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Depends how many games you buy. I buy maybe 3 or 4 a year, and never at release, so even being generous I'll spend 120 a year, or 10 a month. There almost always from different stables as well, so unless I can get a sub for approx 5 per platform at most, doesnt work for me. For others it...

better cooler and/or more case fans :) Unless your actively looking for an excuse...er justification, to upgrade your P{C :)

That looks decent. PERSONALLY ( I know a lot will disagree) Id go for an Asus TUF X570 wifi. Yes its more than the Tomahawk but you wouldnt need the wifi kit (and you get bluetooth as well which is great for console controllers or phone support). Comes in at circa £200 so costing an extra £60...

Its not about being cheaper - its about the fact you only have 2 x M2 slots, and your tying one up for a small storage amount. If you need a small OS drive, you dont need NVMe - as the performance improvement over SSD is minimal for the OS. You can get a 64MB (Enough for W10) for about £12...

Re RAM - you wouldnt really need matching sticks down the line. As long as there the same clock speed your good to go. I did go for 32gb on my build, but its a music production PC primarily so Ill use it. If it were a gaming PC I would have gone with 16 for now. Personally, I wouldnt bother...

wow. Im OCD, and an engineer by trade - I over engineer everything but jebus. Monthly PC maintenance...... Yearly at best and NEVER take a GPU apart... EVER. If it works, dont mess. Air blow fans Iinc GPU ones) and inside the PC with an air duster (While its all in situ but power off)...

Faster yes - but there very quiet still. There only 1-2 db louder than the be quiet fans - though the be quiet fans are 50 rpm faster and move a little more air as well. I do have all 4 Dim slots filled. Re the Noctua - I did ask about the 14 v the 12. Actually the new 12 outperformes the...

Silence is more important that hypercopl for my use, but it runs cool for me. My cpu hasn't been over 60 deg yet, and I've run everything oncluding games maxed out. EDIT watched the vids....its all about the fans. I replaced the stock for high speed silent wings, and fitted a total 5 fans...

FWIW, Ive had my new PC a week - and its running everything I ask at QHD, at over 100 FPS. Its not all "performance" stuff, I made sure I had good case airflow and went for an air cooler not water (as an engineer, the simple the better in my book. Dont fancy a water leak, or a water pump...

I run a 2TB NMVe as my main drive (inc Windows, games, recording software etc). I have a 1TB SSD that is a data drive (photos, Letters/databases, Music etc) and a 4TB external Hd which is a backup. I intend to add another NVMe (as I have 2 M.2 slots) when I have filled the first (pointless...

Yeh - Pretty much what I was thinking. This will be a slower running 140mm fan anyway - its not blowing hard like the exhausts, and is more of a "help" to the main front fans.

That all makes sense - what I meant by more flow in than out wasnt actual air in/out but rather the airflow the fans provide in or out, but I take your meaning. Unfortunately I dont have any fan mounts in the base, and only 2 in the front. I agree with the GPU cooling though. Hot air rises...

Yeh - but I have a fifth 140mm silent wings thats going on the top/front as well. That should more than make up for the resistance on the front fans - but as per my other thread Im still debating if that should be exhaust or intake. If its Exhaust then Ill be pulling quite a bit more air out...

Yeh - Im aware of all that. If I had the two intake and 2 exhaust fans only its easy to work out. Its that fifth top/front mounted fan thats the issue. Without actually sticking probes everywhere its nearly impossible to actually say which way would work better. So many potential positives...

AS a 52 year old engineer.... Im more than aware of fluid dynamics lol (not that you know my background). What Im saying is all other things being equal - ie you get sufficient cooling in whatever configuration you have - then even the smallest gain from the smallest pressure differential is...

I though "wisdom" (unless it's just opinion) is more in than out. Yes you can only put as much in as you get out, but the "extra" flow not provided by the fans be that in or out comes through all the holes in the case (empty bays, screw holes etc). These holes dont havd filters, so more in...

So - my build came with a pair of Coolmaster Silencio FP 120 PMW fans (one intake and one exhaust). I have bought 2 x Be Quiet Cool Wings 3 120mm PWM fans to add. Im going to run 2 intake and 2 exhaust (rear and top-rear), but each pair from a single header (one header to each pair). I...

The RX5700x cards are great for the money - but worth considering the Vega 56 as well for cheaper. More than enough card for your purpose (though the 5700 will obviously give more future proofing). Cant help with the switch problem, but the HDD LED..... You dont have a HD so I wouldnt expect...

GPU is a KFA RTX270 Super. Didnt k ow the make - but when I spoke to OC they reasured me it was decent. OK its at the cheaper end of the 2070 cards - but as long as it runs things at nice detail (not just now but going forwards) Im happy - a few FPS at my age will make no difference lol, my...

Dont jump in without reading the whole thread lol......