Build Your Own - Step by Step ( i7 2600k)

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LEAPup that build looks really great but what about all the video cards ?
It looks like you selected two cards ( not sure if both AMD Radeon HD 6450 ) supporting 4 monitors. Are you adding another two cards for 8 monitors ?

GA-Z68X-UD7-B3 motherboard specs

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3847#ov


Also you can save on the additional audio and lan cards as the board is already equipped unless you are looking for something different in audio
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When I configured it as at the top of this page as posted by Bolimomo (Page 8 if you max your posts/page like I do), it was actually $6 less to click on what I did as recommended re: video cards. I'm adding four Nvidia 295 cards in the four available 2.0 16x slots. They're running $30-35 each on ebay.

Let me know what you think.
 
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LEAPup bought a higher priced motherboard to get 4 PCIe X16 slots. Should make the money worth and use 4 dual cards. :)

I am an advocate in using 4 x dual head cards (inexpensive) than 2 x quad cards (expensive). 2 supporting reasons:

1. Lower cost in replacement if one goes out
2. Smaller impact during the down cycle of one card (2 monitors out instead of 4 monitors out)

The NVS 295 will work fine.

Me I use 4 of these simple EVGA 8400 GS dual head cards. (Now $19.99 as new... I bought mine around $39.95). They work fine.

http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-512-P2-N738-LR-GeForce-PCI-Express-Graphics/dp/B0011FKI3M
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4 star review on your cards. I'm sure they're good to go.:)
 
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07-24-11 04:52 PM
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Quote from Bolimomo:Me I use 4 of these simple EVGA 8400 GS dual head cards. EVGA-512-P2-N738-LR-GeForce-PCI-Express-Graphics
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I see no reference to dual head at the link. Do\can you run one VGA and one DVI?

Jack
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Yes Jack. The amazon page may not mention it. The EVGA site has more details on the specifications on the card:

http://www.evga.com/support/specs/default.asp?fam=19

Pick the link for "EVGA-512-P2-N738-LR"

I have a mix of 512MB and 1GB onboard memory. The 1GB version costs higher, of course. They are all compatible.

Each card offers 1 analog (VGA) outlet and 1 digital (DVI) outlet. You can use one of each to drive 2 monitors. If you have 2 analog monitors, get a DVI-VGA adapter to drive the second analog monitor. If you have a HDMI monitor and not DVI, get a DVI-HDMI adapter.

Unfortunately if you have both digital-only monitors this card will not work.

I have 4 of these side by side on my Box #3 to drive 8 monitors simultaneously.
 
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re: video cards. I'm adding four Nvidia 295 cards in the four available 2.0 16x slots. They're running $30-35 each on ebay.

Let me know what you think.
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I have no direct experience with the Quadro NVS 295 cards. I know Scataphagos loves them. I think they are a higher grade product line then the GeForce line. Quadro is designed for graphics design and CAD processing. GeForce is more for gaming and general purpose. To me they don't affect me (2d charts) that much. I had never ventured down that path.

Getting Quadro NVS 295 for $35 is a good deal.

NVS 295 has 2 DisplayPorts and each can drive a 2560x1600 resolution. (Very high). So if you have a 8 of those big 30-inch Apple monitors you can get them to run very darn well! :)

But I think you have the monitor types that take only DVI input, not DisplayPort. If so you would need the DisplayPort to DVI-D adaptors, 2 for each card. If you buy the cards from eBay, make sure the sellers include the adaptors (were they priced in?)! If you buy these adaptors elsewhere, they would cost more than what you paid for the card!
 
Quote from TIKITRADER:

I am running an 8400 with dual video in the other build I have no problems along with two 8600 cards supporting a total of six monitors
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If you mix and match different models in the same series (e.g. 8400 8600 8800) usually it would work okay. If you mix them in a different series (e.g. 8400 with 6200) then I am not sure. In general it's not a good idea anyway.
 
Quote from Bolimomo:

I have no direct experience with the Quadro NVS 295 cards. I know Scataphagos loves them. I think they are a higher grade product line then the GeForce line. Quadro is designed for graphics design and CAD processing. GeForce is more for gaming and general purpose. To me they don't affect me (2d charts) that much. I had never ventured down that path.

Getting Quadro NVS 295 for $35 is a good deal.

NVS 295 has 2 DisplayPorts and each can drive a 2560x1600 resolution. (Very high). So if you have a 8 of those big 30-inch Apple monitors you can get them to run very darn well! :)

But I think you have the monitor types that take only DVI input, not DisplayPort. If so you would need the DisplayPort to DVI-D adaptors, 2 for each card. If you buy the cards from eBay, make sure the sellers include the adaptors (were they priced in?)! If you buy these adaptors elsewhere, they would cost more than what you paid for the card!
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I'm not finding the correct cards on ebay.:confused:

I've found these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133275 but they're alot more than $35.:eek:

This is probably closer: http://cgi.ebay.com/256MB-DELL-NVID...870?pt=PCC_Video_TV_Cards&hash=item27b8f781a6
 
Quote from Runningbear:

TIKITRADER,

Once you've got your machine up and running, can you post some feedback on boot up times and also the quietness of the machine. I'm thinking of upgrading to an SSD drive and a silent cooler to reduce the hum of my machine. The Coolmaster cooler looks like good value.

thanks,

Runningbear
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Ok... ran stopwatch on bootup.

From pressing the power button on the machine and beginning the stop watch, to the point programs are done loading, it is 36.8 seconds.
There is about 3 seconds the machines looks for a Marvell Sata that is not present. I need to disable that search to prevent the " no disk detected " search on bootup.

I could trim the 3 seconds off the total time due to that "no disk" search. I have heard of better bootup times, but that is what I have for now.

Still fast. I'll take it.


Yes the cooler is very quiet and does a nice job at keeping the cpu at good temps. Worth every penny.
 
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I could trim the 3 seconds off the total time due to that "no disk" search. I have heard of better bootup times, but that is what I have for now.
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In your CMOS setup, how is the boot priority set up?
 
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