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Where do you position your keyboard?

This my sound like a stupid question, but where do you position your keyboard in relation to your screen? I have mine straight in the middle (OCD, I know). 

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It floats in front of me.

 

P.S. what monitor is that? (on the left of course)

It's the Acer H236HL. I'd recommend if you're not a hardcore gamer. I'm getting a secondary monitor for gaming though - Asus VG248QE, as I have noticed some motion blur/ghosting in dark scenes in games, and I just really want a 144Hz panel for competitive online gaming :)

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Chair arms even with both screen bezels. WASD slightly inward from left chair arm. It also depends on screen and keyboard size. I have a 27" screen and standard length keyboard.

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in front of my monitor precisely against the left edge of the screen

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It's the Acer H236HL. I'd recommend if you're not a hardcore gamer. I'm getting a secondary monitor for gaming though - Asus VG248QE, as I have noticed some motion blur/ghosting in dark scenes in games, and I just really want a 144Hz panel for competitive online gaming :)

I have the vg248qe, and I didn't notice a change when playing competitively (It might be just me)

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This my sound like a stupid question, but where do you position your keyboard in relation to your screen? I have mine straight in the middle (OCD, I know). 

Why no mouse mat, and is that an imac....

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I have my keyboard offset to my left when gaming and centered while typing

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Why no mouse mat, and is that an imac....

My mouse mat is in the bathroom for drying, had to wash it after two years. Yeah, I edit a lot of pictures and create websites, and I prefer doing it on the iMac screen. I don't own any other Apple products though.

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I have the vg248qe, and I didn't notice a change when playing competitively (It might be just me)

I can feel the difference between my old Benq 60Hz TN monitor and my new IPS Acer monitor, so I think the 144Hz monitor from Acer with even better refresh rate and input lag would make even more of a difference?

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I can feel the difference between my old Benq 60Hz TN monitor and my new IPS Acer monitor, so I think the 144Hz monitor from Acer with even better refresh rate and input lag would make even more of a difference?

Difference in smoothness definitely, but not necessarily quicker reactions or precise movements like I was led to believe. For me anyways...

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Difference in smoothness definitely, but not necessarily quicker reactions or precise movements like I was led to believe. For me anyways...

Yeah, but smoothness makes it way easier to aim IMO. I doubt the difference is big as 30fps vs 60fps, but it's definitely noticeable. 

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I put it a little bit left to the monitor in order to give my mouse room to move.

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Not the best photo, but my keyboard sits near and under my right monitor with a large mouse pad in front of it which I lean on.

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