New build for a colleague

deadman29 · 22 Dec 2014 at 08:55

Hi all,

so I have been tasked by my colleague to figure out a build (just the tower) for <£800 that is better than the below specs (not sure if allowed to post but hey):

Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-4790 processor (8MB Cache, up to 4.0GHz)
•Windows® 8.1
•2 TB SATA III Hard Drive (7200RPM)
•Hard Drive: 256 GB Solid State Mini Card
•32 GB Memory (4x8GB) 1600MHz DDR3 Quad Channel
•2 GB AMD Radeon HD R9 270 GDDR5
•Back Up Media Not Included
•Windows® 8.1 (64 Bit) English
•12X Blu-ray Disc Combo (DVD+/-RW + BD-ROM)
•Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260 + Bluetooth 4.0

I was hoping some of you savvy folks may be able to share some wisdom. Just a few pieces of information / request on le colleague. His main focus of this system is to be able to carry out his FX trading work. So he runs multiple platforms across 4x VGA (I think, need to get confirmation) monitors. So he needs a fair bit of performance across several screens without any slowing down. He doesn't need OS, kinda forgot the other things he requested haha.

He is not particularly tech savvy so would be great to see pre-built configs and standard ones (in the event I have time to build it for him).

I may have forgotten some pieces of relevant information but will try to fill in the gaps as best I can.

So fire away!

Cheers.

stulid · 22 Dec 2014 at 09:28

Need more info on the inputs of the four monitors I think. It can't just be 4x VGA.

deadman29 · 22 Dec 2014 at 09:48

He told me he is using 2x DVI-I Analog to 2x VGA Video Splitter Cable. Is there anything specific I should be asking him for?

stulid · 22 Dec 2014 at 09:54

I just need to know how many monitors he has and what inputs they have.

deadman29 · 22 Dec 2014 at 10:16

I've asked him what other inputs they have and this is his response >.<.

His text reply: I have 4 old monitors which only have VGA input. I use two x dvi to double vga splitters.

stulid · 22 Dec 2014 at 11:11

So he is duplicating two screens? as that is all a splitter does.

deadman29 · 22 Dec 2014 at 11:19

Ah right, no. He is using an adapter not a splitter in that case. From what he has told me he is using 4 monitors which he views different things on. He connects all 4 vga inputs into 2x dvi adapters which then go into 2 separate cards currently. Ideally he would want to use the same adapters but into 1 card.

Hope I am being clear heh, haven't seen his setup myself and trying to go back and forth with him through email and text. So yeah, 4 monitors all viewing different things acting like one whole.

stulid · 22 Dec 2014 at 11:59

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4790 3.60GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £233.99
2 x TeamGroup Elite Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD316G1600HC11DC01) £99.95 (£199.90)
1 x Kingston HyperX Fury 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (SHFS37A/240G) £74.99
1 x MSI H97M-G43 Intel H97 (Socket 1150) Micro ATX Motherboard £64.99
1 x Toshiba 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA200) HDD £59.99
1 x Antec ISK600M mATX Cube Case - Black £56.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 450W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £49.99
1 x MSI GeForce GT 610 SILENT Low Profile 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £23.99
1 x StarTech.com DisplayPort™ 1.2 to VGA Adapter Converter – DP to VGA – 1920x1200 £16.99
Total : £803.23 (includes shipping : £17.85).

As far as I can tell that should work.

Two monitors from the board VGA+DP ports and two from the gfx card DVI-I (use an adapter)+VGA port.