I am doing some research on buying a desktop for 3+ monitor setup. Some of the threads says about the Graphic cards for connecting multi-monitors. So what about purchasing gaming desktop which are around $500 ?? Please let me know if the below configuration is OK for the beginner ?? http://www.woot.com/plus/cyberpowerpc-gaming-computers-2?ref=cnt_wp_1 http://computers.woot.com/plus/hp-business-class-desktops-workstations?ref=cnt_wp_1
You want either two Nvidia NVS 295/300/310 or one NVS 440/450. Buy them on ebay. Some of them are fanless so you can concentrate without PC noise.
Save your money, get a used Dell, two inexpensive dual monitor video cards (identical is the most trouble free-you don't want to mix drivers "driver conflicts"} toss in an inexpensive SSD for the C: Drive. 4gb+ Ram I just picked up 4 ea old Lenovo M-58p's on ebay ~ $50 ea. I tossed in Samsung 256gb SSD's to drive TV monitors at my summer house. I prefer Samsung 256gb SSD's, as I use them in all my home systems and if I need a replacement drive I can cannibalize and image quickly. They are large enough to accommodate Operating system, my core programs, 100gb Google drive acct and 50gb Onedrive acct. The Sandisk drives are cheap, work just fine for what you are doing, just use the spinny drive which comes with your used system for a D: Data Drive. The M-58p's are small footprint and quiet. I am only listing as reference. I also picked up two T3400's ~$75 ea., installed SSD's, video cards which I had in surplus. These I loaded up with spinny drives and using them as media servers/Network Storage. Loaded Windows10pre64bit on them all. July 29th each one will convert to authenticated licensed operating systems (i.e. "free"). All these systems run surprisingly well. VLC, Browsing, light office, and yes IB-TWS and MC-charting. For light use I can barely tell the difference between these and one of my primary i7 16gb system's. If you aren't tasking them, you don't need a lot of horsepower... For what you need $200 or less should get you going. My previous comments Links to WinstonTJ comments. Also search ET member Scataphagos regarding inexpensive Dell system tips.
I recently purchased the following gaming desktop with a 24 inch monitor and love it: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-de...ry-1tb-hard-drive/8447977.p?id=1219334564775& http://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-24-led-hd-monitor-black/2791023.p?id=1219558787781&skuId=2791023
When you say gaming desktop ( AMD Radeon HD 8670D ) which mean r u planning to connect to multi-monitor ??
I currently have a 24 inch monitor that meets my needs, but there are plenty of USB/Software options that will allow me to add more.
Some solid gaming cards allow you to connect few monitors, just be sure they are all same ports, for example all VGA, all DVI, all DP, all HDMI cause you may not connect them probably at once and working if they are connected to different ones.