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Percutio

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  1. I am considering buying a new monitor in the near future, so the monitor is likely to be some sort of OLED HDR monitor. The problem is that OLEDs or a lot of good OLED monitors do not display text completely clearly due to the subpixel layout, so the OLED monitor that I may buy may be problematic for general web browsing and my work where I need to read a lot of text the whole work day. I was thinking of using my current main monitor for work and general use and the OLED monitor for gaming or when I am too lazy to move the monitor away. The next problem now is finding some solution to be able to move the monitors around without it being too problematic and/or taking a lot of effort to the point where I will always be too lazy to move the OLED monitor around. I am using a monitor arm for the current main monitor, but it can only easily move the monitor around horizontally and not vertically. I don't have a lot space, so the other monitor that is not in use will likely need to be moved vertically up when swapping the two monitors. My current monitor setup and limitations are as follows: A secondary monitor to my left that I use for Discord, secondary web windows, and other secondary tasks where I do not need to constantly look at and constantly straining my neck to look at things to the left. This monitor must not be moved as I can't be constantly moving Discord and the secondary windows around and changing my workflow daily. A primary monitor at the center for all the main tasks. It is an IPS monitor so there are no problems with text clarity. My right side can possibly have a monitor positioned there, but vertical space is extremely limited and will also mean I need to move the monitor at night since that's where my bed and pillow are. There are things to my right anyway so to have a monitor to my right, I need to sacrifice quite a lot of things to make this work. In the future, I may upgrade my desk to a standing desk, so having a monitor to the right will not work. There may be ways to work around that by moving the desk somewhere else in my room but right now I am looking into monitors and not a new desk. I was thinking that if I want to move between two monitors to main view, I would need some monitor arms that can move monitors vertically easily. That way I can move one of the two primary monitors up so I have a reversed L layout for my monitors. Are there monitor arms out there that can move monitors vertically without excessive effort and be capable of stacking the monitors vertically? I suppose if these monitor arms do take excessive effort, I would still be open to using them if they were the only options that I have. Otherwise if anyone can think up of a different solution to physically swapping two monitors vertically that would be good too. It's also possible that I wouldn't mind text being slightly less clear on OLED monitors to need this solution, but I wouldn't know for sure until I get the monitor so I would need to get some sort of solution for this problem before committing to that idea. EDIT: Some more details about current monitors and future monitors since monitor weight can be an issue: I am using 1440p 27 inch 16:9 monitors. New monitor will also be 1440p, but it may be 16:9 or ultrawide curved. I don't plan on getting anything that is vastly different in monitor width/height, since my glasses prescription is quite bad and anything larger will likely mean I need to move my neck a lot to see things in larger monitors.
  2. While watching Level1Tech latest video, I found this comment thread that seems totally unrelated to what the video was about. I also noticed this thread has 8 likes and exactly 8 people in this comment thread. Unless this is some joke that Level1Tech viewers know about that I don't, this is a new way of promoting scam/spam that I haven't seen before in youtube. Has anyone else seen similar things to this before?
  3. A quick search says DDR5 has an estimated release date for 2020, so I'd assume a system upgrade in 2-4 years can take advantage of that for a decent price? I probably wouldn't mind waiting an extra year for DDR5 to get to a good price when I do want to do that system upgrade in the future. I'm also concerned if new dies will make DDR4 even better. Samsung discontinued their b dies, so I won't be able to find them for a good price. A dies have good capacity, but their performance is pretty bad right now so it's not worth considering.
  4. VMs are sometimes a thing, but mainly right now I need the RAM for running a modded Minecraft server and client at the same time. I'd otherwise need to close everything else to run both with decent RAM allocated to them.
  5. So I currently have 2x8GB 3200Mhz memory with 16-18-18-36 timings on an Intel system. I need to upgrade to 32GB of ram, so I am considering a 2x16GB 3600Mhz 16-19-19-39 kit. My real question is whether or not we will see new RAM technologies/breakthroughs in the next 2-4 years. If I get this 2x16GB kit, then I can use this for a Ryzen system when I do a full system upgrade in 2-4 years. The 2x8GB kit will just be shelved right now until I decide to make a DIY NAS, or when I do do the full system upgrade just put this 2x8GB kit back into the Intel system. Is it worth it to future proof like this and get the 2x16GB kit, or just get another 2x8GB kit of the kit I have right now and get the 32GB of RAM like this?
  6. You can get it at $750 CAD refurbished in Newegg right now. I got mine in black friday for $730 and haven't had any issues other than a slightly scratched monitor stand and a broken DisplayPort cable.
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