The build from hell.

[Traxan]

Astute readers of this forums have noticed several requests for help from me over the months. That's because I had a new PC build go so bad I am ready to throw everything out.

The pieces:

Core i7 8700
Stock cooler, replaced with a Cooler Master TX3
Gigabyte Aorus Gaming 3 motherboard
Corsair 2400MHz memory
SoundBlaster Z
Gigabyte GTX 970 Strix GPU

Nothing went right.
-Repeated crashes related to the GPU, but the blue screen was garbled so I couldn't read what the error was
-Poor Windows performance
-Slow loads
-Network response terrible. Pages that load instantly on the old PC take 10 seconds to load
-The sound card would routinely get garbled. Windows system sounds were fine but iTunes playback or YouTube videos sounded muffled, hissy and distorted
-Hanging when loading apps

I figured it was the motherboard, so I RMAed it and sent it to Gigabyte. They sent it right back with no explanation. Problems persist.

I guess to start, could it be ANYTHING ELSE but the motherboard? That it impacts video, network and sound either means all the components are failing, which I doubt, or the one unifying component, the mobo, is the problem.

Any help is, as always, appreciated.

 

[XavierMace]

Start with the basics. Pull everything out, run just the CPU+Memory+Single stick of RAM+Single drive. Assuming your signature is current, have you updated the firmware on the Vertex 4 and done a clean erase? Is it a clean Windows install? Meaning the drive completely formatted. Have you tried installing Windows on the Seagate drive?

 

[Traxan]

I will try your suggestion this weekend when I have time.

And I use a different drive than the one in the sig. I use an Intel 750 400GB drive.