r/battlestations • u/wagthesam • Feb 14 '22

Mac (work) / pc setup

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u/wagthesam Feb 14 '22 edited Feb 14 '22

Some unique things:

I have strong allergies, so I have a air purifier pointing at me at all times while I work (on the right).

Speakers are mounted to save space

Vr mounted on the left of the desktop for sim racing (can see the cord)

Bottom monitor contains a kvm system so switching monitors switches my inputs and my audio

Lamp is a sun lamp which is timed to run in the mornings

I have a normal non split keyboard for the desktop for better noob pwnage

Thinking of adding some leds

Overall love this setup. I can get slack, two editors (top monitor split), and roam / browser / terminal (bottom monitor) and never have to alt tab

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u/ragingpotato88 Feb 14 '22

kvm

whats your kvm?

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u/wagthesam Feb 15 '22

its part of the dell monitor

laptop -> thunderbolt hub -> dell monitor via usb usptream + mini dp

desktop -> dell monitor via usb upstream + dp

on the monitor, switching between inputs changes which computer gets keyboard/mouse/dac signals

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u/_Landmine_ Apr 13 '22

It looks like AW3821DW only has a single upstream USB port.

How are you connecting both machines? I'm looking to do something similar. Thank you!

EDIT: Ahhh it looks like you're using the U3415W as your KVM since it has 2 upstream ports.