Help Me Build A Pc

[Zack1990]

Hello i need help building a pc power surge fried my computer while i was away I have 900 usd to spend on a computer.

this was my old computer.

i5 4690k

Corsair H60 Liquid Cooler 120mm

Asus gtx 970

Gskill 12gb DDR3

Kingston 120gb ssd

WD 1tb HDD

Corsair cx600 watt PSU

Ask any questions if needed to be ask.

AMD or Intel processor is fine

AMD or Nvidia Gpu is fine also

 

[Thermosman]

4 minutes ago, Zack1990 said:

Hello i need help building a pc power surge fried my computer while i was away I have 900 usd to spend on a computer.

this was my old computer.

i5 4690k

Corsair H60 Liquid Cooler 120mm

Asus gtx 970

Gskill 12gb DDR3

Kingston 120gb ssd

WD 1tb HDD

Corsair cx600 watt PSU

Ask any questions if needed to be ask.

AMD or Intel processor is fine

AMD or Nvidia Gpu is fine also

 

some of those parts may of survived, there may be a possibility of reusing parts

[grimreeper132]

2 minutes ago, Thermosman said:

some of those parts may of survived, there may be a possibility of reusing parts

it might just be the PSU that's died so I would suggest using that to start checking, by putting another PSU in to test

[Thermosman]

the cooler is fine

does anything happen when you press the power button (ex power cycle)

[Damascus]

The aio should still be good

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor  ($199.89 @ B&H) test the H60 and see if it still works.
Motherboard: Gigabyte - Z370 HD3 (rev. 1.0) ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($101.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Team - Dark 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($139.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: SK hynix - SL308 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($78.89 @ OutletPC) test your HDD/ssd first.

Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($41.77 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GAMING Video Card  ($249.99 @ Newegg) test your 970 first.
Case: Cougar - MX330 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ Newegg) case should still be reusable.
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($23.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $871.48
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-15 19:12 EST-0500

[grimreeper132]

Just now, Damascus said:

The aio should still be good

storage as well, RAM possibly, possibly the 970

[Damascus]

Just now, grimreeper132 said:

storage as well, RAM possibly, possibly the 970

Maybe everything but the psu

[grimreeper132]

Just now, Damascus said:

Maybe everything but the psu

motherboard might be dead, same with maybe CPU, but that's less likely maybe

[Shreyas1]

Make sure to use a surge protector next time

 

 

[Egg-Roll]

Seriously? stating the obvious with ups isn't helping their situation...

 

14 minutes ago, grimreeper132 said:

motherboard might be dead, same with maybe CPU, but that's less likely maybe

If the surge got past the PSU the board will likely be dead, next would be either CPU (capacitors would need to fail) or RAM, Graphics card might be fine unless it was directly plugged into the PSU which I think it would've been (no model...)

https://www.pcmech.com/article/how-capacitors-on-a-motherboard-work/

 

My suggestion would be this:

Get a new PSU (surge killed one of mine a few years ago i thought the system was gone like you), buy a PSU with the intention of a new computer however.

If above fails get the CPU and RAM tested (for free if possible), if either fail buy a new system. Getting a board is cheap so is the ram, but the CPU is aging in terms of socket.

 

Similar to the one above but a little different. I'm confident your SSD and HDD survived esp the HDD, tho you should replace it sooner than later due to the surge.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8600K 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor  ($279.89 @ B&H) 
Motherboard: MSI - Z370 PC PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($121.49 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Crucial - Ballistix Elite 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($156.77 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: SanDisk - SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($54.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB SC GAMING Video Card  ($259.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($24.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $898.12

 

[Zack1990]

3 hours ago, Shreyas1 said:

Make sure to use a surge protector next time

 

 

Was on one the surge protector failed me =(

 

[Zack1990]

3 hours ago, Thermosman said:

some of those parts may of survived, there may be a possibility of reusing parts

i tried another PSU on the board nothing turns or hums tried the old wire in PSU to test thats out so it had to be a hard surge 

 

[grimreeper132]

17 hours ago, Egg-Roll said:

Seriously? stating the obvious with ups isn't helping their situation...

 

If the surge got past the PSU the board will likely be dead, next would be either CPU (capacitors would need to fail) or RAM, Graphics card might be fine unless it was directly plugged into the PSU which I think it would've been (no model...)

https://www.pcmech.com/article/how-capacitors-on-a-motherboard-work/

 

My suggestion would be this:

Get a new PSU (surge killed one of mine a few years ago i thought the system was gone like you), buy a PSU with the intention of a new computer however.

If above fails get the CPU and RAM tested (for free if possible), if either fail buy a new system. Getting a board is cheap so is the ram, but the CPU is aging in terms of socket.

