because of the smell, its almost certain its the power supply which died and everything else is in working order. smell the back of the power supply, i bet there is quite a potent off-burned smell. you just need to buy a decent power supply and try again. all your files will be fine.

i never heard of a cooler causing a total failure before. not unless it simply wasnt spinning, or not fast enough. but you dont report any overheating symptoms.

[QUOTE="Black_Knight_00"]Enough with the eye-melting gimmicks. Videogame interface are a TV and a controller.nameless12345

That's the archaic view. You don't need a TV, neither a traditional controller to game.

Besides, the level of immersion and the amount of possibilites that VR would open would be unparalleled.

not really. god games, fps games, perhaps racing games. that is all VR would be useful for. why would you want vr for a third person game, or a puzzle game?

SOUND-CARD

always have to say it on here. dont know why, you spend $240 on a mobo, $9 on thermal compound, another $130 on speakers, but think that great sound is going to come from free, onboard bullsh..

also, 2.1 speakers are totally worthless. youll see 2 minutes into playing an fps game. anything other than 5.1 or 7.1 will give you false signals, you dont want something behind you being sounded by a speaker infront of you. you will be at a massive disadvantage in fps games. you will actually be led away from targets by your sound. i will rape you with my £500 pc because i can hear where you are. onboard sound just isnt good enough to do that, even with the best speakers and headphones. you need good headphones or 5.1/7.1 speakers AND a good sound card, to genuinely stand a chance.

dont know about you but i wouldnt bother spending all that excess money to get the very best, as you have done, and still leave myself a huge disadvantage by ignoring sound.

also, case??

[QUOTE="Toxic-Seahorse"][QUOTE="Lyncaster"]

What would you recomend?

I dont mind playing games on medium, but I want something that will last me about 5 years, and maybe part of next gen.

Lyncaster

What would you recomend?

I dont mind playing games on medium, but I want something that will last me about 5 years, and maybe part of next gen.

Lyncaster

i have a saitek ps1000. cheap but actually a pretty good controller. well made. only use it for tekken vs sf and racing games though.

it is always better just to get something from a trusted brand, then any gaming branded stuff.

i reccomend sennheiser. all of their closed cup headphones are pretty good. if you spend £60 you cant go wrong.

dont expect to have a sound advantage though without a sound card.

[QUOTE="seercirra"]

[QUOTE="shufu7-11"]

I've always wanted to get into PC gaming but was detered because of the cost. However, after doing some research and watching a few videos on assembling a computer, I've decided that now is the time to get going!

Now since this is the first custom build I've ever done, any suggestions would be much appreciated! Here's what I've come up with:

- Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case with Upgraded USB 3.0

- COOLER MASTER GX Series RS750-ACAAD3-US 750W ATX12V v2.31 SLI Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply

- GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

- CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B

- AMD FX-6100 Zambezi 3.3GHz Socket AM3+ 95W Six-Core Desktop Processor FD6100WMGUSBX

- SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity (100315L )

- SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

-ASUS 24X DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS - OEM

- Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit - OEM

My budget is about $900 and this comes out to $912 (I don't mind going over by a few bucks). I was also considering an aftermarket CPU cooler but I don't plan on overclocking, so I don't know if that's really neccessary or not. Any thoughts or suggestions?

ionusX

coolermaster gx is a crappy psu., read here http://www.hardocp.com/article/2010/11/22/cooler_master_gx_650w_power_supply_review/3 get a http://www.ebuyer.com/257232-corsair-tx-650w-v2-psu-80plus-bronze-certified-cmpsu-650txv2uk instead. and save yourself some more money for a better psu.

i would also save money on your mobo, and spend about £75 on a intel z68 board which will support up to 2133ddr3 and sata3.

you can also save a bit of money by buying practically any other brand of ram with the same specifications. remember, cool names dont count for anything, nor do black motherboards or any of the other aesthetical things manufacturers do to raise prices. all that matters are the specs and the warranty.

these savings will allow you to get a 2500k, and although you say you arent interested in overclocking, once you can see how easy it is you will appreciate being able to get 4.5ghz from a 2500k with no problem at all, just whack a £15 aftermarket cooler on there, change the bios settings and its as easy as that, for a massive boost in power that will blow any zambezi system out of the water, and still save you money in electricity in the long run, as the 2500 is far more effecient.

you may even save enough money for a soundcard and headphones, which i consider neccessary for a gaming pc, as it is a huge improvement over onboard and any competitive pc gamer worth their salt uses a sound card and headphones.

ionius, stop following me around troll before i report you, you talk nothing but crap. a b s o l u t e crap. you are just an attention seeking troll who tries to ridicule other people giving proper information because it takes attention away from you, because you are an attention seeking phukwit whose entire life revives around kudos you feed yourself for being a loudmouth on internet forums.

I've always wanted to get into PC gaming but was detered because of the cost. However, after doing some research and watching a few videos on assembling a computer, I've decided that now is the time to get going!

Now since this is the first custom build I've ever done, any suggestions would be much appreciated! Here's what I've come up with:

- Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case with Upgraded USB 3.0

- COOLER MASTER GX Series RS750-ACAAD3-US 750W ATX12V v2.31 SLI Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply

- GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

- CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B

- AMD FX-6100 Zambezi 3.3GHz Socket AM3+ 95W Six-Core Desktop Processor FD6100WMGUSBX

- SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity (100315L )

- SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

-ASUS 24X DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS - OEM

- Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit - OEM

My budget is about $900 and this comes out to $912 (I don't mind going over by a few bucks). I was also considering an aftermarket CPU cooler but I don't plan on overclocking, so I don't know if that's really neccessary or not. Any thoughts or suggestions?

shufu7-11

coolermaster gx is a crappy psu., read here http://www.hardocp.com/article/2010/11/22/cooler_master_gx_650w_power_supply_review/3 get a http://www.ebuyer.com/257232-corsair-tx-650w-v2-psu-80plus-bronze-certified-cmpsu-650txv2uk instead. and save yourself some more money for a better psu.

i would also save money on your mobo, and spend about £75 on a intel z68 board which will support up to 2133ddr3 and sata3.

you can also save a bit of money by buying practically any other brand of ram with the same specifications. remember, cool names dont count for anything, nor do black motherboards or any of the other aesthetical things manufacturers do to raise prices. all that matters are the specs and the warranty.

these savings will allow you to get a 2500k, and although you say you arent interested in overclocking, once you can see how easy it is you will appreciate being able to get 4.5ghz from a 2500k with no problem at all, just whack a £15 aftermarket cooler on there, change the bios settings and its as easy as that, for a massive boost in power that will blow any zambezi system out of the water, and still save you money in electricity in the long run, as the 2500 is far more effecient.

you may even save enough money for a soundcard and headphones, which i consider neccessary for a gaming pc, as it is a huge improvement over onboard and any competitive pc gamer worth their salt uses a sound card and headphones.

this is what you can get for an $800 "gaming" laptop.