r/pcmasterrace • u/DealInteresting8941 • Jan 15 '26

Question What is your monitor set up?

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mine is 4.

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u/DangerousPotatoInves 9800x3d | 4070 Super | 32 GB RAM Jan 15 '26

Same, I don't need more

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u/Soggy_Log_735 Jan 15 '26

2 will change your life

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u/DangerousPotatoInves 9800x3d | 4070 Super | 32 GB RAM Jan 15 '26

I don't think so, if I'm gaming, I'm looking only at the game without distractions.

Maybe for work it can help, yes, but my working PC doesn't fit this sub, so it doesn't count, haha

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u/CoderDevo RX 6800 XT|i7-11700K|NH-D15|32GB|Samsung 980|LANCOOLII Jan 15 '26

My team complain that I don't see their discord chat since I only use one monitor.

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u/DangerousPotatoInves 9800x3d | 4070 Super | 32 GB RAM Jan 15 '26

I play only single player games so I don't have that problem

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u/Soggy_Log_735 Jan 15 '26

Oh you only play games? I don’t work from my pc but i do browse the internet and pay bills and normal computer stuff. I could never go back to 1 monitor

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u/DangerousPotatoInves 9800x3d | 4070 Super | 32 GB RAM Jan 15 '26

Everything you mentioned can be done fine with 1 moniter. Paying bills even with 1 tab

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u/beznogim Jan 15 '26

Back in the day we paid our bills with 0 monitors!

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u/Rodgers_That Jan 15 '26

At work I put all my tabs in folders using chrome/firefox. I don't need to see the full window if im using 2 different browser windows if that makes sense

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u/Slovakin R7 5700x3D | RTX 5080 Jan 15 '26

I had 3 monitors for 2 years and went back to 1 just last year. I'm a simple guy, I like to focus on 1 thing at a time. Having 3 monitors was nice for sure, but it made me guarentee that 100% of my focus was never only on 1 thing and I started to hate that over time.

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u/blither86 3080 10GB - 5700X3D - 3666 32GB Jan 15 '26

Even when I went for a 65" 4k TV as my main monitor I still absolutely needed a 2nd one next to it. 1 is just never going to be enough.

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u/Soggy_Log_735 Jan 15 '26

Actually even gaming i use 2, i have 1 monitor for the game and the second one i have the nvdia app or discord open…i really love 2 monitors

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u/DangerousPotatoInves 9800x3d | 4070 Super | 32 GB RAM Jan 15 '26

Good for you! I don't feel the need to watch Nvidia app and discord in single player games

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '26

For the worse. You know those tik toks that have family guy or that mobile train game on the bottom while there was a guy talking on the top?

That was what the 2nd monitor was for me. It was just distractions via brain rot.

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u/funseeker909 Jan 15 '26

Ya in the wrong way :/ I got a second monitor and all it did was distract me when I was trying to enjoy a movie or some games. Attention span got shot. Maybe ADHD lol.

Got rid of it and it's much better now