I feel like I haven't completed a lot recently. I had Covid in November, busy in December, then spent the last week upgrading my computer.
I decided to replace my 9 year old i7-2700k, and did it the cheaper way- by just replacing the CPU, motherboard and ram. Same case, power supply, HDs, and same RX 470 video card.
I've replaced graphic cards, added ram, hard drives, etc. BUT I've never tried dealing with motherboards, CPUs, and attaching CPU coolers. ...it wasn't super smooth. It took like two days of working on it a little at a time. I first had to remove the old motherboard, and it was a major pain trying to get the power plug out of it. Then I put everything back together and it wouldn't boot up. I updated the bios through usb, I took out and reinserted the ram, I removed and reinserted the video card, and I reset the CMOS (by removing the battery) and it all worked. Then I went to reinstall everything the next day but the power was out.
It's all working now though. BUT it was one of those experiences where you'd do things differently if you had already done it once.
Anyway, I've got a lot of projects and half-finished things and I thought I should have another poll to see what should be my priorities. I'll try to include a range of options-