Long story short would a m.2 help with games patching on steam?
In general, you are more limited by the CPU doing the file decompression than you are writing to the disk. A good m.2 may help improve ...

If someone told me that 14 years ago I would still be browsing some random forum I found for MW2 modded lobbies, I would have called them insane.

Definitely more of a lurker these days but still in ...

Yeah, certainly not worth the extra hassle learning how to use a mac when a windows machine is also just as capable.

In terms of what display to get - it depends a bit on your laptop screen. It's 1 ...

Depends what kind of dev work you are going to be doing really. I'd certainly recommend at least 16GB of RAM if you opt for the macbook approach as suggested by r00t.

If you're comfortable with mac ...

Unplug everything except the display cable and see if you can at least reach a POST screen - it should hopefully tell you that you need a keyboard plugged in.

Try going down to a single stick of RA ...

I think the extra £20 or so over budget is worth the additional performance.
You could drop the graphics down to something like the RX 7800XT or an RTX 4070 if it's a strict budget.

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Also I need to create a website for a member of my family's business aka to sell products. Any suggestions or tips would be greatly appreciated

This sounds like you don't have experience with e-com ...

This should do you well for the price. You're looking at ~15% better performance compared to that laptop.

CPU: CPU Cooler: Motherboard: Memory: Storage: Video Card: Power Supply: Monitor: Custom: W ...

I went for 2 monitors to get some better performance and improved peripherals.
You can get a cheap Windows licence key from key reseller sites (G2A, Kinguin, etc.).

If you want to spend a bit more ...

CPU: CPU Cooler: Motherboard: Memory: Storage: Video Card: Case: Power Supply: Total: $2653.80
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Approx ~$2,700 leaves a ...