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C: 500GB WD Blue SATA SSD (WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50)
D: 1TB Seagate SATA HDD (ST1000DX002-2DV162)
PSU:
Seasonic M12 II Bronze EVO Edition
Case:
(OEM)
Cooling:
(OEM)
Keyboard:
Rosewill RK-9000I
Mouse:
Logitech G203 Prodigy
Internet Speed:
Irrelevant (blocked)
Antivirus:
None (This gaming machine is blocked from Internet Access)
Browser:
Firefox 115.0.2 64-bit (Used only with miniserve on LAN)
Other Info:
Because the motherboard in this hand-me-down can't take more than 8GB of RAM, this machine is a "games console, except not a console" and is KVM-switched together with the triple-head Ryzen I daily drive.