That's cool. You might have to browse Craigslist for DDR3 to be affordable. An 8gb stick should be around $40. While I may be cold and uninviting, I certainly won't pass up conversation

I got 2x8gb 1600mhz ddr3 on amazon for 51 dollars? did it go up in the past month?

its 55.99 now

so not too bad of a jump

Sorry if this isn’t the right place but what flash drive size and brand would be recommended for being used as a windows/Linux and program installer?

i got 3 32gb drives for 9.99 so 32 is a good place to start considering how cheap it is

16gb is the minimum i would reccomend

Ok thank you

New monitors just came in.

Excuse the dirty looking floor I have a bunny right next to my setup it’s just kicked up bedding

Sorta set up but I’m stupid and need an HDMI splitter to connect the second one 😂

So only one functions for now

You don't have two HDMI ports on your video card?

Apparently not

I thought I did

Until I tried hooking them up

Than I found out I didn’t

There are DisplayPort to HDMI cables...

That’s true

You don't want an HDMI splitter, all that would do is make both monitors display exactly the same thing.

Yeah I realized how dumb that was after I said it

If you have a display port connection in your GPU, that single port can actually drive four monitors if you have a splitter.

Display port is different then HDMI, display port actually embeds multiple video streams in a single connection to allow higher resolution, higher refresh rate, and other features.

Would having one plugged into the GPU HDMI and one plugged into the display port with a display port to hdmi cable do the same as doing a display port splitter

Yes and cheaper, display port splitters are expensive while a display port to HDMI cord is fairly cheap as long as you only need a short cable.

Yeah I need no more than 3-4 feet

Appreciate the help. Thank you very much. Complete monitor noob if you couldn’t tell lol

I have 15 ft display port to HDMI cable because of my unique setup and that thing was not cheap.

15ft? No kidding it wasn’t cheap

Well the fact I got the desk I was mounting all this on for $20, it stillworked out cheaper then getting a new desk that would not have required such long cables.

DP is the best xD

Setup now

nice

Nice background too, I like the clean setup!

Are desktop computers better quality than laptops?

Yes usually

You can get a lot better parts in a comparably priced desktop than you can a laptop usually. A lot of that just comes down to the extra space you have in a desktop case versus the hyper-constrained space requirements of a thin laptop.

Ok👍

Thank you two

What should my price range be for a good desktop computer