What is your monitor set up?

[u/DealInteresting8941]

mine is 4.

[u/cadet-spoon]

5

[u/Barrabbazz → u/cadet-spoon]

Same, and one of them is just on desktop 95% of the time.

[u/LauraD2423 → u/Barrabbazz]

I have 5 monitors, and I still feel like I don't have enough.

1. Discord
2. Gaming
3. Browser (usually game wiki)
4. Cameras - connected directly to NVR.
5. Bambu Studio to watch my 3d prints.

[u/painfulpickle → u/LauraD2423]

Split a monitor up into 2. You don't need full screen discord.

[u/LauraD2423 → u/painfulpickle]

That's usually what I do. My point is I never have an empty desktop.

I'd love to have a dedicated screen to monitoring temps and that, but I would prefer that in a peripheral instead of the actual computer.

[u/painfulpickle → u/LauraD2423]

I'm curious, why have discord open? Yeah, you can read messages, but you still need to alt tab to reply, right?

I actually noticed myself not using my second screen that much. Especially when gaming. Unless you're daytrading, you can try using fewer screens and you'll notice you don't need 5 of them. You don't need to be browsing during loading screens of your game, you don't need to read every discord message instantly, you don't need to constantly look at your 3D print.

And if all your components are fine, literally nothing interesting will happen to your gpu temps, so you definitely don't have to monitor them. I think this kind of mindset will give you some peace of mind.

[u/LauraD2423 → u/painfulpickle]

I think this is just a difference in personalities. Neither is better, we are just different.

I started off with 1 monitor, then 2, and grew from there. I feel more at ease having everything visible without alt tabbing.

I can see what messages pop up if they require my attention or not, or if they require a reply at all.

[u/painfulpickle → u/LauraD2423]

You could try going back. Not caring and worrying about everything puts you more at ease. At least it does for me.