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I want to upgrade to 3 displays (Currently have 2), I already use the HDMI and VGA ports on my motherboard. I need one more port so which is the best GPU for this case. Again I only want to extent displays. I don't want it for gaming purposes. Thanks

Hello, I am running an older system and decided after many years to try to get a new CPU. I ordered it but now am concerned about installing it as I cannot find any good information on whether or not I need a BIOS update in order for it to work. My current CPU: Intel Core i5-2300 @ 2.80GHz...

I have an old laptop that runs on a GT 930m, I wanted to repurpose it and solder on a new gpu that's better. Any recommendations for a gpu to replace it with? (if you can provide a link, it'll be much appreciated)

I have GA-H81M-S gigabyte motherboard, i5-4460, Corsair VS650, Gigabyte nVidia GT 740 graphics card and two 8GB HyperX HX318C10F/8 memory stick. Right now I have dual monitor setup with FHD and HD(ACER H193HQV) monitors. HD monitor is old and has been repaired twice, it has again started...

So I have this old CRT color monitor from like 1990 and today I tried powering it on, as well as the computer. So first thing I did is power on the computer and then I plugged in the monitor and pressed its button on the front. Nothing happened. Then I pressed it a little longer and a yellow...

Hi, this is a odd question to ask, because the motherboard has PCIE 3.0, but... A graphics card will fit and conected correctly in this motherboard? Because the place where is the ram is so close to the PICE so I don't know for sue it will fit correclty (asking because I am upgrading my old pc)

I've been looking around for the past few days for a motherboard that would be compatible with my AMD fx8320 CPU and Asus Fury ddr3 RAM. My current motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P rev. 2.x, https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-970A-DS3P-rev-2x#ov It's a nice motherboard, but it isn't...

I've been getting into music production and my dad gave me this old MIDI expansion card for my PC that he payed a forture for back in the early 2000s. This would be great, but at the moment I've got a B-350 motherboard which has no PCI 3 slots and this is a PCI 3 card. This is probably not...

Just for the sake of it, I am putting together a Windows XP 32-Bit build to use as a secondary (offline only of course) PC. I can locally source the case, power supply, and storage. But I am rather confused when it comes to the motherboard, CPU, GPU, RAM, and potentially even a sound card. My...

Hi, I just bought a new CPU, 16gb of ram, GPU, Motherboard and a SSD. I didn't upgrade my old 600W PSU from 2008-2011, because it should have enough power to handle the new components. Now when i start PUGB or Escape from Tarkov, my computer just crashes and restarts itself without BSOD or...

I have a computer from about 2013 that I bought as a pre-built and later moved components into a different case. These are the specs: i5 4670 3.4 GHz Weird Custom Motherboard from HP that has weird CPU cooling mounting holes and custom 6 pin power cable. 8 GB (2*4) DDR3 1600 MHz memory 2x 500 GB...

Hello, Windows 7 is going to end its support on Jan 2020, I was planning to upgrade the OS. I've two options, should I upgrade to win10 or 8.1 because of my PC old hardware I'm worried that if I upgrade to win 10 then I should face many issues like performance drop most probably drivers...

I have an old pc i put away a while ago with an i5 2320 (socket 1155) and a gt 520. I wanted to get it running again and i thought of getting a gt 1030 to make it run a little better. Can it be done or will it cause issues?

I have a Corsair H100i from 2014-2015. I have it left over form my last build but recently completely upgraded my whole build. I am currently using it in my new build with an i9 9900k. How long can I expect my old cooler to last? Should I just go ahead and replace it or wait until it peters out?

To Tom's Hardware community: I have the following gaming-centered build in mind: Intel i5-4440 (stock cooler) Nvidia GTX-970 16GB DDR3 RAM ASRock Z97M Killer motherboard Samsung 960 Pro/SM 961 Any 1TB mechanical hard disk I am able to acquire all of these parts for less that $400, and I...

Hello all, i am having an extremely difficult time between deciding these 2 monitors. 1. 27" 1440p 144hz 1ms https://www.asus.com/Monitors/MG278Q/specifications/ 2. 28" 4k 60hz 1ms https://www.asus.com/us/Commercial-Monitors/PB287Q/specifications/ My GPU is GTX 1080 Ti. Please note i ONLY...

Basically built a new system yesterday. Everything in the system is brand new other than the graphics card which i bough on ebay from a very respected seller. When running games most of the time its fine and performs as you would expect (its a GTX 780ti btw) however when i close the game the...

Power supply 1000 watt. Processor: Intel (R) Core (TM) i7-4820K @ 3.70 GHZ. Operating system: Win 7 Ultimate. 64GB RAM. Video cards are AMD Radeon 7850 and 7870 coupled with a dongle cable. When trying to play either Sleeping Dogs or Sniper Elite V2 with the crossfire enabled, the computer...