They are plentiful. It depends on what you want to spend, which OS you prefer and what your dead PC could do that you wanted back. I have a MicroCenter near me that has enough refurb PCs of various brands to fill the back of a large pickup. If you don't have a computer store nearby, visit the on line stores and look for refurbs in your price range.
Yesterday I unpacked an old WIN 95 desktop PC which has been stored in a bedroom closet for years which contains a ton of word documents in it which I had planned to set up in another room and connect it to an HP inkjet printer I still have which can operate on a WIN 95 desktop PC and do nothing but word processing on it.
I managed to get everything connected; powered it up today; my desktop icons appeared on the monitor's screen then I starting scanning through the documents. About 15 minutes later the computer suddenly shut down. I powered it up again; 5 minutes later it shut down; I tried a third time and again it shut down so it looks like this isn't going to work. I have another computer in the house; a 6 year old Dell desktop which is connected to the internet.
Can anyone recommend a good basic no frills desktop PC with a CD/DVD ROM drive that I could purchase to replace the old WIN 95 desktop PC? Internet connection is not a must have item unless the desktop PCs being sold today automatically come with one. I would not need a new monitor or any input devices; just the tower.

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