Saw this
NZ link recently.
Might be keen to give Flight Sim a go again after all those years.
My $0.02 on the PC aspect is by the time you want to upgrade, you're probably into new power supply/motherboard/RAM material anyway.
Likes of HDDs can be added along the way, but my personal use case scenario is to run a device between say 5 - 10 years, and then upgrade again at that point.
For me I sell the old one and buy new, so the concept of CPU upgrades and a need for a motherboard to be compatible etc never come into it.
By the time I get to renewing, the tech has changed and is no longer compatible.
Single core capabilities is still really important for most things.
I'd suggest checking out
Puget System for really quality information about new technology and it's impact on photo and video editing software. You'll likely find it Adobe orientated (suits me fine) but the concepts and breakdowns are really excellent, and stand out in a sea of gaming orientated reviews and tests. Their reviews were one of the deciding factors for me opting for a 3060TI card over the larger 3070, as the cost difference just didn't out way the small increase in performance. Also good to see a breakdown of just which actions/effects utilised the GPU, as not everything is offloaded for separate processing yet.
One other thing to be weary of is balancing your spend on components. It really is a balancing act between cpu power and GPU power and then PSU capability and often overlooked the ability to keep it all cool so it can run at the stated speeds without thermal throttling. GPUs have come a long way recently, but are subject to global shortages. I'd recommend checking out prebuilts on offer from likes of Dell to get access to new components at a reasonable price and availability. Takes a bit of the risk out of a home build too, but as always keep an eye out for where/how they've cut corners.
Hopefully I can get a stable lightroom app back soon. Had it for 2 years or so solid and only recently plunged back into the bad old days of brutal system hangs. Premiere by contrast is still chugging on very nicely.
I realised those that I'd rather inadvertently switched to 4K footage from GoPro and iPhone over the last few holidays and that's why reviewing footage is really struggling. I could use proxies to help or hope the new machine coming just eats this up easily.