Best way to set up 2 monitors?

[Seduced Senpai]

Hi Guys,

 

I have just got my second monitor and am wondering the best way to set it up. 

Someone suggested to me about connecting the second monitor through the on-board graphics so its not putting as much pressure/usage on my graphics card. Is this a good idea?

And also will running two monitors make my temps go up?

 

Just curious, want to learn more!

Cheers Guys!

[Electronics Wizardy]

It doesn't matter. Id plug it into you dgpu. It won't use extra gpu power.

[Wingfan]

I use my second for watching monitoring apps like afterburner while i game

[APasz]

There will be an unnoticeable drop in performance unless your trying to run something very intensive (like high bit-rate video or a game) on the sec monitor.

You can run the second monitor off the I-GPU if, your cpu has one and your mobo supports output of both D-GPU and I-GPU which some don't. I have heard of some problems that can arise but nothing major.

At the end of the day though, it doesn't really matter what plugs into what.

[Seduced Senpai]

Ahh alright thanks guys!