Reddit reviews Cable Matters Unidirectional DisplayPort to HDMI Adapter Cable (DP to HDMI) 6 Feet

DisplayPort -> HDMI

https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-Gold-Plated-DisplayPort/dp/B004C9P9TM

DVI -> HDMI

https://www.amazon.com/Gefen-HDMI-Cable-Male-Male-CAB-DVI2HDMI-06MM/dp/B0002CZHN6

Yea, its not like they make Displayport to HDMI cables or adapters or anything like that.

You can also just skip the adapter and get this cable https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004C9P9TM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_Hw.pzb1V4SSS4 I have been using for over a year now, no issues

These worked great for me to connect EVGA 1080 FTW to both TV and monitor: https://amzn.com/B004C9P9TM

Vive on the HDMI output and the monitor or TV on a DP output with the adapter cable. No problems at all.

>conference room dongles.

You're saying this like it's some kind of standard thing people should know. There are literally hundreds of kinds of dongles. Any standard displayport to hdmi cable should work fine, just buy them in bulk

https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-Gold-Plated-DisplayPort/dp/B004C9P9TM

https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-DisplayPort-Video-Adapter-Converter/dp/B001S2PYQY

Get an adapter for one of the other ports on your gpu to connect it to your TV. You probably have an extra display port. Get this if so.

https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-Gold-Plated-DisplayPort/dp/B004C9P9TM

In that case:

http://amzn.com/B004C9P9TM If you want to transmit audio.

http://amzn.com/B001TH7T2U If you don't need audio and want to save a few bucks.

Both are digital and will have the same video quality. Cheers!

Assuming your graphics card has empty displayport slots, I use this: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004C9P9TM/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1 for the monitor I use and then plug the Vive right into the HDMI port. Highly recommend.

I just said displayport is supporting hdmi. You can buy these. I have one for my third monitor, which I have attached to my DP out via an HDMI to DP cable.

Every DP port means you can use every other video output, even VGA. HDMI only interopts with DVI, and DVI only interopts with HDMI / VGA. Displayport can convert to every other video output with cheap adapters or cables, and if you were to put, say, four DP 1.3 ports on a GPU, you have significantly longer longevity since DP 1.3 can support up to 8k resolution.

It would be a pain, but there should be a way. If a HDMI (M) --> DisplayPort (F) adapter to the Moshi isn't feasible, the following setup would work.

HDMI --> DisplayPort cable --> Sunix DisplayPort to USB-C --> USB-C cable --> LG Ultrafine 4k

HDMI to DisplayPort Cable:
https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-Gold-Plated-DisplayPort/dp/B004C9P9TM
Sunix USB 3.1 DisplayPort PCIe card
http://www.sunix.com/en/product_detail.php?cid=1&kid=2&gid=11&pid=1909
Some form of USB to PCIe riser for power
https://www.amazon.com/Flexible-Extension-Connector-Litecoin-Colorcoin/dp/B017VBE7X6
A USB-C cable with displayport alt mode support.

^ In theory the above setup should work. I never went this route as both my PCs have Thunderbolt 3, but entertained this idea for a while. The PC people have successfully run the Sunix externally with just power and let the card perform the video conversion. Not a cost-effective solution, but it should work!

I was talking about a dual-ended cable, like this, though this one claims to only support 1080p (just the first result in google)

>why is the i7 chip cheaper than the AMD Ryzen chip? I have heard that the AMD chips are better if you look at 'speed per dollar' but that intel is going to be the more expensive and faster option.

Because the 1800X is the "flagship" of the R7 series. In reality you can buy the $320 1700 and overclock it to get the same performance as the 1800X. Plus i don't think that the AIO manufactures have AM4 brackets yet, so you won't be able to hook it up right away (the 1800X doesn't come with a stock cooler like the 1700)

The R7 series cpu's (specifically the 1700) are amazing because the they give you 8 cores / 16 threads and decent gaming performance. But I don't recommend picking one up for a pure gaming build, they're better suited for a gaming / streaming / editing build. The 7700k beats it in every gaming benchmark as you'll see in Gamers Nexus R5 series review from yesterday (He includes the R5 / R7 / 7700k and more).

>Is 32GB of RAM basically overkill? As in, the game/system wont even use it much so the performance difference will be negligible? By 'sweet spot's do you mean it's better to have 16GB of faster RAM than 32GB of slower RAM?

