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from the outside ergotek's triple monitor desk stand with telescoping

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wings comes in about the most unassuming brown packaging that i've ever seen once

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you get inside everything is well protected in bubble wrap but frankly

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since it's made of almost entirely solid metal even if it wasn't protected in

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bubble wrap would probably arrive functional anyway

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with its factory tuning and data center dna an Intel 730 series SSD is an

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amazing choice for gamers and performance enthusiasts

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taking everything out of the box it looks a little bit intimidating but the

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install process was actually finished in less than 15 minutes simply screw the

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shaft into the base then tighten the screw at the back with the included

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allen key slide the triple monitor ARM over the top of the shaft then tighten

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the little vise style handle until it doesn't move anymore make sure you put

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this at the height that you want it now you will need to remove at least some of

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your monitors if you want to adjust it later now it's time for the monitors any

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monitors can work as long as they fit on the stand and have four vasa compatible

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mounting holes at the back the non-telescoping version can handle up to

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three 24-inch monitors while the telescoping version that i have can

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handle up to three 25-pound 27-inch

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monitors i'll be using two pb278qs on the sides and a pa279

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in the middle so just take them off their stock stands and these ones come

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off with four screws then put the included screws somewhere safe lay the

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monitors flat on a safe surface and mount the included quick release pivots

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to the back of them you may notice that two of the quick release pivots in the

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box are different from the third use these ones for the outside monitors

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because they have a knob that allows the height of the connected display to be

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adjusted slightly to compensate in case the rear ARM or your desk or whatever

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else isn't quite level once that's done fold the stand's arms out straight and

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simply hook the pivots onto the back ARM they lock into place and can only be

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removed if you lift up the little pin on the top these pivots are actually where

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all the magic happens here they can be tilted up and down swiveled left and

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right and even pivoted to portrait mode

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going either way it gives you a lot of options for adjustment i didn't need to

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change it but if you want you can also use the included larger allen key to

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adjust the tension on them to make it easier or harder to move your monitors

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around once all the monitors are in place bend the back ARM to the correct

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angle so whatever will be most suitable for your desired sitting position make

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any last-minute adjustments then run all the cables across the ARM and down the

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back with the cable management clip for an extremely clean looking desk now

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having set up a triple monitor gaming rig only once before with three 24

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inchers and an xfx ifinity stand i'd say

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the biggest difference this time around was ease of use everything went together

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so quickly and so easily that compared to before i'd be much more likely to

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recommend this another thing that i liked was the large

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flat metal base its size gives the whole apparatus enough stability that even

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with just two monitors attached say while you're putting it together it

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won't fall over and even though it actually takes up almost as much desk

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space as three normal monitor stands because it's so low profile you can

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easily put stuff on it so you end up with a lot more usable room on your desk

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with that said it's not perfect so my

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biggest complaint i guess is that well they say it can handle 27-inch monitors

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it barely does it if i strip the bezels off

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something i wouldn't mind doing as a crazy project sometime it would be fine

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but with the bezels on the telescoping arms needed to be fully extended and i

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had to have the pivots hanging off the end a little bit to get the angle that i

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wanted and i guess that's about it i mean the price is solid considering what

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competing products go for and how well built this is and the fact that it's

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upgradable is a big bonus that last bit was

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actually a pro tip from the guy who runs widescreen gaming for him if you don't

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buy a telescoping triple stand in the first place you can add telescoping arms

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for larger monitor support you can add an additional monitor up top for a three

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plus one config or even go full on crazy

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and grab like a six panel setup the sky's the limit

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this modularity is actually what allowed the widescreen gaming forum folks to

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have their own edition of the product that uses solid aluminum throughout

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making it a bit more premium feeling they reached out to me about reviewing

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that one but the timing was funny i told them that i already had this one in the

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review queue so this is the one you guys are getting a video of but if you're

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considering buying something like this you might want to check out the widescreen gaming forum one as well it's

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a great forum over there if you're looking for tips and tricks on how to make your games work in weird aspect

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ratios particularly wide ones it's definitely a good place to go anyway

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that's pretty much it um i guess if i had to come up with another complaint

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about this setup it would be a self-imposed one and that's that at

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about megapixels this setup is almost 30 more difficult

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for your pc to drive than even a 4k monitor so you're going to need to

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gather up as much GPU horsepower and video RAM as you can if you want to

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stand a chance of playing computer games at this res but

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if you're one of those people who's into the whole surround gaming experience and

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you know who you are then you probably know what a blissful gaming experience

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it is at this kind of a res and at this kind of a size once you get it up and

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running unlike anything else it's only the beginning of how i would describe it

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oh and i guess the stand comes with a lifetime warranty too so that's uh yet

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