Aye, IDE cables were even worse. I only realised the holes in the metal plate where the mobo is mounted are cable runs (in the last decade). I was a bit slow mentally!
Hope you get it sorted soon Grim.

Ordered an air purifier from amazon last year. They accidentally sent two instead of one. In effect it was buy one get one free, in the end. They didn't want the second one back.

Yeah. I wouldn't go Intel unless I wanted to use it in place of a boiler to heat my house.

Everything should have been here by now, but Amazon sent cables instead of case fans...TWICE!!!
They also sent the PSU with a Euro plug rather than UK, and I've had to buy the CPU from Currys Business as Amazon have let me down with delivery.  I'm not concerned though, as those nice customer service agents at Amazon are doing the needful and have told me not to worry.  Bezos can bite me!

I hated the bad old days of having a vipers nest of cables inside the case.  As well as restricting airflow, the molex and sata cables were an eyesore.  Shouldn't be an issue on this case, as it's dual compartment and the PSU is kept separate from the MoBo, GFX etc.  Only problem with that is that the case is a PSU's depth fatter than a regular case as it mounts on the side rather than at the back.

I used to opt for AMD chips when building a machine, as AMD were traditionally better suited to gaming and Intel fared better at number crunching tasks, but either would be more than enough for my needs.

The GFX card arrived today.  I haven't take it out of it's ESD wrapper yet as I don't want it covered in drool.

If this doesn't up my game, I'm going back to MS Solitaire

After a lengthy debate with myself, I've decided to push the boat out and build a gaming PC.
I already have a gaming laptop but it's only used that for browsing and bog-standard PC tasks.
My current UT machine is an ASUS PN51 in an Akasa silent case (Radeon Vega 6 Graphics).

Most of the components will be here today/tomorrow, but I have to wait until mid-week for the GFX card.
Should be up and running by the weekend

Case:  ASUS TUF Gaming GT502 (white)
MoBo:  ASUS TUF GAMING Z890-PRO WIFI
PSU:  850W FSP Fortron Hydro TI PRO ATX 3.0 80+TITANIUM
CPU:  Intel Core™ Ultra 7 265K 20 cores
RAM:  CORSAIR VENGEANCE DDR5 RAM 64GB (2x32GB) 5200MHz CL40 Intel XMP iCUE Compatible Computer Memory - White
GFX:  ASRock Radeon RX 7800 XT Steel Legend 16GO, 16384 MB GDDR6
Storage:  Samsung 990 PRO NVMe M.2 SSD, 2 TB, PCIe 4.0, 7,450 MB/s read, 6,900 MB/s write, Internal SSD
CPU Fan:  Noctua NH-U12A, Premium CPU Cooler with High-Performance Quiet NF-A12x25
Case Fans:  4 x Noctua NF-A12x25 5V, Premium Quiet Fan

When completed, it should look like this.

Revisited in my bimmer yesterday on my way home: I was home in a lot faster than expected 

Nice lady to watch and O so dangerous for in the car