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samcat116
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Hey guys I am working on a new build and don't have all the parts yet. I got the motherboard, CPU, powersupply, and CPU cooler and was wondering if i could hook everything up and power it on, or would that damage anything seeing that I dont have ram installed yet. 

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Good luck trying to start a PC with no ram installed.

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You won't really be able to test it without RAM...

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Haha sorry I imagined a petrol generator with no spark plugs... and for some reason that made me laugh at the thought of some poor dude yanking away at the chord and being like 'DAFUQ'?

CPU: Intel Core i7 4770K @4.5GHz - CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i - Motherboard: Asus ROG Maximus VI Hero - Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro Red 8GB (2x4GB) @1600 - Storage: WD Green 2TB, 128GB Corsair Force Series SSD - Graphics Card: Asus MATRIX R9 280x OC - Case: Corsair Graphite 600T - Power Supply: Be Quiet Power Zone 650W - Monitor: 2x Acer S240HLbid - Keyboard: Corsair K70 (Cherry MX Red) - Mouse: Perixx MX-2000 - Audio: Logitech G430, Logitech Z506

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Hey guys I am working on a new build and don't have all the parts yet. I got the motherboard, CPU, powersupply, and CPU cooler and was wondering if i could hook everything up and power it on, or would that damage anything seeing that I dont have ram installed yet. 

 

If everything is ok the system will halt when it fails to find memory. Depending on the motherboard and presuming other components are okay, you should get a beep code or LED code telling you that there is no memory.

 

You certainly should learn that the psu works. That the motherboard likely works. That the cpu is well mounted and properly cooled. Or not.

 

Of course then you will have to sit around waiting for the memory to arrive :) .

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it wont even boot without ram, so you must have ram bro

PC Specs: Case Corsair Vengeance C70 - CPU i7-4770K @3.5Ghz - MOBO Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H - RAM HyperX Fury 2x8GB @1600Mhz - GPU MSI VENTUS RTX 2080 SUPER - HDD Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB, Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB, WD Black 4TB - PSU EVGA 750 G2 - Display Samsung S22C150 - CPU Cooler CM 212 Hyper EVO - Mouse Steelseries Sensei 310 - Current Wattage by pcpartpicker: 387W.

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