Recent content by paulcornwall

I could google this but hey I rather ask a human. Whats the easiest way to keep the PC cool without excessive fan noise?

Thanks @Lipex33 thats good to know. Wanted SFF but at this price I cant complain. ;)

While searching for some components for my CCTV server build I came across this. According to the seller, the PC belonged to her ex-husband who is now selling the house contents. Wanted £285 originally but has accepted my offer of £200. Firstly, is this a good price or not. Secondly would it be...

When you say avoid the mITX, I assume your talking about the one listed in the pcpartpicker supplied above? If so, which should I choose?

From my understanding the CCTV rig requires CPU power much more than the GPU. I would like to keep cost down but dont want to be buying twice. Here is a link to the hardware suggestions. I'll take a look at that link you provided and will be back with no doubt more questions..lol! Thanks for...

Looking for quite a small case, definitely not full size. Similar size to the old dell optiplex sff. Any ideas? its been a while since I build my last PC.

I'm looking to build a SFF PC for use as a CCTV server. I will be running blue iris security software and is quite intensive when multiple streams are being recorded. I'm starting with the need of a i5-8600K or similar, can some direct me to a budget friendly motherboard and RAM for the build...