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Just built a new PC this afternoon, and I can't get it to POST. When I turn it on it powers up and all the fans start spinning, but I get no video. I also get no beeps from the system speaker (it's supposed to beep once if everything is ok, and one short and then three long if it can't detect...

Care to share why you returned it? I checked out the thread over at [H], however it's 68 pages long so I wasn't able to read every post.

Anyone have any first hand info on this case? I know it's brand new, but I can't seem to find any info on it other than what's on their official site. It seems like the perfect case for my needs, but I hate buying something without reading reviews first.

Building a new PC, and have been going back and forth on what case to use. Most recent submission into the pool of possibilities is the Lian-Li V351. I have a question about what type of heatsink would be best with this case. I've done some searching, and have found two conflicting opinions...

What exactly are the advantages of the 890gx vs the 785g? I see it has a new iGPU, but that doesnt really interest me all that much since I'll be getting a dedicated graphics card eventually anyway. The gigabyte board I'm looking at includes use 3 support, so I wouldn't consider that an...

If it were truly a week or two I'd consider waiting, but everything I've read points at an April/May release.

One difference I didn't notice until now is that the 790X based DFI board has two PCIe x16 slots so could support two video cards, where the 785G based Gigabyte board only has one. I don't have any immediate plans to buy two graphics cards, but it would be nice to know I could if I wanted to.

I think I've settled on one Intel X25-M 80GB drive instead of either of those two. It's cheaper than buying two of either of those.

Really? Everything I read said the 790X still had a better performing iGPU, with the only advantage of the 780G's iGPU being that it supported DirectX 10.1. iGPU aside however, would there be any other performance differences?

Getting ready to build an HTPC/Gaming rig, and have narrowed my motherboard choices down to two. Gigabyte GA-785GMT-USB3 DFI LP JR 790GX-M3H5 I know the integrated graphics are better on the 790X based board, but I plan on getting a dedicated graphics card in a few months, so don't really...

Contemplating getting an SSD to use as my main OS drive. I may even get two and run a RAID setup, but I haven't decided for sure about that yet. The two drives I'm looking at are the Intel X25-V 40GB or the OCZ Vertex Turbo 30GB. Which would you recommend? While the extra 10GB form the Intel...

The Silverstone GD05B case has a 120mm filtered opening below where the PSU goes that is designed to line up with a PSU fan and suck cold air in from the outside to cool the PSU. Would there be any issue if the PSU I'm planning on getting has a 135mm fan instead of a 120mm one? Obviously the...

I thought about adding a blu-ray player, but we already have a ps3 to watch blu-rays on and honestly probably would continue to use that even if I did put a blu-ray player in the HTPC. Only reason I'd want a blu-ray player in the PC is to rip movies, and I honestly don't see myself doing that...

It seems as though I will be forced to get an aftermarket cooler after all. With an optical drive installed in a Silverstone GD05 case, there is a maximum of 70mm clearance for a HSU. I'm fairly certain the stock cooler is taller than that.

I'm getting ready to build a new HTPC, and keep going back and forth as to whether to buy an aftermarket CPU cooler or to just use the stock one that comes with the processor. My biggest concern is noise since the PC will be left on most, if not all, of the time. I've seen measurements of how...