Yeah pretty overkill for a gaming rig. Speed doesn't matter as much on the Intel side (It affects the R5 and R7 series more because of the cpu architechture). Anything around 3000hmz is usually affordable and good. He's a screenshot of my system from a few days ago when i had to prove them wrong :p (He was saying that 32gb's should be the standard for a gaming rig lol). I had 114 Firefox tabs, Discord, A remote access to my work pc, Visual studio, Unity and Rocket League open and it was only using just over 5gb's of memory. Now there are definitely some games that will utilize more than that, but 16gb's is going to be enough for a gaming system for a while. The motherboard i picked out will allow you to add another 2x8gb kit in the future anyway (if you upgrade, get the exact same memory kit).

> What is the difference between the 2 gfx cards recommended by you and VRPC... they seem to be identical except in price.

It's the exact same card, but the one i picked is black, hence the name 'Black Edition'. And it's $20 cheaper :P .

> I am leaning towards having a multiple monitor setup, it just looks badass, I have the perfect desk for it, and I've always wanted do do it. What adapters do I need?

You'll only need adapters if you go with the cheaper Asus VP239H-P's i recommend (I'm not %100 sure if the other monitors i recommend come with a Display Port cable, you'll need one to use G-sync), in that case you'll need a Display Port to HDMI (or DVI).

> About monitors... Have you seen the 5 monitor setup with the screens orientated vertically? I think that looks incredible but It may be overkill and I think it could be pushing the gfx card too hard to render that many pixels in game. Just wanted your thoughts on that: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eHdeEES1pms/

I wouldn't recommend it, personally i don't really like the look because of all the bezels, but more importantly you'll be powering over 10 million pixels (which is more than 4k) so you'll see a significant performance hit. I'm also not 100% sure if you can hook up 5 monitors to it (physically you can, but i don't know it they can all be used at the same time, but i know that hooking up 4 monitors to one gpu works).

1. Your power consumption will be absolutely fine. No worries there. Make sure your card is a blower/reference style and not open air for better temps.
   
   
2. I'd do trial and error. I don't do any overclocking so I can't speak on what would actually work or not. Take it in increments. Overclock it a little and run a benchmark. If the computer doesn't force shut off (a telltale sign of too much power consumption) you're good. Keep going until you either reach your intended overclock or you get shutoffs. If the computer ever force shuts off during a benchmark like that, do not leave your card clocked like that. You risk damaging your system.
   
   
3. I'm seeing that the 480 allows up to 6 monitors but you might see a drop in performance when adding more monitors. You can always plug one into the on-board graphics port (located at the very top of your x51's back panel) if you won't be using all 3 for widescreen gaming.
   
   
4. Here is a cable that should fit your needs (if you want to compare prices, there's a few different ones on Amazon. This was just the first result). It only supports up to 1920x1200 so if you need it for a different resolution I'd look elsewhere.

The Vive can use either HDMI or a Mini Displayport to connect to your PC. If you'd like to use both the Vive and an external monitor (which seems pretty important for the initial setup at least) and you only have one HDMI port on your graphics card (which is how most graphics cards seem to operate), you can:

• Run a cable like this to the Vive and keep your monitor connected via HDMI.
  
• Run HDMI to the Vive and run DisplayPort to your monitor (if it supports it).
  
• Run HDMI to the Vive and run DVI to your monitor (if it supports it).
  
• Run HDMI to both by purchasing an adapter or adapter cable, either DisplayPort to HDMI or DVI to HDMI depending on which you think is more useful.
  
• If you've only got old bits and bobs lying around, you could run HDMI to the Vive and then use a DVI-VGA adapter and hook up your monitor with a good, old-fashioned analog signal. Future!
  
  Please note that the Vive does not include a DisplayPort cable, or any adapters; it only includes HDMI. I am also assuming that your graphics card has, like the stock GTX 970, one HDMI port, three DisplayPorts, and one DVI-I port.
  
  EDIT: If you LITERALLY only have a single HDMI port, you're probably talking about a laptop with a 970M graphics card, which is a different beast entirely and is below the minimum spec for VR, which might cause other issues. You could try buying a USB display adapter but I can't personally promise it would be able to display anything rendered on your graphics card, let alone anything as intensive as VR.

Cool. So you have a lot of options.

