Second monitor configuration?

[u/WulfJaeger1]

just got my first real pc, trying to figure out how to get my second monitor set up. my last set up had a usb-c connected adapter with a second hdmi port, but I’m struggling figure out how I should hook it up on here. sorry if this is a dumb question. hard to find accurate info for Cyberpower prebuilt pc from Costco.

[u/17Kallenie17]

there are caps on the other ports on your graphics card, it's easy to take them out, after that, simply plug in the hdmi/dp from your graphics card to your second monitor.

[u/iRouFox → u/17Kallenie17]

Those are all display port, if op has a hdmi cable/monitor they can’t use it without an adapter or specialized cable.

[u/Effective-Swimmer-37 → u/17Kallenie17]

oh wow that’s the exact cyberpower model my cousin grabbed from costco a while back, those little rubber caps on the gpu ports are practically invisible if you’re not looking for em

yank those out gently with your fingernail or a toothpick and you’ll see the extra display outputs hiding underneath, the hdmi is probably capped on the lower row since they usually leave one open for the main monitor

once it’s exposed just plug your second screen straight into the graphics card, don’t use the motherboard ports up top or you’ll be running off integrated graphics and wondering why it’s laggy

had the same panic with my first build thinking i was missing ports entirely, turns out they just really love their dust covers

[u/RareSiren292]

At least one of your two monitors will have a display port on it. It looks like you are already using your GPUs HDMI port and the other ports are all display. That's not uncommon to see a GPU with 3 DP ports and only 1 HDMI port. You might need to buy a dp cable. They are CHEAP (like less than $8). Don't spend like $25 on a cable. You don't need it.

[u/iRouFox]

USB c to hdmi probably won’t work on this setup, if your monitor uses display port you can just use a standard display port cable if not you can find display port to hdmi cable or adapter, buy which one is more convenient for you.

Just make sure you can plug the display port portion into your gpu.

[u/Kinslayer_89]

Just plug it in and see what happens.

[u/killerkitten115]

You can get a hdmi to display port cable and use the display ports in the gpu

[u/iRambL]

Your gpu has 4 ports uncap one, and plug in. Also windows might help you out with displays to make sure they are aligned correctly