Cyberpunk-Inspired Gaming Setup in the Philippines

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Name: Gerwyn Manuel

Location: Rizal, the Philippines

Occupation: Student, Drummer, Artist

Room size: 14 m² (151 ft²)

Cost of the setup: ~$1,5K (₱77K, including a laptop and monitor)

Social media: Instagram

Hello! Tell us a bit about yourself

Wazzzupppp, you guys! I’m Gerwyn, a student from the Philippines.

I’m a full-time drummer and a small-time partner of my girlfriend in our business selling apps and books.

To be honest, it was never my dream or intention to build a desk setup.

I’m a musician, and during my pre-pandemic days, I was always on the road, practising and performing.

I simply didn’t have time to sit at my desk at home or play video games.

The pandemic has changed Gerwyn’s life a lot. Before 2020, he had never thought of creating a home office or battlestation. Now he’s got a full-blown desk setup that inspired gamers all over the world

In 2020, when the lockdown started, I began getting into tech and gaming more since that’s what my hangout time with friends looked like at the time (shout out to Genshinan sa Kanto and CAT GANG.Co!)

When I met my girlfriend online during the lockdown, gaming became an important part of our bonding time. She’s a veteran gamer from a pro team that competed in tournaments before.

It wasn’t that long ago that I stumbled upon Setup Wars videos on YouTube as well as Matthew Moniz’s channel (where I got featured eventually).

They became my main inspiration for building my battlestation.

Every single detail in Gerwyn’s desk setup is carefully thought through

Since then, building upon and getting my setup to perfection has become a new hobby I’m surprised I’m good at.

I got featured by a bunch of tech pages on IG, and my setup is also on Pinterest. Matthew Moniz’s channel also featured me — my desk setup was even used as a thumbnail.

I never expected this blessing to come, but here I am, talking to you guys and being featured again.

I hope to inspire more people!

Take us through your setup

Item Model
Monitor ASUS 24″ 144Hz IPS Color accurate monitor
External monitor 144hz DISPLAY IPS FHD Panel
Laptop ASUS TUF GAMING f15
CPU Ryzen 7 4800-H
RAM 32GB DDR4 3200MHZ Dual Channel RAM
Gaming SSD 500GB SSD NVME.2
Graphics card GTX 1650ti 4GB GDDR5
Internal hard drive 1TB HDD
Soundbar Clockwork Bluetooth Soundbar
Headphones ASUS TUF GAMING H3
Headphone stand FANTECH tower RGB
Keyboard 1 RK918 Custom EVA 01 Keycaps
Keyboard 2 ASUS TUF GAMING K1 Membrane
Keyboard 3 GIGAWARE with custom white and grey keycaps
Mouse Custom Onikuma W95 wireless mouse, ASUS TUF GAMING M3
Desk mat MECHA-K

The main purpose of my setup is to show the world that you don’t need a huge budget to build one.

What’s more important is creativity, personality, and imagination.

A lot of people have been asking me how I came up with this look.

I was inspired by NeoTokyo-like cyberpunk vibes and put them into my imagination.