My First Custom Gaming PC Won't Run Properly, and Consistently Resfuses to Turn On

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I have recently built by first PC and I’ve run into some issues. My build consists of an MSI 970 AMD motherboard, an AMD FX-6300 Processor, two 4Gb Crucial Ballistix RAM, an MSI 750Ti OC Graphics Card, an Ultra professional LSP Series V2 750 Watt Power Supply all inside a Ultra Etorque A5 Mid tower case. First things first, my PC won’t turn on all the time, and by that I mean that the fans and keyboard will turn on, but the monitor won’t receive any input. I have to unplug it and re-plug it until I works. It’s Extremely Frustrating. This made me start putting the PC on sleep instead of turning it off, but even then I run into issues. Moving the mouse or touching the keyboard won’t turn on the PC. I’ve looked up possible ways to fix this, and I’ve already made sure that these peripherals are enabled to turn on the PC, but it still doesn’t turn on the monitor despite starting the fans starting up. Secondly, with a CPU and graphics card like this I would expect all my games to run at a decent framerate, but games like X-Com Enemy Within, Assassin’s Creed Rogue, and even prototype 1 and 2 seem to stutter. I’ve checked and the BIOS on the motherboard is up to date, and the most recent drivers are installed for the graphics card. I’m running windows 10, if that matters. Please help me, thanks in advance.
 
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If you already went over and reseated everything, made sure your heatsinks are on OK, first thing I'd do is change the power supply for a better brand with consistent products, the one you picked (likely due to price) is not the best one to get, I'd guess they would fall into Tier 4 in most cases, but the LSP series seems better than their other products. Seasonic, EVGA, XFX, many Rosewill and Antec power supplies.
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If you already went over and reseated everything, made sure your heatsinks are on OK, first thing I'd do is change the power supply for a better brand with consistent products, the one you picked (likely due to price) is not the best one to get, I'd guess they would fall into Tier 4 in most cases, but the LSP series seems better than their other products. Seasonic, EVGA, XFX, many Rosewill and Antec power supplies.
 
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Is it okay to get the EVGA 500 W1 80+ 500 Watt Power Supply even though it's a lower wattage? I've heard that if it doesn't have enough watts, that some components won't work.
 
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For a system with a 6300 and a 750Ti, a good 500 watt power supply is more than enough. You can run the system on a 400 watt one, but no real need to go that low.

Keep in mind that this may not cure the issue you are seeing, but it will give you a more solid base to rule out power issues and keep a stable system that may last longer due to more stable power.
 
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Glad that helped. Issue with your power supply was not really the fact that it's rated wattage was too low, but rather that is was faulty and a bit lower quality (but the LSP models from that brand should have been OK, and may be OK in many cases).
 
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