Building new system, will it run triple screen WoW Eyefinity? :)

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Hello everyone. I am about to order a new system, and now I am wondering wheter to buy 3x 24 inch screens to run an eyefinity setup, or to go for one big 28" screen to go with a single monitor setup (WoW and allround games like Skyrim, some shooters and stuff). Below is the PC I am planning on building, if you got any suggestions or recommendations please let me know (first time builder).

Cheers fellow MMO'ers

(Price: in euros sorry)
Processor: Intel Core i5 3570K Boxed € 203,-
Cooling: Scythe Mugen 3 PC Games Hardware Edition € 38,50
Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G45 € 98,99
RAM: Corsair Vengeance CML8GX3M2A1600C9 Low Profile - 8GB € 37,95
Graphics: Sapphire HD 7950 Boost 3GB GDDR5 € 270,99
Solid state drive: Crucial m4 CT128M4SSD2 128GB € 89,90
Hard drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 ST2000DM001, 2TB € 82,50
Case: Corsair Carbide 500R Black € 99,80
Power: Seasonic G-Serie 450Watt € 68,70
Optical drive: LG GH24NS90 Black € 16,99
Total price: € 1.003,81 (Around 1337 USD)

If needed I can raise the price another 200-300USD, please let me know what you think

[Deleted]

Build looks solid enough, I would probably go with a 7970GHz if you can afford it for the 3 monitors setup. The PSu should be fine but maybe bump it up a notch to like a 520/550 unit.

[Lilbruz]

Yeah, you should upgrade the PSU for sure. I´d even say nothing under 600W to be on the safe side. A PSU is something you should NEVER EVER save money on. And also, never get just what you need. More power is always better (as long as you dont go extremely overboard and buy a 1200W hehe)

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seconded with 7970 Ghz edition instead of the 7950.

[Clampz]

Like the above posters said, i don't think that PSU is going to give you enough headroom to be comfortable. Newegg has a nice list reliable power supplies on it's forums, from which I've excerpted the top three tiers below:

Tier 1 Brands - The Most Powerful And Stable Components On The Market.

Antec Signature
Antec High Current Pro -1200w
Antec HCP Platinum 1kW
Corsair AX
Enermax Galaxy
Enermax Revolution
Kingwin Lazer Platinum
PCP&C TurboCool
PCP&C Silencer Greater than 610 watt
Sapphire Pure
Seasonic X-Series
Seasonic S12D/M12D
Silverstone ZF (Etasis 85/75/56)
Seventeam ST Greater than 600w (SSI, V2.91)
Silverstone OP/DA Greater than 700 watt
Silverstone ZM
Ultra X3 Greater than 1000 watt
XFX Black Edition
XFX XXX Edition
Zippy/Emacs SSL
Zippy/Emacs GSM
Zippy/Emacs PSL
Zippy/Emacs HG2
Zippy/Emacs HP2

Tier 2 Brands - Top Quality components With Top Notch Stability - For Those With Price/Availability Issues With Tier 1

Antec Neo HE
Antec High Current Gamer Series
Antec EarthWatts greater than 700 watt
Antec TruePower Trio
Antec TruePower Quattro
Antec TruePower New -- 750w
Akasa PowerGreen 80+
CoolMax CTG-750 watt/850 watt/1000 watt
Cooler Master Ultimate/UCP
Cooltek CT
Corsair GS600 / GS800
Corsair HX
Corsair TX
Corsair VX
Cougar SX700 and GX700
Enermax Liberty
Enermax Infiniti
Enermax MaxRevo 1350
Enermax MODU82+
Enermax Platimax (600, 750, 850, 1.2K)
Enermax PRO82+
Enermax PRO87+ (500w + 700w)
Enhance ENP-GH
EVGA - SuperNOVA NEX1500 Classified
Fortron (FSP) GLN
Hale82-m 650-750w
iStarUSA PD2
iStarUSA PD3
LEPA G500
OCZ EliteXStream
OCZ Fatal1ty
OCZ GameXStream less than 1000 watt (only if manufactured in December 2007 or later)
OCZ StealthXStream 400 watt
OCZ StealthXStream 2 greater than 700 watt
OCZ Modstream (only if manufactured in December 2007 or later)
OCZ EvoStream
OCZ ProXStream
OCZ Z(t)(s) Series Less than 1000W
OCZ ZX 850w
PC P&C Silencer less than 610 watt
PC P&C Silencer MkII
Rosewill Capstone (450, 750)
Rosewill Hive (550, 650)
Seasonic G series
Seasonic S12
Seasonic M12
Seasonic Energy Plus
Sentey Golden Steel Power 850w
SevenTeam ST less than 600 watt
Silverstone OP/DA 700 watt or less
Supermicro/AbleCom
Thermaltake Toughpower greater than 600 watt
Thortech Thunderbolt Plus 800w
Topower Powerbird 900w
Xclio StablePower
XFX Core Edition
Xigmatek MC
Xigmatek HC
Ultra X3
Ultra X-Pro
Zalman ZM less than 1000 watt

Tier 2b - Tier 2 units which have either lower longevity or slightly lower quality output. Still well within spec, and are good units.

