Hello Tom's Community,
I have been bringing myself back into the loop of the personal systems components for the last several days. Looking to build a system that will be used for 1) gaming on main monitor at 1980x1020 2) will have 2, or 3 (question below), monitors running in extended desktop mode and 3) will be used as a VSA/home cloud type back up appliance for the other 5-8 devices currently established on my home network.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3za4v
This is my build currently, minus the power supply. Overclocking is not something I intend to do, but the 4670k is quite on sale as of today, looked at the 3350p previously. Would like to stay Haswell for the 4-8% stock gains over Ivy Bridge. parkpicker is showing this system at 350ish watts, though the power consumption of systems is something that eludes me. Trying to keep this system under $1100, but currently standing at $1000 w/o the PSU.
Couple note and questions:
Parts that I already have - 1TB Hitachi HD, DVD-RW optical drive, 2/3 monitors, windors 7 all verisons
Q1 - I will soon have three samsung monitors that are 1980x1020 res. In my old system I am upgrading from I have an AMD Radeon HD 5700 series card. To run three monitors on my new build, would it be possible to do this via the MSI card listed to run 2 monitors (2 outputs, most possible far as I understand) and the onboard graphics of the processor to run the third monitor?? If not could I install this old Radeon to run the third without driver issues? Could I do both and run 4 monitors....??
Q2 - Any rule of thumb for choosing the PSU? Definitely want something reliable.
Q3 - Went with the MSI GD65 vs the MSI G45 board. Not sure if the extra bells and whistles are worth the extra $30-$40. I do like there being more SATA hookups as I may soon have tons of HDs in this system.
Q4 - Are there better GPU's out there for the price? Honestly I studied several reviews on Tom's when making this decision on a card. Would like to have 4 GB DDR5 on there but if its overkill will stick with 2 GB.
Q5 - Is 16GB RAM overkill?
Will sit back and start with this for comments and help. Any input is welcome, thanks Toms Community.
I have been bringing myself back into the loop of the personal systems components for the last several days. Looking to build a system that will be used for 1) gaming on main monitor at 1980x1020 2) will have 2, or 3 (question below), monitors running in extended desktop mode and 3) will be used as a VSA/home cloud type back up appliance for the other 5-8 devices currently established on my home network.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3za4v
This is my build currently, minus the power supply. Overclocking is not something I intend to do, but the 4670k is quite on sale as of today, looked at the 3350p previously. Would like to stay Haswell for the 4-8% stock gains over Ivy Bridge. parkpicker is showing this system at 350ish watts, though the power consumption of systems is something that eludes me. Trying to keep this system under $1100, but currently standing at $1000 w/o the PSU.
Couple note and questions:
Parts that I already have - 1TB Hitachi HD, DVD-RW optical drive, 2/3 monitors, windors 7 all verisons
Q1 - I will soon have three samsung monitors that are 1980x1020 res. In my old system I am upgrading from I have an AMD Radeon HD 5700 series card. To run three monitors on my new build, would it be possible to do this via the MSI card listed to run 2 monitors (2 outputs, most possible far as I understand) and the onboard graphics of the processor to run the third monitor?? If not could I install this old Radeon to run the third without driver issues? Could I do both and run 4 monitors....??
Q2 - Any rule of thumb for choosing the PSU? Definitely want something reliable.
Q3 - Went with the MSI GD65 vs the MSI G45 board. Not sure if the extra bells and whistles are worth the extra $30-$40. I do like there being more SATA hookups as I may soon have tons of HDs in this system.
Q4 - Are there better GPU's out there for the price? Honestly I studied several reviews on Tom's when making this decision on a card. Would like to have 4 GB DDR5 on there but if its overkill will stick with 2 GB.
Q5 - Is 16GB RAM overkill?
Will sit back and start with this for comments and help. Any input is welcome, thanks Toms Community.
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