Problems after fresh install. Is it hardware?

[Jaquavius]

I have reinstalled Windows 8, 4 times now. I have soo many problems it is hard to even conceive. This time I formatted EVERYHTING, installed ONE driver, the chipset driver. Screen went black, then said no signal. I have now tried so many things I am almost certain I have a broken piece of hardware. Is it a broken GPU? Thanks for any help, I am starting to freak.

 

Previous problems:

"Display driver has stopped working and has been recovered" (many many times)

Visual glitches

Black screening during gaming

Error message + plus forced Windows repair and restore

 

BTW:

PC is 2 days old and consists of an i5-4670k, GTX 770, and Fatal1ty z87 Killer motherboard. No overclocks.

[Victor Golf]

Did you try putting the GPU drivers on first?

If you suspect the GPU to be defective how about taking it out and reinstalling the OS with the on-board video.

[Jaquavius]

Did you try putting the GPU drivers on first?

If you suspect the GPU to be defective how about taking it out and reinstalling the OS with the on-board video.

 

Yes to the first one.

And im going to try the second

[Victor Golf]

Yes to the first one.

And im going to try the second

Good luck!

[Jaquavius]

Good luck!

 

Well I did this and when I tried to install the VGA driver, it said a newer version is already installed. ????? I just formatted everything expect "unallocated space" because it couldn't be formatted. There should not be any driver on my computer! Can the MOBO store a driver? How on earth is there a driver already installed...

[Victor Golf]

Well I did this and when I tried to install the VGA driver, it said a newer version is already installed. ????? I just formatted everything expect "unallocated space" because it couldn't be formatted. There should not be any driver on my computer! Can the MOBO store a driver? How on earth is there a driver already installed...

What do you mean by everything? How many drives do you have installed?

I suggest you only connect the drive that you want to install windows on if you haven't already and format that when you install windows.

[Jaquavius]

What do you mean by everything? How many drives do you have installed?

I suggest you only connect the drive that you want to install windows on if you haven't already and format that when you install windows.

 

Aah, good idea. Also, once I have removed the GPU, is there any stress test that I can run on the computer?

[Victor Golf]

Aah, good idea. Also, once I have removed the GPU, is there any stress test that I can run on the computer?

Benchmarking will only test the stability of your hardware. If you have no driver issues, you shouldn't need to test your components.

But when I test my Overclocking I have used Prime95.