New build, help needed

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romeo11523

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I am bulding a new rig for school/web design. I just bought an 8800 gts and found my computer was too dated to use it so I am starting to build around it. I am running 3 22" monitors and my programs will be dreamweaver, 3D studio max, flash, fireworks, and photoshop. I am planning on ordering an 8800 gt so that I can use my 3rd monitor but can I mix the gts with the gt? Otherwise everything else I'm using is below.

Evga Nforce 680i motherboard
Q6600 Quad 2.4ghz
2gb Gskill ram (already have)
Evga 8800 GTS 640mb (already have)
Evga 8800 GT 512mb superclocked
Sound Blaster Audigy (already have)
4-500gb WD Cavier Sata (already have)
Ultra Full Tower case w/700w power supply

Thanks,
Ryan
 
If you're rendering/gaming on a single (or dual) monitor, you only need one good vidcard. So, instead of picking up another good vidcard, drop it down to a $50 8500GT instead, for the 3rd monitor. You don't need SLI, but the extra PCI-E 16x slot is nice for the 2nd card. Though, you could probably just get away with a 4.16x slot instead, and go with a P35 board instead.

If you're OCing that Q6600, you'll need a good HSF, like a Tuniq Tower, Ultima90 + Panaflo fan, or Ultra 120 extreme + S-Flex fan.
 
Performance in what? 3D Rendering? Or gaming?

Oh and generally, don't ever use the PSU that comes with the case. There are exceptions like Antec's Sonata III but generally the PSUs that come with the cases suck. Also, what's your budget for this upgrade?
 
Exactly (what Danny said)... so if you'll be gaming/rendering on only two monitors, you really don't need a highly capable vidcard for your 3rd monitor if all its doing is displaying a web browser.
 
I didn't really have a budget in mind. I game on consoles not the computer. This computer will be mainly for 3d rendering and general design.

Thanks,
Ryan
 
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