PC Building

[red5]

Hello everyone.  I'm bringing on a new data analyst soon, and I was going to surprise him with a custom rig. (he was an intern with us previously, so I have a bit of history with him)

Anyway, now that AMD is FINALLY including the integrated graphics on their mainstream chips, I wanted to go the Ryzen 7000 route.  I just don't have any personal experience yet with using the integrated graphics.  His system will probably have 3 monitors and a 32 gigs of RAM.  I just wanted to see if anyone had any input on the integrated graphics, and what motherboards are good at natively supporting 3 monitors, if there are any. 

[Sam_AMD]

Great question @red5 

Question; why not use a discrete GPU in the first place? (I'm just curious, is it a budget thing, or space inside the case isn't large enough?)

I haven't done anything like this, but I did ask some of my colleagues. Here is what they're saying/recommending:

The AMD Ryzen 7000 iGPU is RDNA2 based, so theoretically it is possible for 3 displays, but it will depend on the motherboard, it will need to feature three display outputs. You may be able to use HDMI, and then use a splitter for the DisplayPort out to another two.

From another colleague:

Yes 3 displays are possible but it depends on your specs. 3 FHD120 should be ok.

Let me know if these answers help you...

[red5]

He's just going to be analyzing data in spreadsheets, running MS SQL queries, working in our ERP system, etc.   GPU acceleration won't help in any of his workloads. He will mostly just need a good cpu and plenty of RAM. Plus this is a work PC, and the fewer moving parts the better. And less heat.

[BigAl01]

I think it would be much easier to support the three monitors with a discrete video card.  I used a 5700G CPU (previous generation to the 7000 series CPUs) to drive just one 1080p monitor and it works fine for that.  I have never seen a motherboard with three built-in video outputs. 

[red5]

I could daisy chain monitors via Displayport if I get monitors with output, or could use USB adapters