How do I use multiple Monitors

nobodytrust2008

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I recently bought my PC with this spec below, and I want to use 2 monitors for monitoring stocks or playing games while opening chrome on the other monitor.
Apparently the mother board only has 1 HDMI port. What should I do?

AMD Ryzen 5 1600 3.2Ghz Up To 3.6Ghz Cache 16MB 65W AM4 [Box] - 6 Core - YD1600BBAEBOX - With AMD Wraith Spire 95W Cooler
MSI B350M Mortar (AM4, AMD Promontory B350, DDR4, USB3.1, SATA3)
GEIL DDR4 AMD EDITION EVO POTENZA PC19200 Dual Channel 8GB (2x4GB) 16-16-16-36 GAPB48GB2400C16DC
Inno 3D GeForce GTX 1060 6GB DDR5 ICHILL ULTRA X3
 
Solution
2x Dual Link DVI-D, HDMI 2.0b, DisplayPort 1.4 Your video card supports multi monitor set up you just have to run either run 1 on display port and another on hdmi or dvi-d. or any of the mix.
Look up the specs on your video card Inno 3D GeForce GTX 1060 6GB DDR5 ICHILL ULTRA X3


You don't use the ports on the motherboard, plug your monitors into the ports on your graphics card. You have plenty there so there is no need for adapters.
 

galeener

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2x Dual Link DVI-D, HDMI 2.0b, DisplayPort 1.4 Your video card supports multi monitor set up you just have to run either run 1 on display port and another on hdmi or dvi-d. or any of the mix.
Look up the specs on your video card Inno 3D GeForce GTX 1060 6GB DDR5 ICHILL ULTRA X3
 
Solution

barrettabney

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Motherboard graphics are VERY limiting. Adding a 2nd monitor to the mix limits things even further. Your PC many not even be able to drive 2 monitors at once if you are using the motherboard video.
The best solution is to get an affordable video card. 95% of all video cards will run at least 2 monitors. The more expensive workstation cards can run between 3 and 6 monitors.