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Finally got to a point where I'm ready to tackle my 1L year
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Finally got to a point where I'm ready to tackle my 1L year

The only things I bought FULL PRICE (counting my military discounts) - these items are annotated with "$$$" before them in the list below ^([Non-full price items are listed as such at the end of the bullet explaining where I got them])

The Ultimate Law School Study Office:

  • $$$ HP Victus 15" laptop - yes I bought an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 for Law School (and play Minecraft)
  • HP G5 USB-C Docking Station ^([Amazon refurbished])
  • Monitors are all on monitor arms, Center and Right share a dual arm while left arm is single. Barely enough clearance to fit all three horizontally as I didn't want to stack displays.
    • CENTER: LG 34" Ultrawide ^([pawn shop])
    • RIGHT: HP 22" mounted vertically ^([Good Will])
    • LEFT: Dell 22" ^([state university warehouse sale])
  • Peripherals

CAC Smart Card Reader ^(["technically" free because my unit needs me to have one])

  • Logitech M720 Triathlon wireless mouse ^([Tactically acquired from my moms home office])
  • $$$ Logitech G213 Prodigy keyboard
  • 1 working Logitech LS11 speakers ^([same warehouse store I got the monitor])
  • Logitech C270 webcam ^([Amazon refurbished])
  • HP 4240n Tower Printer ^([gift from my uncle whose office was just going to throw away; I'm so cheap I even spent two weeks finding an Amazon toner cartridge instead of buying a $500 replacement])
  • Razer headset gets plugged into the actual Laptop itself if I am needing to take a facetime with my fiancée ^([she bought it for me as a birthday present so IDK how you wanna classify that one])
  • Samsung 3-in-1 Wireless charging pad on the desktop to keep my Galaxy Buds, watch, and phone charged while I work ^([FB Marketplace])
  • Non-Computer Accessories / Peripherals
    • the giant 75" by 75" L-Desk itself [FB Marketplace during COVID while I did high school online]
    • Lego Bonsai tree
    • 3 Hole Punch
    • Stapler
    • Candle Warmer
    • Coasters
    • Small wood painted American flag
    • All the lamps and lights in my room (including the cool Ben Hogan lamp I found in a free pile) are Cync by GE Smart Lights, normally I keep them on about a 9300K
    • $$$ Some gaming / office chair from Amazon that had decent reviews [again bought during covid]

Has been a work in progress since April when I moved home, my monitor arms came from Amazon yesterday so I was finally able to get the desktop more cleaned off. Upcoming additions will be a desk pad for my birthday (fiancée already confirmed it) and (hopefully) new (but lets be honest here I'm probably going to look at like a garage sale) working speakers. I might replace the chair with something better for my posture as I tend to slouch in the current one.

u/Just_here_4_sauce — 6 days ago
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Monitors, Monitor Arms, and possibly adding a "3rd" screen

BL;UF

  • Can I use a 15-32" monitor arm? My 22" monitor would be positioned vertically and a 34" one in standard position allowing for more clearance horizontally
  • For Law School (and in general for work) is having a 3rd monitor worth it? I can swap the HDMI of my main monitor to Display Port and find a cheap monitor on FB Marketplace for like $10-25

For context on what I'm running with right now:

HARDWARE

  • HP Victus 15" (Intel i7, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 8 GB vRAM, 16 GB rRAM)
    • For paying $800, I gladly accepted the restrictions of no Thunderbolt)
    • If I'm gaming I usually unplug the setup completely so the Docking Station doesn't override and try and use the Intel onboard graphics (which stink)
      • usually just Minecraft tbh
    • Most of the time I spend on the rig is studying, reading, and writing case briefs. It is nice to have notes on one monitor, material on another, and then possibly a 3rd for email and communicating with other students
  • HP G5 Docking Station (USB ports)
  • Monitors
    • LG 34WQ500
      • Main monitor, need recommendation for arm - without the stand it weighs 13.2 lbs - so normal arms should hold it but they all say they cap out at 32" and 15 lbs...so shouldn't the 34" work because it is under the weight
      • Want arms to get the screen slightly higher and get eye level on the middle of the screen instead of the upper third
    • HP LA2205wg
      • vertical position currently sitting on a textbook to get on level with the ultrawide. But would want that also to be slightly higher as well if possible
      • Leads to the 34" monitor arm question since it's vertical more space is cleared up for the main display.
    • Laptop internal monitor (in use, but once my keyboard on order arrives - it will be closed and not in use)
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u/Just_here_4_sauce — 9 days ago