Hi All,

I have a somewhat ridiculous setup where I have:

• 4 monitors all fully adjustable arms
• 2 totally separate PCs (one running windows for mostly work, the other debian for sanity)
• all monitors going through switches so any can be either machine with the push of a button (in any combination)
• A M&K switch that swaps my M&K from one machine to the other by double clicking the scroll wheel.

As you can imagine this takes some space. I have both boxes under my desk towards the edge, and have a three section cabinet in front of my desk to neaten everything up/hide cables. It’s kind of like the one in the picture, except mine would be an isosceles trapezoid from a top view.

It works well, but I don’t really use the cabinet as, well a cabinet. What I’d like to do is mount each computer in the left and right area of the cabinet. At some point, I’d get around to getting an old electric fireplace (preferably a craigslist or garage sale on that didn’t work as a heater), take the door off the center cabinet, mount the fireplace in there and tie brightness to fan speed (that part I can do). As a bonus I’d put a mechanical vent switch that let me output heat to the front, or behind, where my feet are under the desk.

My question is: what do I need to do to ensure proper grounding? Also, are there any rules of thumb for air circulation? Any other pitfalls you might be able to think of?

I am also considering putting the guts of both PC’s in the center section of the cabinet, but I think that would make it a bit crowded for the fireplace insert.