New Home Office PC - Multi Monitor

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Hi Folks,

Apologies if this is in the wrong sub-forum. Please feel free to move it.

At my work I have a 4 screen setup and I am trying to replicate that set up a home. From the home PC, I will be using VMWARE Horizon Client to access my desktop at work. Horizon supports the 4 monitor setup as long as all 4 monitors are same resolution and are stacked in 2*2 formation. At work, I mostly run trading applications. Bloomberg, charting software, deal capture system, excel, ppt, outlook etc. I work with lots of data and I would classify this as fairly intensive but nowhere close to gaming specs.

I have put together the following from the configurator. Can you please comment if this should suffice?
The only thing I couldn't select is a graphics card that supports 4 monitors. So any recommendation for this would be appreciated.

So my objectives are
1. Handle 4 X 24" Screens
2. Run VMWARE Horizon without any lags
3. Future proof so that I don't have to change/upgrade in the next 3 years.

Motherboard Asus Prime A320M-K AMD A320 (Socket AM4) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard
Processor AMD Ryzen 3 2200G Quad Core 3.7GHz Processor with Vega 8 Graphics (MPK)
MonitorX4 Acer K242HLD 24" 1920x1080 TN 60Hz 1ms Widescreen LED Backlit Gaming Monitor
Keyboard & Mouse Logitech Wireless Desktop MK270 Wireless Keyboard and Mouse (920-004523)
Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 Home Advanced - Systems
WIFI ASUS PCE-N15 300Mbps Wireless N PCI-E Adapter
Power Supply Kolink Core Series 500W 80 Plus Certified Power Supply
Graphics Card Not selected - Buy separately as mentioned above?
Primary Drive Seagate 500GB 2.5" BarraCuda 120 SATA Solid State Drive
Memory Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel

Also another question I have is from the graphics card output, can I connect one DVI output to 4 Screens or do I have to do 2 DVI and say 2 HDMI/DisplayPorts?

I have looked at some companies that offer such ready made trading bundles for around 1500 to 2000. But I want to see if I can put this together for less than that.

Thank you for your help.
R.
 
orbitalwalsh - thanks for reply.
I have 16GB RAM on the office PC and I am never left wanting for more so I assume 16 GB should be enough. One thing to note is that my office PC actually runs these applications natively whereas my home PC will only "display" these applications via VMWARE i.e. they will still run on my PC at work when I work remotely. Is that correct?

Let me check out the two options you mentioned. Standard desktop size is not an issue at all.

Struggling with finding the right graphics card for this setup. Appreciate any guidance there.
 
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