I am thinking of building a new PC. My budget is about $700 (650€) Not much by some standards, but fairly reasonable. I haven't considered a new rig since 2008, so I am more or less entirely out of the meta by now. I am sure I am a borderline newbie concerning current top brands, specs, and...
I'm looking at some new monitor options. I'm not looking for an expensive monitor, just a replacement over a failing device for one of my rigs.
The monitors I'm interested in are as follows:
Acer 21,5" LED 223HQL , 16:9, DVI, 1920 x 1080, 5ms, black $110
Acer 21,5" LED 226HQL , 16:9, DVI, 1920...
I bought a secondhand Geforce 250 GTS 1GB RAM 256-bit Asus.
It fits in just fine externally.
But upon powering up the computer, just before the startup screen, I get the 'long beep, short beep, short beep' sound, which for Gigabyte boards means 'GPU error'.
I have a 550W PSU and a dual a 6 pin...
I am looking for a card that would be powerful in reference to my computer.
System specs:
Intel Core 2 Duo E7300 @ 2.66 GHz
2 x 2GB DDR3 RAM
HDD – 500 GB (irrelevant imo, but just in case)
Decommissioned GPU: Nvidia Geforce 9600 GSO 768mb RAM
Temporary GPU: Nvidia Geforce GT 610 1024mb RAM...
I've learned that long posts are usually unanswered and short posts lack information. I'll try to write in moderate length, but in case I do not succeed, please read through, as this is a very important matter.
My 6-year-old PC has always been prone to heating issues. It came as no surprise...
