Hello,
I have all of the parts for my new PC with the exception of my GPU since GPU's are so hard to come by at the moment. I'm on the stockdrop notifications and whatnot, but still can't seem to land one. I'll be getting an RTX 3070 when I'm able. That said, I am recycling my old R9 280 graphics card just to get by until I get the new GPU.
The build that I put together today is listed below:
PCPartPicker Part List
The only difference is that the RAM is actually the 3600 CL18 variety instead of the 3200 CL16. For some reason PCPartPicker doesn't have the 3600 variety so I could not select it.
So with the MoBo being a B550, I loaded the latest MSI BIOS onto a flashdrive and utilized the Flashback button on the back so that I would then be able to use the Ryzen 5 5600x. I had not installed any components at this point...just plugged the CPU and MoBo power cables in and pressed the Flashback button. This ran through its process for a few minutes and the Flashback and USB lights shut off. I then powered down and proceeded to install the rest of the components.
Whenever I boot the PC it fires up just fine. I can see the MoBo lights progress from CPU, DRAM, VGA, and BOOT, and the light turns off for each one as it goes to the next. All of my RGB fans and RAM light up as they should. The PC fan on the Mugen kicks on. The GPU fans start up as well. All seems well, except that I do not get a display on my monitor. The monitor just gives me a "No Signal" message. I pulled the graphics card out and reinserted it into my old PC and that is where I am posting from (using the same GPU and the same monitor).
I was under the impression that my GPU would work on the new PC since I could at least see to get into BIOS and then I could install Windows and update the drivers from there, but I can't seem to get that far. I have the Windows installer loaded onto a different USB, but I cannot get a visual in order to start installing Windows. In searching whether my GPU should work or not, everything keeps saying that Windows should have the basic drivers to get you by until you update, but I don't have Windows yet, nor can I install it without seeing so I can follow the prompts.
Any suggestions or follow-up questions are welcome. Please help! Thanks!
I have all of the parts for my new PC with the exception of my GPU since GPU's are so hard to come by at the moment. I'm on the stockdrop notifications and whatnot, but still can't seem to land one. I'll be getting an RTX 3070 when I'm able. That said, I am recycling my old R9 280 graphics card just to get by until I get the new GPU.
The build that I put together today is listed below:
PCPartPicker Part List
Type | Item | Price |
|---|---|---|
CPU | Purchased For $300.00 | |
CPU Cooler | Purchased For $49.00 | |
Motherboard | $169.99 @ Amazon | |
Memory | $81.97 @ Amazon | |
Storage | $64.98 @ Amazon | |
Storage | Purchased For $40.00 | |
Video Card | - | |
Case | $55.00 | |
Power Supply | Purchased For $95.00 | |
Case Fan | $51.99 @ Newegg | |
| Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts | |
| Total | $907.93 |
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-01-27 04:39 EST-0500 | |
The only difference is that the RAM is actually the 3600 CL18 variety instead of the 3200 CL16. For some reason PCPartPicker doesn't have the 3600 variety so I could not select it.
So with the MoBo being a B550, I loaded the latest MSI BIOS onto a flashdrive and utilized the Flashback button on the back so that I would then be able to use the Ryzen 5 5600x. I had not installed any components at this point...just plugged the CPU and MoBo power cables in and pressed the Flashback button. This ran through its process for a few minutes and the Flashback and USB lights shut off. I then powered down and proceeded to install the rest of the components.
Whenever I boot the PC it fires up just fine. I can see the MoBo lights progress from CPU, DRAM, VGA, and BOOT, and the light turns off for each one as it goes to the next. All of my RGB fans and RAM light up as they should. The PC fan on the Mugen kicks on. The GPU fans start up as well. All seems well, except that I do not get a display on my monitor. The monitor just gives me a "No Signal" message. I pulled the graphics card out and reinserted it into my old PC and that is where I am posting from (using the same GPU and the same monitor).
I was under the impression that my GPU would work on the new PC since I could at least see to get into BIOS and then I could install Windows and update the drivers from there, but I can't seem to get that far. I have the Windows installer loaded onto a different USB, but I cannot get a visual in order to start installing Windows. In searching whether my GPU should work or not, everything keeps saying that Windows should have the basic drivers to get you by until you update, but I don't have Windows yet, nor can I install it without seeing so I can follow the prompts.
Any suggestions or follow-up questions are welcome. Please help! Thanks!
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