Is this new system working well? It starts up but then stops being used.
Is this new system working well? It starts up but then stops being used.
Here is your second opinion about the PSU: check a PSU tier list at that link. If you have a non-modular unit, it's Tier B. If you have a modular one, it's Tier B+. A "pretty good" rating is Tier A+, but your unit isn't there. As helper800 said earlier, just testing if the PSU powers up isn't enough. It's like turning on a car engine and assuming the car drives perfectly right away without ever actually driving it (like checking how the brakes feel or hearing the engine sound). So, no, simply making sure the PSU turns on doesn't mean it works fine.
I get it. I took out the graphics card as suggested. Nothing changed when it came to speed or power.
Performance? I thought you had a problem keeping the PC turned on, not having too many frames per second or just no computing power from the processor. But let's stop there and move on. As I mentioned before: To check each part one by one, you need a different computer with all the parts that match together. Or if it's easiest to fix this yourself, take your PC to a repair shop and pay them to test everything out. The most likely cause is the power supply unit because it is usually the first thing to go when there are problems. Then comes the graphics card (GPU). The CPU and RAM are tougher than other parts but they aren't perfect either. At this point, it is hard to tell exactly why something broke down. Did you try turning on the old power supply before adding a new processor and motherboard? And once you saw that it wouldn't work at all, did you buy a whole new power supply just for that test? Or did you use only the brand-new power supply with the brand-new processor and motherboard together?