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nic55

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Hi. I will keep my story nice and short.I had a power surge and it blew my gaming pc,I had it for 1 and a half years,man i was devastated.I took it for diognostic testing and they found out that my mobo,cpu and ram was gone.I had a power surge protector but i still blew it.Anyway, i planned all the parts to get so heres it:

i7 4790k
8gb Adata XPG V2 2400mhz
Asrock Z97 OC Formula
New Corsair AF120 case blue led fans (2 top,1 bottom,1 rear and 1 front)

My previous build:
Asus P8Z77 M Pro
8gb 1866mhz ram
Gigabyte GTX 770 2gb Windforce
1tb HDD
Win 8 Pro 64 bit
Zalman Z11 Plus
LG 23 inch 3D LED Monitor
Adata SSD 32gb
i5 3570k

My graphics card,hard drive,monitor,case and SSD still works so i'm gonna use them for a while.In the future if games become intensive, i will buy a new graphics card and 16gb ram.My previous build was a very good pc,had no lag issues,maintaining above 60 fps in a lot of games with max settings, Asus was my favourite brand for Mobo but i have to try other brands.So is it a good build to play future games.Thanks.
 
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I am surprised that the psu was not the first to go.
You were smart to pay to have the exact failure components identified.

I like the cpu and motherboard.

I would not chase 2400 ram. I bought g.skil 2400 trident X ram and somewhat regret it.
I had to remove one of the beautiful heat spreaders to clear a noctua NH-D14 cooler.
More importantly, higher speed ram does not make a real difference in fps or app speed. Higher ram speed is accompanied by higher cas numbers. Also, speed over 1866 will require 1.65v. That seems to have an impact on overclocking. One multiplier lower is a big hit compared to any ram speed benefit.
Read this on haswell ram scaling:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7364/memory-scaling-on-haswell
And... buy...
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I am surprised that the psu was not the first to go.
You were smart to pay to have the exact failure components identified.

I like the cpu and motherboard.

I would not chase 2400 ram. I bought g.skil 2400 trident X ram and somewhat regret it.
I had to remove one of the beautiful heat spreaders to clear a noctua NH-D14 cooler.
More importantly, higher speed ram does not make a real difference in fps or app speed. Higher ram speed is accompanied by higher cas numbers. Also, speed over 1866 will require 1.65v. That seems to have an impact on overclocking. One multiplier lower is a big hit compared to any ram speed benefit.
Read this on haswell ram scaling:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7364/memory-scaling-on-haswell
And... buy low profile to avoid any future issues.

For the future, a 650w psu will run any single gpu card.
But, you are paying for a sli capable motherboard.
If your future includes 4k monitor or triple monitor gaming, then even a GTX980 of today will not be enough.
On that score, I would expect that there will be sufficiently strong cards available before too long.

Lastly, if you are susceptible to such destructive power, you might want to buy a UPS that insulates your parts more effectively. You need only about 5 minutes of run time to shut down gracefully. APC makes some good ones.
 
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A surge protector is only as good as the surge protection.
A ups does more. It takes the wall power and conditions it before sending it to the pc.
If a surge damages the UPS, it will not be able to process the power and damage the pc.
Some types always run on battery power, further insulating you from power issues. It might be worthwhild looking into that. Here are a couple of articles:
http://www.tomshardware.com/picturestory/674-surgearrest-power-strip-teardown.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/picturestory/666-ups-battery-backup-tear-down.html
 
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