- Nov 13, 2005
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So I'm looking into replacing some of my main PC's, and it's turning out that I'm going to need a lot less CPU grunt than I've hitherto needed - a 3770 would do fine.
However I do plan to reduce the number of machines I have as well, and as part of that I expect all of my desktops at each of my places to pull multi-duty in a bigger way than before (right now I have separate workstations for work, and DIY's / etc for gaming). I've not yet decided whether to reuse anything I have, it's probable, but the GPU's will most likely need to be swapped out in any case.
Needs to be air-cooled - don't want to mess with hydro, but I am a noisenik - so in idle or during light work it should ideally be as silent as e.g. the quietest dual-fan Asus DirectCU II setup.
I'm still exploring what's feasible in each instance, but the monitor arrangement will most likely be a 23-24-23 front, 30-30 rear-and-up in most cases - i.e. 23-24-23 touch/pen monitors laid somewhat prone in a fan shape, then the 30-30 above and slightly behind that arrangement.
Productivity will use all 5 monitors, but I'd like gaming to use the 30-30 in the main.
I'm assuming this has to be a non-SLI dual-GPU setup, with the serious work done by the card connected to the 30-30.
So with the above proviso, what's the best GPU arrangement?
However I do plan to reduce the number of machines I have as well, and as part of that I expect all of my desktops at each of my places to pull multi-duty in a bigger way than before (right now I have separate workstations for work, and DIY's / etc for gaming). I've not yet decided whether to reuse anything I have, it's probable, but the GPU's will most likely need to be swapped out in any case.
Needs to be air-cooled - don't want to mess with hydro, but I am a noisenik - so in idle or during light work it should ideally be as silent as e.g. the quietest dual-fan Asus DirectCU II setup.
I'm still exploring what's feasible in each instance, but the monitor arrangement will most likely be a 23-24-23 front, 30-30 rear-and-up in most cases - i.e. 23-24-23 touch/pen monitors laid somewhat prone in a fan shape, then the 30-30 above and slightly behind that arrangement.
Productivity will use all 5 monitors, but I'd like gaming to use the 30-30 in the main.
I'm assuming this has to be a non-SLI dual-GPU setup, with the serious work done by the card connected to the 30-30.
So with the above proviso, what's the best GPU arrangement?
