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A community for sharing your computer, gaming or work setups as well as discussion about anything related to such setups.
Nearly all my furniture I got for free off the street on garbage day or from family. The computer parts however
I would put the back of the couch against the back of the desk. It would hide cables and allow you to see the TV from the couch.
Then if you need more room, push the desk back and put the bookshelf where the couch is.
That’s an interesting idea, I may play around with that. I do plan on getting a swivel mount though for the tv so I can angle it towards my desk or the TV depending on where I am
I'm going to need an explanation. Lol
Idk what part to explain but I can break down my setup:
Computers
Desktop:
CPU: Ryzen 3700x
GPU: RTX 3070Ti
RAM: 24GB DDR5? I cant quite remember
OS: Linux Mint/Windows 11/Hackintosh (broken) tri-boot. Mint because I’m too lazy these days for Arch
CASE: Hollowed out modded Mac G5 Chassis
Main day-to-day Computer
MODEL: 14” MacBook Pro M3 Pro 18GB RAM
Work Laptop (mounted under desk for storage, swapped out with personal laptop during the week)
MODEL: 16” MacBook Pro M1 Pro
That screen in the corner of the second photo
MODEL: Mac Mini 2014
PURPOSE: Proxmox Backup Server for my servers in the basement
There's also an HDMI over CAT5e/6 receiver and an HDMI switch connected to one of my servers in the basement but it's not really used right now. Trying to figure out how to setup a KVM switch that can switch between my basement servers but haven't put too much time into it yet
Displays:
Main MODEL: Asus 4K 160hz
Secondary MODEL: Cheap Amazon 4K 60hz
I switch between the laptops and the desktop with a DisplayPort KVM switch. The laptops get plugged into a powered USB C/Thunderbolt dock that one display is connected to (for some reason my M3 pro doesn’t like my second monitor though so it’s always just black)
Random Stuff:
I also have a cheap 3D printer
Let me know if you have any questions!
Alright, firstly that's an excellent spec/hardware list. Thank you for sharing, I enjoyed reading through it.
Second, I should have been more specific. I really meant to ask why you arranged things the way you did. In my head, I'm being critical of the setup, but I thought you probably had reasons for why you arranged it the way you did and I didn't want to be negative 😅
How do you actually watch the TV?
That's a nice 5151!
Im sorry but keeping your back to the door is just too weird for me.
I get that, I wouldn’t do that either. It’s a closet haha
That does indeed make sense!
I've read that it's not advised to have your monitor pointing at the window because then the light from the window gets directly into your eyes when trying to look at the monitor, so you tend to squint and generally are tensing up which can cause headaches etc. This made sense to me but if it's working well for you that's good 😸
Yeah... I've noticed that actually 😅. Luckily the sun only shines directly through my window in the early morning but still, I've definitely had my blinds closed a lot more since re-arranging things to this setup