thank you, everyone. I am within striking distance of a micro center and used to go all the time.
I've built literally thousands. but at this point I don't need the smoke. and I'm so out of the game I would sooner go to younger family members.
and it's gonna need 32gb RAM in addition to a modern CPU and fast SSD and - if youuuuuuuuuu can believe it - an actual DVD drive would be ideal. I'll put a GPU in it after the fact because there's no way a pre-built will have perzackerly what I want.