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This is what I have now https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Cardude419/saved/MLxcYJ

Hey yall, I need some help/advice. My college moved all of their classes online because of COVID-19, and I'm flying home. Problem is: I'm in NJ, and home is in NC, so I need to get my setup home, or get a new desktop for home. I'm kinda on the fense about buying a new system because the specs would have to be pretty high if I'm going to be productive. Should I ship my current system home or should I buy a new system? What prebuilts do you guys recommend? Assume no budget, I'm trying to guage my options.

I haven't had a random shutdown for about 24 hours now. The only thing I did was unplug the reset button on my case. I think the button might be a little sensitive.

Why would it boot back up automatically without user interaction? That's a feature that you find in server boards, not consumer ones. I do have a UPS, a CyberPower 1350VA, which is also fairly new, and I didn't have issues with it using my old build.

A couple months ago, I built myself a new PC and decided to go all in. My build: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Dq2spG (minus the cooler because I couldn't mount it). Ryzen 2700X, 1080 ti, 32gb RAM, the full nine yards. Overall, I was pretty happy with my build, and it ran games beautifully. I only have one incredibly frustrating problem with this build, and it's unfortunately a deal breaker. At seemingly completely random intervals, for no apparent reason, the computer will shut off. Not a clean shut down, but a hard shut down, like pulling the plug out of the wall. The fans will keep spinning, and it just boots right back up. These power offs are completely random. They can happen 10 minutes after boot. They can happen an hour after boot. They can happen a day after boot. It doesn't matter what's running either. I could be playing games, or just browsing the internet. OS doesn't matter either, I dual boot Ubuntu 16.04 and Windows 10 and these random power offs happen on both. Today I was in Ubuntu's recovery mode trying to fix my btrfs partition (it wouldn't mount because a random shut down messed with the transaction log), and I got a random shut down there too. My motherboard came with BIOS version 0222, and after talking with ASUS tech support, they recommended I update my BIOS to the most recent version, which is version 4018. Unfortunately, this didn't fix the problem. I'm definitely going to be following up with ASUS tech support, after I get settled into my dorm this year. If anybody has any ideas to fix this, I'm all ears, but otherwise I'm probably going to have to replace my motherboard. Edit: I'm going to try to reset my power cables, and a different power supply if possible.

Nevermind, the 24 pin power cable wasn't plugged in all the way. Thanks guys!

But why would the rgb lights turn on if it was the psu? Wouldn't that mean power is being delivered to the board? Maybe I don't have it plugged in all the way? No

Here is my build: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Dq2spG I've tried removing the GPU, using only 1 stick of RAM, and resetting the CMOS battery, but nothing seems to happen. None of the fans spin up and nothing displays on the screen. I'm pretty sure the motherboard works because when I plug it in to the wall the RGB lights turn on. I'm not sure what to do.