Often it’s office workers who can benefit from having a standing desk, but there is a big opportunity for gamers to try standing as well. It’s easy for gaming to result in hours of sitting. This usually leads to poor posture, neck, back, and wrist pain. By standing even a quarter of the time you could see dramatic improvements in how you feel. Standing desks can also become another customizable feature of your gaming setup. Read more on the reasons why Fortnite and League of Legends addicts should invest in a standing desk.

Our recommendation for most gamers is a full electric standing desk. This is the only type of desk where you have the high lift capacity needed to easily raise and lower a full gaming setup complete with multiple large monitors, speakers, desktop PC, and other equipment. It’s also common for electric standing desks to provide a larger surface area and save sitting and standing height memory settings for two people. Electric standing desks also make it easy for gamers to achieve proper ergonomics.

We have added a few options for desks that aren't adjustable. There are two benefits of these desks. The first is their price - they're much cheaper as they don't have one or two motors, controls, and they have less wires and electronics. The second is maximum weight capacity; many will exceed 400 lbs. That's more than enough for most any gamer, even when you include multiple monitors, a PC, laptop, or gaming console, headphones, cupholders, and control holders.

Gamers tend to be younger and have smaller budgets, and it's very difficult to find adjustable desks that are $200 or less that aren't low quality. For this reason we included a wide range of choices to accommodate many different budgets and needs.

In evaluating which standing desks are best for gaming we consulted with a few competitive PC gamers who use standing desks as part of their gaming setup. With these interviews we came up with a list of key criteria for a great standing desk for gamers:

• Lighting - LED lighting isn't necessary for gaming, but it can create or enhance the mood. And some gaming desks can connect via USB into the gaming console, PC, or laptop to control the lighting.
• Memory settings - We love desks with memory settings for sitting and standing heights and consider it a must-have for anyone unless you’re on a tight budget. Memory settings can seriously aid gamers transitioning from sitting to standing. Since mouse and keyboard coordination is important in most games, you’ll want to be able to return to your exact preferred sitting and standing height.
• Beveled desktop edge - A beveled edge is quite common on many standing desks and can help improve comfort and support on forearms.
• Cable management - Since many gaming setups make use of at least two monitors, a full desktop computer, speakers, and other wired equipment, cable management is critical for most gamers.
• Monitor arm compatibility - The gaming community seems to be split on the use of monitor arms. Unless you’re buying super high-end arms, they can tend to wobble or move out of position. Either way, a good gaming standing desk should have the ability to fit monitor arms with very stable support and thick desktop surface.
• High lift capacity - As mentioned with cable management, gamers have a lot of equipment that can easily outweigh the lifting capacity of many budget standing desks.
• Style - Gaming is more than just playing and many gamers spend a lot of time and money on the aesthetics of their gaming setup. Most will want their standing desk to fit right in with their other investments.
• Stability - This is likely to be the most important single criteria for a gaming standing desk. You’ll want an extremely stable desk to make sure your mouse movement and keyboard input is accurate and confidence-inspiring. An unstable desk will lead to moving monitors and general frustration very quickly.
• Special add-ons for gamers - Gamer haves different needs than regular standing desk users. Some desks include hooks for headphones, a control tower to hold controls as well as games, cupholders, and often have extra large of full-sized mouse pads that cover the entire desktop.

We looked at a lot of setups of some of the top gamers such as Shroud (Michael Grzesiek) and Ninja (Tyler Blevins) to get a good idea of what gamers need. The top gamers are multimillionaires and these setups are out of reach for the average gamer (especially Ninja, whose sponsor Red Bull renovated his gaming room, which you can see by clicking his name above). But you don't have to spend a lot of money to have a good gaming setup.

How big of a desktop you'll need depends on how much space you have, and how much stuff you plan on putting on the desktop. It's a bad idea to keep electronics on the floor as they can accumulate dust, so the CPU, gaming console or laptop and speakers should either be on the desktop, or in some storage attached to the desktop.

You'll also have to consider how big your monitor or monitors are. They can take up a lot of real estate on your desk and you can't block or crowd your screen with your stuff. For example, if you're using this beautiful Sceptre 30" curved monitor on a 40" wide desk, adding a CPU that 8" wide on one side, plus speakers on each side is going to block your monitor.

One of your best options is to get a CPU holder. I bought this one from Vivo and it's not too expensive, easy to install, and does it's job. I like this better than a lot of under-desk storage options because there's good air circulation. Gaming for hours on end can cause your computer to heat up, so it's better to not have it in an enclosed area.