- Jul 11, 2012
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Hey Guys,
I'm looking to get some cpu upgrades to a pc i built several year back to support a triple moniter setup. I'm finding myself overwehled with options, and my lack of hardware knowledge doesnt help. After reading coutless articles, and scouring forums, i still find myself wondering if the differences in my setup might warrant different options. Here's my basic specs, and i'll go into more detail about what im looking for and my delimas below.
APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: This week.
BUDGET RANGE: USD $250-500 (i might go higher to get the best value/price, i don't want to invest in something i won't be happy with)
USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Primarily for programming productivity, but i figure if i'm getting a triple moniter setup i might as well make it gaming capable.
I have'nt played any cpu games for quit awhile. Too busy with school, but i don't think i'll be able to resist playing around a bit with a triple moniter setup. I've been wanting to check out the new Star Wars MMO, Diablo 3, and I have the new StarCraft 2 which ill definately boot up again. And ill maybe look for some random 3 moniter supportive games to give a try.
CURRENT GPU AND POWER SUPPLY: AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core Processor 2.6 GHz, 950 watt power
OTHER RELEVANT SYSTEM SPECS: Windows 7 64-bit, Asus M3N72-D MotherBoard(2 x PCI Express 2.2), 4gb 1066, raid hd setup
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: Bestbuy since i have financing with them already. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: US
PARTS PREFERENCES: No preference, but i think my MB has some kind of NVidia gpu boost tech that i might want to leverage.
OVERCLOCKING: No, SLI OR CROSSFIRE: No, but my board supports SLI and i'd like to use it cuz it just sounds like fun to have 2 GPUs.
MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1920 x 1080 resolution
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Ok, so here's some things that i've been wondering.
- Would it be more advantagous to have two lesser cards hooked up on SLI vs one super beefy card? I was looking on the "Best Graphics Cards For The Money" page here, and i could get 2 x EVGA's GeForce GTX 480 for the price of one GeForce GTX 670.
- I'm looking to purchase 3 x Asus VE258Q moniters. They seem like a decent buy, and have display ports which i'd like to leverage if possible(and i think i need one, or an adapter for 3 moniter setups if i don't have one, for ATI setups at least). If anyone think i'm going the wrong direction here, feel free to comment.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Asus+-+25%26%2334%3B+Widescreen+Flat-Panel+LED+HD+Monitor+-+Black/3184089.p?id=1218384144500&skuId=3184089
- ATI cards seem to support triple moniter setups with more ease from what i've read, however, am i losing benefits from having a NVidia MB. According to my MB specs page: http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/AMD_AM2Plus/M3N72D/
It's got something called GeForce Boost which combines my MB GPU processing with the video cards. More about it here at NVidia's website: http://www.nvidia.com/object/hybrid_sli.html
- I want to upgrade my RAM, but i can't find any 4gb ddr2 1066s. Do these even exist? I found some ddr2 4gb 800s, so it made no sense why i couldn't find them at a higher speed. Or do you think 4 x 4gb chips are overboard anyways? I figured if i got two for now, i'd then have the room to upgrade if i wanted, and max leverage my 64 bit OS. Do you have any reccommendations for me?
Thanks in advance!
I'm looking to get some cpu upgrades to a pc i built several year back to support a triple moniter setup. I'm finding myself overwehled with options, and my lack of hardware knowledge doesnt help. After reading coutless articles, and scouring forums, i still find myself wondering if the differences in my setup might warrant different options. Here's my basic specs, and i'll go into more detail about what im looking for and my delimas below.
APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: This week.
BUDGET RANGE: USD $250-500 (i might go higher to get the best value/price, i don't want to invest in something i won't be happy with)
USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Primarily for programming productivity, but i figure if i'm getting a triple moniter setup i might as well make it gaming capable.
I have'nt played any cpu games for quit awhile. Too busy with school, but i don't think i'll be able to resist playing around a bit with a triple moniter setup. I've been wanting to check out the new Star Wars MMO, Diablo 3, and I have the new StarCraft 2 which ill definately boot up again. And ill maybe look for some random 3 moniter supportive games to give a try.
CURRENT GPU AND POWER SUPPLY: AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core Processor 2.6 GHz, 950 watt power
OTHER RELEVANT SYSTEM SPECS: Windows 7 64-bit, Asus M3N72-D MotherBoard(2 x PCI Express 2.2), 4gb 1066, raid hd setup
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: Bestbuy since i have financing with them already. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: US
PARTS PREFERENCES: No preference, but i think my MB has some kind of NVidia gpu boost tech that i might want to leverage.
OVERCLOCKING: No, SLI OR CROSSFIRE: No, but my board supports SLI and i'd like to use it cuz it just sounds like fun to have 2 GPUs.
MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1920 x 1080 resolution
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ok, so here's some things that i've been wondering.
- Would it be more advantagous to have two lesser cards hooked up on SLI vs one super beefy card? I was looking on the "Best Graphics Cards For The Money" page here, and i could get 2 x EVGA's GeForce GTX 480 for the price of one GeForce GTX 670.
- I'm looking to purchase 3 x Asus VE258Q moniters. They seem like a decent buy, and have display ports which i'd like to leverage if possible(and i think i need one, or an adapter for 3 moniter setups if i don't have one, for ATI setups at least). If anyone think i'm going the wrong direction here, feel free to comment.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Asus+-+25%26%2334%3B+Widescreen+Flat-Panel+LED+HD+Monitor+-+Black/3184089.p?id=1218384144500&skuId=3184089
- ATI cards seem to support triple moniter setups with more ease from what i've read, however, am i losing benefits from having a NVidia MB. According to my MB specs page: http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/AMD_AM2Plus/M3N72D/
It's got something called GeForce Boost which combines my MB GPU processing with the video cards. More about it here at NVidia's website: http://www.nvidia.com/object/hybrid_sli.html
- I want to upgrade my RAM, but i can't find any 4gb ddr2 1066s. Do these even exist? I found some ddr2 4gb 800s, so it made no sense why i couldn't find them at a higher speed. Or do you think 4 x 4gb chips are overboard anyways? I figured if i got two for now, i'd then have the room to upgrade if i wanted, and max leverage my 64 bit OS. Do you have any reccommendations for me?
Thanks in advance!
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