@mike amos said:

Thanks mate, struggling with light settings again, there must be a decent balance in there somewhere. Probably rolled under the Sofa.

Hi Mike,
I do not know your background in rendering so sorry if this instead advice ends being patronizing.
So what I preach to all of my students is to take one step at a time:

• If you have outside light that contributes to your scene lighting you should start with that one first.
  Use your real-world sense for that light, it is not the same in the morning, mid-day, or sunset. Get as many real photo references.
• After you are satisfied with the first light you get to your fil light in your room, like a ceiling lamp (not spotlights/directional).
  It should be what you expect from that kind of light source, flood space with light, not too strong in this case since you go with that fireplace mood.
• And last, accent lights like those spotlights, should get interesting localized shadows and put objects in focus if that is the intention.
• That fire should get some warm light in space and spill some of that onto the floor and near objects.
• Since I do not like light portals (extra light setups) like in real-world interior photography for magazines and alike I skipped that part.
  All of my students are Interior Designers and those setups are not true to the space they design for clients.

All that together or some of that combination should get you to the point where your story is told in words you chose.
Light Is the first and last thing that gets tweaked.

Hope I helped with this sermon of mine.

Hi, great scene!
I miss some light from outside, just a smidge but it should contribute to lighting in the back.
That lamp light gets light in the foreground but by the middle, it gets atoned by that shade.
Those lamps tend to have lower light bulbs.
Try this with D5.

Hi, I love all of them, great light in the first image.
Rayelectron has more shadow definition, but as I understand, you get more out of D5 and it is faster.

Yes, you can do that. Use a vacuum cleaner to suck the sum off that dust clumps gently.
I do not see a reason to replace that cooler, maybe repaste it.
That cooler goes with a lower-end Intel CPU and they are pretty sufficient for that CPU.
My 2cents are to clean real good inside of that case and maybe see if you could get more air pressure from adding another case fan to get more flow inside your case.

Hi guys,
I need an angle between two poygons.
It needs to show angle as an object not just info in the measurement window.
Is there such a plugin that I can select two polygons and it would draw an angle between two polygons?
Preferably both, inner and outer angles.
There is an angle dimension tool, but you need to draw a 90° line or use a 90°angle in the plugin to draw the desired angle, and it draws just the inner angle, I am in search of just select two polygons and you get angles drawn.
If there is such a plugin please point me to.

I agree with Rich, and if you need to tighten curving you will have an easy flow for new loops.

Congratulations Mike.

Hope this helps.
It is like Bep suggested but without a plugin.

I see it says it is Solved but here is my use of SketchUV Save and Load UV feature.

Cool, never done something like this, I will give it a shot.