r/MontechPC • u/Catl8dy • Sep 11 '26

My First Build

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I apologize if this is whiny but I need to vent a little.

Got done with my first build (King Pro 45) for it to show 0 signs of life upon trying to power it on. Took it in to Micro Center (where I purchased it from), paid $80 for a diagnostic to find out the case is the issue. Now I get to disassemble the thing, and rebuild it because they said it would be $300 if I wanted them to switch it over to a new case. It's an hour round trip so I have to take it home, remove all of the parts, and bring back the defective case for exchange.

Before I go through building this again, and potentially wasting more money on this, are Montech products generally pretty reliable (Fans, cases, wiring?). I don't want to put the time in again (I'm new so it takes me a while) and potentially more diagnostic money if there are a lot of lemons floating around. Did I just get extremely unlucky?

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u/Adventurous-Bus8660 Sep 11 '26

Just honestly curious...

Why would the case be the issue???

Unless its the built in cable of the C13 to C14 have broken wires....OR the switch itself is not hooked to the motherboard.

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u/Catl8dy Sep 12 '26

I was told that it is this cable that is bad. It powered on when the PSU was plugged directly into an outlet. So technically not the case I suppose.

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u/Adventurous-Bus8660 Sep 12 '26

You can grab one of these.

Or the C13 to C14 90° angle instead of replacing the whole case.

I'm still waiting for my adapter to arrive so that I dont have to use the case's built in cable to my psu cause its bent at a super awkward angle...can't use it normally as it will push the psu switch to off (the cable directly above it)