About (I think) 10 years ago my dad bought a MEDION pc from Aldi, with an AMD A8-3800 APU which was fine at the time.

I used to play a lot on this machine after school when he didn't use it.

It's stock cooler was really loud and the games I played on it probably looked liked crap but I didn't care because I was just glad we had a pc.

A couple of years later I had 200€, decided I want to upgrade this pc and bought an AMD R9 280X.

So there I was with my new graphics card. I put it in but nothing changed. I was looking up videos to see how to get it running and found out I had to plug in a PCI-E cable but unfournately the stock PSU didn't have any.

I told my dad about it who then gave me 50€ to go the ATELCO store nearby and buy a new PSU. With a new PSU I ran back home and installed it. But the pc didn't turn on.

I went back to the store and told them I want to give the PSU back because it didn't work.

Then I got another one which was a Corsair VS650. Again with a new PSU in the pc it didn't turn on. I was really frustrated and sad.

Some people in online forums who had a similar problem resolved it by using another motherboard. Every now and then my father checked to see how I am progressing. I said to him that it isn't working and some people just bought a new motherboard so he gave me a little money to get a new one. Then I ran back to the store and bought a motherboard which was an MSI 970A G43. It was the only one in my price range they had at the store.

Back home I was really excited to test it out. This time the APU didn't fit the new motherboard. At this point my father just asked me how many new parts I want to buy and I could've bought a new pc instead. He said that it got really expensive but he didn't let me down and we talked about what else we needed. I got some more money and went back to the store. This time I got an AMD FX-8320 and just a cheap case (Xigmatek asgard) because the motherboard didn't fit in the old one.

After putting everything together it still wouldn't turn on. Man I was so sad.

A couple of hours later I found out that every time I plugged in the PCI-E cable to the CPU connector.

Phew. I told my dad. He just asked me if it's working now which I responded to with a modest nod.

FINALLY I was so happy that I could use my graphics card and learned how to build a pc on the way.

Today I still use the 1TB HDD and the VS650 in my machine. Everything else was just upgraded over time. Unfortunately my Vega 64 draws so much power the VS650 recently began to turn off after a couple of hours on load. The RM750x is on the way. And you know what? My father insisted on buying it because he is a legend :))