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I live in east coast INDIA I BROUGHT PROC, MOBO,RAM (approx 500 USD)IN JUNE 1ST WEEK(from a distributor), system had problems from beginning specifically it unexpectedly stops responding nothing works except shutting psu off directly.(every other component was from a previous 3rd gen i5 build win 10 64 bit and those were working fine in that config).no errors in any drive. " didnot get any error at all and i did not get any errors before also(visual or sound)" 1. even immediately after starting the pc 2. sometimes even when ram usage is 2.5 gb or below( doing basic stuff Mozilla or chrome browsing10-15 tab open, torrent download,idm, seeing movies all at the same time), but while doing gaming (cs go only) 3. it occurred at least twice in a week or more,till i logged a complaint with asus cc who directed me to service centre but i had contact in national distributor local office(350 km from my home) who handled the issue(they kept the board for 2-3 days and notified that it had issue and they will provide Replacement, i gave them only the board on AUG 4TH,2016 got it back on AUG 26th, 2016. 4.i installed every thing in the cabinet yesterday,formatted with win 10 64bit ,updated drivers installed steam,origin,u torrent, norton security(came with mobo dvd),adobe,asus ai suite,aura software,vlc,idm,mozilla(these software were previously installed in the new rig of june ,2016) 5 after updating every thing , i started browsing in mozilla(10 tabs open)downloading some youtube vids in idm, copied some other vids to my moto g3 connect to computer,watching a movie all simultaneously(approx 2.5 gb ram usage) ,system was continuously running from 6pm then at 11pm system suddenly froze , i had to switch psu off and then start the system and" didnot get any error at all and i did not get any errors before also(visual or sound)",i restart the system and continued and every thing continues as above except for disconnect mobile from system.when i woke up in morning the system had froze again at 3am , had left system on all night , i did restart pc and again at 12pm it froze again when using vlc,idm,mozilla (all above software were installed in old system and i had them for 2- 3 months). I have not played anything on steam or origin yet. MY CONFIG INTEL I5 6400 ASUS B150I PRO GAMING AURA(NON WIFI EDITION) ADATA 2133 8GB DDR4 CORSAIR VS 450W SAMSUNG 850 EVO 250 GB WD GREEN 1TB, BLUE 1TB TP LINK WIFI 300mbps CM HAF912 WINDOW "PLEASE HELP" URGENT

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i live in east coast india, so people normally donot buy cards costing 5oo$ US usually low to mid range cards or low end cards are sold here

no sli on system

i have multiple options for used cards 1. a zotac 660ti 2 gb ddr5 with 2 yrs warranty left for rs 7000 2. a zotac 660ti 2 gb ddr5 amp edition 6 months old for rs 9000 3 xfx r7 260x 2 gb ddr5 5 months old for rs 9000 my rig i5 3470 8 gb corsair ram 120 gb samsung 840 evo 1 tb wd blue+ 1tb wd green asus h77 mle mobo plz help me guys i need to buy this weekend i do know that all cards have invoices i can spend max of 150$ US I am currently having any card but dont want to buy any thing new cause of new amd /nvidia releases this yr . i am gonna sell my whole rig when new cards+ intel kaby lake /amd zen procesors releases this yr and buy new gaming rig.

what would be the minimum psu reqd for elite130 build

the elite 130 build be for a later time this yr but what about the intel graphics in the 110 build

i am planning to build a modest skylake system CM ELITE 110 corsair cx 430m i5 6500 mini itx b150 or h170 wifi board depending on availability + customer care services 8 gb single stick corsair ddr4 2400mhz 850 evo 250 gb + 1tb wd blue 22"/23" ips full hd moniter 5ms or less from samsung/lg no graphic card now will update in future when new amd/nvdia cards come out i am probably thinking of using gigabyte b150n phoenix wifi or ga h170n wifi but i am open to any other board with usb 3.1 (type c + type a) + nvme support but i have doubts on these above boards as internal gpu support shows only 512 mb. i will be doing some low setting fps gaming for now. i will be buying above products by next week so plz help me. USING ELITE 110 AS ATS COMPARATIVELY SMALL AND ITS AVAILABLE IN MY BUDGET i am also interested to know what psu(corsair/coolermaster modular/ non modular should i use if i want a 390/390x in a separate mini itx build with above components+cm elite 130+ 2 wd blue 1 tb

yes drive is spinning

brought i new wd red 1 tb for desktop use . i want to use the drive as a normal secondary drive. its showing in uefi bios but when i boot to desktop its doesnot show up as a drive to be formatted. i tried to format it by running only os drive and wd red 1tb but faced same problems tried disk mangement there it sometimes shows up but when i try to format it doesnot format (shows cannot format successfully) in disk mangement it shows (simple basic raw healthy (primary part)) partition is in MBR plz give some suggestions and if possible give links to such suggestions. my rig i5 3470 12gb corsair ram 120gb samsung 840 evo win 7 64bit 160 gb wd drive 1 tb wd green 1 tb seagate 1 tb wd red 1gb gddr5 r7 250 boost asus h77mle lg dvd writer cm thunder 450w

so upgrade to haswell/haswell refresh/broadwell/skylake would provide substantial improvement than my current rig

what about psu

r9 290x would cost around 700-800usd here so its out of question is this combo 4690K+MSI Z97I offer better performance than my current rig but i dont want a oc cpu/mobo will broadwell or skylake provide better performance than my current rig.

my current build i5 3470 asus h77 mle 12 gb corsair ram 1600mhz ddr3 120gb ssd samsung 1tb wd green 500gb wd green haf 912 windowed cheap psu 450w no graphics card i live in east coast india my total budget would be around 600USD i would try to sell my rig except 120gb ssd,12 gb ram,1tb hdd,1080p samsung moniter i wont be overclocking in future .i will not use liquid cooling/air coolers now for cpu/gpu. this rig would be for gaming AAA titles(FC4,CODAW,HARDLINE,etc) at 1080p max/ultra fps .wont change gpu for next 3-4 yrs. mini itx case i would use either CM ELITE110 or ELITE 130(plz comment) plz specify next gen cpu/mobo mini itx which will give better performance on my current config(no x99 config)(specify model no) .i can wait for few months for new cpu releases gpu either amd/nvidia gtx 960 2g/4g OR r9 290 or gtx 970 or wait till prices of above gpu falls due to amd 390 releases in june.(specify model no) another 1tb wd green or red or blue for storage a 240/256gb ssd in 100 -130 $ range for gaming sata ssd only or combination of small m.2 ssd(32/64gb + 120gb sata ssd) a good psu (corsair/cm/antec) upto 70$

THE XFX CARD R9 290 IS BASICALLY AMD OEM DESIGN COOLER ,WILL IT AFFECT ITS OC PERFORMANCE