>tfw I haven't played video games at all in the past 4 years and want to get back into it but don't want to fall for the console/proprietary software meme again so I'm choosing to go PC but am fearful that I'll spend 2000 on building an autism machine only to realize I don't enjoy video games anymore as well as being afraid of building a 500 dollar shitter only to realize I love vidya and wasted my money on cheaper pc parts when I could have just bought the high end stuff from the get go rather than waste my money and time selling the cheap parts to replace them with said high end partshelp
get a low-to-mid-range PC then. Not too shabby but not too expensive either. If you feel like you could use a better performance, upgrade. If you realize you don't like games anymore, you won't have wasted as much money.