Got a nice PC off The Sizzle forum for $550 HP Pro Mini 400 G9 i5-13500T 32GB DDR4-3200 RAM 500GB Crucial P310 NVMe SSD Don't think I could do much better for the budget! Probably had some leverage being the guy that owns the forum. Kinda want to write a blog post centered around "what does $500 buy you in the used PC market in mid-2026" but dunno if it's useful as there's too many variables. Might write it anyway just as a way to "close" this bit of research. Otherwise I'll keep researching or feel like the time I was spent was useless.