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Ok, will give that a try. Thanks

Gnome, Do you know if the Nvidia Quadro NVS 440 PCIEx16, or x1 is also able to support 4 1920x1200 screens in portrait mode? I can't find it in the specs. The M-series by Matrox supposedly can. Thanks.

Thanks for the help dtrader, I understand it now; once you know how this works, it's not that difficult.

Hi Landis, Thanks for the explanation. When I look at the site of apc, I notice that there is a 1.6 factor difference between Watts and VA, see for example (drop down menu in the table): http://www.apc.com/products/family/index.cfm?id=251 isn't that something that needs to be taken...

gnome, My question about the monitors was about hooking them up behind an UPS: if I have to choose a UPS, I also need to know what the wattage is of each item that I hook up I think; in my case it would be a PC, 2 monitors and 1 modem. Thanks everyone for the suggestions.

So if I add the wattages of all components in the PC as indicated by the manufacturers, and add a safety margin, I should be fine? I suppose it's the same for the UPS then: add the wattage of the PC power supply with the wattage of the screens and modem, together with a safety margin to...

Hi guys, I was wondering: if you build a pc from scratch, how do you figure out the watt's necessary when choosing a power supply for your pc? Or is it simply a matter of buying on the safe side, like 650W? The same thing I am struggling with is when you buy a UPS: how to calculate the...