 

Similar to the one above but a little different. I'm confident your SSD and HDD survived esp the HDD, tho you should replace it sooner than later due to the surge.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8600K 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor  ($279.89 @ B&H) 
Motherboard: MSI - Z370 PC PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($121.49 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Crucial - Ballistix Elite 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($156.77 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: SanDisk - SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($54.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB SC GAMING Video Card  ($259.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($24.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $898.12

 

I'm more pointing out that the OP might not need a brand new system and it might be fixable, as the new system they could just be a PSU, motherboard, RAM and CPU, without the GPU and storage, cause if the 970 works there is no point getting a 1060 which is only about 12% faster cause that 12% is not worth $250. Also there is inbuilt protection shit in decent PSUs so the motherboard might not be dead so the OP should check if it is before doing anything as there is no point spending $900 when you could have a slightly worse PC, which would still do you for under $70. Cause it sounds like the old one was doing them just fine

[Egg-Roll]

15 hours ago, Zack1990 said:

i tried another PSU on the board nothing turns or hums tried the old wire in PSU to test thats out so it had to be a hard surge 

 

Was it new or yanked out of a working computer? I have PSU's lying around but till i put in my old OZC from my previous build when i updated the GPU (bought a new PSU as the OCZ was modular and missing parts) nothing worked, just because you think a PSU laying around worked last or should work doesn't mean it will.

 

49 minutes ago, grimreeper132 said:

I'm more pointing out that the OP might not need a brand new system and it might be fixable, as the new system they could just be a PSU, motherboard, RAM and CPU, without the GPU and storage, cause if the 970 works there is no point getting a 1060 which is only about 12% faster cause that 12% is not worth $250. Also there is inbuilt protection shit in decent PSUs so the motherboard might not be dead so the OP should check if it is before doing anything as there is no point spending $900 when you could have a slightly worse PC, which would still do you for under $70. Cause it sounds like the old one was doing them just fine

That's why i said "Get a new PSU (surge killed one of mine a few years ago i thought the system was gone like you), buy a PSU with the intention of a new computer however."

If they get a new PSU intended for a new build they dont waste money in either case. For the GPU i was too lazy to say test it as you already did

 

Also idk if ram has anything protecting it if the board managed to survived the surge, i think you might seen burn marks on the ram if the current was strong enough, or smell a burning electric smell on them

[Zack1990]

On 11/16/2017 at 1:26 PM, Egg-Roll said:

Was it new or yanked out of a working computer? I have PSU's lying around but till i put in my old OZC from my previous build when i updated the GPU (bought a new PSU as the OCZ was modular and missing parts) nothing worked, just because you think a PSU laying around worked last or should work doesn't mean it will.

 

That's why i said "Get a new PSU (surge killed one of mine a few years ago i thought the system was gone like you), buy a PSU with the intention of a new computer however."

If they get a new PSU intended for a new build they dont waste money in either case. For the GPU i was too lazy to say test it as you already did

 

Also idk if ram has anything protecting it if the board managed to survived the surge, i think you might seen burn marks on the ram if the current was strong enough, or smell a burning electric smell on them

Bought a new power supply put it in nothing happened then i got to checking everything taking things out 1 by 1 well evidently it was just 1 ram stick that was stopping my system from running the power supply that was in the system still does work but not going to push it and stay with the new one so i will just have to order me some new ram so i can have me my 2 sets. Thanks everyone for helping my out in this situation i had 

[Egg-Roll]

2 hours ago, Zack1990 said:

well evidently it was just 1 ram stick that was stopping my system from running the power supply that was in the system still does work but not going to push it and stay with the new one so i will just have to order me some new ram so i can have me my 2 sets.

2 things, the first is the DIMM slot might be damaged, and second the second stick of RAM could be damaged too, I'm assuming you have a board with 3 4GB sticks.

I'd check all RAM to be safe, not sure if you cycled your sticks or not if not i would esp into the one that had the dead ram.

If you have a old linux disc around it will have a program called memtest86+ (should work with DDR3) if not https://www.memtest86.com/ It will display any errors, tho it could take a few hours, so sit back and read a book 

 

[Zack1990]

15 hours ago, Egg-Roll said:

2 things, the first is the DIMM slot might be damaged, and second the second stick of RAM could be damaged too, I'm assuming you have a board with 3 4GB sticks.

I'd check all RAM to be safe, not sure if you cycled your sticks or not if not i would esp into the one that had the dead ram.

If you have a old linux disc around it will have a program called memtest86+ (should work with DDR3) if not https://www.memtest86.com/ It will display any errors, tho it could take a few hours, so sit back and read a book 

 

No i have 2x4 gig sticks and now just 1x2 gig stick 

[Egg-Roll]

2 hours ago, Zack1990 said:

No i have 2x4 gig sticks and now just 1x2 gig stick 

oh, ok your op shows 12gb