Displayport to HDMI ( my recommendation )

Displayport to VGA

DVI to VGA

You can probably find these at Best Buy too, not these exact ones, but ones that will work.

> I'm about to try this, I should be getting both adapters Friday. I'll post back if it helps.

Cool. Personally I use a DisplayPort to HDMI cable and it works flawlessly. I've also tried the DisplayPort to DMI dingle adapter and that has had no problems either. Keep the cables as short as you possibly can and you'll be fine. Here's what I use:

http://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-Gold-Plated-DisplayPort/dp/B004C9P9TM/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1462443697&sr=1-1&keywords=Cable+Matters+Display+Port+to+HDMI

That cable was a Godsend. The fact that there isn't one of those of even a converter dongle in the Vive box is a sin for the $900 with tax & delivery price tag.

Use this for your monitor, keep the Vive on HDMI.

Assuming your problem is that your only HDMI output is being used by the Vive, I would suggest one of these: https://amzn.com/B004C9P9TM

have a 55inch 4k LG....Do you think this displayport would work
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004C9P9TM?gclid=CjwKEAiAk7O0BRD9_Ka2w_PhwSkSJAAmKswxix2ZFv3iNS554h_Yt5sU1qKYfTcptDHWP0bs32PBSBoCwh7w_wcB

I've done some research and I REALLY like the Fury over the 980ti. I hear when you're using two cards, the Fury will normally produce higher frame rates in 4k.

Another question I had...I see that Radon makes a lot of different R9X cards, could you explain the reasoning behind the slight Differences? I just want to know if there's anything else I should look out for

You can easily get a display port to HDMI converter. Here's a link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004C9P9TM/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1482688793&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=displayport+to+hdmi&dpPl=1&dpID=41u3l%2Bdiq3L&ref=plSrch

this may work too:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004C9P9TM/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_1?pf_rd_p=1944687782&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B0017K6BDW&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0PKEQZCPPM8WS9QB813N

i wonder if this would work being that all of the monitors have HDMI connections.

... also, i updated the link above to reflect your suggestions for the 16gb RAM suggestion.

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This build will wreck anything you throw at it.

The GPU has 3 display ports and only 1 hdmi.Most new cards don't have more than 1 hdmi so i suggest you get this http://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-Gold-Plated-DisplayPort/dp/B004C9P9TM/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1425387126&sr=1-1&keywords=displayport+to+hdmi.

If you have any questions ask away.

Does the DisplayPort icon have a little "++" next to it like this? Or does it only have the "DP" part? If it has the ++, then you can use a cheap cable to convert. Otherwise, you need something more expensive.

This might help

...and you've likely solved the issue. This is the cable that I bought: http://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters%C2%AE-Gold-Plated-DisplayPort/dp/B004C9P9TM

On the Amazon description page, it says "Connect up to 2 monitors using AMD Eyefinity Multi-Display technology (one cable per monitor); An active cable is required to support more monitors". It sounds like what you were describing above. I had no idea that connecting a third monitor would take anything other than an extra cable. This must be why I can have the TV and one other monitor connected without any issues.

http://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-Gold-Plated-DisplayPort/dp/B004C9P9TM

Like this here says it only supports up to 1200p

Something link this should take care of it.

http://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-Plated-DisplayPort-102003-6/dp/B004C9P9TM

I can't imagine why he would want it the other other way. The PS4 does not have a displayport, so such an adapter would be absolutely useless.

That being said, that adapter would serve no purpose. Almost any device that has full size Display Port, also has HDMI due to Display Port being a much less used format. I've seen one monitor on the market that literally only has display port (I own it lol), and it's a con in almost every single review.

This is the only other such cable that exists, and even then it's basically the same thing, just without the dongle

Some education. DisplayPort is a different standard for digital video/audio signals. There are adapters from DisplayPort to HDMI. Many modern monitors will have HDMI and DisplayPort inputs. Check your monitors for what they support.

$30? You're doin it wrong. That is way too expensive for a passive adapter.

Here we go!

DisplayPort to HDMI....I've seen straight up cables like this and also adapters like this.

Is there a preferred way between these two or does it not matter?

You can just buy a regular cable. There's no need for an "active" adapter.

Something like these ones:
https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-Gold-Plated-DisplayPort/dp/B004C9P9TM

Yeah that was the downside for me, too. I don't play VR much but is is a bit annoying. Maybe get a DP -> HDMI cable (like this one on Amazon) and use that for your monitor?

