MSI Z87-G45 doesn't boot, doesn't beep

Hi guys,
I just received my new MSI Z87-G45 and put it in my pc with my Intel Core i5-4670K
When I first tried to boot, nothing happened, except the fans and the hard disk. It doesn't beep and I see no screen. I switched the RAM, removed the graphics card, removed the hd, nothing worked.
Just the fans are going on, but nothing else happens.
I had a look at the cpu socket and wasn't sure if it is how it is supposed to look like (my first intel board) so I attached a picture. The pins look kind of weird, not sure about them:
Any ideas what I could try?

Thanks for your replies.
I did a CMOS several times (everytime after removing a component) - didn't change anything.
I just wasn't sure if it's generally normal, that the pins are not straight upwards like on amd cpus. But I already saw on some other pictures that that seems to be normal. The pins are all equally and none of them is at another height level. So that doesn't seem to ba a problem.
Board: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming
Bios: Stock (not sure which one that is)
VGA:   HIS AMD Radeon R9 280X IceQ X² Turbo Boost Clock  3GB GDDR5
PSU:   Enermax Revolution X't ERX530AWT
CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K Box, LGA1150
MEM: Corsair XMS3 CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 (also checked with Kingston KVR1333D3N9/2G
HDD: none
OC: -
OS: none (old was win7, but I don't even get to the BIOS)
I also noticed that the case fan doesn't seem to get power. It doesn't move.
I have a speaker installed to the motherboard. My old board always beeped.
Thanks again for your help!

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