well forget, this is shaping up to be an extremely expensive repair
I built this tower when I was in 8th grade, and the thing is literally held together by duct-tape in parts
It's almost unfeasible to try and swap out the motherboard given my current setup, so I think I'll just end up buying a new case, motherboard, and CPU and trying to rebuild from there
in other news, this is my only machine with the specs for real vidyagaming, so I guess my GPA just went up a little bit