Ryzen 7 vs Intel i7 ??

[The.King]

No, gpu shouldn't need to support anything in encoding.

Earlier post was a type-o on my phone's small keypad. CPU is a 3700x not 3800x. I looked at 3900 (non x) but from countless reviews, it was overkill for my needs (more so than 3700x) and it apparently generates a lot more heat too - depending on overclocking & setup obviously, but that's getting totally off topic here.

 

[eddiew]

Cabling is fine, I have a few hdmi to DP leads already so that's not an issue, it was more finding a suitable gpu without going into the realms of a 2080 super, or something that's totally overkill for my needs given that I won't be gaming.

I have an EVGA 1060 SC driving 4 screens, 3 of which are DP and one is HDMI. I only do some light gaming (WoW, Minecraft, Kerbal Space Program kind of things) on the main monitor, and as far as I can tell there's no big issue with hanging 3 other monitors off the side.

You might want to go 2060 for the "latest gen", e.g. https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...ddr6-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-1ap-gi.html

But you'd probably be fine with anything that has enough outputs. Seems like all the 1060s now have at least one DVI output, but that's adaptable to HDMI - just watch out for the ones that are "only" 3

Edit: there's also the option to get 2x dirt cheap 1030s or some such... You might prefer the passive cooling you'd get from this.

 

[Shante]

Ryzen 3700x was the choice for me

 

[rchads89]

Ryzen 3700x was the choice for me

great choice

 

[humbug]

This shouldn't even be up for discussion a Ryzen 3600/3700x is exactly what should be on the cards here.

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