3 Monitors on the MSI Z370 Gaming Plus

[Cameron_66]

Hi guys,

I am building my first PC and everything is going smoothly until I thought about my monitor setup. I am a bit new to this (especially mobos) so stay with me. I have an acer predator monitor, G-sync, so I need a DisplayPort (which the mobo does to my knowledge); however, I also have 2 side monitors that both use HDMI. I forget the name, but I have a little box that allow my current laptop to support two monitors out of 1 HDMI port and I was thinking of doing the same thing. The issue is, to my knowledge the MSI Z370 Gaming Plus doesnt have a HDMI port? Is that correct and if so, what is a motherboard to replace this to allow 3 monitors, 2 from HDMI and 1 from DisplayPort for G-sync. THANKS!

EDIT: Can I use a DVI/VGA to HDMI convertor to display the two side screens, they are both only 60Hz which the mobo can support. So I would have main 165HZ on the DisplayPort and 2 side screens on DVI/VGA ports?

 

[rhysiam]

Are you gaming on this PC? Is that why you got the GSync display?

If you're gaming then you really need a graphics card. Furthermore, GSync is only supported on Nvidia graphics cards. If you have a graphics card then you would connect all your monitors up to that.

Are you sure you just want to use the integrated graphics that comes on the CPU? It's fine for desktop work, but anything like gaming just won't run. If you're set on the integrated graphics, here's my suggestion:
1) DP -> DP
2) DVI -> HDMI (a simple cable can do this with no quality loss)
3) VGA -> VGA (your monitors will likely include a VGA port. That old analogue signal is far from ideal, but it will work. If it really bothers you, the easiest solution would likely be to get a cheap graphics card.

Still though... why have you got an expensive GSync display with no Nvidia graphics card?

 

[Shektron]

You have a 165 Hz monitor and you're running it on integrated graphics? I hope not. If you do have a GPU, then the monitors connect to the GPU, not the motherboard. A few GPU's might not have 2 HDMI's(most of them do), so you can use a displayport to HDMI adapter for that.