I'm about to replace a 27" iMac (circa 2012) and am thinking of reverting back to a pc and Windows. I'd appreciate comments on the basic specification below:
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Six Core CPU
Motherboard ASUS® PRIME A320M-K: Micro-ATX
RAM 16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2933MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE 710 - DVI, HDMI, VGA
M.2 SSD Drive 256GB ADATA SU800 M.2 2280 (560 MB/R, 520 MB/W)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive16x BLU-RAY WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW
Power SupplyCORSAIR 550W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS®
Windows 10 Professional 64 Bit
The pc will be used for office work and some photo-editing, but not gaming. In time I'll be adding extra storage drives that will be migrated from another computer hence the over capacity on the power supply.
I may want to dual boot the system between Win 10 and Linux Mint. I'm undecided whether to install both operating systems on the M2 SSD, or whether to install each OS to its own SSD that can be interchanged by using a caddy system such as an Icy Dock. Thoughts on that idea would be appreciated too. I see the downside as being lower speed, but the plus side that the tow systems shouldn't ever corrupt each other as they are physically separate and never in the pc at the same time.
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Six Core CPU
Motherboard ASUS® PRIME A320M-K: Micro-ATX
RAM 16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2933MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE 710 - DVI, HDMI, VGA
M.2 SSD Drive 256GB ADATA SU800 M.2 2280 (560 MB/R, 520 MB/W)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive16x BLU-RAY WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW
Power SupplyCORSAIR 550W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS®
Windows 10 Professional 64 Bit
The pc will be used for office work and some photo-editing, but not gaming. In time I'll be adding extra storage drives that will be migrated from another computer hence the over capacity on the power supply.
I may want to dual boot the system between Win 10 and Linux Mint. I'm undecided whether to install both operating systems on the M2 SSD, or whether to install each OS to its own SSD that can be interchanged by using a caddy system such as an Icy Dock. Thoughts on that idea would be appreciated too. I see the downside as being lower speed, but the plus side that the tow systems shouldn't ever corrupt each other as they are physically separate and never in the pc at the same time.
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