Component Help - Where To Imvest

treaderwolf · 21 Aug 2014 at 22:43

I am building a pc designed for multi tasking, multi screening, and streaming television. What are the most important components that I should be considering? I understand that a processor will be essential to handle multi tasking. Would it be advisable to have one very good graphics card and one average? I won't have more than 2 screens that will be demanding on the graphics card. Are there any other components that will be vital? Thanks in advance for any advice!

treaderwolf · 22 Aug 2014 at 15:29

Hi guys, thanks for your advice. I'll try to clarify a few things. The budget is around £1,000. If needed it can be increased by a couple hundred but that should be high enough for this build as far as I know.

When I say multi tasking, I mean several software applications, office document, multiple web browsers, and a couple of online streams running simultaneously. The reason i'm enquiring about graphics cards is because I want to have 3/4 monitors running at the same time, which include 2 streams and a variety of software. I don't think a TV card will be necessary right now.

From what I understand so far, the processor and RAM will be the main components of this build.

treaderwolf · 22 Aug 2014 at 16:16

joeyjojo, thats good to hear. So you reckon a £600 budget pc would be able to support 4 monitors, streaming and all the other programs without any problems? The software I will be using will require intense refresh rates and a lot of data btw.

treaderwolf · 23 Aug 2014 at 00:13

Thanks for the build Doomespeed, I have also tried to make something myself. I know that this is unnecessarily overpowered for what I've mentioned, but is it fine in terms of component compatibility? Or are there other substitutes to make the system more efficient?

Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor

Asus Maximus VII Ranger Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard

Kingston HyperX 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-14900C10 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit -

Black/Red (HX18C10BRK2/16-OC)

Asus GeForce GTX 750Ti 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

Aerocool XPredator X3 Avenger Midi-Tower - Red / Gold

Corsair RM Series RM 550 '80+ Gold' 550W Power Supply (CP-9020053-UK)

Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (SH103S3/120G)

Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD

Raijintek Themis Evo Professional CPU Cooler

Total is £800. I will probably downgrade closer to what you suggested.

treaderwolf · 23 Aug 2014 at 16:14

Sorry, forgot to mention in my last post. Essentially it's going to be investment software so things like tracking data and graphing. The streams will be mainly for news and sports. I'd rather put in the extra couple hundred to make sure everything runs smoothly with minimal lags or delays.

treaderwolf · 26 Aug 2014 at 00:13

Yes, it will be connected by ethernet. Are there any other ways to maximise transfer? Also, would it be worth having a larger SSD and an external hard drive instead of the internal one? I will have an external drive.