Alright, I got my damn bonus from work and I want to pull the trigger on a new PC and put the potato to rest. I can put together my own, but I really, really just don't enjoy it and if I do, I'm historically going to skimp entirely on shit like fans (which, who knows, maybe contributed to me feeling like my current build is performing worse than I think it should at this point?), etc.
Was looking at some Starforge pre-builts and was trying to decide between the
Horizon II Pro and the
Navigator (skipped the build between these because I really just don't like the AMD Adrenalin shit). Out of curiosity, I asked their customer care for a recommendation with the shit I play and monitors I'm running, etc. They pointed me towards the
Navigator Pro, and I imagine in general they're going to aim you towards more expensive stuff. While having a Super card would probably make me feel like King Shit, I kinda feel like that's a bit overkill for my gaming habits and is also more than I'd like to spend (was planning on just using bonus money, which was $1400, but I don't mind tossing a few more hundred if it means some amount of future-proofing.
I'm running a Dell U2412M and an Asus VE248H for my monitors, which means I'm still running 1920x1200 on my main. I don't plan on replacing these things until they die, but given that the Dell was bought in 2012, maybe that's going to be sooner than I'd like. If I do replace, I'll probably get something that can do 1440 but I'm not sure I'd bother running 4k anything yet. Main shit I'm going to be playing is just FF14 (which is having a mild graphics upgrade soon) and probably going back to finish Elden Ring with a framerate that isn't aids. I would like 5 years from now to not be struggling to run whatever new fangled version of a Horizon: Zero Dawn, God of War, Elder Scrolls game, etc. comes out on low settings (still a bit salty that my current rig could not handle Hogwarts Legacy on low without major issues).
Does that Horizon II Pro have the longevity I'm looking for or is at least something I can reasonably probably just pop a couple upgrades into a little over time if needed? Would the Navigator be the better option there and enough that I can maybe set some graphics presets to ultra for once? Is the Navigator Pro worth going significantly over my original budget or is that too much unnecessary juice for what I'm up to?