It’s prohibitively expensive for anyone to indulge in the hobby of PC building, with even older parts like HDDs and DDR4 soaring in price.  The price of a new 2TB SSD isn’t quite as high as an entire system cost to build just a few years ago but it’s far closer than it should be.  This makes it financially painful to contemplate a new system build and that can be quite frustrating.

There is something you could try that is like building a new PC, just without the joy of configuring new components.  KitGuru recently built a new system with a fair number of ADATA parts to fill a $66 XPG VALOR Mesh Nano microSTX case.  Seeing as how cases are one of the few remaining affordable components, perhaps this could be an outlet for the urge to build a new system.  Instead of starting from scratch, you could grab a new case and transplant your components.

It’s a pale imitation of the real thing but maybe it could be somewhat interesting?  If so, take a look at the ADATA XPG VALOR Mesh Nano review and see if you might want to think small on a PC rebuild.