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Sounds like that CyberPowerPC at Best Buy that pendragon1 linked would be a good option for you, then. I see that Costco has similar configurations, including with newer Intel processors. E.g...
These are some very basic requirements for 2025. By "not a heavy gamer," do you mean that you're still a casual gamer (playing modern, demanding games), or that you don't really play modern games at all?
If you don't need a remotely beefy graphics card, then you could just go with a mini PC of...
Thanks for your replies, everyone! Very uninteresting update from the OP here. Seems like it was just a matter of the desktop card being set to Auto and incorrectly picking 1Gbps.
I got a 5Gbps USB adapter for testing (I didn't have a >1Gbps ethernet device downstairs), and have had no issues...
Pardon the networking newby question! I guess the main TLDR question is this:
What's the most reliable way to confirm ethernet cable bandwidth and where the "chokepoint" might be for a slower-than-10G cat6a cable run?
Context:
I had someone run some cat6a ethernet cables from my main router to...