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Oh, I definitely agree. I should have explained that this would be very much a temporary measure. I imagine some time in 2021 I'd either buy an off-the-shelf NAS, or build a FreeNAS box and put those drives into that.
The HDD decision is definitely temporary, and I'll be getting an SSD before long. I'm only staggering the purchases because I'm so out of the loop in terms of buying new kit (my current Linux box being ancient and me not having used it for anything like gaming) that I don't want to get an SSD now and then discover soon after that I should have got something else (bigger/smaller/cheaper/faster). I'd rather check that everything else works first. Of course, if there's a no-brainer option like "you can't go wrong with this one" then that might change things.
Same goes for the cooler. No objection to replacing the stock cooler in the near future but I wanted to check that everything else works/fits.
I'd settled on B550 in order to avoid having a chipset fan, but will think about that too.
May I ask if that's a particular model that you'd recommend?
Fair enough. In my case I think it's probably beyond my budget for now, and there are also availability issues.
Good point. Part of the reason for planning to reuse my Define case is to see how I get on, and then have some flexibility to get a new case in the not-too-distant future if airflow, or anything else, proves to be an issue.
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It's a decent choice, certainly.
I've recently got this one - Reviewed here
For me, it was the perfect mix of performance and value.
I'm interested in your current specs. Maybe you should seriously consider holding off if your existing machine isn't lagging too far behind.
If you already have the Define case, then no problem re-using it - It is a sensible way forward (and you can upgrade the case later, although you do have the pain of future PC disassembly to look forward to.)
Thanks for the Adata SSD tip; I'll check that out!
I've started with Ubuntu 20.10, just because that's what I'm most familiar with. As far as I can tell, pretty much everything worked smoothly out of the box. The wired LAN works, but I haven't tested the Wifi yet. Suspend seems to work.
I'm not sure if I'm seeing all the sensors yet, and I am also unsure whether the driver for the GPU that comes with Ubuntu 20.10 is the latest, or whether it's worth me trying to upgrade to something more recent. So far the graphics seem to run smoothly but I don't know if there are gains to be made.
The RX 5700 XT is indeed quiet, with the fans not running and power consumption around 9W when idling in the desktop. The stock cooler for the CPU is a little noisy, so I might upgrade that at some point.
It's early days but I'm happy with it so far. Thank you very much to everyone for your tips!
You may be able to adjust the fan curve in your UEFI. My other half's computer uses the stock HSF and it was noticeable at first, but changing the fan curve made it much better.
If you do decide to upgrade it in the future, Noctua and Be Quiet are both good choices. Check the dimensions, though: the largest Noctua heat sink doesn't fit in my case, but the largest Be Quiet one does.