So I got everything in a few days ago, put it all together and was excited about my shiny new setup...until I heard the clicking in my hard drive...

I guess I didn't hear it before, otherwise I would have gotten a new hard drive as well, but apparently the loose power cable to the hard drive did more damage than I thought New progress report...replaced MoBo, PSu and got a new case for shits and giggles; went to a local PC parts store and spent around $25 for extension cables and fan wire adapters; now awaiting the arrival of my HD. Altogether, about $200 spent. Not too bad, considerring the alternative (new pc) but hopefully I will get these issues resolved...forums are lacking, so I can't get too much insight into what's been going on server-side, but hopefully not too much has changed, lol.