Workstation Desk Setup
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Due to recent gear acquisition, I am now at a deficit where table space is concerned for my PC game dev workstation.
Specifically, I have two PCs, two 32 inch monitors, a 24 inch Cintiq tablet, an iPad and iPhone stand, a Razor Tartarus, a backup tape drive, and other standard peripherals such as an extended keyboard, headphones and mouse.
As of now the two monitors barely fit side by side but I am most concerned about having easy access to both the mouse/keyboard and the Cintiq tablet at the same time. Right now I have to swap them if I want to use either and the Wacom stand is heavy AF.
I have looked at various tables specific for gaming but am unsure if they are the best option for workstation use. I may need something like a table with a corner unit.
What table setups are you all using? What would be your dream setup?
Thanks.
Specifically, I have two PCs, two 32 inch monitors, a 24 inch Cintiq tablet, an iPad and iPhone stand, a Razor Tartarus, a backup tape drive, and other standard peripherals such as an extended keyboard, headphones and mouse.
As of now the two monitors barely fit side by side but I am most concerned about having easy access to both the mouse/keyboard and the Cintiq tablet at the same time. Right now I have to swap them if I want to use either and the Wacom stand is heavy AF.
I have looked at various tables specific for gaming but am unsure if they are the best option for workstation use. I may need something like a table with a corner unit.
What table setups are you all using? What would be your dream setup?
Thanks.
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Allows you to sit/stand whenever needed by push of a button. I just mounted a nice big Ikea desk top to it and it works great.
I gotta admit, the look of this is just badass.
Wait, what's the iPad for then?
Hoping the Thunderbolt expansion card I'm getting allows for my Rift to be perpetually connected.
+1 to computer arms. I've got Amazon ones, and they're working. The price differential isn't a sign of bad build quality this far in.
My approach was mostly to maximize flexible desk space, so I use either side for papers/books/etc. Left side usually holds my food/drinks. I have items like those scissors, calculator, and the like stuffed underneath the Cintiq, behind the Cintiq, etc.
Also, the Amazon Basics arms are the ones I use as well. I've owned the name-brand arm they're copied from, and there really is no difference in quality, while the Amazon ones cost significantly less.
Are they all hooked up to one PC? Multiple GPUs maybe?
I originally got it to upload iOS apps, since you need a Mac for that. But I no longer work on iOS stuff. Or at least I haven't in years.
The Cintiq also just mirrors the bottom right screen. I tried giving it it's own display, but it wrecks everything every time it gets powered off like that, because the GPU completely loses connection to it.
I usually play videos on the bottom left monitor, and display my PureRef reference sheets on the upper right monitor.
The connection is still convenient now, because I can feed the display from the iPad into OBS when streaming from the Mac. A useful way to show off whatever reference I might be working from. Also I think USB is supposed to share power and data more effectively the shorter it is, and the cable connecting them this way is like 4 inches.
Especially helpful during Zoom calls, participants grid on one, presentation on another, browser/etc. on a third.
Mid work day so it's a mess but it's honest
* just realised - theres 26 physical cores and 52 threads on the desk. times have changed...