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    upgrade/sidegrade.

    Thanks for your reply! I should have mentioned this earlier, but I thought about this and attempted to reinstall windows, and it shut down randomly in the setup portion (after the files copied via the disk). Its important to note that at first it would post on boot into windows, but when I...
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    upgrade/sidegrade.

    Followed the guide. -When I removed the memory I did get beeps, followed by restarts that I described. -Tried every DIMM slot with both sticks of memory (one at a time). Same deal. -Reseated the CPU. Same deal. -Tested the PSU with a multimeter. It was fine. Thanks.
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    upgrade/sidegrade.

    i attached another HDD that I know works, and it wont even post. It just turns on, then immediatly shuts off and continues cycling through that.
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    upgrade/sidegrade.

    So I built this exactly as described but have an issue. It posts fine and boots up into windows, but after a few minutes will shut down completely. I thought it may be over heating, but I checked in the BIOS and all the fans are running, and the system/cpu temperature idle at <35C. Any ideas?
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    upgrade/sidegrade.

    Sorry, I figured my OP hit the high points. 1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Web browsing, photoshop, and development. 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? ~$300-$450 Shipped, less is better though 3) Which country do you live in...
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    upgrade/sidegrade.

    Hey there. My current build is acting very finicky, and I think it's either a motherboard or memory issue. in any case its like 5 years old, so its time for some fresh hardware and DDR3 memory. My current specs are: -Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 -GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3R -nVidea GTX 260 -Cooler...
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