What do you think re CPU? Is that worth an upgrade too? I’m broadly happy with the Ryzen 5 3600 but not super clear if that will be a bottleneck.
If you are happy to keep the B450 mobo then an AMD 5800x may be worthwhile for the extra core count and if you want to save cash. Possibly would have to do a bios update on the motherboard. Do you game or anything?
Finally invested in a Meaco dehumidifier after reading all the positve reviews and getting a good Black Friday deal.
It has only been running for a couple hours and so far it has extracted so much water. I’m very impressed!
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Got ours a couple of years ago and honestly it’s the best thing I’ve bought for the house ever.
We put ours In a room to dry the clothes. Great Investment.
We also use ours when in the shower, nice to get out and there is no steam. Our extractor fan is useless.
Yea handy for that. We have two windows in the bathroom so not required.
When not used to dry clothes. I sit it at the top of the stairs to take away any condensation on the windows and to generally heat up the place.
It really helps with window condensation in winter as well. We only used to get it on the bedroom window but my parents house had it in nearly every room.
After putting a dehumidifier in the landing set to 50c they never have this problem anymore.
There will be a slight bottleneck with your CPU. It’s still going a lot faster at 3D rendering than your current system, the Ryzen 3600 just won’t be able to make the absolute best of the 3080.
This age old tool is pretty helpful for PC builds https://pc-builds.com/bottleneck-calculator/result/0U9174/3/gpu-intense-tasks/1920x1080/ , although note the irl bottleneck depends on how it’s used
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I was just about to ask what level do people set theirs to.
I googled it and it said anywhere between 40 and 60%, so I’ve intially set ours at bang in the middle 50% too
I have noticed however that my nest thermostat reports around 10% higher humidity compared to the dehumidifier and they’re both in the same room 
so I’m not sure which to go off.
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I bought some cheapo temp/humidity sensors and put them in a few areas and they are all pretty much spot on.
I don’t have a Nest thermostat so not sure really why it would be so much higher.
Which one did you get? I want to try a dehumidifier but no idea which one to go for.
Also want a get a cheap robot vacum cleaner (less than £300) and similarly have no idea which one to go for. WIll be my first robovac so don’t want to go for a high end model straight away.
Meaco Arete TWO - 20 litre
The ONE had loads of great reviews around being energy efficient, quiet and how much water it extracts compared to other brands. Meaco are apparently designed for the british climate as well as being able to be put flush against the wall while still being able to perform the same.
The TWO improves on this by having a touch panel on top and being ‘smart’, so you can control it with the app and/or Google/Alexa.
You can also connect a hose and have it drain itself rather than fill the container inside. Which I’m likely to explore soon.
I cant help with the robot vacuum unfortunately. I’d have one of these that also mop by now but our floor is constantly cluttered with toys 
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Thanks!
Mopping feature would be good but I get the impression that mops on models in the budget price range that I’m considering (sub £300) aren’t particularly effective.
When people have robo vacs do they just use it downstairs? That’s partly why I’ve never bothered buying one.
Pretty much. Or apartments. They’re intended to help keep on top of high traffic areas, not to replace your normal vacuuming. In most houses that’ll be downstairs in the hallway and living room. There’s less benefit to it upstairs.
You could always swap your house for bungalow if you wanted to get the absolute most out of one. 
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We live in a bungalow and yes we’d likely get more than most out of it. However, you’d need to have every single door of your house open which wouldn’t be very energy efficient.
(Until they bring one out with arms) 
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Depends on your heating system! With a heat pump for instance, you’re better off not zoning individual rooms, so keeping all the doors open (except external) would make a lot of sense to keep your home a comfortable temperature at the lowest cost and flow rate possible.
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I did try but couldn’t find any for sale at the time we were buying that weren’t dormers. 
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I have one. It runs on a schedule downstairs but a couple of times a week I’ll put it upstairs and just let it run until the battery goes then put it back on the charger downstairs.
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