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  • I agree with this. Could easily save $200 buying some older and lower spec components. CPU choice is probably because of the iGPU, but there are other cheaper CPUs with iGPU. I don’t think the use case is going to require more computing power in the future, so I don’t know if future proofing is really necessary. If the use case changes some few years from now, you need to buy new components regardless of your choices today. Save some money now and put it towards a future upgrade.

    16GB DDR4 is enough. That’s about $40 off. SSD is pointlessly big for the use case. 250GB might be enough, but even 512GB would be a bit cheaper.

    CPU could be downgraded to something a couple generations older. Motherboard can also be downgraded, unless that one has some important features. That saves at least $150 total.

    PSU is a complicated question. Cheaper would be enough, but you might lose money over time in your electricity bill. That’s kind of difficult to calculate.