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It does *not* sound like you are having fun!
I agree it's unlikely you got bad hardware 3 times in a row... DOA rates are pretty low these days.
Have you considered the parts you did not replace? For example the video card... perhaps it's incompatible with the newer motherboards? Also it's rare but not unheard of for a case to have a projection or bit of hardware that causes a short.
This is probably a silly question but you did remember to connect the extra plug on the power supply that powers the CPU (usually 4 or 6 pins with yellow and black wires)?
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