Figuring out adequate cabling needs

Aleph256 · February 22, 2024

Greetings to the hivemind,

I'm building myself a PC.

Parts have been ordered and are starting to trickle in.

It made me realize an oversight - namely I'm gonna need some extra cabling to go with the GPU.

Looked at the pinned guide but still have some uncertainties (and specific recommendations are not available in ), so figured I'd share my reasoning for peer review

I'll be running a 3-monitor setup:

Main monitor will be a ASUS TUF VG32AQA1A (bought last Black Friday in anticipation, there was a nice deal)
- It only supports DP 1.2... Which thankfully is the easier one to figure out
- Actually having specs helps the search, so I would naturally choose this one
- The "4K" version seems to suit my needs since I'll be aiming for 1440px144FPS
Side monitors are a pair of Acer Nitro VG240Y (Been using them for about 5 years now, still going strong)
- As they only support HDMI (and VGA but who uses that with a modern rig) I'm gonna need an adapter since the GPU is 3xDP and 1xHDMI
- I seem to understand a passive adapter would be enough for my needs, since they only do 1080px60Hz...
- ... And I already have adequate cables so the smaller Male-DP to Female-HDMI adapters should be enough...
- ... But as usual navigating the actual specs on Amazon is a chore. I eventually found this one that should be good.
- It's active but I didn't seem to find a passive equivalent with enough reviews to make the rating believable, so...

Did I miss anything ?

Would anyone have better product recommendations ? I should have everything I need to start building next weekend over, so preferably somewhere with decent shipping times.