Just built my first pc... need some help

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Hey everyone!
After months of talking about components and stuff I've finally bought and assembled a pc. These are the specs:
i5 4670
Sapphire HD 7870 XT
ASrock Z87 Pro4
Corsair Vengeance 1600mHz 8GB (2x4GB)
WD Blue 1TB
Silverstone Redline RL01
Silverstone Strider 500W
Samsung DVD/RW
TP-Link PCI-e 300mb/ps
Now the problem I have is that I thought I was finished building it and everything but apparently not. I plug the PSU into the powerpoint, turn the PSU on and press the power button. And the button lights up, the fan lights up and a second later it all switches off again. What do you think is likely to be the problem here? I really want to get my pc working :/
Thanks everyone
 
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Lemme look up a picture real quick... yep!

On the top side, near the edge (assuming normal orientation) of the motherboard, you've got an 8-pin CPU header. The motherboard is running off the 24-pin, but it takes extra power through that to give specifically to the CPU.

Plug that in and you'll be golden.

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INCLUDING 4/9 Pin power? My mobo already runs on the 24pin connector...
 


Lemme look up a picture real quick... yep!

On the top side, near the edge (assuming normal orientation) of the motherboard, you've got an 8-pin CPU header. The motherboard is running off the 24-pin, but it takes extra power through that to give specifically to the CPU.

Plug that in and you'll be golden.
 
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Thanks bro I'll post a pic later ;)
 


I'm glad I could help. The thing with computers is that it's usually always the little things that make you feel stupid. I once was broken down in frustration for three days because my computer wouldn't work after installing watercooling. Know why?

I had forgotten that my ram was half the height of normal ram, so when I checked and saw it sitting level with the guides instead of sunken below, I thought that it was in all the way.

 

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Hahaha bad luck there.
And guess what?
My pc still doesn't work :/ The HDD isn't being recognized by UEFI, but it definitely works cause you can hear it spinning when I turn the pc on. Any help for this? Otherwise I'll post another thread.
 

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It says that the drive has not enough free space (Cause there is no drive) Just shows up as a no name drive with 0.00 free space, 0.00 occupied space etc
 

It says that the drive has not enough free space (Cause there is no drive) Just shows up as a no name drive with 0.00 free space, 0.00 occupied space etc[/quotemsg]

And you've tried deleting and formatting that, I'm sure?

 

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Nope I don't have any way of hooking it up. At least not that I know of. Even if a SATA to USB cable exists I don't have one. :(
 

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Yeah I do actually, might try hooking it up just in case. I have a mate coming over tomorrow to see if he can spot what's wrong or maybe see if I stuffed up something on the motherboard. I don't think there's much I can do now. It just really annoys me that I just spent like $1000 and all I get to do is stare at it -_-
 


Yeah, that sucks, I'm sorry. :/