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Everything looks ok on the motherboard, no noticeably damage on capacitors, temps are fine, 30 ºC on idle and 60 on load, reaching 80 ºC @4.6Ghz 6700k, the PCH is reported at 50 ºC. No perceivable issues when pc is on.

The computer will refuse to turn on when its been off for a long period of time, it always displays the red CPU led and then turns off. The thing is I originally thought it was the problem was the PSU, but today i tested it with a multimeter and all voltages where between range, I then tried it with the motherboard and the problem still occurred. I try multiples to boot I'll reach a stage where no fans are spinning, no led, it's just "ON" and I wait for a while (like 5 to 10 minutes) and I turns on with a overclocking failed prompt, even when I don't have any overclock at all. One time even showed a prompt on boot "Request MeSpilock Failed" but I haven't been able to find the relation of that to my computer. I'm pretty sure it´s not the OS, because problem happens even before getting to the UEFI. After I turns on I can use it all day no problem, even dial an overclock and everything is fine, but when I stays off for a while the issue comes back. I'm suspecting is the motherboard capacitors. I'll be happy to get some advice on how to treat this problem as I've done a lot of research and still haven't found a solution.

I think its the power supply not providing appropriate voltage to the cpu at the start, after a few tries it finally provides the adequate power and the computer turns on no problem. But I do not have another unit, I'll try and test this one with a multimeter.

It's on default settings, it doesnt get to the bios, just the cpu led stays on. Eventually it gets to the bios and turns on normally.

There's something weird going on with my pc, a few days ago when I turned it on in the morning and it refused to boot, the cpu led was on in my motherboard, it just turned off after a few seconds. I kept trying and eventually got into the bios and showed an overclock failed message. I dialed back the overclock, optimized defaults, and used it for the day. The next day, same thing, refuses to boot and cpu led is on, after a few tries it showed the same overclocking failed message, but there's no overclock. Its been 6 days and if the computer is turned off for a while (3 hours or so) it refuses to boot when I power it on, but gets there eventually showing the same error message (I believe it just associates the overclock to the boot fail), cpu led on and after that the ram led for a few seconds. I got a 6700k with an ASUS Z170-A and I cant figure out this problem, could be the power supply but I dont have another unit to test the pc with. Any suggestions?

I´m liking this idea... I was thinking old server stuff but this would work too.

What about going with an older Xeon? And the GPUs wouldn't be top of the line of course.

I want to cover 3 members' needs of basic computing: web surfing, media consumption, basic university work and occasional light (really light) gaming. I don't 3 separate computers are gonna cut it, so I thought of a virtualization and giving each member the experience of a core i3, with like 6gb of ram and basic I/O. The thing is I have no idea about Xeons and spliting I/O amongst different VMs, so I would like to know how would you do this, what processor, motherboard, ram, etc, and if its even a good idea to spend less while still covering everyone's needs.

I decided to stay with 4.5 ghz at 1.280 volts for now, I'll check the power consumption later to see if the extra 100 mhz at 1.360 does not increase it by a lot, electricity is not cheap where I live. Thanks a lot to everybody.

I just tried adaptive mode, with a turbo voltage of 1.248 volts, which its the stock voltage under load, and a 0.112 offset value. It's boosting to 1.360 volts under load perfectly fine. Should it be stressed while in adaptive mode in your opinion?

I havent played around with adaptive and offset voltage that much, when i tried adaptive it was boosting to 1.45 for 4.6ghz I'll have to take a look into it in my ASUS Z170-A mobo. Thank you.

That's what I thought. I got a kraken x61 and my temps dont go above 71 ºC on RealBench, so its not really a problem running at that voltage, what I am concerned about is the power consumption of the chip running always at 1.36 versus running it always at 1.275.

I got my 6700k to 4.5 with 1.275 volts no problems, it's pretty stable, but when I tried to go the extra 100 mhz it required 1.36 to be stable. Is it worth it to go 1.36 for that extra 100mhz or should just stay at 4.5 being conservative. I do programming and light AAA gaming. Does running constant voltage increase a lot of power consumption and its 1.360 volts a safe 24/7 voltage?

Yeah, I didn´t get the Kraken X61 to get the i7 and m.2 pcie ssd because prices are higher in my country. I think I might go for the 212 evo and save up for a Kraken X61.

I already have the parts for this build and I'm wondering what cooler to use for my build. I'm planning to overclock my cpu to 4.5ghz or 4.6ghz if I can. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($419.99 @ Newegg) Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($117.98 @ Newegg) Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($84.99 @ Amazon) Storage: Samsung 950 PRO 256GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($189.99 @ Amazon) Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card ($199.99 @ B&H) Case: NZXT S340 - Designed by Razer ATX Mid Tower Case ($86.99 @ NCIX US) Power Supply: Corsair CSM 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ Amazon) Monitor: HP 22xi 60Hz 21.5" Monitor ($145.00) Total: $1324.92 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-29 01:12 EST-0500