• Happy holidays, folks! Thanks to each and every one of you for being part of the Tom's Hardware community!

new build help

Forum discussion tagged with new build help.
  1. gotgame330055

    Question I've been struggling with my new build for a year now I need help

    hi guys My computer crashes daily, sometimes more than five times a night. I believe the issue is that it becomes unstable with four sticks of RAM. I’ve gone days without any problems, but then it suddenly won’t stop crashing. It also seems like it retrains the RAM every time I boot up, though...
  2. Seburb

    Question Advice on my suggested gaming build

    Hey all, first time builder and poster here. Looking for advice on my proposed build: are there any parts I can minmax, e.g. make the build work better / perform the same but with cheaper parts? Mostly upgrading because my current PC doesn't perform well any more with pretty basic games (e.g...
  3. R

    Question New Build Shuts Down Within a Minute

    RESOLVED (details in reply) I just finished a new build (here is the parts list) that I tried starting up for the first time this morning and it was immediately very loud. Half way into my windows install it shut down unexpectedly. Since that I've tried restarting three times, and each time it...
  4. L

    Question What is wrong with this build?

    Brand new components. Everything is connected correctly and double checked, but the PC doesn't power up! The logo on the motherboard lights up when the PSU switch is flipped, but when I push the power on button nothing happens! I removed the MB from the case and put it on the cardboard box it...
  5. L

    Question New build doesn't power up

    New build all new components. Everything is connected correctly and double checked, but the PC doesn't start! I turn the switch on the PSU and the logo on the MB lights up, so I know there's power coming into the MB. But when I push the power on switch -- nothing happens! No signs of life at...
  6. vancedin

    Question Please help me pick the correct RAM and MoBo for my case ?

    Dear goated people of the Toms Hardware forums: Yesterday I tried to get advice on my next build, which I‘ll purchase next week or the week after that. Depending on how fast my issue can be solved. The subreddit I chose for this, suggested, that my case needs higher knowledge and hence should be...
  7. C

    Question New build won't start ?

    Hello all! First time back in a long time. You guys helped me out with setting up my old computer 5-6 years ago and now I'm back again with a new build and new issues! Specs: Mobo: MSI Mag x670e Tomahawk WiFi CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800x3d GPU: MSI RTX 4070 Ti OC RAM: 2x16gb Corsair Vengeance ddr5...
  8. B

    Question USB overcurrent with only CPU + fan connected

    Building a brand new PC, and every time I turn it on I get the warning of "USB overcurrent, the system will shut down in 15 seconds". I keep getting this issue even when testing the board outside of the case on a wooden bench with only RAM and the CPU + fan connected to it. I also ran the same...
  9. C

    Build Advice A few questions on a new gaming build ?

    Main use for the build is gaming and general internet usage. I need to build a new PC. Currently running a 10 year old i5-3570K and it's well past showing it's age. I have lurked here and read every build help thread from the last couple weeks. Considering most of the same components...
  10. S

    Question New Build "Hanging Up" ?

    Hey there! I hope you are all doing well. I recently built a computer comprised of : MB - Gigabyte X670 AORUS Elite AX PSU - Corsair HX1000i GPU - MSI RTX 3070TI CPU - Ryzen 9 7900X CPU Cooler - Corsair H150i Elite RAM - GSKILL Trident Z 16x2 at 6000Mhz OS - Windows 11 Pro I'm currently using...
  11. JaydenGannon

    Question Issue with infinite boot loop

    So when my pc boots it flashes the ez debug cpu led then vga both then turning when the system boots the boot led pops up then rebooting the system, when I get into bios all of these leds go off but I can't get out of this cycle to even get into safe mode, also all the fans in the case turn on...
  12. Tevonmaster

    Question Asus rog strix b550 constant white vga light

    I'm getting no monitor signal from my newly built pc. I have a Asus rog strix b550 motherboard and the vga light is a constant white. I've re seated the ram and tried all the DP and HDMI ports. I have a amd ryzen 7 3700x and a red devil 5700xt. I've also tried re seating the gpu to no avail. I'm...
  13. T

    Question Will my PSU's Watt be enough?

    My planned system is : CPU: Ryzen 5 1600 Motherboard: Asrock B450M Pro-4 GPU: RTX 2060 RAM: G.Skill Aegis 16GB DDR4-3000MHz (2x8) Storage: 1TB HDD & 120GB And I plan to get Corsair CX 450