Triple monitor spec required please!

[icedbullet]

Hi

I am looking for a spec to build a PC that can power 3 monitors. The PC will be used for office work and watching videos (not games). I need the following:

- The whole PC
- x3 22-24 inch screens (would prefer IPS and at least 1080p)
- desk mount (not a wall mount) for the screens

I am pretty out of touch with current hardware (see my sig for the lolz) so would really appreciate some advice. Budget is between 2-3k. Would prefer to keep it to the 2k range though if possible.

Thanks in advance!

 

[icedbullet]

No takers to lend me a hand with this spec?

 

[Benjamham]

Given that you want to do office work, I don't see much benefit of spending 2k. What sort of programs are you going to run, any specific professional programs?

I am running three dell uh2414h, but the display-port daisy-chaining is awful. I have had to connect all three to my pc (cable management suffers as a result )

How far are you going to be from the screens? if you are close enough then 1440p could be okay, otherwise 1080p would be my recommendation due to scaling etc.

if you aren't planning to use the pc for gaming then the 670 should be fine for just running the displays, given the right inputs/outputs

 

[Orcvader]

If it's basic office work, you could just use the onboard GPU together with a low end discrete GPU. As mentioned though it depends on what sort of office work you'll be doing.

 

[Danny75]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Neptune Triple Monitor Stand - Black *NEW Packaging*= £179.99
• 3 x Dell UltraSharp U2515H 25" 2560x1440 IPS Professional Widescreen LED Monitor - Midnight Grey= £275.99
• 1 x Intel Core i3-6100 3.70GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £99.95
• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 32/64-Bit - USB Pen Drive - Retail (KW9-00017)= £89.99
• 1 x Asus H110I Plus Intel H110 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ITX Motherboard= £59.99
• 1 x BitFenix Phenom Mini-ITX Cube Case - Midnight Black= £64.99
• 1 x BitFenix Phenom Mini-ITX Cube Case - Arctic White= £59.99
• 1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU)= £129.95
• 1 x Kingston Fury Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C15 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (HX424C15FBK2/8)= £28.99
• 1 x Super Flower Golden Green HX 350W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black= £45.95
• 1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 950 "Reference Design" 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £119.99

Total: £1,707.75
(includes shipping: £0.00)
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White and black cases in there, lovely powder-coated finish perfect for office as well as home.

i3 or i5? What programs will you be using? Lot of multitasking? Swap to 16GB RAM.

GPU with 3 x DP.

Can bring cost down with different monitors etc but there's plenty of room in budget so figured it's possible you may want to treat yourself to triple U2515H.

If you want the monitor edges to line up perfectly with no gaps, make sure the screens you choose don't have the bottom edge sticking out a little, or if they do have that, that the side edges on it are angled inwards to avoid the imperfect alignment issue.

Triple U2515H setup:

 

[Danny75]

You'd need something like this to run all the fans as mobo doesn't bring enough headers:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x BitFenix Alchemy Molex to 3pin x3 Fan adaptor 12V 20cm - Black= £4.99

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