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    Newly built PC does not power up

    @above How can you be so sure that the PSU has gone bad. It working fine 3 days back , before the components were upgraded.
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    Newly built PC does not power up

    AMD radeon 6770
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    Newly built PC does not power up

    Hi guys, I recently upgraded mobo, processor and RAM. Picked up a AMD 8320, Gigabyte 970A DS3P mobo and Kingston HyperX 1866 Mhz memory. PSU in my system is a Corsair Cx430 which has been working fine so far. I have gone through the tom's checklist also rechecked all the cables. PSU switch is...
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    HDD for windows server

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    HDD for windows server

    thanks rhysiam for the input. Finally decided not to use the laptop for server and instead upgrade my desktop. I was not very confident of running multiple servers + client machine on a laptop with ulv processor and moreover the laptop RAM upgrade was limited to 16 gigs but on the other hand i...
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    is it possible to run AMD 8320 on Corsair Cx430 power supply

    Hi guys, I'm upgrading my existing PC since i'm planning to build a workstation to practice windows server 2012. My existing PC is powered by a corsair Cx430 power supply which was bought 2 and half years back. I'm wondering if i can use it on my workstation. Workstation specs would be : AMD...
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    HDD for windows server

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    HDD for windows server

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    HDD for windows server

    System specs are Intel i3 2120 3.3 Ghz processor, 8 gb DDr3 RAm and radeon 6770 GPU. Motherboard only has Sata 2 slots. By sluggish i mean the boot times are around 50 seconds and moreover it takes about 2 mins for the server just to settle down after it boots up
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    HDD for windows server

    Hi guys, I'm preparing for MCSE certification. I was in the process to put together a basic system to run windows sever 2012 R2. Operating system was installed on a spare laptop HDD( 5400 rpm). It turned out to be a bad idea. System is running slow and feels sluggish. I'm on a tight budget and...