I am looking for the best wallet to safely store my bitcoin for the next lot of years (who knows how long) is bitcoin core a safe place to do this or should i look at others?
Get your knowledge about bitcoin core and this will not waste your time.
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Bitcoin_CoreHonestly, you need learning more about bitcoin core like me.

You might for using the simple wallet rather than using bitcoin core(Offline wallet).

like a lot of people above's said KEEP YOUR PC CLEAN AND KEEP YOUR AMOUNT SECURED.