The Phanteks I suggested him is literally for airflow, any case with just open sidesin the front won't let in a lot of air.
Not ugly at all for me tbh
Not ugly at all for me tbh
and this is why I suggested him to use a air cooler because he's too afraid of AIO, they're both really easy to install.Also make sure you know how to actually build the PC, really boils down to a lot of common sense, just make sure you don't shock your motherboard or you're fucked,
I doubt that too little or too much paste would fuck your entire CPU, the motherboard probably shorted out with a screw stuck underneath or something else. This is literally impossible for it to happen and it would just shut itself off when it reaches max temperature.also you should 100% know how to apply thermal paste before attempting to apply it to your CPU for the first time, I blew threw a CPU because I applied to little to my first ever build and had to buy a new one.