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Hi everyone, I've been having some issues with my PC lately (past month). The main issue is that I turn on my PC one day and it doesn't fully start but I can see it getting power. The aesthetic lights come on but the fans won't move and you can hear the PC trying to start like a car that won't start.

First thing I did was remove CMOS battery on the mobo for about 20 seconds and put it back. PC was fine for a day and I shut it off at the end of the day like normal.

Second day it's doing the same thing again so I try the same method but it didn't work. So next I remove my HDD and SAD and try to power on without it. PC comes on and so do fans and I get to BIOS. Put my drives back after and then it powers on just fine. Works for the next few days.

About a week ago it does the same thing where it won't start again so I try removing my drives except this time it didn't work. However for some reason when I removed the cover for the case where all my cabling is, I powered it on and it was just fine. Which made me think if it could possibly be cable management? So I fixed the cables so the cover fits back on smoothly and the PC is fine.

Now today it won't come on no matter which method I try, and I'm not sure where to go from here.

(EDIT) This morning I took another look at my PC and checked all fans. When I attempt to power on the PC, all fans are off EXCEPT the PSU. So that made me think it could possibly be my PSU acting up. I checked the power switch on the mobo and disconnected it and reconnected it. Now the PC turns on fine but I get that feeling that this is just going to be a bad cycle if my PSU is having issues.
 
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Here is a list of all the parts, it was built by iBuypower just under a year ago.

Case1 x Raidmax Alpha RGB Gaming Case - Black
LED Fan Lighting1 x Default Case Fan
Case Lighting1 x iBUYPOWER RGB Smart Lighting (Software Controlled LED Lighting Kit) - [FREE] 1 Smart Lighting Strip - Top of the case
Processor1 x Intel® Core™ i7-7700K Processor (4x 4.20GHz/8MB L3 Cache) - Intel® Core™ i7-7700K
Processor Cooling1 x Asetek 550LC 120mm Liquid CPU Cooler - Standard 120mm Fan - *Free Upgrade to Corsair H60 Liquid Cooling*
Memory1 x 16 GB [8 GB x2] DDR4-2400 Memory Module
Video Card1 x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 - 8GB (VR-Ready) - FREE Upgrade to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 ASUS Turbo 8GB
Storage1 x 2 TB HARD DRIVE
Storage1 x 240 GB SSD
Motherboard1 x MSI Z270 PC Mate -- 3x PCIe x16, 1x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C, 6x USB 3.1 Gen1[Intel Optane Ready] - Free Upgrade to GIGABYTE Z270XP SLI
Power Supply1 x 400 Watt - Standard 80 PLUS Bronze - Free Upgrade to 800W Standard 80 PLUS Bronze
2nd Optical Drive1 x 24X Super Multi Internal DVD Rewriter Optical Drive - Black
Network Card1 x Onboard LAN Network (Gb or 10/100)
 
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Power Supply1 x 400 Watt - Standard 80 PLUS Bronze - Free Upgrade to 800W Standard 80 PLUS Bronze
So what is your power supply?

The first thing I do when a computer doesn't want to turn on is try a different power supply.
 
(EDIT) This morning I took another look at my PC and checked all fans. When I attempt to power on the PC, all fans are off EXCEPT the PSU. So that made me think it could possibly be my PSU acting up. I checked the power switch on the mobo and disconnected it and reconnected it. Now the PC turns on fine but I get that feeling that this is just going to be a bad cycle if my PSU is having issues.

Video Card1 x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 - 8GB (VR-Ready) - FREE Upgrade to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 ASUS Turbo 8GB

Power Supply1 x 400 Watt - Standard 80 PLUS Bronze - Free Upgrade to 800W Standard 80 PLUS Bronze

The PSU information puts up an instant red flag, for a GTX 1070 you need a quality brand 500W PSU (preferably Gold efficiency rated) that has a minimum of 33 amps on the +12V rail, your specs list a no name Bronze efficiency rated PSU which would be bad for any computer but even more so with the hardware that you have.
 
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