Bumping, I guess. Bit of an update: I'm stuck with this card. It's the lowest rated 390 on Newegg (Was one of the highest rated when I bought it) and it is only replaceable, not refundable. I guess I'm going to do 30 days of troubleshooting, then replace and keep going through that cycle until I...
Chances are it's not possible. I could see MAYBE using it temporarily with a lower end i3 or i5, but the 8350 is pretty power hungry itself (Can use up to 215w under load). Also, if they are really cheaping out and using second-hand parts, that power supply is probably pretty low quality as...
I'd be surprised if both your front and back audio jacks were screwed up. Right click on the speaker in the bottom right corner of your taskbar and go to "Recording Devices." See if it is showing up there and if the computer is receiving input. If there are any other recording devices displayed...
A $700 build for what, exactly? Gaming? Video Rendering? 3D modeling? Any preferred websites? Do you have a keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, or operating system? Then we can start.
Just looked at my power supply rating, it's a single 12v rail @ 45A, so I don't think that's the problem. For using a different GPU, these are the only two I've got as the closest computer parts store is about 2 hours away.