have you bought a pc that just didn't work right?

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I recently went downtown to order a new pc, i knew what i wanted more or less. At the shop a few changes were made i got better ram than i planned to get which was good. They didnt have the case i wanted but as a result i got a better PSU w/ the case i got, either way most of what i got cept for mobo/cpu i bought knowing i'd change them very soon. 2 other changes that were made was cpu they told me to get a dual core instead of the quad i was asking for it sounded good and was alot cheaper so i said ok, and with those savings i went for a better GPU. well the next day they called me and told me that the cpu they told me to get, they could not infanct get for me, and that i should get the quad i wanted in the first place, I agreed. then i did some research on the GPU they told me to get, as i did research all the parts from day 1. I found out that some people had problems with it overheating and frying it b4 they even had the OS installed. So i called them and told them i would rather go back to the cheap 8500gt i originally asked for, they said ok. now from the day i ordered it they said it would take 1 week for them to have it ready, i told them no problem i only need it in 11 days. so the days pass and i call them 2 days before i am to go pick it up, only to hear that it is not ready. we straightened that out on the phone, and it was in fact ready by the day i needed it. So i went and got my new pc and i was very happy to do so. I got it home put the box down and went to go buy a surge protector and some other stuff. I came back and set up the computer and let it sit there for another hour or so, i wanted to make sure it was settled after being outside and all. So i finally turn it on, only to find it ridiculously slow, now i mean this is a 2.4gh quad, i was used to a 1.6gh single core pc, and i swear my old pc would boot and shutdown faster and would start progs quicker albeit once in the progs the quad would win. even if that was the only prob i wouldn't have accepted it ... NO WAY my old pc single core w/ less than half the ram and a weak mobo and gpu should not beat the new one at anything cept gathering dust. Well shortly after maybe 2 hrs in i got my first bsod in ages, and the pc was at stock speeds. i didnt think much of it cept i was not happy but i pressed onwards. i had gotten a couple of freezes and a couple more bsod's before it ultimately looped from boot to bsod , so i knew i had to reinstall windows. So i formatted the hdd, and started installing windows from the disk i had bought with the new pc, and not 30 secs in i get an error cannot copy file ... so i tried again i got the same error but then an error that my hdd was corupt and setup could not continue. So i called the shop and they said, bring it in, so i did. i told them all the errors i saw from slow boot/shutdown times to the freezes and bsods and the problems with the windows disk. They called me back told me my pc was fine they installed windows from my disk and on my hdd, they also told that since they worked on it for 2 days and nothing was wrong with it, they would have to charge me 35$. now its a brand new pc its under warranty 1 year parts and labor, i told them noway i was not paying 1 cent, and i didn't. now bare in mind 1 thing i did notice the first time i got the pc was 2 sets of video drivers 1 from nvidea and 1 from asus. so i had looked up the asus drivers and found it caused bsods, and i had told the shop this when i brought the pc back in and told them not to install it. so right before they told me it was fine i owe 35$ i had asked if they put that asus driver back in or not and they did in fact install it again, but on the phone he said he took it out. well i was not impressed at all but i went and got my pc and paid nothing cept taxi money. took it home set it up, still booted and shutdown slow, couple of freezes, and 8 hours later poof ... bsod to boot screen to bsod loop. so again i reformat and go to install windows and ... cannot copy file this time i skipped the file.. files ... more files ... 30-40 could not be copied, i let setup continue and finish and windows was installed but hmmm was awfully slow well not really just about the same as they kept sending it to me. i kept playing around troubleshooting as im not the one to take machines in to pay for things i can do myself and have been doing so for 18 years, i noticed my windows pro cd worked and installed fine on the new pc and the windows home cd they gave me worked on my old pc both without any real problems .. weird. so i tried pro on the new pc and it was super fast i mean quick boots and shutdowns like i was used to on the old machine but even faster, like i would have expected. So i tried to reinstal windows home from their cd on the new pc and what do you know it worked, but i started noticing that it would randomly hang on the boot screen. So i called i told them everything as i had written it all down to be able to tell them the problems cause they were acting like i knew nothing and it was all my fault somehow, and we settled on me coming in to change my optical drive and hdd. So i did that started reinstalling windows home .. no problems ... i start installing chipsets and other required drivers. Now they require reboots .. well system hung at boot screen on the first reboot but other than that no problems no bsods no freezes so i started rebooting over and over from start menu, and i forget the actual number but it was something like 1-2 hangs in about 10 boot ups and 2 hangs in 5 shutdown then turn back on. So i called and they told me bring it in for diagnostics and to change the mobo and PSU so i did and also had them install a collermaster HSF cause i noticed it was a lil hot in the box, though nothing drastic i do eventually want a modest overclock. so i go back get my pc and buy a 120mm fan, take home my pc install the fan in the front for better airflow, i turn on my pc and BOOM hang on start up, right from the get go. now this is basically where i am at presently, this pc is awesome in my opinion i am very happy with it (since i fixed it and it runs w/o bsods or freezes when i am using it) but i dont want to always have to worry about it hanging on start up so they want me to bring in the pc one more time to replace the ram the cpu and the gpu aswell as the hdd again. i will do that, and at that point every piece in this machine will have been changed once and the hdd will have been changed twice. very stressful to say the least ill have to take it back in soon i told them i would have to wait till next week or maybe even next month as i have wasted 100$ in cabs back and forth, plus i wanted to have some time with my machine i mean dang half the time it was either in the shop or i was fixing it or having problems with it. now atleast i can seemingly do w/e i want with it i play my final fantasy 11 i tried crysis and a few other games, i watch movies listen to music, i writing from this pc at the moment, and i can do that all at once if i want.. just those damn hangs on boot up. Anyone else have an issues with a new pc? and how would u have handled my situation if it happened to you? i mean at one point i wanted to cry my old pc is 6 years old and never seen a shop from the time it left 1 when i bought it, its now a frakenstien box and has its moods and issues and even had my cat jump inside it and yet ive managed to save it every time and it still works, and when i ordered the new pc i really was under the impression the old pc was not ever going to work again/ anyways let know what u guys think about that and tell me any stories u might have about your own experiences with new pc's.