Show Your LCD(s) setups!!!

Hah, one of the monitors has inputs for RCA, Component in, etc, so I figured what better use of my old XBOX than to use it as a DVD player, I try to recycle as much as possible.

As for the RAM sticks, the computer case under the XBOX needed more ventilation, since the XBOX was covering some of the vents, I decided to use the old RAM to open up the space some, recycling again.
 
New speakers, clean room.

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Yep, didn't realize how large the SS-B3000's were. This will be temporary, but it still sounds quite nice, just not as good as it will later.
 
@CHskyline , i see you ae still rocking the same monitors as i. How does that number pad keyboard/mouse thing to the left workout for you. do you use it as a second mouse. are you a gamer? what da server for? Xp.

ps i was thinking about removing my stickers da ova day then i was like,,naaa
 
fudge2011 said:
@CHskyline , i see you ae still rocking the same monitors as i. How does that number pad keyboard/mouse thing to the left workout for you. do you use it as a second mouse. are you a gamer? what da server for? Xp.

ps i was thinking about removing my stickers da ova day then i was like,,naaa
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Yep, still hangin with the 28"s! 5960x1200 just rules, even if they are not the best looking displays.

The gamepad is a Logitech G13, which I use for every game, saving my keyboard for things like replying to you. I love the G13, it's been awesome. I bought it to allow myself to 'spread out' and be more comfortable, and it's definitely a great addition to the my matching G15 rev 2 and G9.

The server on the right side with the 19" display is my Minecraft server for my girlfriend and some neighbors, as well as myself. :D
 
Here is my main setup (Took them in the dark as I haven't done any wire management yet :D):

27" iMac + 3xAlienware Optx2310 on an Ergotron Triple Monitor Stand (Ashur system in sig).

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Setup behind the chair:

24" Samsung 245BW connected to my Lan PC (Core i5 750 /w Xfire 6870's)

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Secondary setup:

3xDell 2209WA in Portrait Mode Eyefinity + Dell P2210 as an auxiliary display (Yarris setup).

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Same setup as above, but showing my Asus G73JH with light!
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Ok, placed center speaker above, surrounds are now behind me like they should be. Better camera used as well. :thumb:

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Here are my new setups:

Basement Server Alcove
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Servers on the right are both AMD FX-6100, 16GB RAM, Booting ESXi 5 off of USB Keys
Servers on the left are AMD Ahtlon X2 5200, 8 GB RAM, Booting ESXi 4.1 off of USB Keys
and an Endian Firewall PC
and a big honking 24" Samsung 2443bw to display text.

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I'm proud of my external cable/cord-fu at last, finally looks clean!
 
rykker said:
Here are my new setups:

Basement Server Alcove
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Servers on the right are both AMD FX-6100, 16GB RAM, Booting ESXi 5 off of USB Keys
Servers on the left are AMD Ahtlon X2 5200, 8 GB RAM, Booting ESXi 4.1 off of USB Keys
and an Endian Firewall PC
and a big honking 24" Samsung 2443bw to display text.

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http://www.gotyourship.com/setup/5.jpg

I'm proud of my external cable/cord-fu at last, finally looks clean!
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Very nice. Your cable-fu is strong.:cool:
 
Spare-Flair said:
Saitek Cyborg Keyboard. Rykker, very nice rooms overall. You are so neat and tidy. For just text on the servers, I would have gotten a CRT :)
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CRT would have messed up the feng shui of the room :) Happiness is a blue LED.

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Very nice. Your cable-fu is strong.:cool:
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Thanks! That's one thing I don't understand, people spend so much on a kickass setup and cable-fu the inside, but then leave a rats nest of wiring on the outside
 
rykker said:
CRT would have messed up the feng shui of the room :) Happiness is a blue LED.



Thanks! That's one thing I don't understand, people spend so much on a kickass setup and cable-fu the inside, but then leave a rats nest of wiring on the outside
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Rykker,

Checked out your full setup over on DSL reports it's awesome very well done indeed.

Rhys
 
I did a no interest deal and paid off a cinema display in 9 months or so, but I found the ips response time and scene smearing on fast FoV movement bad on the most extreme textured games. Older engines weren't quite as horrible to me (L4D2, TF2, and misc older games from my steam library).
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When I saw the 27" 120hz samsung go on sale for $399.99 I jumped on it, so I do have mixed screens but I'm only gaming on the 120hz one. They do match physically quite nicely though, both being 27" 16:9, and glossy.
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I am picky so like I did for several years before I got my ips, I went back to running two different screen types to get the tradeoffs of both.
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8-2006 .. not sure how long I had been using these two as this date is only a few months before I got the westinghouse in the next picture. The viewsonic 1680x1050 lcd on the right had terrible AG coating as I recall, and I ended up giving it away.
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10-2006 This is soon after I got the 37", which soon after became very obviously too large vs direct viewing at normal desk distances. I moved it back 4' or so on a pillar until I could sell it. Btw the crt is actually much more lush, photos don't show how it looks very well.
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I used this setup up until early last year when I got a cinema display. Probably used about 3 yrs. A 27.5" tn next to the fw900 crt. Pic is from when I was running windows xp with objectdock back then.
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The following pics are a bit rough. I haven't mounted the cinema display on its stand yet, I'm still running wires, and the rec-room remodel never seems to get rolling.. I think this is the year though -- new walls and a new laminate "embossed stone tile" floor, etc. I just got another minidp extension cable so I will prob move my computer case back to a different room tomorrow, on a long cable run.
The monitors actually align nicely from a seated position. They always come out tilted looking in pictures.

