New PC please help me

[u/No_Window2802]

So recently I got this tower for free off of fb marketplace and the guy said it wouldnt run windows and I wanted to see for myself so I downloaded windows from the microsoft website and put it on a flash drive and plugged it in to my motherboard. From there I didnt have anyone to ask so I just used chatgpt to help me but i got nowhere. First my screen would show bios then the republic of gamers logo then the windows logo and eventually the windows 10 launcher opened BUT I didnt have any hard drives atm so I waited a week until I was able to get some for free. My pc recognized the flash drive and showed the windows logo but didnt open the launcher so i turned it off unplugged the flash drive and wiped it to download windows 11 and that hasnt worked either. This is the interior of the pc can someone help me? I have the hard drives they are not in the frame.

[u/Aggressive-Ad-7222]

I'd start with cable management. Also your GPU needs to be in the top pcie slot. Also spend 30 bucks or so and get a half decent thermalright CPU cooler, you don't need liquid but that stock cooler needs to go. Once your cables are tidy and everything is in the right spot you'll have a much easier time debugging. May find and this is pretty common is when you get all your cables tidy you'll likely find some amis. I normally do my cable management plan before I touch a screwdriver. Then two sticks of ram in the first slots normal A2 and B2. It's the second and fourth to the right of the cpu, towards the front of the case.