Quad Monitor - All Round Performance PC

[Andrewd1305]

Hi I am building a PC to run a quad monitor setup, I will be running 1 virtual machine most of the time, general internet and office apps and occasionally some photoshop.

This is what I was thinking of putting into the system, let me know what you would recommend:

MOBO: Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H - Socket LGA1155 Z77

CPU: Intel Boxed Core i5 3570K - 3.40GHz Quad Core

GPU: 2X Gigabyte GeForce Graphics Card GTX 550 Ti - 1GB 192Bit GDDR5

RAM: 2X Corsair Vengeance - 8GB ( 2 x 4 GB ) DDR3 1600MHz

HDD: Patriot Pyro PPSE120GS25SSDR - 2.5 Inch 120GB SATA 3 - Solid State Drive

PSU: Corsair - Gaming Series 700Watt

CASE: Gigabyte GZ-X1B ATX Mid-Tower Chassis

OPTICAL DRIVE: LG GH24NS90 Internal DVD Writer

SCREEN: 4X Philips 235BL2CB - 23 Inch LED LCD

OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit

If anyone has any thoughts or improvements or advice about a quad monitor setup, let me know

 

[COLGeek]

Why 4 displays? Usually, folks go with 2 or 3. 4 displays could present some challenges with how the screen will be "split" across all 4 (thus why 3 is very popular for gaming and 2 for office apps/video-photo editing).

Otherwise, this seems like a decent build.

 

[Andrewd1305]

The reason for 4, is currently I have two screens and find I still keep funning out of screen real-estate. I really hate resizing windows to fit on one screen.
I have seen some quad setups and they seem pretty productive.

My only concern is about the PSU, do you think it will hold up with the two graphics cards?

 

[COLGeek]

It should be okay, 750w would be better. Like this one:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151087

Or this one:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139010

 

[Andrewd1305]

Thanks, the HX750 looks like a good choice

 

[Andrewd1305]

I have actually changed my mind after hearing your advice and decided to go for 3 screens.

Do i still need to get 2 graphics car or would one suffice?

Any other advice about a tri-screen setup would be much appreciated!

 

[COLGeek]

Still a lot of pixels to push. Go with 2 GPUs. Enjoy!