Hello everyone, i'm here with an issue that iv'e been dealing with for a bit. In the past you guys have helped a metric ton and I hope that will be the case here too.

The situation: I recently purchased: Don't flame me for the dated components, I bought them unused, in the packaging from a retailer for 20% retail, so I had to get them..

Msi 970 Gaming Motherboard [am3+]
Fx 8120
Rx 470

My issue: I did my first boot and I got no signal. I proceeded to:

1: Re-seat and test my ram on another machine [It worked fine, but did not get me a post on this new build]
    the mobo did also do its beep stating that ram was removed when I tried booting w/o ram.
2: Make sure my CPU was seated correctly
3: Clear the CMOS
4: Make sure my PSU was fine. [Booted 3 other machines up no issue]
5: Make sure my GPU was fine [ Again, it worked as expected in 3 other machines]
6: And finally, I made sure my case wasn't shorting my MOBO out by breadboarding it onto a cardboard box.

What I think is the issue: The fans, HDDS, and gpu spin up and the system stays on. I am thinking that it's because i'm attempting to do my first boot using an HDMI cable on my TV.
I currently dont own a monitor and my Tv dosent have Display port nor does it have a DVI input. I have purchased a DVI to HDMI adapter to no avail. I think maybe the system is not posting visually because it's not accepting my HDMI/Digital connection. Is it possible that I must do the first boot with a VGA cable? I would have to get a DVI to VGA adapter in order for this to be possible as my video card has no VGA connection. I'm only saying this because I have heard that new MOBOS can sometimes refuse anything but plain DVI, or vga/analog connections.

Thanks alot anyone that attempts to help me with my issue and I hope you guys are having a wonderful day