PC not booting the first time?
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lucasburns
May 1, 2014 2:51:34 PM
Let's play a little "Captain Obvious", first...
Are the switches on the PSU and the surge protector switched on?
Is the CPU power connector plugged into the motherboard?
Is the CPU heatsink fan connected to the motherboard?
Are the RAM sticks and graphics card properly seated in their slots?
Are the graphics card's extra power connectors installed?
Is your monitor plugged in and your motherboard speaker installed?
Now, the less obvious:
Is your PSU powerful enough?
Is there thermal solution between the CPU and heatsink?
Are the switches on the PSU and the surge protector switched on?
Is the CPU power connector plugged into the motherboard?
Is the CPU heatsink fan connected to the motherboard?
Are the RAM sticks and graphics card properly seated in their slots?
Are the graphics card's extra power connectors installed?
Is your monitor plugged in and your motherboard speaker installed?
Now, the less obvious:
Is your PSU powerful enough?
Is there thermal solution between the CPU and heatsink?
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lucasburns
May 1, 2014 3:21:00 PM
wolverine96 said:
Let's play a little "Captain Obvious", first...Are the switches on the PSU and the surge protector switched on?
Is the CPU power connector plugged into the motherboard?
Is the CPU heatsink fan connected to the motherboard?
Are the RAM sticks and graphics card properly seated in their slots?
Are the graphics card's extra power connectors installed?
Is your monitor plugged in and your motherboard speaker installed?
Now, the less obvious:
Is your PSU powerful enough?
Is there thermal solution between the CPU and heatsink?
yes to all
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lucasburns
May 1, 2014 4:13:21 PM
CPU: AMD FX-8320 Vishera 3.5GHz (4.0GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W Desktop Processor
MOBO: ASUS M5A99X EVO R2.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
Memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2400 (PC3 19200)
Video card: EVGA SuperClocked 02G-P4-2765-KR GeForce GTX 760 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI
Power Supply: RAIDMAX HYBRID 2 RX-730SS 730W ATX12V V2.2/ EPS12V
MOBO: ASUS M5A99X EVO R2.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
Memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2400 (PC3 19200)
Video card: EVGA SuperClocked 02G-P4-2765-KR GeForce GTX 760 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI
Power Supply: RAIDMAX HYBRID 2 RX-730SS 730W ATX12V V2.2/ EPS12V
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You have great components , but you power supply is very very poor quality , they have been known to explode.
Tier 5 - Other than the units listed above for any of these brands, NOT RECOMMENDED. Replace ASAP if you have one.
A-TOP Technology
Apevia
APEX (SUPERCASE/ALLIED)
Aspire(Turbo Case)
ATADC
Athena Power
ATRIX
Broadway Com Corp
Coolmax
Deer
Diablotek
Dynapower USA
Dynex
EagleTech
FOXCONN
FSP Everest
HEC Orion
Hiper Type-R
Huntkey
I-Star Computer Co. Ltd
In Win
JPAC COMPUTER
Just PC
Kingwin Inc.
Linkworld Electronics
Logisys Computer
MGE
MSI
NMEDIAPC
Norwood Micro/ CompUSA
NorthQ
NZXT
Okia
Powmax
Q-Tec
Raidmax
Rocketfish
Rosewill
SFC
Shuttle
Skyhawk
Spire Coolers
Star Micro
STARTECH
Thermaltake Purepower NP
Thermaltake Purepower RU
Thermaltake TR2 (and TR2-RX)
TOPOWER TOP
Ultra X-Connect
Ultra X2 >greater than 700 watt
Ultra LSP
Wintech
XION
YoungYear
Zebronics
Tier 5 - Other than the units listed above for any of these brands, NOT RECOMMENDED. Replace ASAP if you have one.
A-TOP Technology
Apevia
APEX (SUPERCASE/ALLIED)
Aspire(Turbo Case)
ATADC
Athena Power
ATRIX
Broadway Com Corp
Coolmax
Deer
Diablotek
Dynapower USA
Dynex
EagleTech
FOXCONN
FSP Everest
HEC Orion
Hiper Type-R
Huntkey
I-Star Computer Co. Ltd
In Win
JPAC COMPUTER
Just PC
Kingwin Inc.
Linkworld Electronics
Logisys Computer
MGE
MSI
NMEDIAPC
Norwood Micro/ CompUSA
NorthQ
NZXT
Okia
Powmax
Q-Tec
Raidmax
Rocketfish
Rosewill
SFC
Shuttle
Skyhawk
Spire Coolers
Star Micro
STARTECH
Thermaltake Purepower NP
Thermaltake Purepower RU
Thermaltake TR2 (and TR2-RX)
TOPOWER TOP
Ultra X-Connect
Ultra X2 >greater than 700 watt
Ultra LSP
Wintech
XION
YoungYear
Zebronics
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lucasburns
May 1, 2014 4:19:23 PM
lucasburns
May 1, 2014 4:23:13 PM
Plenty of power for your specs.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($50.99 @ TigerDirect)
Total: $50.99
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-01 19:25 EDT-0400)
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($50.99 @ TigerDirect)
Total: $50.99
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-01 19:25 EDT-0400)
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lucasburns
May 1, 2014 4:41:43 PM
lucasburns
May 1, 2014 5:38:33 PM
lucasburns
May 1, 2014 5:51:23 PM
Here's the source for the list SR-71 Blackbird posted, in case anyone is interested:
https://community.newegg.com/eggxpert/computer_hardware...
https://community.newegg.com/eggxpert/computer_hardware...
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lucasburns
July 6, 2014 8:17:37 PM
lucasburns
July 7, 2014 1:33:51 PM
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