Build Advice Looking for a new custom pc.

Yeah, that might be a bit of a setback. I figured it'd still be more efficient than buying 2 cards, but at that price i'm not sure.

Guys, any 4x DVI cards for a reasonable price?

 

Yeah, that's what i was thinking but then when you add the price of a new motherboard on top of that.

But definately a cheaper one would be great, even lower spec as it's for business work, ie. Spreadsheets, no gaming

Also now looking for an after market cooler and a Quad, that supports XPM ('Intel® Virtualization Technology') (Limited range, even a dual core will do)

May also need a beefier PSU now?

Thanks for the continued help

 

You won't find one cheaper than £170 (which one was it BTW?).

As far as I'm aware you would need a workstation card for such connectivity as gaming cards aren't designed for multiple outputs; perhaps something like a quad monitor FireMV.

 

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/152203

 

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2009/01/23/sapphire-ati-radeon-hd-4850-x2-2gb/1

 

Yes, I am aware there are some, and this is an example of one, but they are still very rare and my point remains valid; multiple monitor setups are more the realm of workstations than gaming systems where 3D performance on a single display is the primary concern (dual displays are great, but anything more than than isn't really necessary).

 

I cannot find and FireMV cards with more than one port?

 

They only need one.

FireMV 2400:

 

Could you explain again what you need so many PCI slots for?

FireMV 2400 is a waste of money, if you just want to run three monitors, get two cheap dual DVI cards, like <$40 each.

 

PCI;
Extra Usbs, Parallel, Wifi, spare.

I only have 1x PCI16 slot though.

 

With only one PCI-e slot, then the 4850X2 looks like your best bet, actually (if you can find one).. It's about half the price of the FireMV 2400. There's also the Matrox TripleHead2Go, which is still cheaper than the FireMV.

4 USBs onboard, plus a 4xUSB PCI card, and this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815124044 makes ten USBS and a parallel port. USB WiFi key, and you have everything you want, plus a spare.

 

OK 4850x2 it is then.

Any idea's on CPU? It needs 'Intel® Virtualization Technology' i was thinking of the; Q6700

 

I would say go for the E7600, E8400, Q6600, or Q9400..

Q9400 or E8400 over the others, dunno if you need quad or not.

This part of Intel's site will tell you which CPUs are supported:

http://www.intel.com/products/processor_number/chart/core2duo.htm

 

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