[Oni]

99.9% done. My PCIE riser broke and almost fried things. Getting a more expensive one now.

Nothing ever goes as planned when PC building. Also, its rare to get a faulty motherboard.

Not as rare, when it's the retailers fault.

Spoiler:

The graphics card I ordered was supposed to be the open-box part, not the motherboard. I was surprised when I got the items from in-store pickup and the motherboard looked to be open-box and the graphics card was new.