andrew.neubauer0409

So a couple days ago me and my dad built a PC. After I left he started having issues with it but he's not tech savvy at all so he came "to the website that I'm always staring at" and looked through all the forum posts about graphics card issues...(well I should say he got there eventually)
 
Needless to say the wealth of knowledge here helped him diagnose the issues (not seated properly and bad driver installation) and saved him a trip from Best Buy...again.
 
So yeah... Long story short I'm just saying thanks for the help... Even if it was indirectly.

So a couple days ago me and my dad built a PC. After I left he started having issues with it but he's not tech savvy at all so he came "to the website that I'm always staring at" and looked through all the forum posts about graphics card issues...(well I should say he got there eventually)
 
Needless to say the wealth of knowledge here helped him diagnose the issues (not seated properly and bad driver installation) and saved him a trip from Best Buy...again.
 
So yeah... Long story short I'm just saying thanks for the help... Even if it was indirectly.

So a couple days ago me and my dad built a PC. After I left he started having issues with it but he's not tech savvy at all so he came "to the website that I'm always staring at" and looked through all the forum posts about graphics card issues...(well I should say he got there eventually)
 
Needless to say the wealth of knowledge here helped him diagnose the issues (not seated properly and bad driver installation) and saved him a trip from Best Buy...again.
 
So yeah... Long story short I'm just saying thanks for the help... Even if it was indirectly.

So a couple days ago me and my dad built a PC. After I left he started having issues with it but he's not tech savvy at all so he came "to the website that I'm always staring at" and looked through all the forum posts about graphics card issues...(well I should say he got there eventually)
 
Needless to say the wealth of knowledge here helped him diagnose the issues (not seated properly and bad driver installation) and saved him a trip from Best Buy...again.
 
So yeah... Long story short I'm just saying thanks for the help... Even if it was indirectly.

If you turned your psu off, then it's safe to touch it, but I think it fried your components.

Both are almost certainly dead.
CPU too probably.
Ram and SSDs and GPU are possibly alright.
It is safe to touch after unplugging everything.

It's made by Samsung.

What the heck power supply was that!!!

you could tear out the copper and get a dollar. the steel in the case isn't worth anything. electronics recyclers prefer to refurbish than recycle if they can because they make almost nothing on recycling, even if there is a tiny amount of gold in each motherboard.

So I've finally started my build. Got my case today in the mail. Just waiting till Saturday for the rest to get here.
 
My build is as follows:
NZXT S340 (white)
Intel i5 6500 
8gb of hyperx ddr4 ram (more to come)
kingston ssd 240gb 
1tb western digital black hdd
Gigabyte gaming g1 h170 motherboard 
nvidia 780 (temporarily till the 1070 drops)
 
 

Honestly it was all the money I had at the time. Made sure I had a cpu that was decent and motherboard that was capable of handling some major hardware upgrades that didn't cost an arm and a leg like the rog series (m.2, oc'ing,etc) I'm hoping to transplant this cpu in another comp down the road for a family members computer.

So I've finally started my build. Got my case today in the mail. Just waiting till Saturday for the rest to get here.
 
My build is as follows:
NZXT S340 (white)
Intel i5 6500 
8gb of hyperx ddr4 ram (more to come)
kingston ssd 240gb 
1tb western digital black hdd
Gigabyte gaming g1 h170 motherboard 
nvidia 780 (temporarily till the 1070 drops)
 
 

IMO elite if you have the money...if not go for the 360 controller.

Anything above a GTX 970 is considered to have enough horse power to run VR.
 
Since you can run a 980 ti on a 550w PSU, the max watts you need is a 550w. Perhaps the EVGA SuperNova G2 ?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant   CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($194.99 @ B&H)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($34.50 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170-GAMING 3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($94.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($85.49 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.73 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card  ($653.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 Blackout ATX Mid Tower Case  (Purchased For $0.00)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1247.66
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-03 05:34 EDT-0400   depending on your budget, maybe downgrade the gpu

A build like @Castdeath97 above, just cut down to a 390, would make sense for that budget. Or you could look around for a cheaper used card, like a 290 or 780 Ti. The money you saved could then potentially go into an upgrade after Polaris and Pascal arrive.

your allowed to these types of post, no matter how many times its already been, all it is is asking the community for help with your build
edit: in fact most of us love these posts

np x3 anytime you need help, even if its already been done, we will gladly help you

Yeah, looks good aside from the PSU, since EVGA's NEX series are mediocre at best. If you're looking for full modularity, go for EVGA's G2 or GS series.