5 IKEA Finds That Will Improve Your Gaming Setup

If you haven’t yet considered these factors, your gaming setup may not be as effective as you hoped. Don’t worry, there are plenty of gadgets you can use to complete your station. Some of them are even easily available at your nearest IKEA store. Yes, the furniture giant also offers a line of devices designed to fit a gamer’s space. This includes lighting solutions, ergonomic desks and even simple but thoughtful decor. Here are five IKEA products to check out when upgrading your gaming setup.

Light strips in a gaming setup may seem gimmicky, but they actually help create a warm ambiance in your space. If you are at IKEA, one of the lighting solutions to check out is the Kabbleka LED lighting strip. Available for $20, this light strip is just what you need to give your gaming setup an aesthetically pleasing yet affordable upgrade. It gives you nine colors to choose from: red, green, blue, pink, orange, purple, light blue, ice blue, and aquamarine. The light strip comes with a button to switch between different colors. Unfortunately, this light strip isn’t dimmable, but users say the lighting is already soft enough to create a warm ambiance in your gaming setup.

Measuring 118″ long, the Kabbleka light strip can already cover a large portion of your room. It uses tape, so installation should be a breeze. Simply peel off the backing and stick. The strip is also flexible to be bent easily when needed, perhaps to follow the shape of your monitor or to wrap around your desk. If it’s too long for your setup, you can cut the strip into one of the black lines along any length. To power the strip, you can use a free USB port on your computer or connect it to a wall adapter.

Gaming chairs are nice, but it’s not exactly healthy to sit for hours on end. If you experience lower back pain and neck tension from sitting for too long, you may want to switch to standing from time to time. A standing gaming desk, like IKEA’s Malomrade Electric Gaming Desk, might be what you need.

Unlike other alternatives that are essentially just desks with height adjustment capabilities, the Malomrade Gaming Desk includes several accessories for your battle station. It includes three monitor arms that can accommodate flat gaming monitors up to 27″. All are adjustable, so whenever you need to change the orientation of your monitors, you are free to do so. Above the arms is a pegboard with hooks, holders, and elastic straps to organize your controller, keyboard, and headphones. If you don’t like reaching your headphones from that far away, you can simply hang them in one of the two hooks below the desk There is also a built-in cable management tray below the back of the desk to hide your power strip and messy cables.

Performance-wise, this gaming desk can support a load of 132 pounds. on the table, 15 pounds. on the monitor arms and 22 lbs. on the pegboard. The desk itself measures 70″ by 30.5″, spacious enough to accommodate all your lamps, speakers, and other gaming essentials. The height, on the other hand, ranges from a minimum of 26.75″ to 49.25″. For added convenience, you can save your preferred heights to the controller, so they’re within easy reach. This controller is even built with two USB ports that support charging small electronic devices.

Most of the time, game rooms are dimly lit, with only a desk lamp illuminating your desk. This is not the most ideal setup, especially if the lamp is directly shining on your screen and causing glare. To avoid this, consider getting a monitor light bar, such as the Lagergang LED Screen Lamp from IKEA. Like other monitor light bars, this 370 lumen light has a soft glow that doesn’t produce glare but is enough to illuminate your entire desk. It has three brightness levels to choose from. Simply lightly touch the top middle of the light bar to switch between these light intensities. However, the color temperature is not adjustable, so you are stuck with the same color.

Since the Lagergang Screen Light is 15.75″ long, it should fit most monitors comfortably. The installation itself won’t take you more than ten minutes either. All you have to do is thread the light bar’s USB cable through the hook, attach the magnetic hook to the light bar, and then hook the hook to your monitor.

You can easily bend the hook if the location isn’t as secure. From There, route the 59″ USB-C cord to your cable management tray and plug it into any USB-C. port on your computer. Once lit, you can change the direction of the light by rotating the lamp forward.

Audio-responsive lights are one of the coolest gadgets you can add to your gaming station. IKEA offers one for just $7, which also makes it an inexpensive way to upgrade your gaming setup. The Skaftsarv LED Decorative Light looks like a regular standing light bar at first glance, but once you start playing games or songs, it then moves with the sound of the room.

You can set the lamp to start with a single solid color: lime green, purple, blue, lavender, orange, red or yellow. Or you can opt for one of two colors of the rainbow: one that starts with green and fades to yellow then pink, or the other that starts with yellow and fades to purple then blue. Simply browse the available colors using the top button on the back to choose your choice. In addition to changing color, the Skaftsarv Light is also dimmable. Simply long press the bottom button on the back of the device.

Beyond its different lighting modes, this decorative lamp also offers flexible placement options. Its right-angle shape makes it easy to direct the light toward the wall for a softer glow. You can also leave the lamp upright or lay it flat on your gaming desk. And since it’s quite affordable, don’t hesitate to add several to your setup. Just make sure you have enough USB-C power adapters because there aren’t any in the box.

A headphone stand is one of those essential accessories that you know you need in your gaming setup, but might be hesitant to purchase because it only does one job. Well, the Iskarna LED table lamp from IKEA changes that for you. It’s not just a headphone stand, it’s also a table lamp and decoration at the same time. Yes, it also serves as decoration thanks to its unique look. What sets it apart from standard table lamps is the way it is designed to resemble a head. This makes it the ideal holder for your headphones and other head accessories like glasses, headband, cap, mask or bandana.

For its lighting function, you can change the lamp to one of seven solid colors or have it cycle through all color options automatically. There is a button on the back of the head to set your preferred configuration. Like many IKEA lighting solutions, the Iskarna LED table lamp can last up to 25,000 hours. If you turn it on for three hours a day, expect a lifespan of around two decades.

Measuring 9″ by 8″ by 6″, this table lamp might be big enough for your already-filled gaming desk. But it can still fit perfectly on your nightstand or floating shelf.

These products were primarily selected based on how seamlessly they fit into any gamer’s setup. They must either contribute to ergonomics, organization, comfort or simply the overall aesthetics of the installation. We also took into account IKEA product reviews and prioritized those rated at least 4 stars out of 5. The exception being the gaming desk, which we still included for its functional benefit to a gamer, as it only had one review at the time of writing.