On 10 June 2016 at 03:59, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer@gmail.com> wrote:
Can't think of an internal cable at the moment. Make sure you have the right monitor cable. Notably, the motherboard has DVI but not HDMI. If your monitor has DVI, get a DVI cable. If you monitor has HDMI, get a DVI-HDMI cable (they work fine, there is no degradation in quality).
Good to know about DVI => HDMI being fine.
I need to buy a HDMI KVM to hook this up to. (I'll end up with 4 towers going to the KVM.)
There are loads of "automatic HDMI switches with manual override" available on ebay and amazon for a few bob. One is in the mail to me now, as I have a DVI monitor and two boxes (worn and home) with both DVI and HDMI outputs. These HDMI switches are far cheaper than proper KVMs, including DVI ones. I'll report on the results when I get the device and the DVI-HDMI cable. (But I did already use a DVI-HDMI converter).
If I'm going to $100, I bought this last time:
Power Supply: Corsair RM 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Buying one of those would give me a spare and I know it is very quiet.
Yes, certainly a great choice. With this being a spare, I would definitely recommend spending the extra money and getting it instead of the cheap one.
Good info. I do care a lot about noise. 6 computers total in my lab when I'm done and I want to be able to work in there for extended periods.
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