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Best monitor setup (sopuli.xyz)
submitted 2 days ago by theorangeninja@sopuli.xyz to c/pcmasterrace@lemmy.world
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I currently use my laptop next to a monitor with 21" but I am thinking about an upgrade. I casually play some light games, nothing competitive. The rest is a lot of reading, office or coding work and some multimedia.

What is a nice setup in your opinion? One big screen with 27" or two smaller ones with 22" or 24" each?

I did some research and found for a 24" screen 1080p and for a 27" screen 1440p as a minimum. So I figured a 24" 1440p screen would look awesome. Do I miss something about this finding? Is 2K too much for 24" to even notice it?

The problem I have is my desk is only 65cm wide and I frequently have a book or a piece of paper between me and the keyboard+monitor. The monitor uses 22cm and the keyboard another 14cm so there is just enough space for a piece of paper. Many of the modern monitors have huge standing feets and there are not always good measurements given.

I also thought about a monitor arm but I don't know if that would help with my small desk or just create more hassle after all.

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[–] theorangeninja@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Very true, this is definitely easier with two physical screens. Will you swap your 4K TV out and just use the two 1080p monitors instead?

I just checked and my current older monitor does allow a VESA adapter so I might pick up a monitor arm for now and see how I like the possibility to tilt and turn my screen and think about the size and resolution for a bit longer.

[–] TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I plan on keeping the tv hooked up, cause honestly I mostly use it for watching/playing stuff from my bed rather than a secondary display, because as you can probably guess that's a rather awkward experience lol :3 though I do occasionally use it to shove secondary apps onto

I might pick up a monitor arm for now and see how I like the possibility to tilt and turn my screen and think about the size and resolution for a bit longer.

And that's fair. I imagine being able to position your display with the additional freedom of the monitor arm would make it easier to visualise the possible monitor configurations you may want

[–] theorangeninja@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah that's why I was asking lol. But for that use its perfect to have it directly hooked up to the PC. And yes, sometimes it can be nice to have a big screen for some random apps.

I didn't know my current one could be mounted so I always thought I have to buy a new one before I can even think about an arm. But now trying the arm first with what I have sounds more reasonable.

But idk which arm to buy now lol. I think two separate arms with gas springs are more flexible but it might look weird if I end up using only one. Using a vertical tube allows attaching arms as you need but I think it restricts the vertical alignment more than two separate arms. Anyway, I have to figure that out somehow. Thanks a lot!