Entry€900–1,400
The weeknight station
24-inch 240 Hz panel, a mouse under 60 grams, a hall-effect keyboard if the title is movement heavy, and a closed headset with a working mute. Chair can be simple. Cable route cannot.
Gear desk · Spring through winter 2026
Stations built for series, not for photos.
Ranges below are typical street prices in the Netherlands this year. They are a guide from the desk, not a cart.
Blueprints
Three ways a Dutch desk gets built.
Entry holds a ranked season. Contender holds a bootcamp. Stage is what we expect on a numbered pod.
Contender€1,800–2,600
The bootcamp row
Matched monitors across the house so a stand-in does not learn a new color. Spare mouse in the drawer. Sidetone checked every Monday. This is the Amsterdam loft look from the practice-room notes.
Stage€3,200–4,800
The numbered pod
What Crown Finals asks for: labeled ports, a second mouse, a monitor arm that does not drift, and audio that survives a crowd. Fighting-game pods swap the mouse for a lever or a pad.
What we check
The list on the door of the gear room.
| Piece | Why it is on the list | 2026 note |
|---|---|---|
| Monitor | Refresh and panel clarity in smokes and night maps | 240 Hz for tactical FPS, 144 Hz still fine for draft games |
| Mouse | Weight, sensor, and a spare that matches | Under 60 g on most stage pods |
| Keyboard | Actuation you can trust when the series speeds up | Hall-effect shows up on movement titles |
| Headset | Callouts, mute, and sidetone | Checked before the first veto, not after a complaint |
| Chair | A long search or a five-game draft | Lumbar over logo. Feet on the floor. |
| Controller | EA Sports FC and a few fighting-game players | Numbered rack, shared only when the rulebook says so |
| PC | Frame time, not a benchmark screenshot | Club PCs still appear in early CS2 groups |
Audio before ego
A missed smoke call in Siege is often the headset, not the player. Maastricht runs a two-minute sound check per squad.
Match the row
Bootcamps that mix panel types invent a problem that looks like aim. Eindhoven’s Dota house learned that in May and fixed it before June.
Bring the lever
Frost Keys does not supply fight sticks. It supplies tables, power, and a button-check. Pads are welcome. Mystery software is not.