Anyone ever have their computer explode before? I have been having problems for a while on my Intel P4 desktop for a month or so. Some pretty bad lightening strikes in the area and I'm sure a few power surges too.
Today when I turned my system on a large spark raced towards my head with galactic speed. Good thing I'm quick! There was smoke and a small fire inside my computer originating from the power supply.
As of now, the entire system is dead. The power supply is dead and possibly the CPU. The power supply was a hefty 1000 watt PSU that was very reliable too.
Well this gives me an excuse to build another machine that's even faster and not feel guilty. This build is 4 years old, so it was time to upgrade anyway. I think I'm going with the Intel i7 2600k and an ASAS motherboard, and 16gb of RAM. I also want to overclock the CPU just a bit.
All the parts were ordered with birthday money, so now I wait until they arrive. I'll keep you posted.
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