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New build not powering on, Any Suggestions why?
So today I bought my self parts to build a new computer for my parents, here are the parts:
A10-5800K
Gigabyte F2A85XM-D3H
Cooler master elite 342
Kingston 4GB DDR3-1600
Western Digital 1 TB blue Sata3
And the power supply im not sure but its a 420W PSU that came with the case, I think its quite low quality but as it came with the case i thought i would just go with it
So when I assembled everything, it didn't start up and the lights just flickered, Then I Connected the Power + and Power - pins together with a screwdriver and the CPU make kind of quiet clunking noises and the PSU fan spun for a brief sec.
Is this caused by not having a PSU powerful enough or is this probably some other reason? though a online wattage calculator says i only 240W for this system :/
If its the PSU Im thinking of getting a Cooler Master GX 550W 80+ Bronze