Computer dilemma

[FR4NOx]

Hello, long time no see.

So, I've gotten myself an AMD FX-6300, a new hard drive, and an ASRock N68C-GS FX motherboard. I bought these to repair/upgrade my old Pentium machine, hopefully reusing some older parts.

Well, that didn't work out.

With

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FX-6300
1TB WD 64mb 7200rpm hard drive
GT 240
ASRock board
generic DVD drive
4GB DDR2 800 ram

installed, I broke the AMD heatsink and the computer would start but not POST. I tried removing the graphics card and troubleshooted it. I contacted ASRock, but I haven't heard from them, and I can't return it because my dad bought it in November and I've just received it from him.

It also lit my SD card drive on fire.

This was tested first with a Thermaltake 600w PSU (didn't work ) and then with a taiwanese branded 245w PSU, which worked (figures).

Then, I realized my processor wasn't compatible with the BIOS, so I install a Sempron 145 and troubleshoot it again.

Nothing.

So, I go to Microcenter and get a Biostar A880GZ motherboard and 8GB of Crucial Ballistix ram and a Hyper 212+ cooler (was on sale) and spend 3 hours putting everything together. My problem here is that I don't have a home for my front panel cable. It doesn't fit the designated front panel plug thing, but it fits the serial port. What the hell?

Is there any way I can make this work? I'm not getting a new case (this is an emachines et1831-03 case) because I'm too cheap to get a new CD drive (it wont come out of it) and because I'm too cheap for a quality case. I'd rather just sell everything on ebay and buy something from xoticpc.

Thanks in advance!