Earlier today, I mentioned in BA Chat that I was about to assemble a new dual-monitor stand, and Matt demanded pictures. I didn’t think to take any “before” shots, but here are a shot of the assembled stand sans monitors, and couple shots of both the finished product, and some close-ups of my new Microsoft Sidewinder X6 keyboard.
- Assembled stand, without monitors.
Time from unpacking to this point: about 10 minutes, because I’m slow.
- The finished product. On the left, Dell 24”; on the right, Gateway 22”.
Note the new Boston Acoustics speakers. The computer is on the far right.
Not shown: The L-portion on the left, because it’s a bit of a mess atm.
- Close-up of the desk, taken without flash.
- The MS Sidewinder X6.
Note the left-hand placement of the moveable numeric keypad.
The mouse pad on the upper part of the desk was part of the WotLK Collector’s Edition.
- A better view of the X6’s red backlighting.
This happens to be at full brightness, which isn’t quite as bright as it might seem from the photo.
Wow that looks great!
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Ooh,pretty colours…
Personally, I’ve always wanted a dual-screen, but I don’t have the:
a)money
b)time
c)know how
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I can’t help you with the first. With respect to the second, taking a new monitor out of the box and attaching the stand is the time-consuming part.
As for know-how: If you can connect two monitors to your video card (and most decent graphics cards for gaming have two connectors), then you’ve got that part licked too!
Wow.
I think I just had a geekgasm.
Grats on the gear, looks really awesome.
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Looks very nice Kes. And I notice its a WoW Map Mousepad. I like it.
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Haven’t had a second monitor with my current system, but that stand looks like something ill have to think about if i go back to 2 monitors.
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It’s amazing how much space on the top of the desk is freed up this way. (Of course, that could just be because I had to clear everything off the desk to attach the monitors to the stand, and I haven’t had a lot of time to clutter up the desk again!)
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Very nice setup. I especially like the keyboard. I’m going to look closely at upgrading my keyboard.. and soon.
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I looted your keyboard! Har!
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Good call, Riff! Nice article, too.
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Ooooh nice setup!
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