Oh absolutely, @susan_wells. A buddy of mine bought this cute little bungalow from the 1920s and spent a fortune on fancy tile and a new front door. Then the basement flooded three months later because those old cast iron drains had rusted through. She ended up having to rip out half the new drywall to replace the pipes. Sure, the door is pretty, but she still can't use her washer without worrying about a backup.

The Meshify 2 Compact is a solid choice, my buddy runs a Define 7 and his temps dropped 6C after he swapped the solid front panel for the mesh one. I had a Phanteks Eclipse P400A back in 2020 with the glass front and it was a dust magnet, had to clean the filters every two weeks or the GPU would spike to 80C while gaming. Sometimes I wonder if the whole tempered glass thing is just marketing hype when you're losing 10-15% airflow for a slightly cleaner look.

Thin oil just means faster quench, that's how you get cracks, not cleaner steel.

Honestly the paint might have sealed it in but didn't fix the moisture problem. That mold was just growing behind the new paint the whole time, eating the drywall from the back.

Did the course focus more on the technical side like dithering and palettes, or was it more about composition and lighting? I'm curious what specifically clicked for you.