First off, thanks to everyone for the great advice.  It's rather a long story for another day, but I wound up picking up this model:

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/dell-inspiron-3000-desktop-intel-core-i5-10400-8gb-memory-1tb-hdd-ethernet-wifi-bluetooth-keyboard-and-mouse-black/6416004.p?skuId=6416004

There are way bigger and badder machines out there, this one should still has way more to offer that what is replacing.

I have experience distro hopping and before had no worries about installing a linux distro on a pc, but they have always been older machines.  I presume that the one will have uefi which is something I have never worked with.  I am a bit apprehensive and hope I can figure it all out without major problems.  I hope to get this all up and running tonight or over the weekend.

Ron