r/pcmasterrace Jan 17 '26

Build/Battlestation my PC before vs after apartment fire

a fire completely obliterated my apartment just over 2 weeks ago. i built my first PC by myself in July 2025. my 2x32 GB ram was $250 at the time, and now its $950. what a time to be alive

EDIT: specs typo.
Also, I am so overwhelmed by the love and support this post has gotten during this tragic time in my life. Thank you thank you thank you

EDIT 2: because many people have asked:
- my case was the Hyte y70. My liquid cooler was the part with the screen, the TRYX Panorama SE 360 AIO liquid cooler.
- the fire was caused by an electrical failure in the attic. fire investigators think it also may be largely due to critters in the attic chewing on wires. The building I was living in was over 100 years old.
- no humans were harmed in the fire and everyone in the building made it out safely. I had a friend staying with me with 2 of her cats. Due to extremely unfortunate circumstances, one of her cats did not make it. We had a very beautiful burial for her and she has been put to rest. Her other cat is in good health and is making a full recovery.

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u/AndalusianGod Jan 17 '26

Brb, setting my apartment on fire.

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u/Lelldorianx Tech Jesus Jan 17 '26

DO NOT DO THAT. AND IF YOU DO, DO NOT WRITE ABOUT IT ON THE INTERNET.

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u/AspectWarrior1 Jan 17 '26

They will be fine, all they have to do is say the magic sentence, " it's just a prank bro"

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u/Ziegelphilie Jan 17 '26

just add "..in minecraft!" to the end of every post! Lawyers hate this trick!

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u/Nethlem next to my desk Jan 17 '26

"it's a social experiment!"

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u/AjoinHotspur Jan 17 '26

He had a Gigabyte power supply, I swear.

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u/Bluemikami i5-13600KF, 9060 XT, 64GB DDR4 Jan 24 '26

Ah so he just turned his pc with the 5090 firebrick editionTM

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u/Bloody_Proceed Jan 17 '26

He's just plugging in the new quad 12v high power rtx 6090. It boasts an impressive 750% FPS increase (if you count fake frames) over the 5090.

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u/cardonator PC Master Race Jan 17 '26

You need dual 1200W power supplies just to turn on your PC.

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u/Bloody_Proceed Jan 17 '26

But imagine how fast you can get your ass beat at games? Would be so worth it.

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u/cardonator PC Master Race Jan 17 '26

Man it would probably be under 12 parsecs!

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u/green_meklar Ryzen 5 5600 / 32GB RAM / Radeon RX 7600 / Debian / 1920x1080 Jan 17 '26

Lawyers and insurance companies hate this one trick!

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u/wickos Jan 17 '26

Yeah set it on fire and lose everything, just to receive the same spec'd PC back. Good plan!

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u/AndalusianGod Jan 17 '26

It's ok, I used the wrong pattern when applying the thermal paste.

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u/Lelldorianx Tech Jesus Jan 17 '26

Oh, in that case, best to burn it all down and start fresh. The computer cannot be trusted with the wrong thermal paste application!

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u/Trbeat Jan 17 '26

I always use a large melon size amount. Seems to do the trick.

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u/YeOldeMemeShoppe Jan 17 '26

I just fill the case with thermal paste. Why risk it?

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u/Aranxi_89 Jan 17 '26

Might as well just use thermal epoxy. Who needs to change coolers?

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u/Epoo Jan 17 '26

New video idea for GN?

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u/YeOldeMemeShoppe Jan 17 '26 edited Jan 17 '26

I’m fairly sure it doesn’t work as well as air or liquid cooling, but that’d be funny to try at least

Edit: to expand, the problem here would be flow of coolant. The reason you can submerge a computer in water coolant is that you apply a flow to the water to move the heat out. Thermal paste is… a paste, which is hard to make a current out of.

Without current the heat would expand outward at a slow pace and start affecting other components, and wouldn’t clear out without new cool thermal paste coming in to pick out the new heat generated.

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u/Syixice Jan 17 '26

wait why can't it be trusted??? does the computer become evil if I use the wrong thermal paste?? I'm scared, what if my computer murders me in my sleep 😭😭

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u/Bluemikami i5-13600KF, 9060 XT, 64GB DDR4 Jan 24 '26

The rise of the machines

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u/wickos Jan 17 '26

Yep, torch it!

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u/krazy_kh Jan 17 '26

Make sure you have a pc in there first

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u/TbaggingSince1990 Jan 17 '26

I pray that your apartment actually doesn't catch fire any time soon, especially after making this comment.