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Can my new system handle a 20" dual monitor setup?

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I just build my new system and posted the configuration below. I want to use two 20" monitors with it for working in photoshop and having way too many firefox tabs open at the same time. Do you think this would work out with the setup I posted below?

Any general recommendations regarding this setup would be great too. I can't spend more but of course exchange items in the same price class.

CPU
Intel Core2 Duo E4500 2.20GHz , LGA775, 800 MHz, 2MB

Motherboard
Gigabyte "GA-P35-DS3R" Intel P35 Chipset Mainboard for Intel LGA 775

Ram
Corsair XMS2 2GB (2x 1GB) DDR2 800 PC-6400 RAM w/ EPP

GFX Card
SAPPHIRE ATI RADEON HD 3850 512MB GDDR3 PCI-E Dual DL-DVI/TVO

Harddrive
Western Digital 3200KS 320GB SATA II Transfer Rate 300MB/s 7200RPM Buffer 16MB

Case
Centurion 5 CAC-T05 Medium Tower Case, 80mm front fan, 120mm rear fan

Power Supply
Enermax "EG465P-VD FM" 460W Power Supply 20+4P

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RAM. More RAM for Photoshop.

Reply to The_Abyss

I'm actually thinking about two 22" now, will that screw the performance? Thanks for your suggestion to get more ram. I was thinking about 2 x 2 gig.

Reply to deltakid

if you get 4 gig of ram and are using xp 32 or vista 32, for the love of all that is holy please please please dont make a post after you put the ram in saying "WHY DOESN'T MY OS SEE ALL MY RAM!??!"

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it can only utilize 3.8 gig right?

and the answer to my question is here: http://www.vistaclues.com/reader-q [...] ry-limits/

Message edited by deltakid on 12-27-2007 at 05:32:10 PM

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Yes. It should be fine.

On another thought, you might want to get a better PSU. The one you looks like is not good quality/mislabled(?) I was not able to find the model in the mfg. website.

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