Hello everyone. I'm P.P.A. (or would be if the forum allowed terminal periods).
I joined since I'm currently building a new PC to replace my old one of 2.5 years (pic related). That time, I'd grown tired of all the fan noise and coil whine of my old, fat ATX PC and decided to build my own to be completely silent, which led me down the rabbit hole of minmaxing PC builds. (120W PicoPSU, Athlon 3000G later upgraded to a Ryzen 5 3400G cooled by an Arctic Alpine 11, no fans.)
That I went for an ITX motherboard and a small form factor at that time was more of an afterthought, but now I can't go back anymore. It's much nicer to have a small, quiet box on your desk (or secretary) than a giant hunk of metal sitting on the floor sucking in all the dust.
I joined since I'm currently building a new PC to replace my old one of 2.5 years (pic related). That time, I'd grown tired of all the fan noise and coil whine of my old, fat ATX PC and decided to build my own to be completely silent, which led me down the rabbit hole of minmaxing PC builds. (120W PicoPSU, Athlon 3000G later upgraded to a Ryzen 5 3400G cooled by an Arctic Alpine 11, no fans.)
That I went for an ITX motherboard and a small form factor at that time was more of an afterthought, but now I can't go back anymore. It's much nicer to have a small, quiet box on your desk (or secretary) than a giant hunk of metal sitting on the floor sucking in all the dust.