Hello all. So im trying to hook up a 2nd monitor to my computer for multi-tasking purposes and i guess im just confused about the different connections from monitors and what would be best for my setup. My first monitor is an Acer connected with DVI (i believe its DVI anyway) and the second monitor i just got is an HP. The HP only comes with an HDMI or VGA connection. Attached is a picture of the back of my tower where the first monitor is plugged in. Im thrown off by the slot above where my first monitor is plugged in, it has a different looking port with 5 pins on the one side as opposed to the first one that just has the one flat pin on the side. So my questions are: is the slot above where my first monitor is plugged in another DVI port? and if so, should i get an HDMI to DVI converter or can i just use the HDMI? I only plan on using the second monitor for surfing the web so quality isnt a huge issue, although i would like to have best possible connection anyways. Thanks in advance for any help you can give me!
System specs:
OS Version: Microsoft Windows 10 Home, 64 bit
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4460 CPU @ 3.20GHz, Intel64 Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3
Processor Count: 4
RAM: 8127 Mb
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon (TM) R9 380 Series, -1 Mb
Hard Drives: C: 111 GB (9 GB Free); E: 931 GB (711 GB Free);
Motherboard: ASRock, H97M Pro4
System specs:
OS Version: Microsoft Windows 10 Home, 64 bit
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4460 CPU @ 3.20GHz, Intel64 Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3
Processor Count: 4
RAM: 8127 Mb
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon (TM) R9 380 Series, -1 Mb
Hard Drives: C: 111 GB (9 GB Free); E: 931 GB (711 GB Free);
Motherboard: ASRock, H97M Pro4
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