Need help connecting 2 towers to 2 Cinema displays

Help needed, I am rebuilding my workstation and have purchased 2, 27" Cinemas to connect through switch box to 2 mac pros. I currently have it working through a belkin VGA switch and my old monitors but I want to make use of the new higher res monitors.The switch I am looking at is the CS1642 USB 2.0 DVI Dual View KVMP by Aten. I know I will need adaptors but am a bit confused as to which ones. I also believe I will need to get new DVI cables to get full resolution? The two towers are also a question as one is new series 5 with mini display ports and the old one series 1 has upgraded video cards with DVI...
Any advice greatly appreciated...
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What connectors are on your proposed switch?
Googled his switch and found this page.  It had this picture of the connections in the back:
So it looks like a bunch of dual link dvi's, usb's, and 3.5 mm audio jacks.
But to connect the mini-displayport versions of the 27" display to this would require the Atlona converter.
Atlona (Dual Link) DVI to Mini DisplayPort Converter
And as you say, NOT CHEAP.

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