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

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I did not look at it yet but I will. Look at the power supply needed. May not be enough and the video card compatability.

Here is the ATI Radeon™ HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 Edition Graphics - six monitor card specs

You will notice the ps has to be accounted for along with the MB


http://www.amd.com/us/products/desk...870-eyefinity-6-edition/Pages/overview.aspx#3
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LOL!!!!!!!!! I just posted something similar. And yes, I think the power supply with the $700 i5 setup I posted won't handle it.
 
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The guy in the clip makes a good point at the end of the clip to save some money going with the cheaper card, three 27-30" monitors, putting them in portrait mode, and eliminating the need for the cumbersome six monitor stands.
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I understand it's only a solution for gamers. For many of them physical screen space (in square inches) is subjectively similar to having the smae space with higher resolution.

On "cheap" 27-30 inch monitors you get the same number of pixels as on a typical 23-inch "full HD" monitor. (Basically, they are converted TVs.) If you want more pixels all the prices I have seen are over 3x price of a cheap 23-inch "full HD" monitor.
 
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And would I be correct that the addition of the above card, plus the card already in the rig to max out at six monitors?
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I don't think so.

The B708 Desktop Computer specs said it has 1 PCIe X16 slot total, but 0 available. Which means this box maker is already using the PCIe X16 slot for something. I am not sure what.

The Intel BDH67BL H67-Express Motherboard seems to have one DVI video outlet on the motherboard. But as soon as you put a video card on the PCIe X16 slot, most likely this onboard DVI video will be disabled.

The fact is you only have one PCIe X16 slot. If you buy a quad card, you can drive 4 monitors. If you buy an Eyefinity-6 card (a quad card), you can drive 6 monitors. But I understand you want to drive 8 monitors. So you need a Octo card of some sort. (I am not sure if it exists.)
 
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I don't think so.

The B708 Desktop Computer specs said it has 1 PCIe X16 slot total, but 0 available. Which means this box maker is already using the PCIe X16 slot for something. I am not sure what.

The Intel BDH67BL H67-Express Motherboard seems to have one DVI video outlet on the motherboard. But as soon as you put a video card on the PCIe X16 slot, most likely this onboard DVI video will be disabled.

The fact is you only have one PCIe X16 slot. If you buy a quad card, you can drive 4 monitors. If you buy an Eyefinity-6 card (a quad card), you can drive 6 monitors. But I understand you want to drive 8 monitors. So you need a Octo card of some sort. (I am not sure if it exists.)
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Zero x16 available says it all. Looks like I'd do much better sticking with the original plan.:)
 
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I understand it's only a solution for gamers. For many of them physical screen space (in square inches) is subjectively similar to having the smae space with higher resolution.

On "cheap" 27-30 inch monitors you get the same number of pixels as on a typical 23-inch "full HD" monitor. (Basically, they are converted TVs.) If you want more pixels all the prices I have seen are over 3x price of a cheap 23-inch "full HD" monitor.
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Agreed completely! I went to newegg after reviewing the clip, and thought "how does a person save money buying three 30" monitors?" Too expensive and not necessary for what I need...

I need to stick with the original plan.
 
Personally, I think a 24-inch monitor has maxed out the utility of a 1920x1080 resolution. I have more than a dozen of them. I already felt that the charts look kind of coarse for the space available.

Any bigger size monitor (26, 28, 30) without providing a higher resolution is not cost effective.
 
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