Need Help! My Sapphire Nitro Radeon R9 380 wont work

LegitCamel · Mar 5, 2016

I just built my PC and this is the first time ive ever built a PC and everything works fine except the graphics card wont turn on, or atleast im pretty sure its not the fans arent turning on and no lights come on. here is my build.
Processor:
AMD FX-6300 Vishera 6-Core 3.5 GHz (4.1 GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 95W FD6300WMHKBOX Desktop Processor

Motherboard:
MSI 760GMA-P34 (FX) AM3+ AMD 760G SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

PowerSupply:
CORSAIR CX series CX430M 430W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC CP-9020058-NA Power Supply

Graphics Card:
SAPPHIRE NITRO Radeon R9 380 DirectX 12 100384NT4GOC-2L 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready Dual-X OC Version w/ backplate (UEFI) Video Card

I also took some parts out of an old PC I took 8 gb of ram, a cd drive and a 1 tb hard drive. I didnt clear the harddrive completely because i wanted to keep windows 8 on it so i didnt have to buy a new copy, not sure if some of the old pc settings are screwing with it or not. but everything else on my build has been working great. any help would be appreciated.

RockyPlays · Mar 5, 2016

Well for one thing, that power supply is too weak for a 380. Grab a better quality 550W.

maxalge · Mar 5, 2016

LegitCamel :

you need a GOOD 550w power supply

that corsair is very poor quality and underpowered

you are going to need to "repair" windows before you can boot into it if you have a different motherboard and video card than the ones the old hard drive was installed to

LegitCamel · Mar 6, 2016

maxalge :

LegitCamel :

you need a GOOD 550w power supply

that corsair is very poor quality and underpowered

you are going to need to "repair" windows before you can boot into it if you have a different motherboard and video card than the ones the old hard drive was installed to

Thanks! alright i think i realized what i did, i bought brand of power supply i wanted but didnt select the right watts that i need, that explains a lot actually.

maxalge · Mar 6, 2016

LegitCamel :

maxalge :

Thanks! alright i think i realized what i did, i bought brand of power supply i wanted but didnt select the right watts that i need, that explains a lot actually.

there are some very good corsair psu's

I have one

the CX models are crap

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html

this list will help, get a tier 1 or 2 model in 550w or better

evga GS 550w is good

xfx TS 550w is good

RockyPlays · Mar 6, 2016

The Seasonic M12II 520W or XFX TS 550W would be good. The EVGA B2 750W comes with a $30 Mail-in rebate so you could get it for $75 and get $30 back later.

LegitCamel · Mar 6, 2016

RockyPlays :

you know any place like best buy i could drive to tomorrow that has a good power supply in stock around the gb area? i was looking at this one but not sure how nice it is. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/thermaltake-smart-series-650w-bronze-power-supply-black/8733872.p?id=1219365660388&skuId=8733872

RockyPlays · Mar 6, 2016

No that thermaltake unit is not very good. Look at the units available at Best Buy and see if any of them are tier 1 or 2, tier 3 at the lowest. http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html

LegitCamel · Mar 6, 2016

RockyPlays :

alright thanks for all the help, you for sure this should fix my problem?

RockyPlays · Mar 6, 2016

I do not know if this will fix your problem, but it is definitely necessary.

LegitCamel · Mar 6, 2016

RockyPlays :

figured out i need one of these http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812423173&cm_re=molex_to_6_pin-_-12-423-173-_-Product

maxalge · Mar 6, 2016

LegitCamel :

not if you have a good power supply

using those with your current psu is not smart, is is too underpowered and poor quality

LegitCamel · Mar 6, 2016

maxalge :

i was going to get a better power supply anyway but whenever i saw someone install the same graphics cards they used one of these. because i only got one 6 pin connector.

maxalge · Mar 6, 2016

LegitCamel :

maxalge :

i was going to get a better power supply anyway but whenever i saw someone install the same graphics cards they used one of these. because i only got one 6 pin connector.

good power supplies have multiple pcie cables, no need for adapters

LegitCamel · Mar 6, 2016

maxalge :

LegitCamel :

good power supplies have multiple pcie cables, no need for adapters

oh shit sweet then i dont have to go out and look for an adapter and power supply tomorrow lol thanks again

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