Message from @SmokyCopCar

Discord ID: 788854340999053314


2020-12-16 02:29:39 UTC  

so not too bad of a jump

2020-12-16 02:54:00 UTC  

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?

2020-12-16 02:57:05 UTC  

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

2020-12-16 02:57:23 UTC  

16gb is the minimum i would reccomend

2020-12-16 02:57:57 UTC  

Ok thank you

2020-12-16 16:56:26 UTC  

New monitors just came in.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/766007595881463879/788811788229672970/image0.jpg

2020-12-16 16:56:52 UTC  

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

2020-12-16 18:59:03 UTC  

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

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/766007595881463879/788842645484601404/image0.jpg

2020-12-16 18:59:16 UTC  

So only one functions for now

2020-12-16 18:59:44 UTC  

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

2020-12-16 19:00:19 UTC  

Apparently not

2020-12-16 19:00:24 UTC  

I thought I did

2020-12-16 19:00:34 UTC  

Until I tried hooking them up

2020-12-16 19:00:40 UTC  

Than I found out I didn’t

2020-12-16 19:00:46 UTC  

There are DisplayPort to HDMI cables...

2020-12-16 19:01:13 UTC  

That’s true

2020-12-16 19:41:33 UTC  

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

2020-12-16 19:42:38 UTC  

Yeah I realized how dumb that was after I said it

2020-12-16 19:43:56 UTC  

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

2020-12-16 19:45:24 UTC  

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.

2020-12-16 19:45:31 UTC  

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

2020-12-16 19:46:18 UTC  

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.

2020-12-16 19:46:42 UTC  

Yeah I need no more than 3-4 feet

2020-12-16 19:47:23 UTC  

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

2020-12-16 19:47:47 UTC  

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

2020-12-16 19:48:24 UTC  

15ft? No kidding it wasn’t cheap

2020-12-16 19:52:05 UTC  

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.

2020-12-16 21:02:34 UTC  

DP is the best xD

2020-12-16 21:04:08 UTC  

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/766007595881463879/788874126298710046/image0.jpg

2020-12-16 21:04:12 UTC  

Setup now

2020-12-16 21:17:29 UTC  

nice

2020-12-17 03:32:12 UTC  

Nice background too, I like the clean setup!

2020-12-17 03:54:48 UTC  

Are desktop computers better quality than laptops?

2020-12-17 03:55:42 UTC  

Yes usually

2020-12-17 04:03:23 UTC  

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.

2020-12-17 04:04:38 UTC  

Ok👍

2020-12-17 04:04:48 UTC  

Thank you two

2020-12-17 04:06:05 UTC  

What should my price range be for a good desktop computer

2020-12-17 04:06:33 UTC  

What do you want to do with it?

2020-12-17 04:07:21 UTC  

No matter what you want to do with it though, pay for an SSD over a hard drive.

2020-12-17 04:08:01 UTC  

If you was near me I could give you a decent one. It has a 3ed gen i5 which I know is kind of dated but still 4 cores. It also supports up to 32gb of ddr3 ram