I'm not asking for help picking a computer, I'm asking for help with a specific question regarding the requirements for using dual monitors. If I wanted help picking components I would have posted in the Computer Building Discussion forum.

But please, build me an adequate PC with specs equal or better than an i5-7400, 8GB DDR4 RAM, and a 256GB SSD that includes a retail copy of Windows 10, a DVD-RW drive, and a keyboard and mouse for under $450, and I'll admit you're right.



It's just a meme, that prebuilts are literally Satan and cost twice the price. Like you mentioned, it has a lot to do with elitism.

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Anyway, would appreciate more input on whether 1xVGA+1xHDMI is sufficient for dual monitors, and if the quality of the VGA output will be noticeably degraded compared to a 2nd HDMI/DVI output.

This post was edited by Voyaging on Nov 30 2017 08:07pm

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/244Cf8

Kinguin win10 for $15

ayy



But in all honesty, There are certain times where a prebuilt works out better than building your own. Not very many IMO.. But there are a few.


VGA will be fine. You probably won't even notice a difference. Just make sure its not a like 20 foot vga cable.

i would rather build my own and know that i wont have a biostar motherboard and a chinese fire hazard powersupply

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/pJm87h

it's very easy to match that prebuild without a GPU...
i mean pick what is more important to you, quality all around parts & meh case build it urself or prebuilt w/ meh mobo/case/psu/etc.

Hi

I can always hope.

Yeah Windows is the main piece that increases the price of parted PCs so dramatically.

From what I've read Kinguin sellers can be pretty sketchy and frequently are fake, but I could be wrong. I know there's some video game key selling store where a ton of them are fake, G2A I think, so I'm a bit hesitant to buy from key sellers like that.

Mostly I just don't feel like building. I built my own PC, and right now I'm just trying to help my uncle get his set up, I really don't feel like having to go there and build it for him.

Appreciate the info regarding VGA. Wasn't sure if there was any issue with running the different output types together or anything like that. I know there was some weird shit when I ran triple monitors where I had to get an active displayport adapter or something and couldn't run 2x DVI 1xHDMI.



+$90 for legit retail Windows 10? Unless there's a cheaper way to get guaranteed legit Windows I'm not aware of.



Eh he has smoke detectors.

This post was edited by Voyaging on Nov 30 2017 08:31pm

llocal stores here sells cheap ass windows 7 liscense that you can upgrade for free to window 10
lot more legit than kinguin, even tho that i never tried them.