11-17-2014, 01:52 AM
gold_finger, i actually lost track of how many times you helped me with issues here, so first thank you for your time as well. 
my friend is all about speed and gaming so sends me links to craigslist computers but to be honest my budget is not 500 dollars... this is why i am looking at what parts might need to be replaced and then finding computers that have better specs and usb 3.0 included, i am not sure if they have good graphic cards or if i will switch back to vga. my monitor is huge i use it as a tv, i just checked and it does take the older vga and then the HD long pin less common connector, (sorry forgot the name) but seeing that i do not watch blurays i suppose 1080p is something my computer rarely does if i do find a refurbished computer that would possibly be cheaper than buying and hoping this fixes the issues...
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/...&rrindex=3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6883280672
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6883220648
if you have time it looks like 200 dollars about what i could be spending if i do not fix the issue with a graphic card, if i also need a new power supply to replace this powerful but cheap one, i would be spending less if i got a similar but better computer with all working parts. it almost seems like fixing it would cost more and i would be stuck without usb 3.0 for many more years. 500 dollars would buy me a dream computer and i'm a total geek who spends a lot of time on computers, so even tho i do not game it would blow my mind.
i'm going to try a older graphics card in this computer now and see if that is the problem.. if it is not, its the ram again or power supply or something unknown.. so hopefully i'll see if i need to spend a lot or what, but refurbished computers seem almost too good to be true. if you find the time to check out the links i sent, 200 dollars seems like i can get a better pc, i just need to make sure i am willing to not use HD, do you think i would notice if i got a computer that only took vga if not watching blurays or gaming? do normal movies and pictures take a hit, if so i will look for one that takes hd wire... my monitor is huge and takes the long pinned connector which is less common so it might take some settling...
, i use the pc heavily but no games, i do multi task and usually have a lot of stuff going on tho 4gigs of ram has held me over. but these newer computers come with the faster ram too ddr3 and i could upgrade them to over 4 seeing it will be my first non 32bit desktop. thanks for your time man and any other suggestions... or if you know if pci non express graphic card and using the one pci -e for usb 3.0 should be my goal.
my friend is all about speed and gaming so sends me links to craigslist computers but to be honest my budget is not 500 dollars... this is why i am looking at what parts might need to be replaced and then finding computers that have better specs and usb 3.0 included, i am not sure if they have good graphic cards or if i will switch back to vga. my monitor is huge i use it as a tv, i just checked and it does take the older vga and then the HD long pin less common connector, (sorry forgot the name) but seeing that i do not watch blurays i suppose 1080p is something my computer rarely does if i do find a refurbished computer that would possibly be cheaper than buying and hoping this fixes the issues...
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/...&rrindex=3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6883280672
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6883220648
if you have time it looks like 200 dollars about what i could be spending if i do not fix the issue with a graphic card, if i also need a new power supply to replace this powerful but cheap one, i would be spending less if i got a similar but better computer with all working parts. it almost seems like fixing it would cost more and i would be stuck without usb 3.0 for many more years. 500 dollars would buy me a dream computer and i'm a total geek who spends a lot of time on computers, so even tho i do not game it would blow my mind.
i'm going to try a older graphics card in this computer now and see if that is the problem.. if it is not, its the ram again or power supply or something unknown.. so hopefully i'll see if i need to spend a lot or what, but refurbished computers seem almost too good to be true. if you find the time to check out the links i sent, 200 dollars seems like i can get a better pc, i just need to make sure i am willing to not use HD, do you think i would notice if i got a computer that only took vga if not watching blurays or gaming? do normal movies and pictures take a hit, if so i will look for one that takes hd wire... my monitor is huge and takes the long pinned connector which is less common so it might take some settling...
, i use the pc heavily but no games, i do multi task and usually have a lot of stuff going on tho 4gigs of ram has held me over. but these newer computers come with the faster ram too ddr3 and i could upgrade them to over 4 seeing it will be my first non 32bit desktop. thanks for your time man and any other suggestions... or if you know if pci non express graphic card and using the one pci -e for usb 3.0 should be my goal.