CL30 DDR5
- MSI MAG B650 Tomahawk WIFI
- Corsair RM750e
- Corsair 4000D Airflow
Cyberpunk is the new Crysis, so I will only give you a single result and let you guess the other titles, here you go: This beast gets me ~180 FPS on Cyberpunk 3440x1440 maxed out with DLSS Quality preset and 4x Multi Frame Generation enabled.
I have still not played with Curve Optimizer for my Ryzen CPU. It is fun to see what is the actual capacity of your rig and if you want a little more juice either with less power and same performance, or more power and more performance at the same time.
RTX 5080, on the other hand, came with not a big raw-perfomance uplift compared to last gen's. That was a bummer, yes, but people quickly found out the 50 series are very capable of overcloking (and underclocking) to significantly boost performance or stay on the average performance but save some power at the same time. I will try it myself when I am available and will share my results here.
Mac mini (M2 Pro)
A tiny workhouse. Before I got my hands on this, I was doing everything on my Windows machine and always wanted to have a seperate place to do my dev work. Mac mini came on stage with this idea behind - it is cheap, powerful, portable and takes so little space. That said, it was a little bit rushed purchase from my side. I think it was July 2024 when I did my purchase and the new Mac mini leaks were starting to appear - they were saying the next gen was going to get a design overhaul after a decade of no changes at all. Even though Apple leaks typically appear to be true (and actually sensible most times) you can't say stop to a tech-nerd like me when they are about to try a new OS for the first time.
A couple months later, Apple releases the new mini, with M4 chip and even a cheaper price tag compared to old one's price. You expect it to be same price or even more expensive in my country but just because of greedy me, they decided to make it even more accessible to so many people - everybody was saying how Mac mini is such a good deal especially if you are new to the ecosystem. I regretted my purchase but, whatever, it is still fine - lessons taken.
If you are a life-long Windows user, trying to shift to macOS, already are a part of its ecosystem (see: iPhone), have a mouse, keyboard & monitor, I think it's a really good idea to get this one unless you love working here and there, then go for a MacBook.
Periperhals
Main monitor: Samsung OLED G8
I believe ultrawide monitors should be the norm - the more screen real estate gets you so much done without the constant deal with window management. Watching movies without the need of letterboxing, seeing more when playing video games and making them like 2x more cinematic and immersive. It is such as interesting experience.
Being an OLED, this is an expensive monitor but the day I saw it inside a MediaMarkt, it was a love at first sight. The color quality is kilometers ahead from an IPS - you have to see with your own eyes.
It is 34" 3440x1440 and 175Hz - for me it is plenty but I think you better aim for 200Hz or more nowadays. OLED is getting more and more accessible but the best ones always will be expensive. This one weirdly uses mini DisplayPort and mini HDMI,the HDMI cable comes out of box but if you are to use DP, go get one for youself.
Side monitor: LG 29UM68-P
Another ultrawide monitor which was my main before G8, now I am using it vertically especially for those long files. It served me well and no problems so far.
Xiaomi Mi Computer Monitor Light Bar
This completely changed the ambiance of my setup - highly recommended. It’s such a comforting experience to have a light shining directly onto your keyboard while typing, rather than into your eyes. You can even switch between warmer and cooler tones, and precisely adjust the brightness as well.
Keyboard: Razer DeathStalker V2 Pro
Since I work with multiple computers, it is exteremly important for me to be able to switch input devices easily between them. DeathStalker comes with 3 types of connections: wired, Bluetooth (3 channels) and 2.4GHz wireless. This is my second Razer keyboard and I generally like their keycaps as well.
Work Mouse: Logitech MX Master 3
Gaming Mouse: Glorious Model O
Earbuds: Apple AirPods Pro 2
Headset: SteelSeries Arctis 7 Wireless (2019 Edition)
Gamepad: Monster Pusat Clutch Gamepad
A Turkish brand. Wireless, very cheap and rechargeable battery. Why in the world Xbox controllers don't have rechargeable batteries?
Side gamepad: Logitech F710
Retired and just collects dust.