TLDR: Spilled water onto my GPU, it drowned, should I just give up on life? Or will buildapc illuminate a path back to righteousness? (specs and questions at bottom.)

Seriously - this sub and the wiki was my absolute go-to and made every step relatively easy with my first real build. It took months and months of saving, waiting for sales, and picking what I could when I could, and - again - thanks to you guys - I was able to assemble everything and have it running with a great deal of confidence...

Hell, I even had a bit of a chip on the shoulder thinking, "I didn't even have to ask any questions..."

I have been enjoying my new PC for a few months now - never would've thought I would love strategy and rpg games so much - PC gaming is such a novelty to me still.... it is truely amazing.

Anyhow, on to my complete incompetence, dumbassery, bullet through foot...

The build virus quickly developed into full blown complacency, sweaty neck beardness - my desk that holds my rig has turned into a trash heap of energy drinks, trash, bottles, etc. I'm sure many can relate.

I have managed to keep the expensive bits clean, dust regularly (it was a large investment afterall.) While attempting to remedy the above garbage heap, however, I haphazardly placed my full tumbler of ice-cold water squarely ontop of my tower...

It makes me sick to even think about it now... But I - like the clown I pretend not to be - just shoved the fckr on over... WIth intent almost; like I wanted to just ruin everything, I was possessed by a scorned kitty - just batted it on over....

Naturally, while attempting to catch the cup I only increased the output, insuring damn near every drop made it into the top mesh and all over my poor, poor, baby.

I managed to fumblefuk my way to the outlet cutting all power to the rig; spent the next hour rocking back and forth whispering to myself - "are you serious?" - holding back tears...

I honestly didnt know what to do - even considered calling the police....

But I came to my senses... I took everything down, piece by piece, thouroughly dried it over a couple of days.

Once I figured it was as good it was going to get, and that I needed to face the facts, I reassembled... Not sure if my process was overkill - but I decided to build it back with troubleshooting in mind, adding each component piecemeal (I read about doing something similar here, and just applied it first anticipating a total loss.)

First - mobo, stick of ram, psu and cpu - minimal headers......

OMG - Got into bios without a hiccup...

.Second - added my SSD and remaining ram....

BOYS! - ALL IS WELL, STRAIGHT THROUGH TO WINDOWS!!! MY GOD WHAT A RELIEF!!!

(in fact, all was not well.)

Third, I confidently slapped my GPU in...

Nothing... some rgb, mocking me, but thats it.... hmmmm.... I checked connections, wiggled a thing or two, jiggled the keys, always the same result, no post... No error lights... No nothing....

I borrowed a friends gpu - as surely it is the PCIE slot that got jacked up, and not my super expensive 4070; but no... The computer happily RGB'd my disappointment...

It wasnt the cheap motherboard I would have to replace... The one thing I asked the PC gods to spare - the thing I specifically asked not to be broken, seemed to be broken...

In turn my friend used my card in his rig, just to double check it wasnt some weird issue I missed.... RIP, same results...

Allllls I'm saying - YALL COULDVE POSTED SOMETHING ABOUT THE WHOLE DONT USE THE PC AS A CUPHOLDER - I wouldv'e totally followed your recommendations!!!!

Now that the PTSD has settled down, and I have begun taking liquids out of the kitched, showering with real water, drinking out of adult glasses instead of sippy cups... I have to humble my aformentioned chip, and need to ask some questions... Feel free to point out my idiocy, make fun, I deserve the ridicule.

TLDR: Spilled water onto my GPU, it drowned, should I just give up on life? Or will buildapc illuminate a path back to righteousness?

Questions:

1. I assume this is just an expensive fkup - there is now way this could, or should for that matter - be warrantied? (my friend suggested I try to warranty it anyway and hope for the best?)
2. Perhaps a water damaged GPU could be repaired somehow? Maybe a different approach, troubleshooting, that I am totally overlooking?
3. Anything I need to check, fix, prepare for to avoid an future issues, now that my rig has been baptized.
4. If my only recourse is to buy a new GPU - do you guys reckon it is best to save, upgrade, or buy something cheaper and just run with that until I really need all that ass - my build is below, I can responsibly part with $200-250ish right now, but the options (with all the sales going on) are wildly confusing....Grabbing a 6800xt if it goes on sale in my budget was what I came up with. Nonetheless, I am very trigger shy now on what to get - perhaps I delay gratification and save to get the same card, or upgrade in a couple months.... bleh... just hold me and tell me everything will be okay, and to get x, and that everything happens for a reason, dry my tears (before they fall onto my damn PC)

Specs b4 tragedy:

ASRock B550

Ryzen 9 5900

32gb gskil trident

990 pro 2tb

MSI RTX 4070.... :(

CORSAIR RM850e

Thanks for everything thus far folks - hope you can help - or at least get a chuckle out of my self-induced misery. Cheers.

PS/s If anyone is interested I have an MSI 4070 for sale, minty fresh from the detailers, clean title, one owner, I know what I got, no low ballers.