no

Waldo
Northeast

no

why would i want to scrim retards who cant even use irc?

natural selection

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#2: Tried booting Ubuntu from a flash drive, still no audio. I guess that means it's either BIOS or hardware.

#3: Yes and yes.

Edit: I should also mention that, on plugging in headphones or turning the computer on/off, it makes the popping sound that I would expect if it was working.

I built this computer yesterday (thank you Setsul), set up Windows 10/drivers/etc. without any trouble. The issue is that I have no audio input/output, through either the front or back panels. Windows detects devices when connected/disconnected and thinks that it successfully uses output devices (http://i.imgur.com/Pv0SCPl.png). I have

• Updated audio drivers
  
• Rolled back audio drivers
  
• Ensured that everything is enabled in BIOS
  
• Set device as default

to no avail. Additionally, the microphone, while detected as connected/disconnected, does not seem to transmit a signal. Both peripherals are known to work.
Considering that Windows thinks its working, I can only guess that it's an issue with the integrated audio chip, in which case I have to either RMA the motherboard or get a sound card, neither of which I would like to do. Any help is appreciated.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131673&cm_re=powercolor_r9_380-_-14-131-673-_-Product

I noticed that, but Newegg lists it as having 2x DVI-D, and I trusted the seller over the 3rd party site. Looking at other sellers now, I guess Newegg just has it wrong. I guess I payed $30 more than I needed to.

Not quite, I didn't just use pcpartpicker for searching parts. The reason why I didn't go for the PowerColor GPU is because it doesn't have DVI-I and therefore can't run a CRT.
The single 6/8 connector is a bit troubling since I didn't notice it, but I don't think I'll be upgrading any part of this build in the near future.

I got the motherboard today, so all I'm missing is the SSD which B&H now lists as arriving (at their warehouse) on the 15th. Still can't think of anything to do other than put it together and see if all the fans spin.

The Ultra II which I bought was the 960gb version, not the 480gb; I payed $200.

Yes, $55 ($25 with rebate). I believe that you suggested either the VSM550 or the CSM450, noting that the VSM was better but that both were acceptable.

Other differences include different RAM (same specs, $15 cheaper on sale) and a different video card (same price at time of purchase, 4gb).

So I've ordered all of the parts for this build (thank you Setsul), but the SSD is backordered and won't be shipped for "2-4" weeks from Nov. 26th. I'll have all the other hardware by this Friday. I have an additional HDD which I intend to use in the build, but for obvious reasons would like to install my OS (win 7->10) as well as most software on the SSD.

Is there anything constructive which I can do other than physically putting the computer together before I get my primary storage?

Yes, I meant socket, my bad. I didn't know about Intel's new schema, but in my case it won't effect my decision; I don't intend to upgrade again for at least 4 years. I hadn't seen a good analysis of overclocking results for the 6600k; an average clock of 4.6GHz is way better than I was expecting.

While I could probably validate some usage of 8 threads, the better single-threaded importance is definitely more important for my purposes. Thanks for the clarification.

960gb SSD, $200

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820173013

So, taking into account the Black Friday shenanigans, I put together a 4790k build for a little more than the cost of the 6600k build Setsul helped me with. Overclocking is assumed.

Other than the slight possibility that Intel doesn't make a new chipset in the next 4 years (and thus that I could upgrade the 6600k at some point), what is the advantage to the Skylake build? The 4790k seems to outperform the 6600k slightly in single- and, of course, massively in anything which can use 8 threads.

Where?