tri-monitor setup?

wiserommer

wiserommer

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Hi guys,

I do a lot of multitasking on my pc and i usually use a dual monitor setup, but i would like to go to three now. So, i was wondering if anyone couldhelp me build a rig, including monitors for £1300.

thanks
 
hopefully this works,

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
BenQ G2420HDBL 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £169.99
(£144.67) £509.97
(£434.01)
AMD Phenom II X6 Six Core 1055T 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £159.99
(£136.16) £159.99
(£136.16)
XFX ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £111.61
(£94.99) £111.61
(£94.99)
Asus M4A87TD/USB3 AMD 870 (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £86.99
(£74.03) £86.99
(£74.03)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £76.36
(£64.99) £152.72
(£129.98)
Coolermaster CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £62.99
(£53.61) £62.99
(£53.61)
Be Quiet! Straight Power E7 600W Power Supply £58.99
(£50.20) £58.99
(£50.20)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £29.99
(£25.52) £29.99
(£25.52)
Samsung SH-S223L/RSMN 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Beige/Black/Silver) - Retail £13.49
(£11.48) £13.49
(£11.48)
OcUK Value Mini DisplayPort to DVI Adapter (HDMINIDP-DVI) £8.79
(£7.48) £8.79
(£7.48)
Sub Total : £1,017.46
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £25.45
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £182.51
Total : £1,225.42

the graphics card has two dvi outputs and a mini display port output, so included a cable(mini display port to dvi), but got this funny feeling it needs to be powered special version.
 
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Yep the one you (stulid) specified would never work alone

You need an active display port adapter which are hard to get hold of. Took me months and months. Eventually had to have one sent over by a mate in the US.

My suggestion is secure a source for this adapter before spending money out on 3 displays first. Unless you can afford to purchase monitors that support display port connections directly, therfore not needing this adapter. But they are more expensive

an example here

HP ZR24w 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Midnight Grey

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-005-HP&groupid=17&catid=510&subcat=

:)
 
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A passive Displayport to VGA works. I'm using a Dell one and it works well at 1920x1080 res. Hardly any difference with the other two connected via DVI.
 
Orcvader said:
A passive Displayport to VGA works. I'm using a Dell one and it works well at 1920x1080 res. Hardly any difference with the other two connected via DVI.
Click to expand...

Double dang !!!

this to a Dell monitor or non Dell?

Trust me the actual component list/setup, so as not to litter this thread, please?

:)
 
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