Triple monitor setup on a 48" desk?

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I'm hoping to go with a triple monitor setup soon, but I'm a little worried it won't fit on my 48" desk. I was looking at maybe 21.5" monitors or 23" monitors, and more concerned with productivity than gaming, so was learning more towards landscape rather than portrait (although not set in stone). I'm guessing the only way I could get this to work I'd have to have parts of the monitors hanging off the sides of the desk.. which there is a little room for.

I guess my questions are: roughly how much space I'd need on the sides, and if I could get away with using the "stock" stands or if I'd need to buy a triple monitor stand.

Thanks in advance!
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You need to simply do some math:

- take the WIDTH of your monitor and subtract from 48", then divide by two
- you know have the width each of the remaining two monitors have.
- Your monitors will be on an angle though, so see how much space you would have that way.
- Every monitor has a different BASE. You need enough distance, on an angle, from one side to where the end of the base hits.

Make sense?
 
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I was hoping that someone with a similar setup could measure theirs, I'm just not sure what kind of angle would be reasonable for triple monitors.. and the math gets a little more complicated when you start including overlapping bezels and thickness of the monitors. Not to say I couldn't do the math if nobody responds, but couldn't really hurt asking for this first.
 
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The problem is the BASE of the monitor makes a big difference and they vary in size. The math really isn't that hard.
 
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I realize the math is doable, but that would really be making it more difficult than it has to be. If anything, I'd probably make a square grid on excel and draw my desk close to scale (aerial view), and 3 monitors.. and move them around to see if I can find a way to make it fit. This would be a faster way of finding out the same thing, and have the added bonus of being able to visualize the setup. Since nobody is answering my original question, I guess I'll probably just have to do that.
 
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