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To: DAC21
From your list, probably the only change I’d make is saving on the RAM 32 > 16GB. 16 is adequate.

Not in my experience with Windows unless one does not open many tabs and programs. I do not waste time on gaming, and have pared down unnecessary programs (see Autoruns) yet with multiple programs and many tabs running even 32GB was not enough.

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So to be safe I put 32GB, and DDR4 RAM has dropped a lot in the past year. But yes, one could choose 16GB if adequate. As for the other items, I was thinking of an upgrade, in which one could use a DVD player.

And as for true reliable SSD brand like a Samsung or WD, Samsung is made by Seagate which owns Maxtor, and which had acquired the hard drive business of Quantum, while Western Digital bought Hitachi and owns SanDisk and HGST. Meaning you may not know who made the SSD, while a 512GB NVMe M.2 PCIe Gen3x4 should be the main drive on the MSI 450 mobo. I have a Silicon Power one, and which company was ranked No.11 in the top 1,000 fastest growing manufacturers in Taiwan in 2010 and ranked No.1 in the Semiconductor industry. For an old PC, I just bought a $14 HYUNDAI SSD which is made by Hynix, the world's second-largest memory chipmaker (after Samsung Electronics).

But who even uses desktops much, apart from gamers?

24 posted on 10/31/2022 5:42:26 AM PDT by daniel1212 (Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned+destitute sinner, trust Him who saves, be baptized + follow Him!)
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To: daniel1212

“But who even uses desktops much, apart from gamers?”

Ummm, myself, right now. I like kicking my feet up, keyboard in my lap and reading from a 25” monitor. Phone or tablet for the bed.


26 posted on 10/31/2022 2:09:37 PM PDT by DAC21
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