Is my pc broken?

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Hello,

The other day i was doing some gaming playing Battle Field 4 when my power supply sparked. I very quickly was able to turn off the machine before a fire could arise. The PSU wasn't of highest quality it was an EAGLE psu 600 watts it wasn't 80 plus certified. I am going to buy a corsair PSU tomorrow of higher quality. Should i do that or not? Also is my computer fried? if so which parts? I am really hope i can swap these parts and not have these problems.

Any feedback is greatly appreciated!

Thanks.  

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wont know till you install your new PSU. could have fried your motherboard, killed your HD, your GPU, anything that was directly connected to your  PSU.

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My gpu didnt have any direct power for the PSU it only required power from the motherboard... is there hope for the gpu? 

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stands a better chance of being undamaged.

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if your pc was running still when your psu sparked i would think things are fine.

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do you have a really old crap system that you could test that PSU on it? I'm not saying if it works keep using it.

I had a similar problem when I build mine. I plugged it in and a large spark jumped out the back. never worked again. had to RMA it

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yeah, I would get a new PSU. sparks are never good around pc's, especially the PSU.

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This is one of those classic cases where it's blantantly obvious cheaping out on a PSU is never a good solution to budget issues... Corsair, Seasonic, XFX, Fractal Design.... pick the cheapest that will power your PC and leave +100 watts... be wary of non modular PSU's if you have a small case

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I got a new psu: Corsair 500 Watts and 80 plus bronze. When pluged it in it didnt turn on then when i took outh the 4 pin cpu connector everything turned on except the cpu. is my cpu broken or is my motherboard?