He isn't looking to play games; this is for work. The real question is whether his current setup will actually play nice with the new GPU—especially since he’s likely running some cheap, off-brand 400W power supply right now. I'd suggest looking into a decent 500W unit that won't break the bank.
Edit: Isn't there a general assumption that Nvidia is the go-to for gaming while AMD is more for multimedia?
A buddy of mine is looking to pick up a new graphics card and needs some pointers. He'll be using the rig mostly for photo and video editing. His current setup is running an Abit AW9D-MAX motherboard, an Intel Pentium Dual-Core E8500 at 3.16 GHz, and 4GB of 800 MHz RAM. He's currently eyeing the AMD Radeon HD 6790 1GB DDR5. Will this specific card play nice with his current build, or maybe there's a better suggestion in the neighborhood of $333?
David Price5 said:Honestly, I’d rather just shut it down. My street deals with frequent power outages and I don't have a UPS for the drive. I ended up hooking the power supply directly into the case, so now my PC recognizes both the stick and the hard drive as internal components.Now I just need to track down some USB 3.0 cables..
😕 So, what didn't come included with that Hitachi 3 TB GST Touro Desk Pro 3.5 external drive?
There isn't really some secret technique for shutting it down. Just treat it like any standard USB flash drive—use the "Safely Remove Hardware" option first. If you're using an external drive just for storage or to watch movies, once you've done the safe removal, you can just pull the power cable. Or, I guess, you could just leave it running constantly.
If there's a power connector on the ASUS controller, you really ought to plug it in. I guess the power drawn from the PCI-E slot might be enough to get the card itself running, but it probably won't cut it once you actually try to run whatever devices you've attached to it.
Samuel Rivera7 said:Got a monitor issue: My screen shrunk on me last night... I'm using a 19-inch monitor, but now the picture looks like maybe 15 or 17 inches. There’s just black space on both the left and right sides. Not sure if I bumped something, but I can't find any way to scale it back up... Running Windows 7
Maybe try adjusting the resolution. Just right-click on your desktop, go to Screen Resolution, and see if changing things in that "Resolution" dropdown menu helps at all.
Jesse Adams2 said:Hey. I'm running Windows XP right now, but for some reason, I can't get the option to decide whether I want to upgrade to Windows 7 or just stay put.🤷
If your PC actually meets the minimum system requirements for Win7, then I guess there isn't much to think about. 🙂
feralhound said:So here's my dilemma—well, maybe a trilemma...
Since I haven't really kept up with computer hardware lately, which of these would you suggest? And are LED monitors actually better than the old-school LCDs?
Yeah, they're better. I’ve got an AOC 19" LCD monitor at the office that we picked up about five years ago. It’s definitely not a beauty—the max resolution is pretty mediocre—but I guess it still works just fine. 😁
The amount of RAM you've got is pretty slim, but I suppose it's enough to get Windows 7 up and running. Just right-click on Computer > Properties and check under Windows edition to see exactly which version you're running.
What kind of strange machine are we looking at here? I'm going to need the manufacturer and the specific model, whether it's a laptop or a desktop motherboard. 🙂
Matthew Foster26 said:It’s weird because when I check my system info, the product ID listed there is actually different from the one I have. Is that going to be an issue?