Cinema display early last year. The side panels are 19" 1440x900, which I set back further on monitor arms to essentially "shrink" them to my perspective until they fit the cinema display. In person for a seated position they would be tucked behind the cinema display's bezels neatly, and look pretty well aligned top and bottom horizontally. The "sidebar" portrait mode monitors are used for chat, email, winamp+media library, volume mixer, statusbars/progressbars, download window, some file management/file browsing, text files, extra tool/workspace for apps/suites, etc so they don't need to be matched perfectly to any of the other monitors, though I did tweak them some. I hardly ever have the wallpaper showing because they are filled with open readouts/apps.
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These pics are of my still a work-in-progress array that I have only been testing for a few weeks. I added the 120hz samsung to the array for gaming at the central desk position. When I am browsing, viewing images, doing photoshop, 3d modeling, using graphics tablet, or using other suites/apps, file management, etc I roll my chair to the left keyboard and mouse and use the cinema display and its "sidebar" 19" next to it. .
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This is the cinema display (left) side of the array. I have an erogtron arm for it honest lol (yes thats a solid block style cinderblock beneath it temporarily). The glare is from the flash. I don't keep any room lighting in front of my monitors. The corner desk now faces out into the room instead of an against the wall/bookshelf stereotypical setup. There is a window that gets plenty of daylight, and good room lighting behind the backs of the monitors. I also have a lamp on each end of the desk itself, but they are adjacent to the monitors so don't show in them as a direct light source/reflection.I basically took over a corner of the room facing my corner desk outward.
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I was going to try an eyefinity setup using my 22.5" fw900 'graphics professional' widescreen crt with a 21.5" 60hz led backlit lcd on each side to compare vs the single 27" 120hz samsung gameplay experience (returning whichever new additional monitors I decided against), but my crt may have finally died. I couldn't get it to display at all. So eyefinity is out for now. I might try it someday with a 27" led on each side of the 27" 120hz one perhaps, even if the sides are cheaper 60hz, but that would probably require some desk modification, an additional/separate desk, or building a new desk for a lower over/under array (I don't like high overhead row monitor array styles). I'm pretty happy with the potential of my current setup for now though. I'll prob end up using two pc's at the same desk ultimately, since its a pain having all those monitors and having to lock myself into a full screen game since windowed+maximized mode (if the game even has it) results in way too much performance loss on the most demanding games, and alt-tabbing on the most demanding games is laggy, buggy,and often doesn't return to game at all after minimizing (black screens/not responding). I can get away with windowd+maximized in games that don't tax my setup like L4D2, etc though.
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I'm hoping to get the room remodel and wiring all done in the following months~>spring, so I'll potentially have much better pics someday incl the room its in.
 
Nice arms... and that surface looks way better. I love big corner desks. I ended up boxing a whole corner off more or less by facing my corner desk outward which gives a lot more room and in my case keeps all room lighting behind the backs of the monitors. I'm thinking about mounting my network hardware on the wall eventually but what you did looks like it works too.
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Are you going to do eyefinity with those three monitors? -- just checked your old link.. what a makeover! lol.. nice work.
 
Where the fuck is everybody getting these awesome corner style desks. I need to stop shopping in ghetto shit holes. :( Please do share if somebody knows of some place in or near San Antonio, TX that has decently priced nice corner desks. :)
 
MikeTrike said:
Where the fuck is everybody getting these awesome corner style desks. I need to stop shopping in ghetto shit holes. :( Please do share if somebody knows of some place in or near San Antonio, TX that has decently priced nice corner desks. :)
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Most of them, like myelin1's above, are IKEA Galant desks.
 
Just added a 2nd desk (another IKEA Galant) to make a poor man's biomorph (two independent height adjustable surfaces).

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Currently this is waiting to get installed as well.

Hello,thought i would introduce myself as im still learning these forums...currently here's my set up.PC's going under the knife soon though :( also thinking of possibly getting two screens probably 24 inches not sure yet.
Also gonna fix up all the wiring soon.

Specs
Antec 1200 Gaming Case.
WD 500 gb Hdd
Corsair DDR 3 Dominator GT Ram
Turbo Cool 850 watt PSU
Evga X58 3XSLI motherboard
Lg lightscribe 16x dvd-rw (replacing this soon)
Sapphire 4870x2 2GB video card (Upgraded card also on the current plans)
Logitech G510 keyboard (Had a G-15 but decided on getting a new one instead)
 
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