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Thats a good build I like that, I just need a either Cooler Master Elite 130 Or Fractal Design Core 500 because I need an optical drive, for the tv and all. Otherwise I would probably make the same exact build dude. Thanks for the info!

Hey all, Iam looking for some outside advice from others about what I should go for in my next build. My current one is fine and heavily water cooled and OCed so I dont like moving it around much for any parties. And for Christmas this year I want to get my dad a 4k TV and we have no dvd player or blu ray so I figured I would make a SFF rig mainly for lan parties and letting my parents use for movies on the new 4k tv. I want to go with Intel since my current build is all AMD and Iam not biased so iam switching things up, I just wonder if I should go for Skylake or not? I know its kind of expensive right now and I just saw Cannon Lake comes out next year, plus do I need all of it? Iam planning on using Intergrated graphics for a bit until they release a 950ti hopefully then go with that, so should I go for like the 6500 i5? Its not to expensive and I wont be behind with it. Or does Haswell perform the same with DDR3 for cheaper and Skylake is just over priced right now? I obviosuly wont be maxing out 4k at 60fps but I would like to max out my friends cheap 1080s with it so will going for Skylake make a difference using the Intergrated graphics over the Haswell? Any info is much obliged!

Well I got an RMA on my chip, I guess ill try that. If it doesnt post after that Ill be at such a loss, power supply works, gpu works, new chip, new mobo, ram works. Wtf man

ASUS M5A99 R.20 MOBO, 8350 FX, Rosewill Capstone 1000w PS, Kingston HyperX DDR3, XFX R9 290X. I thought about this all day at work, it just doesnt make any sense. The only thing that does its that the fall damaged both the mobo and chip and also damaged the new chip when I placed it in and tried to boot it. Otherwise why would both cpus not boot on both different mobos? Unless any combo wont boot due to a faulty chip since youd think the new mobo would atleast boot if either of the chips were good. So frustrated! >.<

Hey all, I really hope to get some more insight and info because my situation doesnt seem to be working out. I bought a new motherboard because thats what seemed was fried but after getting it and installing it I still cant get it to boot. I put just the essentials in, my chip, new board, ram and power supply and got no boot. So I tried the other chip which was brand new in the box until the day my rig fell and I tried to boot it and got no boot with that either. I thought maybe it was the ram so I took it out and still no boot. So I tried using a different power supply and again no boot. I even took the new power supply that fell thinking maybe it was defect and the old one just wasnt powerfuly enough to boot the new board but the new one workd fine in my old rig. Iam at a total complete loss here. Nothing seems to add up. All I can think is that the mother board and chip were both fried when they fell and when I put the new chip in the damaged motherboard it fried it as well. Thats the only thing that makes any sense and is that even possible? All the storage devices work fine, the power supply works fine, the gpu works fine but somewhere between the motherboard and the chip I cant get a boot, and both are pretty much new. Anyone have any ideas? I dont think I have another chip to test the new board with, assuming both chips were fried from the damaged mother board so all I can really do is get another chip? I dont want to keep spending money left and right and never getting it to boot you know. Any info is much appreciated guys.

I ran it outside the tower with just the essentials, two different gpus and two different power supplies, still no post but everything seems to turn on, pretty sure its the mobo.

I think ill try the build outside and with a different power supply. I see that being damaged before the mobo im a fall circumstance, excpect everything works fine lights up and powers up it just doesn't post which leads me to think the intermediate would be the board since neither gpu works and theres no on board gpu.

Hey all, I really hope I can get some insight here as Iam pretty frustrated at this point. Heres my dilemma. I went to add a waterblock to my gpu and add another rad to my rig. I also took nearly everything off as to clean it and just do regular maintenance. The install went fine but as I left the room to go get some zip ties for the power supply cords I heard a loud thunk coming from my room. I ran in and saw that my whole rig fell off my desk.... Ya so needless to say I was pissed. Everything seemed ok and it was ready to turn on so I did and got nothing. I figured if it was anything it was maybe a mess up in my gpu waterblock install or that the hd cable was giving me shit because sometimes it does on my cheap monitor and dvi usually works faster. Nothing worked with the water cooled gpu so I put my older 620gt in it and tried both hd and dvi and got no post I also tried another chip because I have 2 8320s and both heated up but again no post. All the leds work, the power supply fan works, the hhds are running all fans and water cooling system works. So my question is does it sound like the motherboard is shot? Would a fall damage the mothetboard? Ya so iam in a pretty bad spot and any info would be much onliged. Mobo isnt to bad of replace, I hope its just that.

Totally! I run defender and malwayrebytes like every 2 days. All is clean. Hmmm iam hoping so, I dont like to think its my rig.

Hey all, I had a question I was hoping some could shed some light on as to why my OS likes to crash randomly. Ive had this build for about 5 months now with no issues but about 2 weeks ago it just tandomly froze up, the mouse worked but nothing else and I couldnt get it to un freeze so I reset it and my SSD with my OS wasnt showing, that startled me a bit. I turned it off, gave it a few mins, turned it back on and all was fine. Well today again it froze randomly, usually not while gaming just having a few tabs open surfing the web. The mouse and everything froze up this time and after a reboot the SSD shows fine and boots fine. Iam just wondering as to why it would randomly after 5 months it would start doing this. Any info is much obliged and most the basic stuff has been covered like new drivers and stuff.

Hey all, iam looking into buying a new case for my rig, I just want a little more space and better cooling so Iam going with a full tower and really had my eyes set on the Corsair 750D. It looks beautiful, pretty much entails how id make a case for my needs and has a great price. But I was looking into other cases today to see if there were any that competed with the price point of the 750D and I came across the Fractal Design ARC XL. Its a pretty awesome case, its a tiny bit bigger then the D and has slightly better cooling it looks like, its the same price as well, not including the rebate the 750D has right now which Iam not. I know alot of people love Fractal Design and trust them but Ive never bought anything from them and have been a long time Corsair user/fan. So what do you guys think? Iam still leaning more towards the 750D because it seems to have better access to customization which is what I really need, that and space which they both have alot of. But I dont want to count out Fractal. Any info or opinions are much appreciated, thanks guys!