Hi all-
Thanks in advance for any help, and hopefully I've put this in the right spot.
My homebuilt desktop died after 10+ years, falling victim to a power surge, and unfortunately I don't have the bandwidth to do another home build and the machine is old enough that fixing it isn't worth it, so for the first time in decades I'm looking at buying a prefab machine and appreciate any guidance.
For gaming, my favorite games are generally fairly resource-intensive strategy games (Civilization, Europa Universalis, those sorts of games) and graphically intensive RPGs/action games. I do play shooters occasionally, but not competitively. Being able to set the graphics on the highest settings is fun, and all things being equal I'd pay to be able to do that, but not absolutely mandatory and I don't want to be gouged for the absolute best graphics card.
For work, I mostly do a lot of word processing, Excel spreadsheets, and video streaming. Can be processor/memory intensive. My hope is to include a high-end, large display and webcam that are good for both uses. Could be included or bought separately, though.
I haven't generally used it for streaming other media, although it's possible that could change.
I prefer Windows for my desktop. I would like the computer to be relatively easily upgradeable in the future. Ideally there would be some extra bays for the old drives from my defunct desktop.
Budget is around $2000, but I'm OK going above $2000 for something that is particularly worth it and/or likely to have more longevity. I'd probably cap at around $3000, but again, flexible if something is worth it for longevity - I'd rather pay more up front and have it last longer.
I appreciate any help and tips. Thank you!
Thanks in advance for any help, and hopefully I've put this in the right spot.
My homebuilt desktop died after 10+ years, falling victim to a power surge, and unfortunately I don't have the bandwidth to do another home build and the machine is old enough that fixing it isn't worth it, so for the first time in decades I'm looking at buying a prefab machine and appreciate any guidance.
For gaming, my favorite games are generally fairly resource-intensive strategy games (Civilization, Europa Universalis, those sorts of games) and graphically intensive RPGs/action games. I do play shooters occasionally, but not competitively. Being able to set the graphics on the highest settings is fun, and all things being equal I'd pay to be able to do that, but not absolutely mandatory and I don't want to be gouged for the absolute best graphics card.
For work, I mostly do a lot of word processing, Excel spreadsheets, and video streaming. Can be processor/memory intensive. My hope is to include a high-end, large display and webcam that are good for both uses. Could be included or bought separately, though.
I haven't generally used it for streaming other media, although it's possible that could change.
I prefer Windows for my desktop. I would like the computer to be relatively easily upgradeable in the future. Ideally there would be some extra bays for the old drives from my defunct desktop.
Budget is around $2000, but I'm OK going above $2000 for something that is particularly worth it and/or likely to have more longevity. I'd probably cap at around $3000, but again, flexible if something is worth it for longevity - I'd rather pay more up front and have it last longer.
I appreciate any help and tips. Thank you!
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