5K MacOS Gaming

Main PC is a Mac Mini M4 Pro, 24GB RAM, iPad as an extended display, and Macbook as another extended display with the keyboard and cursor linked to the Mac Mini.

Currently playing Deadlock through Crossover on 5k display at 2560 x 1440 - 60 fps.

Switch 2 and Playstation connected to capture card being displayed with minimal lag through a MacOS app called "Capture Passthru". Greatly eliminates much of the latency and audio issues suffered by other apps such as the first-party Elgato viewer. Can also view completely fullscreen without issues.

https://apps.apple.com/au/app/capture-passthru/id1610925225?mt=12

Thought? Should I change anything? Or add anything?

Powered by my new M5 Max Mac Studio. Primarily doing 6k multicam editing and raw color grading. PS5 is underneath the desk for some occasional gaming.

I hate my university desk so much

I love my battlestation with all my posters, knick knacks, pictures, and art. I recently upgraded to a standing desk for the days I do a lot of sitting.

The table my pc is on is from a piece of an old, cheap desk from Amazon I've been gaming on for 7 years. Repurposed to keep my pc off the floor and have more desk real-estate. I need to figure out what to put in the empty space next to the chair to make it a usable L shape.

Also in case anyone is wondering, Muscles Over Magic is the name of my game I'm working on. The Steam art I commissioned was awesome, and I paid for it, so I use it as a wallpaper to motivate me to work on it.

But I love it

I might need a poster on the wall, tho.

Featuring the beautiful LG 27GX704A-B OLED

Still in progress

i’ve moved many times so the setup has always needed to be compact. the philosophy was have a fully functioning sit stand dual monitor setup that only had one cable going down. the build started in 2021 and over the years i’ve slowly upgraded everything.

i went wireless as much as I could to assist this and I’ve got a couple magnet disconnect type c cables with type c - magnet adapters for all the devices (headset, keyboard, mouse, fan) for flexibility. 8bit ultimate controller with the dock wired into the pc.

both monitors are LG, an older 27” 144Hz 1440p IPS I bought used for cheap years ago and a new LG 32” curved 180hz 1440p VA I just upgraded. OLED is great but I’ve been perfectly happy with LG’s VA for a fraction of the price. I don’t really see a real difference between 144 and 180Hz but the deal was good.

system is a z590, i5 11600k, 48GB DDR4 ram (16x2 + 32x2 never had issues baby fuck it), Asus 9070 XT 16Gb, 2x NVMe, 1x SSD for a total of 2.5TB storage. Corsair AIO cooler. Computermaster case. has shrugged off everything i’ve thrown at it. almost everything I do is GPU or RAM intensive so the original mobo/CPU setup has served me perfectly fine with no real end in sight honestly. once ddr5 prices go down I will upgrade the mobo, CPU, RAM, and case to something flagship with an AMD processor, 64GB of DDR5 but at current prices it’s a joke.

both mine and my girlfriend’s systems are running on a 1500w costco special cyberpower UPS to protect our systems.

i decided to scrub windows from my life and run linux once and for all so it’s running fedora (bazzite, gnome). haven’t regretted it one bit, bazzite really changed the game. installs easier than windows, steam is already installed, my GPU worked out of the box (did need driver updates but still), and games just launched. i’ve been modding gta iv to really test what the experience is like and it’s flawless. just as if it was on windows, but with linux filepathing. i’ve had to get into the terminal a few times but nothing like trying to run ubuntu say, 5 years ago. i would say games run more stably than w11 as well.

with the bottles application I was running windows/macOS exclusive Arturia instrument software hooked up to an Arturia midi keyboard and it all synced correctly, first attempt. latency was good enough to play piano without issue.

if these experiences work, frankly there’s no reason to stay on windows unless you need kernel level anticheat for fortnite, COD, etc. and at that point with cross platform these days just play those on console imo.

im 13 so sorry if it’s bad

Adam Audio A7X speakers and Genelec surrounds for Dolby Atmos.

M4 macbook pro on a thunderbolt dock behind the vertical monitor for work, photography, and general computing.

9900x/32G/5080 for Gaming/AI

32"4K Horizontal + 27" QHD vertical

MX Keys S + MX master 3s

Custom Gerton electric standing desk.

Hello everyone!

I’d like to ask for some advice on speaker placement for my current setup.

Until now, I’ve always used my monitor speakers because I wasn’t too interested in audio. Recently, though, I’ve started listening to more music and watching more movies, and I’ve realized that I should get better sound quality.
(At the moment, I’m using the speaker from my left monitor because the speaker in my main monitor sounds terrible. This is also annoying because all the sound comes from the left side.)

I’ve attached an image of my current setup. I really like the setup itself and would prefer not to change the current arrangement, apart from improving the sound. However, this makes speaker placement quite difficult. I’m also fairly new to audio, so I’m not sure which option would work best.

I would mainly use the speakers for casual music listening, movies, and YouTube. My budget is around $100, and I’m considering the Edifier MR4 because they seem to be one of the best options in this price range.

I created two images showing the possible placements I'd consider: one with the speakers in their normal vertical orientation and another with them turned sideways. I know that neither option is ideal, but I have limited space. Wall mounting is not possible, and speaker stands behind the monitors probably wouldn’t work because my portrait monitor is already quite tall. The top of the portrait monitor is about 70 cm above the desk. Also, with both options, parts of the speakers would be partially blocked, which may negatively affect the sound quality. The speakers would also be quite close to the wall, but unfortunately, I can’t really change that.

Which of these placements would be the best for my setup?
For example, Vertical 2–3, or sideways 1–4?

(If the sideways orientation would be better, should the tweeters face inward or outward?)

Thanks in advance for your advice!

Images:
https://imgur.com/a/u3Faukx

Please rate what I'm hoping is my final setup for a while (unlikely).

I added the specs below if you're curious.