No advice on saving wet computers.
But as far as replacements, we’ve simplified our electronics purchasing in our family.
We shop whatever Costco has in warehouse or online and make a choice from their selection.
We might Google or CNET the choices to check reviews but we don’t bother price shopping.
Price, good enough selection for us, double the warranty, make it a no trainer for us.
YMMV.
We just picked up a replacement for our desktop running VISTA still, HP, huge hard drive, RAM, etc for $800… Of course, I’ll have to learn windows 10…