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Update 02/20/20: The cause of all of this was the motherboard. I got a replacement mobo sent to me by MSI and it turns out that the old motherboard had an 8-pin CPU connector was faulty. New motherboard is working just fine. Thanks to everyone who took the time to respond to this thread!

Yes, somebody asked me this too. I guess I should word things better. Yeah, I turn the power off every time I remove/connect a cable. Sadly I’m also thinking it’s a motherboard defect, because after taking out the board from the case and inspecting it on cardboard I get the same results, and I...

UPDATE 02/18: I got a second PSU and have run the same troubleshooting procedures. Taking the whole motherboard out of the case and putting it on cardboard. 24-pin connection still works well, but the 8-pin CPU trips the new PSU as well. Looked at the back of the motherboard and nothing looks...

Thanks for your replies. Yeah, the case I got has the spacers built in so all I had to do was put the mobo in and secure it. I’ve actually taken it off and re-adjusted it (but I haven’t checked it on cardboard). The PSU is the Focus series from Seasonic, and the 24-pin works fine. The CPU...

I'm trying to finish up my first build, but I am running into an issue with my power supply and my CPU. I have done both basic troubleshooting (connecting individual components to the PSU and powering on/off) and more detailed troubleshooting (taking everything apart and checking if CPU was...