Well after moving up to Fort McMurray, Alberta for a 4 month workterm, I decided to have my gaming computer shipped up. After waiting 11 days for it, it finally arived and I was estatic. I went to the Purolator Depot and picked it, first noticing the box was slightly damaged. I got home, removed it from the box and to my shock, the case was damaged pretty badly. First a moving panel on the front was completely cracked off and the door protecting my CD/DVD rom drives wouldn't close anymore. Then I inspected the rest of the case and found that the top had been dented twice, the left side panel was now buckling outwards slightly and that the back panel was buckled slightly inwards. After panicking a bit, I quickly tried to start up the system but all that occured was the spinning off the fans and nothing at all. So I took the case panel off (Finding most of the case clasps had been bent/broken off) and began to troubleshoot. I finally was able to get it to boot once more but it quickly shut down soon after. So I decided to begin the painful task of troubleshooting. After using my friends computer, I found out that the processor was now officially dead. That being so means that I have to now replace my memory, motherboard, processor, and case. (S939 so time for an upgrade)
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Currently, I'm looking for parts and have come up with this AM2 5200+ X2, ASUS M2R32-MVP, OCZ Gold XTC PC2-6400 (2x1GB), and the Antec Nine Hundred Gamer Case. My budget isn't unlimited so don't go saying "Buy this, buy that, it only costs 200 dollars more) but give any advice you want to give.
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Also, I'm Canadian so please only use Canadian vendors/prices.Â
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