I could not get all the screws back into the motherboard though, there is just no space to reach the holes T.T

after a couple tests before I ultimately went to bed, my computer runs a whole lot better

Yay!

I did not expect taking 7 hours to do that, but I kept struggling with the screws on the motherboard and losing them in the case.

and had to unscrew them once because I forgot I need the cpu fan on first.

congrats on the upgrades