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I have been using this computer since 2017, lol. The problems only started when I replaced the processor last week.
8 years is a decent amount of wear and tear on a PSU. Unless you really, really overbuilt (e.g., a high-quality 1200 watt PSU in a system that could never possibly draw more than 500 to 700 watts peak), capacitor aging starts causing things to get a little dicey after only 5 years or so. Meaning, if your PSU is rated for 500 watts and it's beyond 5 years old, its real handling capacity has potentially diminished to the point where you're looking at closer to half of its rated wattage, especially if it has been run hard or exposed to a lot of heat.
So again, try pulling your video card and see if it will boot without it. If it does, it might be time to start looking at power supplies. You're deep into Ship of Theseus territory now.
Yeah to add on to this a friend of mine recently had his PSU fail after around 6 years. TBF his symptoms were different (pc would randomly shut off) but you never know. A PSU failure is a straightforward way to fuck up PC operation.