ep sounds like your psu went Iv had that before luckie! nothing was killed . It some how under volted and just below itself up

Doh!! Uh well, 6 years without anything is a LONG time with computers - ya did good.

Oh wow, ilterally exploded? Despite the loss of all your stuff, that sounds fairly awesome o3o

Not a real explosion as such x3 but a pop or a bang doesn't describe it enough

Even your computers do things epicly, Tiely *ruffles head*
Sorry ya lost it, glad yer not hurt, and good luck gettin a new one~

85% chance you just need a new powersupply (PSU) about 30 bucks- 10% chance you need a new mainboard in addition to the PSU 30 - 50 bucks dependign on what type of CPU you have 5% chance the blowns PSU totaled the whole PC. Usualy the capacitors in the powersupply blow their caps crea tes a popping noise and smoke, happens because of aging of the materials in the capacitors. MAinboard have them too - same result.

Mhmm. The mobo still lights up but no life other then that light but If the hard drive and ram has survived im content those are both am3+ compatible and I am well overdue for avnew rig

Hmm, weird. Usually he PSU doesn't serve any power anymore after breaking.
That bang came 99% from a capacitor, so check wheehr you see a capacitor with a broken cap or some bulging capacitors! Then you know the source of the problem.

Wha's your budget though? for 250-350 bucks would be a normal work PC. For 600-800 you'd get a proper Gaming PC :)

Well my knowable friend thinks it damaged the motherboard but as for a new pc. I have one of those jars ive been stuffing change and notes into I have 400gbpin there and my case is fine of course Ram is ddr3 1600 and the hardrive should be intact too but I will get a smaller ssd for the operating system this time. So that 350 just on mobo gpu, processor, psu, network card and a new disk drive would be nice. Sadly I dont really have time to wait for deliveries. I need to be online asap for work so I'll probably be spending a bit more then I should.

Hmm, are you gaming on that PC?
If not, that should work well. Sadly I have no clue about british shops and especially mainboards are usually different there.
But try to get an Intel i5 4440 with a matching socket 1150 Mainboard. Preferably with USB 3.0.
Don't get yourself sold a CPU with K at the end (because that means its for overclocking and that costs lot more) and a i7 is also overpowered and expensive.
You don't need a network card since those are integrated in any mainboard nowadays.
As a PSU, you shouldn't chose the cheapest one! Again I don't know the brands in GB, but try to get a "beQuiet!", or a Seasonic. Enermax or Cooler master are okey too. Just don't get a noname or something like Lc Power... Those are crap...
about 400-500w will suffice easily.

The intel i5 has an integrated graphics card which suffices for any office related stuff and for art too.

If you are wanting to play more complex games, you need a graphic card (GPU). Not sure, but think this one should barely match into your budget: A "R9 270X". There are lots of models of this GPU. Try to get one with two fans, not a single tiny one (because those are usually very loud).

Well AMD has a better bang for the buck ratio. I was a NIntel(Nvidia / Intel) fanboi up to the current PC I'm using now. AMD/AMD.

Lol, and now you are an AMD fanboy, or what? xD
I suggested a AMD graphic card because it has more power.

But as a CPU I'd still suggest an intel. Theoreticaly a FX 8320 has indeed some more power than an intel i5 4440. BUT, it reaches this power with 8 cores (in fact not entirely real cores - its a long story) and 8 threads, while the intel reaches slightly less power with 4 cores.
Fact is that Games and also most "normal" software profits a lot more from the singlecore power than it does from just more cores.
The only software type which is generally well parallelised, are things like Video encoding and physical/technical simulations...

AMD sadly is quite a couple of years behind Intel's technology. You can see that very well on the power consumption for example...
I wish Intel would finally have a serious competitor again in the mid-high end consumer market, but that's currently just not really the truth :/

By the way, I'm no fandboy at all - the last 4 years I was using an AMD Phenom II x4 965 and am just now at switching to an Intel Xeon e3 1230v3.

ouch sorry to hear that about you're computer

Just give me a shout on Skype if you need help building a new one :3

I can't skype :( I hate using it in these tablets too. But I have a knowable friend nearby thankfully

Yikes! Good luck to you. Wish I could offer my IT wisdom X3

If you're looking to build a new computer from scratch but don't know what to look for in parts, I'd suggest this site: http://www.logicalincrements.com/
It's a big chart that suggests various parts based on what type and what general level of performance you're looking for, along with what you can expect for prices on those parts. It's also updated frequently, with the last update being about a week ago.

That's handy. It also depends on what my usual suplier has handy. I can't wait a week or so to get a new machine up and running but thanks! Thqts a good reference

Back when I was running P4's, my psu went bang and I discovered after all the smoke, it just needed a new fuse.

Unfortunately I replaced my fuse with a large solder melty (those blobs that you make into cool shapes by wasting tons of solder wire :U)

The bang was far bigger an hour later :D Now accompanied with a spray of molten lead throughout the machine!

O-O that musta made a sound