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This happened to me awile ago, turns out the 24 pin power cable came loose. Check all your cables, specifically ones going onto the motherboard.

I guess I am blessed by having a micro center like 10min away from my house! :) The FX 6300 should do you good, but if you want some futureproofing, check out the Haswell i3 CPUs, as they will be compatible with the Devils Canyon and Broadwell Intel parts. I'm at work now, buy I'll post back...

Yeah that PSU is junk. Give me a budget, and I can reccomend a replacement.

Do you have a MicroCenter store nearby? If so, you can get an i5-4570S for $149.99: http://www.microcenter.com/product/413256/Intel_Core_i5-4570S_29GHz_Boxed_Processor And this basic MSi H81 board for $44.99: http://www.microcenter.com/product/428565/H81M-E33_LGA1150_ATX_Intel_Motherboard If...

PC Perspective did a test with the 750 Ti on off-the-shelf PC's, with PSU's ranging from 250w to 350w. The 750 Ti ran fine on all of them. Here's the story if you want to read: http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/Upgrade-Story-Can-GTX-750-Ti-Convert-OEMs-PCs-Gaming-PCs

Although the general consensus is 600W, this XFX 550W should do just fine, and it's like $27 after rebate and instant coupon. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817207013

OP: Yeah, that would be a great option, too. Missed that one, thanks Pondering. Its 550w/45A vs 600w/49A, so OP won't be losing out on much juice.

Here's a great bare-bones H61 model that's reliable, and will most likely do everything you need: http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-LGA1155-Express-Motherboards-GA-H61M-S1/dp/B00CP87B20/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1401246748&sr=1-2&keywords=1155+motherboard If you're willing to spend a...

Seconding the 750 Ti. Specifically this one: http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-Dual-Link-Graphics-02G-P4-3751-KR/dp/B00IDG3PRI/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1401246530&sr=1-2&keywords=750+ti If that's a little too much for your budget, get the 750(Non-Ti)...

Here's my take on the build: PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks CPU: Intel Core i7-4770 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($289.99 @ Amazon) Motherboard: ASRock B85 Pro4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($74.99 @ Newegg) Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600...

I'm guessing you're referring to this Corsair PSU: http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Builder-Series-Watt-CX600/dp/B0092ML0OC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1401245485&sr=8-1&keywords=cx600 If that's the case, then I think this EVGA would be better quality, and it's ~15 cheaper after MIR...

That Athlon would be a serious bottleneck. What would your budget be for a CPU/MOBO combo? There's not much you can do with your current mobo.

On the keyboard respect, I have a Logitech G710+, and it's one of the best I've used for both gaming and typing. It has cherry MX-Brown switches, so I don't know if you prefer a different switch type, but regardless, I HIGHLY recommend the G710+.

Hey scout_03, The setting in SpeedFan does nothing. First of all, it reports all my fans at 0 RPM, and whether I set the speed at 0% or 100%, may fan still stays the same. Also, at the time I took that shot (Like 5min ago), my CPU was at about 25% load. I have Tuniq TX-2, but, like I said...

Thanks for the quick reply! I downloaded CoreTemp, and as shown in the screen below, only reports a temp of 0C. I guess that leaves AMD, because I have too many tabs open to reboot into UEFI. One more question, does "Thermal Margin" mean something different than temperature? (AMD Overdrive)