Currently using macmini i5 from 2014 and HP i7 from 2016. Wary about purchasing from woke companies and don't want to upgrade for a good long time. Budget of 2000$. Would appreciate the input of battle-hardened keyboard warriors.
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first identify why you need to upgrade, look at your options, amd vs intel. then decide on a price point, whats more important your video or CPU, strike a balance between the price points, do you need anything beside cpu-mb-ram? If your comfortable shop around for the parts. case or PSU if needed?
Sounds like a plan. Thank you. I have a much better idea of where I stand since posting.
if you decide to build a pc, look at future upgrade paths, as well so that if you get a halfway decent cpu that you can upgrade it to another level in the future. ddr4 is a standard for new systems. video cards are over priced to to 'shortages' I bought new gpus 3 years ago at 140$ price point decent for gaming, and that same card is about 300+ . look for specials or deals, around 'holidays'. a cpu that is oem usually doesn't have cooling , plan accordingly. feel free to message me if you want to have second pair of eyes, if you have never build a system before. I had a good friend of mine put a system together and got it up over the phone, and this is when chips had pins.
Thanks for the cpu/gpu tip and the second pair of eyes. 👍