I am not the software dev in question it’s a friend of mine. I’ve seen him use vms and coding software with lots of tabs open (some of theme are just music some testing his site etc) I’m not that into coding and stuff but the reason I come to ask help is he’s also kind of a dumbass in the sense of asking ChatGPT which is better and buy probably since the last thing he bought(and what he’s currently using) is a gtx780 but something about his pc can’t handles windows 11 and he needs it for a cybercert.

anyway he needs these main things

- anything secure like good encryption (he handles sensitive data since he hosts an MIS site which he can be severely punished if leaked)

- price doesn’t really matter but max is 5080 price if it’s really needed. cheaper price for same quality is appreciated I’ve been hearing the 9080xt is almost as good as 5080 for like half the price

- prioritise expertise in a sense that like if 5080 is only good for stuff like ai image upscaling that useless cuz he won’t game on this pc. This MIS site is single handedly programmed by him so like anything geared for his stuff (he doesnt run servers at home he has digital ocean)

- it needs to last around 10+ years (including software maintenance like he needs to upgrade for windows 11 andw later) about the same time it’s been from the gtx 780

thank you