So the better half needed a new graphics card, and a new power supply was necessary as well, due to shitty PS's in pre-built comps.

Tonight will be a lesson in why to not buy a prebuilt.  

So I got all the parts put into the computer, and got it situated as best I could.  Turns out the old case was too small and air flow was in the negatives.  Inside of the case got up to about 85C and she said Diablo III was "melting" on the screen.  So we went to Frys to get a new case, found a good one, and brought it home.  Got all the parts in over 2 hours except for the front panel connectors.  Took a break for pizza and came back to plug them in.

No configuration in the new case worked.  None.  I plugged those things in everything short of my cat's ass.  Nothing.

So after 4 hours of research, I learned that HP scrambled up the connector pins so that ONLY their case would work with this product.  No other case will work.  So now I have to take it somewhere and have them disconnect the cable from the previous case, and put it in the new case, or have them strip the wires and build a new plug.

I feel like Neville in HP2.. hanging from the chandelier saying.. "Why is it always me?"

And on top of this, I've done none of the work I brought home, none of the stuff I brought home, my desk is a mess, and my storage area is full of shit.  So yea.  And I'm not one bit mad with her, she didn't plan this or anything like that.  She's already told me that had she known it would be all of this, she'd never have done it.

So yeah... I'm majorly pissed at shit like this.  It is fucking ridiculous that any company would do this.  I know why.. to make more money.  But it's still ridiculous.

And yes.. I buy Apple so I don't have to deal with this shit.  It breaks and I take it to the geniuses and say "FIX IT!"  And it gets fixed.  Period.