ABS-Tagan ITZ/BZ less than 1000 watt
Antec VP (350, 450)
BFG 800 watt
Cooler Master GX 80 Plus 450W
Cooler Master Real Power Pro >greater than 800 watt
Cougar S700
Enermax NAXN-82 550w - 750w
Hiper Type-M >greater than 650 watt
Hiper Type-R >greater than 650 watt
Huntkey Jumper
Kingwin Lazer Gold
LEPA B650, B850
Mushkin Enhanced
NZXT HALE
OCZ PowerStream
OCZ StealthXStream <less than 700 watt (only if manufactured in December 2007 or later)
Silverstone EF
Tagan U95
Tagan U25
Tagan U15
Tagan U22
Topower Powerbird 1100w
Xclio GreatPower

Tier 3 Brands - Power supplies fully able to meet ATX specs, although closer to the edges of the limits than higher tier units. Still solid units.

Acbel Polycom
Akasa PaxPower
Akasa PowerPlus (>greater than 500 watt Models)
AMS Mercury
Antec Earthwatts >greater than 700 watt
Antec Basiq
Antec Phantom
Antec TruePower III
Antec TruePower II
Antec TrueControl II
Antec NeoPower 480 watt (Old Model)
Athena Power Space Shuttle Series
Be Quiet Dark Power Pro
BFG ES
BFG LS
Channel Well
Cooler Master Real Power Pro <less than 800 watt
Cooler Master iGreen
Cooler Master Silent (and gold) Pro
Corsair CX Series
Enermax Maximum Plus
Enermax Noistaker II
Enermax Noisetaker
Enermax Whisper II
Enermax CoolerGiant
Enhance ENS-G
Epower Xscale
Fortron (FSP) GLC
Fortron (FSP) THN
Fortron AX
Fortron HLN
Fortron PFN/PN/PA
Fractal Design Integra R2 750 W
Kingwin Lazer
Kingwin Mach 1 (the negative 12v rail may go slightly outside of spec in some loading conditions)
LEPA G900
NorthQ
OCZ ModXStream (rated for 40° C)
OCZ Z Series 1000W
Rosewill RP 2 (temperature sensitive)
Rosewill Xtreme/RX
Seasonic Super Versatile
Sigma SP
Silverstone F
Sparkle FSP
Spire Rocketeer V/VI
Sunbeam Nuuo
Thermaltake Litepower
Thermaltake Purepower RX
Thermaltake Toughpower <less than 600 watt
Topower 1000w Gold
XG Magnum
X-Spice Kira
Zalman ZM 1000 watt

Also, running that large of a display may need a beefier GPU, try the 7970 ghz edition, located here.

[Deleted]

Just stick with seasonic you can't really go wrong there. You might find an Antec HCG / Antec HCG-M 520/620 cheaper, they're also Seasonic OEM.

[slasher0161]

I could have heard wrong but aren't the ghz editions voltage locked which means the standard 7970 will get a better overclock (then again most people aren't inclined to manually adjust the voltage on a gpu overclock).

[Lemmiwink]

Best value for money would be a 7970 non-Ghz version that you overclock yourself. It will be more than capable of doing the job.

[Deleted]

Really great advise Thanks everybody. I will notch up the powersupply (probably a Seasonic aswell). Gonna order the 7970 then instead of the 7950. I have read about crosslinking videocards, isn't this a better option? And if so what should I be looking at in the 600 dollar range?

Thanks guys

Also for monitors I was looking into 3x Dell UltraSharp U2312HM (23" IPS LED LCD Monitor - 16:9 - 8 ms). My budget for monitors is around 700-800$. Not sure how this bezel thing will work out. Anyone got a nice suggestion for this price range?

[Deleted]

U2312HM is a nice monitor, decently priced. I'd start with one 7970 and add one later on if you feel you need more power. Get at least the 620 version of the PSu in that event.