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Gaming PC downloading/web browsing PC NAS PC HTPC Laptop

yes. both my PC's have been featured on Kitguru and Corsair's FB pages

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Why? It's a semi-passive PSU Since the power draw is minimal then the fan never kicks in

temps were fine. considering there's no GPU to generate that much heat, the two 140's on the front are kinda redundant. The H80 was taking care of the CPU, idling around 35

I've been neglecting it for the past 6+/- months, busy with work during the week, and away almost every weekend at my girlfriends place. It doesn't help that it's on the floor either.

Before: After, not perfect but better than before!

Razer mamba...

If someone want's to go that route, then fair enough, but at least leave them room in their budget IMO for the OS. Personally I don't see the point in spending a serious amount of money on a rig only to skimp on the OS and having to mess around with torrents, cracks and any potential problems that may arise. I've built 4 rigs for myself and bought the OS for each one.

Both.

WD Red 5TB x 4 RAID 10 I chose 8.1 because the intention is to have this as a fully functioning PC, rather than 'just' a dedicated NAS rig

my biggest pet peeve is when people put together potential builds for people at their maximum budget without including an OS

I have an ATX, an micro-ATX, an mini-ITX, and an Intel NUC I have all bases covered :lol: