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I wouldn't bother with the third fan in the front. You will have to remove the small hatch in the PSU shroud and the fan will then be blowing most of its air into said PSU shroud instead of the inside of the case. That third fan slot is only useful if you plan to use a 360mm radiator in the front. The included GP-14 fans are quiet and move a good amount of air. I'm using a pair of GP-14s and a GP-12 in my secondary rig's Define C and after about 5k hours of power-on time I am not noticing an increase in sound compared to when they were new. Of course if you plan to upgrade the fans it would be easier to do so right away. As for cooler orientation: If you let the cooler blow towards the rear, you can keep the top closed which helps to reduce noise. You may have to raise the cooler's front fan a bit to clear the RAM sticks.

@ Tim Apple : This is easy to solve, sir. Publicly announce that you plan to move the corporate headquarters abroad and shut down all Apple activities, stores, services and devices in the US until the annoying orange backs down.

Damn, 18 years already? I must be getting old. -----

Fractal Design Define Vision. available in blackout version as well as with RGB fans. Blackout version https://www.fractal-design.com/products/cases/define/define-s2-vision-blackout/blackout/ RGB version https://www.fractal-design.com/products/cases/define/define-s2-vision-rgb/rgb/

Thermaltake Purepower W0100RU 500W The serial number gave it away. Looks like that's actually a rebranded CWT PUF-405. 405 stands for the actual maximum wattage. 500W is said to be the very maximum peak power, but Hardware Secrets couldn't even maintain 400W for more than a couple of seconds, with voltages on the 12V rail dropping too far on loads as low as 310W. https://www.hardwaresecrets.com/thermaltake-purepower-500-w-power-supply-review/ Basically it's garbage. I would replace that thing ASAP, especially if you plan on putting such a power-hungry GPU in the PC. If replacing it is not an option, at least keep a fire extinguisher nearby. EDIT : Looks like JG beat me to it.

A pair of smoke detectors. the shop assistant asked if I wanted an extended warranty. I told him that if they don't work I probably won't be able to do a warranty claim anyway.

I use it mainly because I've been using the same programs for my graphical and audio stuff for years and am too lazy to look for replacements that work on Linux. With support for Windows 7 coming to an end in January I am getting ready to move over though. I've been using Mint on the laptop for years now and have been sporadically messing around with it on the desktop, but never looked into moving over my entire workflow. I have absolutely no intention to use Win10, except at work.

144Hz? those are rookie numbers. 165Hz 1440p is where it's at. ? While 75Hz is a noticeable step up from 60Hz, once you hit 100+ it's a whole different experience. For esports you'll definitely want those higher framerates. There's another question you need to ask yourself though, and that is whether to go with a TN panel, a VA panel or IPS. TN is cheaper and often has faster response times, but the colors and viewing angles will not be anywhere near as good as on the much more expensive IPS panels.

It's not like they just randomly placed keys somewhere, a lot of research went into that stuff. Be sure to pay attention to Taran's comments on Dvorak and how often people use certain rows of the keyboard. The layout is also influenced by the language. What works in English does not necessarily work in other languages. Words can be formed differently, meaning that keys may need to be placed elsewhere in order to improve the flow. Hence azerty, qwertz etc. Then there's the language-specific characters. For the French that would be é, è, ç and à for example. Those characters are used so often in French that they completely inverted the numerical row on azerty compared to qwerty keyboards, just to not have to use the "shift" key that often. On my phone I switch between Belgian azerty and the regular qwerty layout on a regular basis, depending on which language I type in. On the PC I'm using Belgian azerty, mainly because everyone else in my region is using that and using different layouts on the same PC is just too cumbersome. Personally I'd love to switch to qwerty full time because 95% of my typing is done in English, but I need to use azerty at work and whenever I need to work on friends' PCs, so I'm basically stuck on azerty.

Some models of motherboards are slower than others due to added functionality and more hardware that may need to be checked upon boot. If it makes you feel any better, I'd love to see my X99 rig boot anywhere near as fast as your B450 does. Mine takes around a minute to get to the desktop.

Ah, yeah, it's an email filtering rule. I should have explained that better. I set my Outlook up to look at the sender and those 3 words. When Outlook detects those, it simply deletes the mail instead of putting it in my inbox. Aha. I have set up my Firefox to delete all cookies, logins etc whenever I close the browser. I've had mine open since the first time I received that mail, so you shouldn't have had to send a second mail my way yet.

This made the Mate 30 Pro a whole lot more interesting. If I were looking for a next phone, it would certainly be on my shortlist now. I'd still prefer something with an unlocked bootloader tho. As for the concerns about the Chinese government spying on Huawei devices, I'd rather have the Chinese do it than the US. Lesser of two evils and all that stuff.

I received an email like that too today, and I'm not even browsing this forum in incognito mode. This was easy enough to solve though. I simply added a spam filter rule. Whenever LTT sends me an email that includes the words "just logged in", it'll get deleted automatically. Yeah, sure, this reduces security etc. Then again by the time I see the email that warns me of suspect activity, whoever took over my account will already have had plenty of time to change the password and do all kinds of damage.

The battery life on a second-hand laptop can be great if the previous owner(s) knew how to treat it properly, but it can be horrendous as well if he/she/they kept it on a charger 24/7 or drained it completely and then stored it like that for extended period of time. Dust buildup in the cooling fins will also be a potential issue at that age. Put your hand next to the exhaust opening and feel the air. If it is lukewarm and moves fast, the cooling is most likely perfect. If the air is hot and moves slowly, the fins are blocked off by dust and/or hair. That's not a major issue if you are comfortable enough with hardware to open up the laptop and clean it out. If you are not, factor in the cost of having it done by someone else. You certainly don't want to buy a second-hand laptop if the owner or anyone in his/her household is a smoker. Tar and nicotine are an effing nightmare to get rid of and even after a thorough cleaning you'll still smell that stuff for months or years to come if you are a non-smoker yourself. Hardware monitor will tell you both the battery's actual capacity and the temperature. Get the portable version and put it on a USB stick, or download it while you are testing the laptop. Or use a Linux Live stick, I know from experience that Linux Mint's built-in hardware monitor will also cleanly show the battery's design capacity, actual capacity and wear percentage. Personally I'd buy new, use it as a main machine for the duration of your studies and then keep it. Having a laptop is always handy for when you need to troubleshoot a problem with the main PC or when you go on holiday or away from home for a couple of days. If you are considering buying new now and having that amount of money tied up for several years, I assume you have the means to do so without getting in financial trouble.

IIRC Mountain Mods is still in business.

What makes you think they don't ? https://dbrand.com/shop/apple-card-skins Gotta love the card holder name tho.

That would only be an issue if any of the manufacturers would actually support their phones for more than 18 months. Google releases a completely new version of Android every year or so. That's a core OS without drivers or device-specific firmware, which gets the 3 years worth of security updates. Any manufacturer can use that on all their devices, but instead they pick a small number of the most modern ones. That's not Google's fault, it's entirely the manufacturers' choice.

In AkatsukiKun's case it's Samsung that doesn't push the updates to the older models. Google isn't to blame here.

I find that the best setup for those cases is 2x 140mm intake at the front, a single 120mm at the rear. Anything more and the temperature gains don't make up for the increased noise level. Diminishing returns and all that. If you like the noise however, by all means keep them as they are.

Fahrenheit or Celsius?

A lot of people don't seem to have problems. Perhaps it's a small batch of mats that had this problem, or perhaps it's the usage pattern of the affected ones. I guess we'll never know.