Dream Build with Maximum Displays

[Supernate91]

TL:DR. I am planning on building the 'no stops' build with as many monitors as possible.

 

I need need performance along with work real-estate. I need flawless gaming, future-VR, and multi-monitors for work. Right now I have http://pcpartpicker.com/b/VkQV3C this build. It has done me well but its time to retire it.

 

My goal would be to do 6 monitors. 3 of my current 1080p monitors on top with 3 new 1440p or 4k monitors on bottom. I plan to only game on 1 monitor with rarely doing surround on the bottom 3. 

 

Now mostly this build will be just max out everything. Newest Intel i7 CPU, top end mobo, tons of ram,  and ssd/m.2 storage, and water cooling. The only thing I am not sure about is the scalability of the graphics cards and monitors. I currently am running 3 monitors with 1 GTX680 with 0 headaches. What does it take to get more monitors with new cards? 6 monitors is probably more than I need so I could do with 4-5 if I will be bringing major complications with any more that that. I am for sure using Nvidia cards. 

 

So whats your opinion on a build like this? Whats the best way to have a system configured to achieve all around performance?

 

Thanks

 

-Nate

 

 

[Moonzy]

triple 1440p? i dont think even SLI 980ti can push decent fps with decent settings in that res in modern games

 

just wait for the new gpu and see what they have to offer

[Supernate91]

How about 5 1080p monitors and 1 4k?

[vanished]

the 980M in the laptop in the video just to the right has a 4K screen and was getting 20s to 30s at 4K alone.  980 Ti SLI would most likely bring that up to around or over 60, but don't expect miracles.  Huge resolutions are just hard to do.

[Omon_Ra]

It depends on what you're doing on the monitors. However, for simplicity sake I'd switch to a 40" 4K, or even two if you really want, and call it quits there. As far as pixel density, display scaling, and uninterrupted screen space, I think that will be the best way for you to go. As far as cards go you're going to want to wait until Pascal/Polaris release obviously..so no sense in speculating on that yet.

[Supernate91]

1 minute ago, Omon_Ra said:

It depends on what you're doing on the monitors. However, for simplicity sake I'd switch to a 40" 4K, or even two if you really want, and call it quits there. As far as pixel density, display scaling, and uninterrupted screen space, I think that will be the best way for you to go. As far as cards go you're going to want to wait until Pascal/Polaris release obviously..so no sense in speculating on that yet.

Gaming wise I will more than likely only use 1 monitor. For work I am a full stack software developer so having everything spread out is nice. I have come to instances where I felt like I needed more than 3 monitors. 

[Izumi Reina]

17 minutes ago, Supernate91 said:

TL:DR. I am planning on building the 'no stops' build with as many monitors as possible.

 

I need need performance along with work real-estate. I need flawless gaming, future-VR, and multi-monitors for work. Right now I have http://pcpartpicker.com/b/VkQV3C this build. It has done me well but its time to retire it.

 

My goal would be to do 6 monitors. 3 of my current 1080p monitors on top with 3 new 1440p or 4k monitors on bottom. I plan to only game on 1 monitor with rarely doing surround on the bottom 3. 

 

Now mostly this build will be just max out everything. Newest Intel i7 CPU, top end mobo, tons of ram,  and ssd/m.2 storage, and water cooling. The only thing I am not sure about is the scalability of the graphics cards and monitors. I currently am running 3 monitors with 1 GTX680 with 0 headaches. What does it take to get more monitors with new cards? 6 monitors is probably more than I need so I could do with 4-5 if I will be bringing major complications with any more that that. I am for sure using Nvidia cards. 

 

So whats your opinion on a build like this? Whats the best way to have a system configured to achieve all around performance?

 

Thanks

 

-Nate

 

 

If youre budget is endless just wait for polaris and pascal to come out. This is 3 4k monitors with 4 Titan Xs in SLI by ncix.

 

[Supernate91]

4 minutes ago, Izumi Reina said:

If youre budget is endless just wait for polaris and pascal to come out. This is 3 4k monitors with 4 Titan Xs in SLI by ncix.

 

I will definitely be waiting until pascal comes out. I would like to stay my budget is endless but I would probably say my budget maxes at 2 of the next generation TIs

 

Edit: 2 TIs, not 1

[Omon_Ra]

2 minutes ago, Supernate91 said:

Gaming wise I will more than likely only use 1 monitor. For work I am a full stack software developer so having everything spread out is nice. I have come to instances where I felt like I needed more than 3 monitors. 

Well, it sounds like 4K will be a good call for you anyways. Your current three 1080 monitors are essentially 5760x1080. Three 4K monitors will be 11520x2190. Between bigger panels and the increased pixels, it will feel like you have a lot more room for working. For gaming, you can just run a single panel until GPU's can really handle a 12K surround setup. And if you're trying to VR-prep your rig, you're going to have the horsepower to run games at 4K.

[vanished]

And you can always just run a 4K screen at 1080p for gaming if necessary.  Contrary to popular belief it won't map 1:4 pixels perfectly (even though there is no reason it couldn't) so it will be a little fizzier than an actual 1080p of that size, but it will still look pretty good I'm sure

[Supernate91]

18 minutes ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

And you can always just run a 4K screen at 1080p for gaming if necessary.  Contrary to popular belief it won't map 1:4 pixels perfectly (even though there is no reason it couldn't) so it will be a little fizzier than an actual 1080p of that size, but it will still look pretty good I'm sure

 

So are you saying 3 4k monitor and just ditch the idea of 6? Can 3 4k monitors be ran by the new generation pascal?

[vanished]

12 minutes ago, Supernate91 said:

 

So are you saying 3 4k monitor and just ditch the idea of 6? Can 3 4k monitors be ran by the new generation pascal?

If we assume that the new cards will be literally twice as powerful as a 980 Ti (which is perhaps possible but unlikely imo and a bit of a stretch), dual 1080 Ti's would in theory be able to do 2x 4K at playable (60 fps+) framerates at very high settings, so at more modest but still perfectly good settings I think it could do 3x 4K, but that is a lot of estimation and conjecture