i have just made an entire thread to answer and in the last post i specifically address what i would do differently if i was doing it again:
not sure if that thread helps since my build is fairly unique and probably you would want to do things differently, but i also did a lot of research in general ( hundreds of hours ) and can probably answer most hardware questions relating to your future build even if they aren’t directly related to any of the hardware that i personally ended up using …
in other words there are many ways to skin a cat and i have researched most of them and i feel like i have a good grasp on the hardware market right now. if you have any questions ( not necessarily related to my build, but to building a desktop in 2023 in general ) ask them because a year from now i will not remember most of what i know now plus the market will change again and whatever i know will no longer apply anyway …
but right now because i just finished a build that was very extensively researched i could probably answer almost any question you may have about building your next pc …