So I'm building a new PC and would appreciate some advice. I've picked components mostly based on heat/noise as I hope for this computer to be effectively silent. Not planning on doing heavy gaming, ...

is partition alignment just for ssd? if not, is there any advantage for non-ssd? i've heard of the paragon alignment tool..doing it.. though prob not free and don't know if it's good. Only plain old ...

Why partitioning your largest drives actually makes sense now (when it didn't before) ...