EPTComputer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread - Page 426
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Blazinghand
United States25562 Posts
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KwarK
United States44256 Posts
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Tarias
Netherlands480 Posts
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Cyro
United Kingdom20343 Posts
That's a displayport connector, there is also mini displayport it's digital and higher bandwidth than DVI (white connector), should be able to be converted with a passive adapter if your screens don't have displayport inputs, if that's what you have Is this the future? How do I fix the future? :D + Show Spoiler + | ||
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KwarK
United States44256 Posts
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Cyro
United Kingdom20343 Posts
I'm not super educated on the subject, just have some kind of idea from previous discussion on tl/ocn so take the stuff above with a grain of salt | ||
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Blazinghand
United States25562 Posts
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Zess
Adun Toridas!9144 Posts
On December 06 2014 07:09 KwarK wrote: As far as I know graphics outputs always used to be blue quadrilaterals with female pin things. Then recently they became white. This graphics card has an output for the white one and an adapter to make it fit a blue one. It also has what looks like a wide USB port and what looks like a flat USB port. Is this the future? How do I fix the future? Check your monitors to see if they support the "wide USB port" (HDMI) Otherwise you want to convert the HDMI signal to "blue quadrilateral" (VGA) with some sort of adapter if that's what you've been using as your monitor input. From what I've read, HDMI is a digital format output, but the motherboard has the technology to create the analog clock signals needed to push a VGA signal over HDMI or DVI format If you're willing to wait, http://www.monoprice.com/ has every conceivable cable imaginable for pretty cheap prices. | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20343 Posts
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Craton
United States17303 Posts
On December 06 2014 06:43 KwarK wrote: New graphics card has just one video output. I have two screens. Do I need to buy something extra? If through some miracle it actually does have only one output, unless it's display port (>= v1.2, which it likely would be) or that wonky similar-to-dvi-but-not thing, there isn't a way to do multiple distinct screens. You can also often run a second screen off the mobo output, just don't use it for gaming. | ||
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WeddingEpisode
United States356 Posts
I'm going to get the INtel Core i3-4130 Haswell Dual Core, but how can I tell what Power Supply works with it? CPU | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20343 Posts
most of the ones that support that will advertise as specifically haswell compatible | ||
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y0su
Finland7871 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/HvhYG5K.png) To hook up a second monitor with DVI ("white quadrilateral") you can get an adapter for either the display port http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-DisplayPort-Video-Adapter-Converter/dp/B0017K6BD2 or the HDMI port http://www.amazon.com/HDMI-Adapter-Plated-Connector-Female/dp/B000FUVNX8 If you need VGA ("blue quadrilateral") purchase one of the above adapters and http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-DVI-Cable-Adapter-DVIVGAMF/dp/B000067SOH Many monitors also come with HDMI connections in which case you could just purchase an HDMI cable (do it online since they're stupidly expensive at stores). **note, I pulled up the first google search for each adapter and did not spend any time looking for the best deal** | ||
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Brettatron
Canada159 Posts
Guess I just have to wait until my new cooler comes after the weekend to do anything processor heavy. | ||
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Incognoto
France10239 Posts
if it's at desktop then you should get maybe 30-35°C ? 40°C would be uber max? | ||
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Brettatron
Canada159 Posts
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decafchicken
United States20168 Posts
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LimeNade
United States2125 Posts
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
On December 07 2014 04:27 LimeNade wrote: Hey guys so I just got and installed my new monitor so now I have two set up. I want to game on my main monitor and use my second to browse or watch streams or w.e while gaming. However, not every game has a "windowed fullscreen" mode so if I'm playing a game on my main monitor that is fullscreen and click on my secondary monitor it minimizes my game. Now I know there is no way in windows 7 to force stop it from minimizing but does anyone know any software that won't mess up my monitors that I could use to keep my games from minimizing on my monitor? http://superuser.com/a/481670 | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20343 Posts
On December 07 2014 03:58 Brettatron wrote: Yeah its idleing around 50°C, is around 60°C in bios. I have a great aftermarket cooler, but i see around 30c in bios and 22-26c on desktop. Make sure that you enable EIST, c3, c6/c7 etc and set windows power plan to balanced. Disable the iGPU if you're not using it and then your CPU idle power will be like 5 watts - it should be barely above ambient even on a shitty cooler | ||
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