Question How to tell what's wrong with my computer

[Wrinklybard4]

I have a friend who updated his PC because the old system failed. I have since received the parts of his old rig that he didn't transfer to his new machine. The 2 parts I receive was an I5-6600k and a GA-Z170X-UD3 Ultra. Whenever I attempt to turn on the machine it would start to boot and then die (at various points in the boot process). The power supply and memory were both successfully transferred to the new system and there was no GPU so those parts aren't the issue.

That leaves the CPU and motherboard, how do I tell which ones at fault? thanks

 

[rgd1101]

and what ram and psu are your using?

 

[Wrinklybard4]

and what ram and psu are your using?

16x4 sticks of DDR4 2666mhz viper memory and a corsair AX860, both of which i can confirm work

 

[iTRiP]

I have a friend who updated his PC because the old system failed. I have since received the parts of his old rig that he didn't transfer to his new machine. The 2 parts I receive was an I7-6600k and a GA-Z170X-UD3 Ultra. Whenever I attempt to turn on the machine it would start to boot and then die (at various points in the boot process). The power supply and memory were both successfully transferred to the new system and there was no GPU so those parts aren't the issue.

That leaves the CPU and motherboard, how do I tell which ones at fault? thanks

An 6600k is an i5 cpu not an i7...

 

[Wrinklybard4]

An 6600k is an i5 cpu not an i7...

you are 100% right, my bad

 

[iTRiP]

Whenever I attempt to turn on the machine it would start to boot and then die (at various points in the boot process).

No worry... focus on the issue at hand.

 

[USAFRet]

it would start to boot and then die (at various points in the boot process

Is this trying to use your old drive and its OS?

May we presume you've not tried to do an OS install?