Query about best way to rebuild an iMac

I have a 3.06Ghz 24" 2007 iMac which has been running particularly slowly over recent months. It also crashes/freezes about 4 or 5 times a week which is particularly frustrating. I have tried a number of things to fix it (mostly fiddling about with the software - disabling, removal, reinstallation etc) but to no avail.
Anyway, this post is about my next steps. I'm thinking that I should rebuild the system (thought I left that behind when I switched ) and wondered what the current thinking about that is. I have a Time Machine which has the system backed up and I also thought of imaging the hard drive in its current state on an external drive so that I can boot from it if needs be and as a minimum, attach it to copy over 'old' files.
Using the Migration Assistant I can rebuild the system in more than one way
1. Total rebuild - doesn't sound like a good idea as I'll be back where I started
2. Apps + Users - also not so good since that might reinstate some application weirdness?
3. Users - sounds safe (ish).
So I need to trade off effort involved vs confidence in a rebuilt system, but I'm not that familar with the details of how all this works to make that decision. Any well informed pointers or advice?
Thanks in advance...

you've reinstalled OS X, and tried testing in a new user account w/o any speed improvement ?
Verified/repaired the disk after booting from the install dvd ?
run the apple hardware test (just in case) ?
anything useful in the kernel panic (?) logs
Think I'd try it out first after an erase/install, then move onto Users.

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