Our definition of "wise" differs greatly, but you're on target with "replies that don't help". My definition of wise is if you see a post title you don't like, you ignore that post, and move on to the next post which you might like better. My definition of wise is if you decide to answer a post, you actually answer the actual question that was actually asked, instead of answering every possible question that was not asked, or answering the question the voices in your heard are telling you the OP really meant to ask. As said, our definition of "wise" differs greatly. You know, even though I detest Win 10, whenever I see a post from a user, I somehow manage to avoid answering that post (by not answering that post!) with a lot of anti Win 10 blather. Perhaps my position on the autism spectrum blinds me to the wonderful opportunities of dissing Win 10, and irritating its adulators?
It may perhaps be quite shocking, but not everyone cares about the 'latest&greatest&biggest&bestest'. Some are actually willing to pay for exactly what we want, instead of what the corporations, government, or herd of control freaks desperately want us to want....kinda like gamers are more than happy to spends thousands of dollars on the 'latest&greatest&biggest&bestest', to help Laura Croft be a graverobber. Only not quite.
I currently have an XP Pro rig. I'm using it right now. Is that shocking? Then you better sit down and fasten your seat belt. I have been using this second-hand OptiPlex 960 rig for the past 3+ years to surf the net, with zero malware. That's 5000+ hours with no viruses, rootkits, trojans, etc. How do I know that? Because once a year I have a taxi haul this PC into the computer shop for a full-on malware scan. I did that when I first bought this PC off eBay, and every year since. That's $125 a shot, for three times now, with zero malware found. XP Pro has been EOL/EOS since 2014, and for the last year or two the only browsers that work are Mypal, Centaury, and Firefox 52.9 (none of which are very up-to-date). So where are all those bigtime malwares promised/threatened by M$, and its army of volunteer parrots? After 5000+ hours of surfing everywhere, still not on my rig. Am I "very lucky" or is the threat just overhyped, like so much else is these days? Needless to say, this EOL/EOS and outdated browser prattle does not impress me. Maybe if my yearly $125 expense actually starts buying something, I'll change my opinion. Maybe if Win 7 proves to be less bulletproof than my XP Pro is, I'll change my opinion. Maybe, but I'll not be holding my breath.
"For an on the cheap build, buy a refurbished computer with specs similar to your desires, and Win 7.......and move the guts into your 'new' case."
Doing a custom build is about getting "the best of out dated hardware", and exactly what I want....not about settling for whatever cheapo "guts" I can salvage from a Dell or HP. And why would I even want to do this? If I'm going to buy a refurbished computer, why would I want to increase the expense by having the computer shop transfer its lowrent guts into a gawd-awful pricey case? What would be the point, other than to give me an excuse to keep the Cooler Master? I'd still have to pay $80 for the recycler to haul off the old case. I might as well keep the refurbished computer as is, and pay $80 to ditch the Storm Trooper. I'd still be bleeding money, but not even getting what I wanted. I'll pass. Here's a wild thought...instead of wasting time on thinking up these fanciful alternatives to what I want to do, how about putting all your brainpower into helping me do what I want to do...if only as a change of paste from the usual modus operandi?