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A chat on subreddit /r/pcmasterrace
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Let's not throw out the potential abusive SO out of the equasion
gpt
Been there - Ex-wife suffers from BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder) and I came home one day circa early 2008 to find my PC at the bottom of the stairs smashed up, clearly from the trip down the stairs and then what appeared to be blows from a hammer.

The mechanical hard drives were toast; I could hear it as soon as they started to spin up (plus wouldn't reliably boot).  Power supply took a direct blow and I could hear parts rattling around in it.  Motherboard, CPU, and RAM would post (it was some AMD CPU, maybe an Athlon X2 or X4) so I kept the motherboard and RAM, gave my Dad the CPU, and bought myself whatever the best upgrade for that board was at the time.

I think the GPU was an old 9800 Pro AiW card.  There was physical damage to the card (another direct blow to the output plate) so I replaced it with an ATI 4870.  I had that card for awhile but can't remember what came between it and the GeForce GTX 760.

The case obviously was done and it was the first time I purchased a high quality case and power supply, both from Antec if I recall.