Two monitor PC spec

nicnac1

nicnac1

nicnac1

Associate
Joined
15 Dec 2008
Posts
232
So, it's been a long time since I last built a PC!

I need to build a system to support two 29" ultrawide monitors (mounted one above the other).

Please could someone let me know if this spec will work ok? It's for a home trading setup and I won't be using it for gaming for the moment but may upgrade the GPU in the future when they're back at normal prices!

Many thanks

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £923.48 (includes shipping: £11.10)​
​
 

orbitalwalsh

orbitalwalsh

orbitalwalsh

Soldato
Joined
1 Dec 2015
Posts
18,514
Using older tech and high spec i7 of older gen that will go to waste and cost more

Are you saving and moving a lot of data around ? Reason I ask is those NVMe drives are great if your importing a 20GB 4k video then writing/saving it back to a drive etc etc

And is saving data key ? Raid 1 drives will allow redundancy if one fails and you haven't back up externally .

Basically ball rolling

The core, storage drives and case would be up to you and your needs along with case choice

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £488.00 (includes shipping: £11.10)


Just for a laugh and play, case IS expensive, but the size of a kids show box and aluminium - rest is same spec

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £681.59 (includes shipping: £11.70)​
​
 

nicnac1

nicnac1

nicnac1

Associate
OP
Joined
15 Dec 2008
Posts
232
Thanks orbitalwalsh, really helpful advice. I don’t have massive data transfer needs but I do need to display multiple programs for charts/scanners/analysing tools which update every second so I guess I need reasonable CPU/RAM. Do you reckon the above you’ve suggested would be enough to run all that on 2 large screens?
 

orbitalwalsh

orbitalwalsh

orbitalwalsh

Soldato
Joined
1 Dec 2015
Posts
18,514
nicnac1 said:
Thanks orbitalwalsh, really helpful advice. I don’t have massive data transfer needs but I do need to display multiple programs for charts/scanners/analysing tools which update every second so I guess I need reasonable CPU/RAM. Do you reckon the above you’ve suggested would be enough to run all that on 2 large screens?
Click to expand...

If you know you'll be pushing Ram, step up to 16GB kit. Believe it's £170 and will get the job done .
In theory, the clock speed of ryzen isn't as fast as Intel K chips, bit they do run a lot cooler and less engery and their winning feature is price to Thread count. Chip above has same 4 core and 8 thread count as the Intel , but I think for £20 you can get Ryzen 1600 with is 6 cores and 12 threads... You can even for £260 push ryzen 1700 for 8 cores and 16 threads... That's a lot of multi tasking, and this is were amd has gained mass of market share .

What's your current PC system spec ? And is that at 100% load when your working at 100% ?
Also what are your screen resolution /model/make and display outputs ?

Technically matrox makes cards for industries like yours .
 

nicnac1

nicnac1

nicnac1

Associate
OP
Joined
15 Dec 2008
Posts
232
Ok thanks - I’ll do some research going down the AMD route. I sold my last PC in 2012 and bought a MacBook as I had to travel a lot for work. My current home setup is a mid 2012 MacBook Pro with 2 x 24” external monitors (one via Mini DisplayPort and one via USB/DVI interface). The main issue is heat as the MacBook runs extremely hot when I start running multiple programs. I have to manually crank up the fan and sit it on a cooling mat. I’ll do some tests this week to see how much the CPU’s getting loaded up. My aim is to go on to 2 x ultrawide 29” monitors.
 

ExoMale

ExoMale

ExoMale

Soldato
Joined
9 Jan 2016
Posts
3,727
Location
Derbyshire
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £895.18 (includes shipping: £12.30)​
​
 

Spankme

Spankme

Spankme

Associate
Joined
30 Jul 2017
Posts
391
Start with your case, most people don't. think of where its going in the house, if its black and looks like crap most partners have a dissagreement with it. the nzxt s340 elite white goes with most decors.
 

orbitalwalsh

orbitalwalsh

orbitalwalsh

Soldato
Joined
1 Dec 2015
Posts
18,514
nicnac1 said:
Ok thanks - I’ll do some research going down the AMD route. I sold my last PC in 2012 and bought a MacBook as I had to travel a lot for work. My current home setup is a mid 2012 MacBook Pro with 2 x 24” external monitors (one via Mini DisplayPort and one via USB/DVI interface). The main issue is heat as the MacBook runs extremely hot when I start running multiple programs. I have to manually crank up the fan and sit it on a cooling mat. I’ll do some tests this week to see how much the CPU’s getting loaded up. My aim is to go on to 2 x ultrawide 29” monitors.
Click to expand...

Card I listed is on the top end of the budget gtx 1030 entry cad but only one that has native Display port and HDMI so should cover you on screen front without having to use adaptors
Have you found your screens yet as well ?
Seems Samsung and LG pushing out massive 40"+ wide screens for markets like yours

Specially with cash saved ... Damn would display a lot of content!

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £955.88 (includes shipping: £15.90)​
​
 

nicnac1

nicnac1

nicnac1

Associate
OP
Joined
15 Dec 2008
Posts
232
Yeah those monitors are awesome. At the moment I'm looking at the LGs as colleagues of mine love them and they are reasonably priced.

Ok, so what about if I ditched the desktop idea completely and went with something like this? Should be pretty good performance right?

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £1,682.39 (includes shipping: £22.50)
​
 

nicnac1

nicnac1

nicnac1

Associate
OP
Joined
15 Dec 2008
Posts
232
I'm guessing I could run one monitor via HDMI and one via mini displayport. Or I could max out on one massive monitor! :cool:

Is it my imagination or can you get better GPUs for the price in laptops these days??
 

Kurgen

Kurgen

Kurgen

Soldato
Joined
10 Apr 2015
Posts
4,053
Location
Hungerford, UK, Earth
ExoMale said:
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £895.18 (includes shipping: £12.30)
​
Click to expand...

get windows on usb. no need for dvd player, note the matx phenom is very hard to build in
 

orbitalwalsh

orbitalwalsh

orbitalwalsh

Soldato
Joined
1 Dec 2015
Posts
18,514
nicnac1 said:
I'm guessing I could run one monitor via HDMI and one via mini displayport. Or I could max out on one massive monitor! :cool:

Is it my imagination or can you get better GPUs for the price in laptops these days??
Click to expand...

Yep, no mining craze in laptops haha and chips for those most likely made way before shortage or pre-allocated
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom