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[majinvash]

Yes we looked at the retail market and shop front is in decline.

We pulled out early.

Within a few years the high street will be dead.

The 3 stores were nothing but Argos style collection points for us.
They were all making profit at the moment but we like to plan ahead.

[George]

Thanks for the list Mat! A few questions for you:

Why is the primary HDD so big? I assume I will use this for OS and Programs only?

Are there any other good value cases, not keen on the look of that one

Oh, and is it worth getting a good cooler for the CPU and overclocking it?

[Scottymon]

Grab an SSD for gods sake mate, NIGHT AND DAY... I'm sure most of your progs and OS will fit on 128GB, the WD Blacks (albeit good disks) are noisy and are blown out the water by SSD (I have two), the Reds are nice as regularly accessed NAS disks (I have one), otherwise Greens are cheaper and sufficient for storage/backup (I have four)

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I'm sure you'll need some sort of cooler on the CPU.
Water cooling FTW.

[George]

I will mate! So the WD colours signify level of spec on the SATA HDDS?

Mat said the OEM cooler will be fine for that CPU but I'll probably get an upgraded one so I can overclock it. I guess that means I'll need a better motherboard too?

[GTI5]

Grab an SSD for gods sake mate, NIGHT AND DAY... I'm sure most of your progs and OS will fit on 128GB, the WD Blacks (albeit good disks) are noisy and are blown out the water by SSD (I have two), the Reds are nice as regularly accessed NAS disks (I have one), otherwise Greens are cheaper and sufficient for storage/backup (I have four)

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I'm sure you'll need some sort of cooler on the CPU.
Water cooling FTW.

This!