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Hey guys, built my first computer from scratch today but I am having issues getting into the UEFI so I can select a boot device. Everything checked out before I closed the case up, system posted without errors. Now when I boot up I get a black screen with "reboot and select proper boot device or insert media in selected boot device and press a key". I am using the same USB keyboard that I had plugged in earlier in the day, F12 worked before and I was able to check the UEFI, I never made any setting changes (to the best of my knowledge). I don't have a disc drive and am going to install OS with flash drive. I5 4690K Noctua NH-L9 16GB DDR3 HyperX Fury ram EVGA Z97 Stinger WIFI EVGA GTX 970 500GB Samsung 850 Evo 450W Silverstone SFX Gold PSU Silverstone Raven RVZO1 All parts are new. CPU was idling at about 40C earlier today if that means anything. Please let me know if you have any ideas....

What are some good, slim fans that are more quiet than the stock ones that you would recommend?

What do you suggest as a good CPU cooler that will fit in this case? I'm also interested in the RVZ01 but I'm not sure if I should use stock Intel cooler for an i5 4690k (won't be doing any over locking anyways). Also, I believe this case only supports 3 x 120mm slim case fans correct? Regular depth 120mm fans won't work from what I can tell so I would also like to source out a good slim 120mm fan to fill the empty slot (case comes with 2 I think). I agree about the reference style GPU, a blower style cooler will really help keep the internal temps down. I think I'm going to settle on a GTX 970

Thanks for the fast reply! I think you are right about the GTX 970, I can always upgrade in a few months when the next GPU comes out if I save some cash and get the 970 instead. I don't plan on doing any overclocking seeing as the CPU will be passively cooled, so that's why I was thinking about using the i7 4790K vs the i5 4690K, just because it has a slightly higher clock rate with hyperthreading. If that really won't make much difference, then I guess it would be smarter to go with the i5. What is a good 1TB SSD that you could recommend?

I guess I'll start off by saying that I've been lurking around on these boards for quite some time now, but never really felt that I had a reason to make an account and post something until today. The last time I built a computer was in 2002, and I enjoyed the experience immensely. My dad helped me purchase all the parts and with the assembly, I ended up using that computer for at least 4 or 5 years for gaming as well as school. The next time I bought a computer was in 2010, a mid-range ASUS gaming laptop. That's been my only PC since, and I'm still using it today, begrudgingly. Having been inspired by the recent silent build that LTT showcased on Youtube I have decided that its finally time to upgrade from this worn out laptop and build myself a custom gaming rig once again. I really found the idea of a nearly silent, passively cooled, balls to the walls, all out gaming PC to be pretty cool, something worthy of luring me back to the PC world. I thought it would be a good idea to post a thread and get some feedback before I went out and bought a bunch of parts to possibly find out that something may be incompatible. 1. Budget & Location – I live in BC, in the Lower Mainland. Budget isn't really too much of a worry, I'm not trying to get the best $/performance and I do have money to burn right now. 2. Aim – Gaming at 1440p being the main focus, maybe some RAW image editing with Lightroom, but nothing crazy. Might do 4K in the future. 3. Monitors – I’m pretty confident that I will never use a multi-monitor setup for gaming, just one screen at a time. The real question is should I go for 144hz 1080P, or 1440P, or just but the damn ROG Swift and have both? IPS vs TN? G-sync vs Freesync?!? TOO MANY CHOICES 4. Peripherals – I will need to get a copy of Windows 8.1, and I will end up picking up a new mouse and keyboard eventually, but I’m not really thinking about that right now. 5. Why am I upgrading? – My 4+ year old laptop doesn’t cut it anymore, simple as that. 6. The build itself - This is just what I have come up with so far (all prices from NCIX as that is most likely where I will be purchasing all the parts from): CASE – bequiet! Silent Base 800 - $129 PSU – Seasonic Platinum 520FLII Fanless - $159 CPU – i7 4790K - $399 CPU Cooler – bequiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 - $99 MOBO – Asus Z97 Hero VII - $254 GPU – Asus GTX 980 Strix - $689 RAM – 16GB Kingston HyperX Fury DDR3 1866mhz 2x8GB - $179 SSD – 2 x Crucial MX100 512GB – 2 x $259 = $518 FANS – 4 x bequiet! Silent Wings 2 PWM 140mm – 4 x $25 = $100 1 x bequiet! Silent Wings 2 PWM 120mm - $22 TOTAL - $2548 I want to make this a passively cooled, super quiet gaming rig. I plan on copying what Linus did with their build and will strip off the fans on the CPU cooler so that way the only moving parts are fans for the GPU and case and then tuning those to be off when in idle. The case comes with bequiet! Pure Wings 2 fans, which are not as quiet as the Silent Wings 2 fans. I plan to replace the stock two front intake 140mm fans, add two 140mm fans to the top in exhaust, and install the rear 120mm fan as an intake with a filter on it. Also, based off “eXtreme PSU Calculator” I should have enough headroom on this build with the 520W PSU to power 2 GTX 980’s in SLI should I want to upgrade in the future, but I would prefer to keep this a single GPU build. There are a couple things I was hoping you guys could provide guidance with (in no particular order): Do you think there is a better motherboard to use than the Hero VII? I would like an ASUS board but am not sure if there is a better choice. Possibly the Sabertooth? Any clearance issues with this Mobo/Ram/CPU Cooler configuration? Should I just get an i5 4690K for my purposes to save a few bucks, or is the slightly higher clock rate on the i7 4790K going to make a difference? Should I wait until after CES 2015 in early January to make any purchases? Should I use low noise adapters on the fans? Should I just keep the stock case fans instead of replacing them all with the Silent Wings 2 fans? What kind of monitor should I get, let me know what you guys think would be the best fit for this system. RAID0 for the SSD’s? Well, that’s about it. I hope some of you can let me know what you think, I’m looking forward to this build and might end up posting a bit of a build log on these forums once I get going.