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I too am looking to replace my desktop as it can't run Windows 11 though mostly I run Linux with Windows for games and those tools with no Linux equivalent.
Our current PC is over a decade old, Core i7 720, 18GB triple channel RAM, 2x1TB rust HD's, NVidia GT1030 in a full size case with DVD writer. This cost £1200 about a decade or more ago with a GTX260 and 6GB RAM.
It's a struggle to find the right balance as there don't seem to be much in the way of mid priced graphics cards, I don't need the huge graphics cards but want better than the GT1060.
I do want a case that can take an internal optical drive, RAM looking at 32GB but it's not hugely expensive to go to 64GB. 2xfast disks, one for windows, one for Linux (that way I can keep them separate but booting from the Linux disk would still let me boot Windows and if Windows wanted to do lots of patching I can switch to boot from the Windows disk and let it do its multi restart nonsense) a couple of disks for storage, spinning rust is cheaper, SSD is faster, maybe both. I prefer nVidia for the GPU, it's what I know and always used to work better for Linux. A good PSU, people seem to forget this, something in the 850W Gold+ area.