If I had to rebuild cheaply

I really…really…really don’t want to rebuild. I find it stressful.

I really don’t want to research on my phone. Like last time. I could boot linux from USB. And use a browser on the desktop.

Could keep…

Case, keyboard, monitor, ancient video card, mouse, 16GB memory if compatable.

Replace…

Motherboard, power supply, CPU processor, hard drive…again.

There is s possibly that the only thing that needs replacing is the motherboard and/or the power supply. However I do believe the new harddrive has been damaged due to the aforementioned problems.

Add…

Surge protector