The AMD Ryzen 7 5800X desktop processor is now available for $158. It's an 8-core processor that can still pretty much handle ...
If you're pushing close to $1,000 you can get a solid all-rounder with the Thermaltake LCGS View i460T V2 with RTX 4060 Ti ...
Good CPU in the Ryzen 5 family. I've been using this without any issues at an overclock of 4.3 GHz.