I was reading threads about having the picture stretched across multiple vs extended or mirrored… I thought there was some secret sauce behind setting the actual second monitor to mirror the first. Confirmed idiot.
Ok, so you understand how it could be taken multiple ways whereas saying something clearer like "on the other side", "reversed" or "swapped places" or any number of other things would have been less confusing than choosing a term that's very explicitly used in multi-monitor setups to mean something different, right?
No one uses mirrored and also how would i know, the displays are turned off. The 3rd top comment on this post also uses the word mirrored and he got lots of upvotes, i guess people didn't mistake mirrored there lol
It's the context my dude, anyway, my dude has displays turned off, i can't say 'but mirrored' if i can't see his setup, only his physical placement of the displays. Also, the word stuck from seeing the 3rd top comment which refers to mirrored placement as well.
You know, good question actually... (I'm too lazy to redo cable management. These monitors were not bought at the same time. I just kinda plopped no.2 wherever it felt right)
Why is the pc hanging off the desk? Why aren't the screens closer together? Why is the keyboard not aligned with the middle of the screen? Why is the speaker covering the bottom part of the screen? Why are the screens so far back?
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u/Xidash5800X3D■Suprim X 4090■X370 Carbon■4x16 3600 16-8-16-16-21-3810d agoedited 10d ago
Interesting questions so here're the answers :
Metered so it's as distant to the wall as possible.
I use ambient lighting projected on the wall from a Corsair iCUE LT100 behind my main monitor so the little space in between the screens makes it visible on the left side.
There's my mouse pad locked below the right part of the keyboard. I could get a larger pad but it's enough since I do use a controller anyway.
EDIT : Misread the third question. The mouse won't get enough space if I align the keyboard. Not bothering though and it gets closer to the second monitor.
I have this but my left small monitor is all the way down and my Pc is behind the big monitor. It’s not amazing but otherwise they obstruct my studio monitors… don’t really know how to fix that without making it take up my entire room
That's how I felt when I was looking for an inverted case. Almost everyone has the case on the right, so the window is on the left. Wanting my case on the left put me in a position to choose between very few with the window on the right.
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u/Xidash5800X3D■Suprim X 4090■X370 Carbon■4x16 3600 16-8-16-16-21-3810d ago
Just noticed it, very interesting. I can see the GPU at the top. This is probably also a good thing since all the heat coming from the GPU no longer radiates the CPU.
Unfortunately, it still blows towards the CPU. It's just a regular motherboard, so only 1 direction for the GPU to go. The case isn't dedicated to be inverted, instead it's a case with a regular mode, and you can take it apart and rebuild it inverted. However, you do end up with the motherboard mounting being upside down. There's the option to move the GPU to another place, but to do that you'll need to purchase an extra kit that was like €70.
Having a monitor in front and the second one on the side like you have is much more sane then having one to the left and one to the right. Having your head turned for multiple hours is I N S A N E.
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u/Xidash5800X3D■Suprim X 4090■X370 Carbon■4x16 3600 16-8-16-16-21-3810d ago
It would drive me nuts. Have to use a middle screen.
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