Setup Upgrade

[mikekim]

After running my setup for a couple of years I thought it was time to instigate some upgrades. below is a picture of my original setup

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/359/screenswi8.jpg

initially I had 2x 22" screens for my additional toons, but after triple boxing for a while I got used to the full screen view on the slaves, so I decided to add another 2x 22" screens to the mix.
I also added an additional machine, so my main toon runs on 1 pc and i run 2 characters each on both of the other machines.

http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/6893/screens1a.jpg

http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/5130/screens2a.jpg

Main PC - specs
Coolermaster Stacker 832 Tower Case
Enermax Galaxy EGX850EWL 850W Modular PSU
4x Akasa AK-191-SM Smoke Ultra Quiet 120mm Fan
Zalman ZM-MFC1 Plus Black Multi Fan Controller

Intel Q6600 G0 2.4Ghz Core 2 Quad CPU
Asus Striker Extreme nForce 680 (Socket 775) DDR2 Motherboard
OCZ 8GB (4x2GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Reaper HPC Dual Channel DDR2 4-4-4-15
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Toxic 2048MB GDDR5 Graphics Card
Samsung SM-245B 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor (1,920 x 1,200)

Western Digital Raptor 150Gb SATA, 10,000 rpm, 16MB Cache
Western Digital Caviar Blue 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache
G.Skill Falcon 64GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive
2x Pioneer DVR212BK 18x DVD±R/±RW (Black) SATA
5x Akasa Serial ATA 45cm Silver Data Cable

Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard
Logitech G5 Laser Mouse SSeries Steelpad 5L Gaming Mat
Creative labs XFi Xtream Fatality Pro
Creative Labs 5.1 Speakers
Running Windows Vista Ultimate 64Bit

Second PC - specs
Coolermaster Stacker 832 Tower Case
Enermax Galaxy EGX850EWL 850W Modular PSU
4x Akasa AK-191-SM Smoke Ultra Quiet 120mm Fan
Zalman ZM-MFC1 Plus Black Multi Fan Controller

Intel Q6600 G0 2.4Ghz Core 2 Quad CPU
Asus P5K Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
OCZ 8GB (4x2GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Reaper HPC Dual Channel DDR2 4-4-4-15

EVGA GeForce GTX 275 Superclocked 1792MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card
HP 2207h 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor (1,680 x 1,050)
HP 2229h 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor (1,680 x 1,050) (iMount Desktop Pro stand LCD001 with 70cm Pole upgrade)

Western Digital Caviar Blue 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache
Samsung SpinPoint P SP1614C, 160GB SATA, 7200 rpm, 8MB Cache
Pioneer DVR212BK 18x DVD±R/±RW (Black) SATA
3x Akasa Serial ATA 45cm Silver Data Cable

Running Windows Vista Home Premium 64Bit

Third PC - specs

Shuttle SX48P2 E Barebones System

Intel Q9400 G0 2.66ghz Core 2 Quad CPU
4Gb Corsair XMS2 Twinx PC2-6400 800Mhz 4GBKit(2x2GB) 5-5-5-18

EVGA GeForce GTX 275 Superclocked 1792MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card
HP 2207h 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor (1,680 x 1,050)
HP 2229h 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor (1,680 x 1,050) (iMount Desktop Pro stand LCD001 with 70cm Pole upgrade)

Samsung Spinpoint F3, 500GB 16mb cache
Sony Optiarc AD-7241S 24x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe Optical Drive

Running Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit

[auscontrol]

lol nice. love the vertical screens

[Maxion]

lol nice. love the vertical screens

Except that was his old setup.

[Monk3yv]

OH MY! You could use that to fly to the moon! Really though, It must be nice to have that kind of screen space. I'm considering getting a second monitor down the line. Quick Question Would that put more strain on my graphic card or system, or would it do the opposite and possibly improve my performance?

[Maxion]

I only had positive results when going from one to two monitors, but I guess it may depend on your comp specs.

[mikekim]

most graphics cards that i have used for wow (GTX 260, 275 & HD5850) have no problems running multiple screens at full fps.

[Zub]

/jealous

[angeldeelite]

Nice Nice :D 5 screens are just better :P even if its just in looks

[Shabu42]

I miss these old setups with 5-6 screens, looking like defcon command centers, wish i had the cash and hardware to run that. Im stuck playing 5 on one screen lol

[Elektroz]

Yeah, running 4 wows on a 30" screen is just torture... :P

[Erron]

That looks really good. I think having more monitors is great for other applications too. Being able to open full sized windows while working on other projects is a real productivity booster.

AND it does look like something you'd see on the bridge of a star destroyer, which is way cool.