New gaming PC

Right put all the parts together from above, Not done anything in the bios just built it all up and got it running.

What should I be doing to get good performance part from the obvious oc
 
Right I have had the machine up and running for a week now. Its seems I have a problem where the usb ports will not work unless I restart and the same happens with the sound. I could fire the pc up and get no sound. to resolve I either have to unplug usb/sound cable or restart the system.

Can any one help?
 
Ok the sound problem seems to have calmed down which is good.

Anyway today is first time I have had to sit down

What sort of software should I be looking to install to make this even better.

Tried to install IRST but got a message saying my computer is not compatible.

Any tips would be great guys.
 
No idea what IRST is. EDIT : Oh, Intel Rapid Storage. Should work on that motherboard.

I don't have any particular software with my machine. Maybe an anti-virus like Avast, which I used to use, but now sticking with Microsoft internet security.

Video Lan I suppose, MSI Afterburner for overclocking, recording videos and monitoring the GPU in-game, Hardware Monitor, although there probably other alternatives like Speedfan, some benchmarking software to check everything is up to speed (Unigine, Prime 95 / OCCT for overclocking), ATTO / ASSD for the SSD, memtest86 for checking if the memory is stable...

Can do some tweaks for the SSD, like moving the page file to another drive (save a few gigs), disabling hibernation (saves 6GB), flashing the SSD to bios 000F (very easy to do with the M4).
 
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The IRST was rapid start. which i got setup via EZsetup but the one you mentioned is blacked out. Having a look in the manual would suggest that the os needs to be on the Hard drive rather than the SSD.

for the overclock I have just used ET6 for a 4ghz clock
 
SuperOwl86 said:
Onto the last thing from me. MY on/off charge appears not to be working.

http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/9810/img0199jc.jpg
Would I be right in thinking this is a F USB3 cable since that is where it is plugged in.

http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/4835/img0200cb.jpg

Or is it a front panel cable which I dont think it is because of the smaller cables that I have plugged in above.
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The first one is a USB3.0 front panel connector.

The second is of the front panel connections for the LEDs/power switches.
 
SuperOwl86 said:
on/off charge lets you charge a apple product when the pc is off well its ment to.
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Due to certain mobile phone limitations, users may need to connect the mobile phone to their PC before the PC enters S4/S5 mode to enable a quick charge from non ON/OFF Charge USB ports.
Charging results may vary by model.
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Not sure if that's useful? From the little I could find I think it's the USB2 ports, any front panel USB connectors that are red on the motherboard support it I think.
 
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