Anyone else budget options [v3]

Not sure if this is the right place to ask, mods please remove if it is not. Long-time lurker, first-time poster.

Not sure if this is the right place to ask, mods please remove if it is not. For context, I am working with a pretty modest budget so high-end suggestions probably will not land.

Posting this here because the relevant subreddit has gotten too noisy lately.