Affordable Tech Today

There is a lot of doom and gloom about the current rampocolypse, coming just after the GPU craze of the crypto hype train. However, not all is bad in the current tech landscape - yet. There is alot of things that are undeniably better and cheaper than before. Let's go hope (cope?) posting. Cases Cases used to be expensive. I built my first computer back in ~2015, and my first case was a metal box. No window, no smart cable management holes, no preinstalled cooler - only a boring metal box. It cost me a hefty 100€, and that was worth even more back then. About two years ago, I was thinking about buying a new case, since the old one was so beat up and couldn't fit a water cooler - the first being caused by it being used as a stool, and the second also being caused by it being used as a stool. I found a new case for about ~40€, with a window and what I assumed to be a reservoir, since was nice since I planned on swithching to water cooling. Only it wasn't a reservoir, it was a whole…