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    Question Heat issues with HTPC in an AV cabinet

    I decided to buy a cheap Celeron based mini pc on Amazon. It's made by Awow. I only use it for very occasional streaming on my TV so as long as it holds up, the performance should be fine. It is tiny and so much quieter and I couldn't have built anything for that price ($200). The temp in my...
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    Question Heat issues with HTPC in an AV cabinet

    I have an older AMD A10-5700 HTPC that I built 8 or 9 years ago, but I'm having issues with fan noise because I have it in an AV cabinet. It's staying cool, but the fan noise is too loud. My current build is also a full-sized desktop and I'd really like to trim it down. My question is whether...