I rechecked the cabling, and it turns out that I forgot to plug in the 8-pin power connector when doing the wiring. Fourth time's the charm, I guess.
Anyways, the system's up now, and everything looks great. I had the money to add a sound card (HT Omega Striker 7.1) and an NIC (Killer...
Okay, so the parts came a few days ago, and I finally finished assembling the system. When I plugged it in and turned the system on for the first time, the LEDs and fans were lit and spinning for about half a second before the system shut down for a few seconds. It's stuck in a reboot loop...
@mnewsham: I guess I just want better sound for music/movies/games; I will be using this for consuming multimedia as well as gaming, and I have had bad experiences with the onboard Realtek audio chipset in my last computer. Also, I have a decent pair of headphones (Sennheiser HD555), and I...
This includes all peripherals as well as a monitor, so I actually didn't think it was that bad, especially considering the C300 that is in there; I guess I could use a slower CPU and the stock heatsink, or use onboard sound, but I really want to fit that SSD and a good storage disk in this...
I'm working on a <$1750 (including S&H) system, including input devices, monitor, speakers and peripherals. It would be used for some general-purpose office work, but mostly heavy gaming and managing my music/movie collections. I found most components on Newegg by sorting for most reviews/best...
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