Gaming computer vs laptop - PC illiterate
Hi! I'm wanting to buy a gaming computer for me and my husband to use. He plays most of his games on the PS5 and the computer games he likes run on my MacBook Pro but I'm sure there's a few games in Steam he'd like to try out that my laptop (which is getting older) probably couldn't handle. I think the biggest thing is I would really like to play Baldur's Gate 3 with all the mods available to PC players (I've played with mods on the Playstation but it tends to overheat.) I also enjoy playing The Sims occasionally, again with custom content and mods. I'd love to try out some other cozy games that are PC exclusive but I'm mostly concerned with being able to smoothly play BG3.
Budget would be $1500 which I know is tight, I don't expect miracles but something that could handle the game without getting so hot it shuts off would be great. I also don't know if a laptop or a desktop would be better but I definitely don't have the computer literacy to build something myself (physically I could figure out but I have no clue what to order.)
Any help would be appreciated :)