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> according to the internet you’re meant to replace thermal paste on a CPU every 2-5 years I did not know this! Have been building PCs for decades now...

That Lian-Li case is gorgeous! I'd love to build a PC with either that or the wood-fronted Fractal Design but component prices are bonkers right now.

Old gaming PCs are genuinely the best hardware for this. Drive bays already there, oversized power supply, and the GPU that is too slow for new games transcodes four streams without noticing. The thing worth setting up early is backups of the config, not just the media.