Computer Struck by Lightning - Forced Upgrade

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Hi all. So the house was almost hit by lighting, andnmy modem, router, desktop and local BT cabinet all appear to be fried.

Given that it was a 6600K, I'm not all that heartbroken about the desktop loss... but it means that I'm going to have to do something now, rather than waiting till Zen 3.

My problem is I'm stuck with what to get. My desktop is (ok, was) used for gaming, running a 24/7 game server (fortresscraft, 7 days to die... what ever we're currently playing), running my VM test lab (up to 4 VMs currently, but struggling) and keeping about 15,000 browser tabs open. It's not actually my life, but... fine, it's my life.

Given that.. what would you guys buy?

Can you see any route to me waiting till zen 3 *and* not bursting into flames in the mean time? Is there a really cheap AM4 that would not be completely crippled (compared to the 6600K, probably not hard?) in the meantime?

Any ideas welcome, budget for final build isn't materially limited, but waste isn't an option. (Read, I have 2K I can spend, but I don't really want to spend it all, threadripper is overkill any home use (and that's what I'm telling myself repeatedly)).

Thanks.

 

[q974739]

Get a quad core 3300x and a top quality board+ram for it and use that till Zen3 pops out in a few months.

What chipset or motherboard would you pair it with? That's the other half of the problem, and I'm just as paralysed there.

 

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If I was spending £2k I’d be building around a 3950X.

Just because I can spend it doesn't mean I want to. I'm still using 1080p screens. Unspent money can be used for other upgrades!

 

[q974739]

X570 or b550 should be good enough for zen 3.

MSI x570 tomahawk or gygabite x570 aorus elite just a few of many.

Which way would you jump motherboard wise? Or, rather, what would be your decision criteria?

 

[q974739]

I bet your system is fine. The LAN and power switch will be dead obviously. Short the PSU power pins and it'll boot.

On which case it would be what, replace case?

Not sure how I'd short the pins while still being plugged in to motherboard, but I'll have a look....

 

[q974739]

I bet your system is fine. The LAN and power switch will be dead obviously. Short the PSU power pins and it'll boot.

Nope. 12V fires up, fans, etc. No POST. No blessed beeps. No video output.

Drives have tested ok though, which is the biggest thing to be at this stage.

 

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Yeah definitely check the PSU - a good one might die from a non-local strike while still containing the spike though a direct strike can toast the lot.

I've reason to not suspect the PSU. Other equipment plugged into the same surge protected power bar is fine. Only the equipment connected to the LAN directly is dead.

Still will test replacing it, and likely will replace it because it's now both old and...stressed.... but I don't think it's the core problem.

 

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Go to Fleabay and get yourself a second-hand server to handle this part.

I was going to retire the current computer to this role the moment Zen 3 appeared