re: Is this a decent PC for the price?

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I've never purchased any machines or peripherals besides maybe a keyboard/rat combo from Wallyworld. But for $350 you probably did pretty good, it really depends on what you expect from it,

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Primary desktop for an older adult (me ), really just surf a lot of time, do plan to install Capture One And DXO (and some other RAW processors for digital photos), Gimp, etc.
Older office suite (2007, I like not having to sign into cloud for that.
Some 3D software, going to use IRay and LUX for rendering.

not really planning to game much on it, we'll see if NCAA Football comes back out, that might change things

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obviously not for the serious gamer, but it should run pretty smoothly for most everything else

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I trust it should run what I need, we'll see after migration.

It seems to run cool and quiet for now, stays in the 30's for temp at the various sensors. We'll see what happens on a render. At worst case, I have the other box with several other fans, I might see if I can put some more in, or worst case scenario move into the other box and go from there.