First Build Problems.... losing sanity at this point lol

AnimatedJF

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Hi! I've built my first ever PC, and at first it seemed fine. About 7 weeks while using it, it got hit by about 3 power outages. I am unsure whether this is the cause, but now whenever I get on it lasts for about 5 minutes before crashing. I've tried a lot of possible solution on this website, yet no luck. I'm just simply out of answers, and the other motherboard that I've tried recently had bent CPU pins, so it didn't even start up. I'm starting to lose hope on it and just buy a PC pre-made.

Before I used the other motherboard, this motherboard would display an error message after crashing, usually an error involving System32. So, I thought that it might me a hard drive error. Again, no luck. This hard drive would start to "freak" out, flashing the desktop screen + Windows home screen very rapidly. I decided to completely refresh the hard drive, but it came across an error midway and forcefully stopped. Then, the hard drive stopped working, no BOOT or anything. Recently, however, the old motherboard will not display any error, leaving me completely clueless.

These are my parts: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/Hpv2qs Please, any help will help. I'm tired of it crashing and doubting myself. Thank you!
 
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It seems that the 3 power outages are the cause of your woes. These can cause all sorts of problems that won't be cured or prevented by buying a pre made PC. As it's less than 2 months old and it's your first build I would suggest you start from scratch again, by that I mean uninstall everything from the MB except a one HDD and one memory stick. Reinstall Windows, run your monitor from the MB and see how you go. From there you will have a better idea of what was damaged.

shag00

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It seems that the 3 power outages are the cause of your woes. These can cause all sorts of problems that won't be cured or prevented by buying a pre made PC. As it's less than 2 months old and it's your first build I would suggest you start from scratch again, by that I mean uninstall everything from the MB except a one HDD and one memory stick. Reinstall Windows, run your monitor from the MB and see how you go. From there you will have a better idea of what was damaged.
 
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