Keano Posted July 8, 2020 Report Share Posted July 8, 2020 21 minutes ago, Django_3101 said: Need help buying a device to extend display on dual monitors. Planning to set up a dual monitor with laptop for home office. I want different displays on each screen. Came across hdmi splitter but it seems it just duplicates the display on monitors instead of extending it. what options do I have? Please help considered any compatible laptop docking stations? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Django_3101 Posted July 8, 2020 Report Share Posted July 8, 2020 7 minutes ago, Keano said: ny compatible laptop docking stations? so, docking station is the only option? They are too pricey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keano Posted July 8, 2020 Report Share Posted July 8, 2020 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Django_3101 said: so, docking station is the only option? They are too pricey. I dont think it is the only option. Suggest that as I have one in my setup and I only have that because I got it reimbursed. lesser amount of cables and easy to connect and disconnect the laptop. Edited July 8, 2020 by Keano Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Django_3101 Posted July 8, 2020 Report Share Posted July 8, 2020 13 minutes ago, Keano said: I dont think it is the only option. Suggest that as I have one in my setup and I only have that because I got it reimbursed. lesser amount of cables and easy to connect and disconnect the laptop. Yeah, no reimbursement option here and company is not lending equipments. Let's wait if we get other options or else will have to manage with single monitor. Thanks Surya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keano Posted July 8, 2020 Report Share Posted July 8, 2020 if your laptop has both hdmi port and display port - you should be able to extend it using cables provided your monitors also have those ports. A friend of mine uses this instead of a docking station. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Django_3101 Posted July 8, 2020 Report Share Posted July 8, 2020 I have one each of HDMI, USB, USB-C in the laptop. Thinking of using HDMI for one monitor and the Apple adaptor to plugin to USB-C, to get another HDMI slot for second monitor. Should work, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 8, 2020 Report Share Posted July 8, 2020 13 hours ago, Django_3101 said: Need help buying a device to extend display on dual monitors. Planning to set up a dual monitor with laptop for home office. I want different displays on each screen. Came across hdmi splitter but it seems it just duplicates the display on monitors instead of extending it. what options do I have? Please help Umm, have you tried extend setting instead of duplicate option? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker Posted July 8, 2020 Report Share Posted July 8, 2020 Need suggestion for a 8 way power strip. Will be using it for 2x monitor, 2x modem, 2x router and one PC cab. How's this> https://www.amazon.in/Belkin-Essential-F9E800zb2MGRY-8-Socket-Protector/dp/B0083T23AA/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Django_3101 Posted July 9, 2020 Report Share Posted July 9, 2020 8 hours ago, Joe Cool said: Umm, have you tried extend setting instead of duplicate option? I haven't tried it as I do not want to splurge without knowing if it is possible. The general feedback that I got is that 2 different ports are required for 2 monitors to enable a different display on each monitor. With splitter, the output is still coming from one port and thus both the monitors will always display the same output. Anyways, I am managing with one screen right now. It seems to be working fine and don't feel like I need another one for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Posted July 9, 2020 Report Share Posted July 9, 2020 8 hours ago, Walker said: Need suggestion for a 8 way power strip. Will be using it for 2x monitor, 2x modem, 2x router and one PC cab. How's this> https://www.amazon.in/Belkin-Essential-F9E800zb2MGRY-8-Socket-Protector/dp/B0083T23AA/ Its good. I don't use one with 8 sockets, but I have the 4 socket version from Belkin, and its great. Belkin Pivoting Surge Protector 8 Outlets Ideally with large number of sockets something like this is better as you can pivot the sockets to fit bigger plugs that normally take up some space from the adjacent sockets. But this isn't available on Amazon right now, so I'd say go for the regular one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DinJo Posted July 10, 2020 Report Share Posted July 10, 2020 On 7/4/2020 at 6:42 PM, l33tmaniac said: Would recommend getting headphones instead. Something with noise cancellation that ensures you are not disturbed and is comfortable to wear. I have a Bose QC II that I use for office work and it's just amazing. My wife can watch TV in the same room and I can dial in to a meetings and not hear what's playing on the TV(I ask her to switch off in case I have to talk though ? ) Currently the prices are way high hoping it comes down in a month Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagarjalvi Posted July 26, 2020 Report Share Posted July 26, 2020 alright so i just upgraded my GPU to MSI GTX 2080 super. I will be upgrading my motherboard and CPU in coming months. Can someone suggest me what mobo and CPU will be good enough that wont bottleneck my gpu? My current CPU is i7 4770 3.4Ghz and ASUS H87 Pro mobo with 32gigs ram. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomShade Posted July 26, 2020 Report Share Posted July 26, 2020 17 minutes ago, sagarjalvi said: alright so i just upgraded my GPU to MSI GTX 2080 super. I will be upgrading my motherboard and CPU in coming months. Can someone suggest me what mobo and CPU will be good enough that wont bottleneck my gpu? My current CPU is i7 4770 3.4Ghz and ASUS H87 Pro mobo with 32gigs ram. How much are you willing to spend? Ryzen 3700X 8 core / 16 thread CPU - 25-28k, 25k is just some optimistic meme figure that you can get through haggling at an offline store , 27k-28k is the price i see online. Asus X570 TUF PLUS for 17-18k or ASUS B550 TUF for 15K, both of these two support PCIe 4.0, so won't bottleneck your GPU. Corsair or GSkill 3200MHZ or greater 16GB DDR4 RAM for 6-7k You can also get a Kingston A2000 1TB M2 SSD for 10k approx, it supports the NVME protocol instead of the slower SATA3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagarjalvi Posted July 26, 2020 Report Share Posted July 26, 2020 so its gonna cost roughly 50-60k can you tell me how much is my current specs bottlenecking my gpu? sorry i'm not very good with PC and bought everything till now upon reference from friends Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomShade Posted July 26, 2020 Report Share Posted July 26, 2020 7 minutes ago, sagarjalvi said: so its gonna cost roughly 50-60k can you tell me how much is my current specs bottlenecking my gpu? sorry i'm not very good with PC and bought everything till now upon reference from friends The CPU will for current and future games, your I7 3770 has 4cores/ 8 threads, my i5 has 4 cores only, next gen games will make use of the PS5XSX's 8 core 16 thread AMD CPU, in this gen's open world games you will feel the bottle neck, when you go to any large city with a lot of NPCs around you will notice FPS drops, that is because all the CPU cores are getting maxed out 100%. Currently they recommend getting a ryzen 3600 which has 6 cores and 12 threads, but i'm suggesting you the 3700x because it has 8 cores, 16 threads, just like PS5 and XSX, probably will be more future proof. btw unless any of the parts physically conk off nobody upgrades CPU, Mobo, RAM etc for 4-5 years, so in that sense 60k doesn't cost all that much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagarjalvi Posted July 26, 2020 Report Share Posted July 26, 2020 i see thanks for the detailed explanation. My current mobo and cpu are already like 5-6 years old so i can do one thing just build another PC with those parts as i'm in need of another pc for my rendering work and use 2080 super with new mobo and cpu as i have most of the parts available except for mobo and cpu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomShade Posted July 26, 2020 Report Share Posted July 26, 2020 Just now, sagarjalvi said: i see thanks for the detailed explanation. My current mobo and cpu are already like 5-6 years old so i can do one thing just build another PC with those parts as i'm in need of another pc for my rendering work and use 2080 super with new mobo and cpu as i have most of the parts available except for mobo and cpu. You will need to upgrade the ram also, current motherboards don't have support for DDR3 RAM, so you will have to get new ones. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagarjalvi Posted July 26, 2020 Report Share Posted July 26, 2020 oh yea totally forgot about the RAM. Thanks a lot bro. I've added all of these in amazon cart and will purchase when i can Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dylanjosh Posted July 26, 2020 Report Share Posted July 26, 2020 What kind of games do you play? Most AAA games dont use cpu too much. Except for assassins creed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagarjalvi Posted July 27, 2020 Report Share Posted July 27, 2020 mostly i play COD warzone or any other FPS games and Dota only from a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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