Context:

• I’m planning on moving to an apartment next month
• I was planning to buy my first ever PC on January
• So far in my life, I’ve only lived on laptops, 2 normal ones and 1 gaming one
• My current gaming laptop is the Asus ROG GL503VD (i7 7700HQ + GTX 1050 Mobile) which is about 5 years old now
• My current use case is a combination of coding, video editing and gaming
• I don’t mind whatever brand parts I buy as long as price to performance is decent
• I’ve heard that the new intel CPU that is rumored to be announced a month and a half from now is going to be a new architecture, possibly industry changing – iirc, I heard it mentioned on the WAN show
• Living in SEA, it usually takes about a little above a month for new products to come into my country
• In my country, prices fluctuates too but it rises fast but then to not drop as fast (or barely at all) - even old hardware are still sold (or trying to be sold) at launch price. Education is lacking so people often buy to those traps.
• I know there’s only so much we can do to future proof but since I don’t come from a rich household I’d prefer something that last a decently long time

Question:

• Should I buy a PC on January with whatever is available or should I wait for the new reveal?
• How do ya’ll handle the fear of “what if I buy now then a new, nicer and better price to performance hardware is released soon after”?

Any suggestions or stories would be appreciated. I’m still learning / adulting