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All running fine but this doesn't look right for a clean install? I've run it a couple times and same result with taskhostw.exe. Strange thing is the computer is running well and cpu looks to be idling in task manager. The other service is the network adapter...need to look into that too.

Is there supposed to be a benefit..?

Currently installing mobo and GPU drivers. What about b450 chipset drivers? Do I need/want these? Had a search online and it's not clear!

Thanks guys! Spending time on it tonight and tomorrow to get things setup. Two 140mm fans about to go in :)

Hi everyone The build went pretty well. Although it all slots together it's still tricky and very fiddly at times..lots of different instruction manuals to read at the same time! I hadn't done this in so long, I also forgot that it's actually quite a delicate process which takes quite a long...

Here we go... :)

I actually went for a 1660 super, but the gaming x version as it supposedly has some more noise attenuation features. As long as this lasts a few years on high settings then a couple years on medium settings I'll be happy! Good luck with the VR if you do go for it. Few parts arrived today...

Yep I mostly wanted a card which lasts a few years, good fps and nice and quiet. When's the best time to buy a card then? :)

Great. Yes I read lots of good reviews about the Adata drive. Looked at a few others but they were all similar in price and the Adata came out on top for speed and all the reviews.

Cheers. All ordered now. Only issue was the Samsung 970 Evo was out of stock or stupidly expensive everywhere so I went with a Adata XPG SX8200 Pro.

Also - thanks very much for all your help. Will post some photos when I can.

@Flayed thanks for the info on the Noctua fans and PWM fans in general - it pointed me in the right direction. I chose Be Quiet fans in the end as I hate the Noctua colours and I think it's very cheeky that they want to charge more for black fans...Their website also annoys me as it's so slow...

Thanks mate, done that and all good :)

Ha fair enough. I'll see if I can run some diagnostics and if all good just re-use for now.

Final question for now... Just had a look and my 2 x 1tb WD hard drives are 5 years old. Same model number and specs as this drive - https://shop.bt.com/products/wd-black-1tb-performance-desktop-hard-disk-drive-7200-rpm-sata-6-gb-s-64mb-cache-3-5-inch-wd1003fzex-wd1003fzex-90VP.html Strange if...