Gaming equipment, settings & ways to play

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Several keyboards with different key layouts on display

Peripherals

Keyboard sizes and missing keys

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A smaller keyboard can create more mouse room, but its missing keys usually move into layers or shortcuts. Check those changes against the games and work you actually do.

A separate desktop microphone beside a laptop and headphones
Peripherals

A separate microphone for game chat

close side view of a monitor arm clamp secured correctly to a solid wooden desk edge
Desk & care

Monitor arms and desk clamp compatibility

Monitor set toward the back of a deep desk with an empty chair

PC & displays

Monitor size and viewing distance

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Monitor size needs to work with desk depth and the distance at which you sit. A larger diagonal is useful only if the whole screen remains comfortable to view in the available space.

Close view of an installed graphics card and cooling heatsink
PC & displays

Graphics memory and game requirements

Desk lighting around a gaming setup
Desk & care

Lighting a desk without screen reflections

Away from the desk

Make the space work