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Thank you everyone for the answers. I will RMA the board tomorrow.

Update: Well, I have good news and bad news. The good news is that the hard drive is absolutely fine. I hooked it to my friend's laptop and it detects all the partitions. No clicking sound either. The bad news is that after I put in the case speaker and booted it up, there were no beeps...

That should be normal, just remember not to put too much force and do it slowly.

Currently, the best Intel CPU you can get under $130 is the i3-3220. You can wait for the Haswell i3s too, but there's no real release date yet. Edit: I accidentally a word

When I press the power switch, my computer turns on for about 2 seconds and then off, only to repeat the process... CPU: i3-3220 Motherboard: GA-Z77-DS3H Memory: Old 4GB memory 8GB DDR3-1600 Patriot memory Video Card: Old GT 430 Hard Drive: Old WD Caviar Black 500GB Case: Antec 300 Power...

I'd say 7870, it can compare with a 660 Ti. A HX750 would be useless because you can't SLI/Crossfire with the motherboard.