Ok so, I can't find any card that supports 3 vga or dvi natively (that's not crazy expensive)

you best bet is get something like this and use converters where needed http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sapphire-Radeon-HD-7750-1GB-DDR5-HDMI-DVI-I-DP-PCI-e-3-0-x16-GPU-Video-Card-/222530002120?hash=item33cfd25cc8:g:vboAAOSw~FJZLniY

most monitors these days have dvi and hdmi. Displayport support is spotty, but cheap converters to hdmi are cheap https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-Gold-Plated-DisplayPort/dp/B004C9P9TM

Another option if you have a second pcie x16 slot, you can keep the old gpu and just add another to add more ports.

how many monitors are you running?

of you need an hdmi out just use a converter cable:
https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-Gold-Plated-DisplayPort/dp/B004C9P9TM/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1487741651&sr=1-3&keywords=displayport+to+hdmi

> AMD VSR

Aah I missed this. Any ole passive cable will work. You aren't actually displaying at 4k, it's displaying at the monitors native resolution.

https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-Gold-Plated-DisplayPort/dp/B004C9P9TM/

You need an HDMI to DP adapter like this

Plug in the Displayport side into your GPU, HDMI in the TV. Not too hard

like this? https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-Gold-Plated-DisplayPort/dp/B004C9P9TM/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1499702512&sr=1-3&keywords=displayport+to+hdmi

http://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-Gold-Plated-DisplayPort/dp/B004C9P9TM/ref=sr_1_1

Display port to HDMI: https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-Gold-Plated-DisplayPort/dp/B004C9P9TM

DVI to HDMI: https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-HDMI-DVI-Adapter-Cable/dp/B00NH11X64

I bought the following Displayport - HDMI cable from Amazon and it works perfectly. I use a 32 inch 1080p TV as my monitor.
http://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-Gold-Plated-DisplayPort/dp/B004C9P9TM?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00

That leaves the HDMI port on the PC's graphics card available for the Rift.

https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-Gold-Plated-DisplayPort/dp/B004C9P9TM

something like this might work?

Get Touch. It'll be the best $99 you ever spent.

Touch actually comes with $50 of free games (Robo Recall + Dead and Buried) and $60 of free creativity apps (Oculus Medium + Quill) - so it's incredibly good value!

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No, you can't use a splitter with the Rift. Get a DisplayPort to HDMI cable for your 2nd monitor and have the Rift plugged directly into the HDMI

Works great this VGA kind of sucks HDMI and display are both fairly new

Well, you could also do for example 1x DVI Male to Male and 1x DisplayPort Male to HDMI Male if you want to connect both the PC and console. The monitor has both connections, so you can use for example the DVI to connect the monitor to the PC and the DisplayPort to connect the monitor to the console.

BTW, because DisplayPort can also output audio, it's the same thing to connect using a normal HDMI cable or a DisplayPort to HDMI cable.

http://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-Gold-Plated-DisplayPort/dp/B004C9P9TM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1411636327&sr=8-1&keywords=displayport+to+hdmi

EDIT:

Just remembered the video source needs to be DisplayPort for the cable I linked to work. So you'd need to use an HDMI to DVI cable and the DisplayPort. You'd connect the console with the HDMI to DVI cable and the PC with a normal DisplayPort cable, like this:
http://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-Gold-Plated-DisplayPort/dp/B005H3Q59U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1411636837&sr=8-1&keywords=displayport+cable

That should do it.

I'm not sure about any other than Strix that have at least 2 HMDI but a DisplayPort to HDMI is $12 on Amazon right now so that might work.
https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-Gold-Plated-DisplayPort/dp/B004C9P9TM

It's somewhat unusual to have 2 HDMI ports since the current standard is DisplayPort, so most GPUs only have 1. I would recommend you get a [DisplayPort to HDMI adapter] (http://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-Gold-Plated-DisplayPort/dp/B004C9P9TM) (which is quite cheap).

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Much better build, you had an older CPU, poor value PSU, and a poor value GPU.

Dvi to HDMI cable

DisplayPort to HDMI cable

I believe either of these will work.

1. you'll be fine
   
   
2. can you put it on the DVI on the card? If not you get an adapter, like this one

Cable 1

Cable 2