Hello, I'm looking for some input on whether my WFH & gaming setups, below, would work with a KVM switch setup, instead. I believe I would need to either limit my laptop to 2 monitors OR use a hdmi/dp converter that plugs into the laptop dock station.

Would this work? Or what would I need in order to make a KVM switch setup work?

KVM Switch (2x3 Display port): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B089LWXGKZ/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A2ELXEWFML6K3L&psc=1
3 of these monitors (display port): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07KXHTRT5/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Work Laptop: https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/dell-laptops-and-notebooks/latitude-5420-laptop/spd/latitude-5420-laptop
Laptop dock station (2 display ports, 1 hdmi, 1 usb c, 2 usb): https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-thunderbolt-dock-wd22tb4/apd/210-bdqh/pc-accessories

For what it’s worth, I had the same brand of kvm switch (the vga/hdmi version) and it worked decently. I ran dual monitors (both old vga monitors). It worked flawlessly for 2 years, then one of the displays stopped working. I took the opportunity to upgrade my monitors to gaming monitors, and upgrade the kvm switch to a simple dell display port docking station.

When I used the kvm switch, I had one vga monitor plugged directly into the switch, and the other vga monitor connected to a vga-to-hdmi converter, then connected to the kvm switch.

The kvm switch allowed me to toggle between my desktop and my work laptop with the push of a button.

A few things to keep in mind:

1) Converters generally worked, but the fewer converters you have to use the better.
2) I don’t know too much about display quality, refresh rates, hz, etc, but if you have good monitors and a decent graphic card, then this kvm switch may be a bottle-neck (or at least reduce the quality of the image output).


Let me know if you have any questions. GL