Recent content by Allen K

Asus kept trying to convince me that it was the processor or the PSU :p I didn't have another board to test the processor so all I could do was ask for an exchange for both

Just to give this topic some closure. I got a replacement board from Amazon, threw the processor into the board and it's running with no issues. Original board was DOA

It's close but mine stays on after the first stop

Not it unfortunately, I had the power going into that plug. Thanks for the suggestion though!

Do you mean both ATX power connectors? Those are both plugged in

Hi guys, So the build is: Asus P8P67 Deluxe Intel i5 2500k 8GB Ripjaws X XFX 6970 TX 850v2 The situation is when I try to boot, the components start up, the CPU led comes on and everything shuts down after a second or two. 2-3 second pause followed by everything starting up again with the...

Got it. Thanks again for your help, you just saved me gobs of cash

Thanks for the advice and the list of cases! I've been out of this whole building thing for a quite while :p I just had a few more questions. If I'm going to get into more movie editing, would you still choose the i5 over the i7? If I go with the 6970, would the 850w will be sufficient to...

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Primarily gaming @ 1920x1080 and photoshop. 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? No firm budget, just don't want to waste money. Rough estimate about $1500? Would prefer to minimize tax, but...