| Computer Unit (assembled in August 2022) |
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Case
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Lian-Li Industrial
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PC-B25F
- 3 x external 5,25" device bay
- 1 x external 5,25" device bay can be converted to an external 3,5" device bay
- 6 x internal 3,5" device bay
- 2 x 120 mm system fan in front
- 1 x 120 mm system fan in rear
- 2 x 140 mm system fan on the top
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2 x
USB
2.0 I/O port
- 1 x e-SATA I/O port
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HD
and
AC97
audio
I/O
ports
- Removable top cover
- Removable front panel
- Cable management
- ...
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The case was already in use by my previous
Home Office Computer 2014.
A special front panel has additionally been mounted to provide some
USB
3.0 ports now (see below).
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Front Panel
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Ganz Einfach GmbH
(Importer)
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CSL USB 3.2 Gen 1 Front Panel
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2 x
USB
3.2 Gen 1 Type A port
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1 x
USB
3.2 Gen 1 Type C port
- 1 x SD slot
- 1 x Micro SD slot
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CSL is one of the
brands
owned by the company
Ganz Einfach GmbH
.
The above overview has been derived from the German-speaking Wikipedia article
Universal Serial Bus
published on January 3rd, 2026.
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Power Supply
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Sea Sonic Electronics
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FOCUS PX-550
-
80 PLUS Platinum Certified
- 92% efficiency at 50% system load
- ...
- 550 W Total continuous power
- Multiple 12 V output
- Tight voltage regulation (12 V, 5 V and 3,3 V) [±3%]
- Multi-GPU technology support (6-Pin and 8-Pin PCI-E connectors)
- 120 mm fluid dynamic bearing (FDB) fan
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Hybrid silent fan control
- Fanless mode if load less than 30%
- Silent mode if load between 30% and 50%
- Cooling mode if load more than 50%
- Highly reliable Japanese 105 °C Aluminum electrolytic capacitors
- OCP - Over current protection
- OPP - Over power protection
- OTP - Over temperature protection
- OVP - Over voltage protection
- SCP - Short circuit protection
- UVP - Under voltage protection
- Fully modular cabling design
- Compact size (L x W x H): 140 mm x 150 mm x 86 mm
- ...
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The hybrid silent Fan Control of the FOCUS PX series
The industry’s first, Seasonic patented, advanced three-phased thermal control achieves optimal balance between silence and cooling.
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Mainboard
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ASUSTek Computer
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ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING
-
AMD
socket AM4
supporting AMD Ryzen™, AMD Ryzen™ with Radeon™ Vega™ Graphics, and AMD Athlon™ with Radeon™ Vega™ Graphics processors
(list of supported CPUs)
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AMD socket AM4 chipset
B450
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Supports (Dual Channel) DDR4 non-ECC memory up to 128 GByte (depending on the processor used) and
- up to 2666 MHz without overclocking
- up to 3200 MHz with overclocking
- 2 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slot for AMD Ryzen™ processors (either one runs in x16 mode and the other one is disabled or both run in x8/x4 modes)
- Multi-GPU support for AMD Ryzen™ processors
- 1 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slot for AMD Ryzen™ with Radeon™ Vega Graphics processors (supports x8 mode)
- 1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 slot (max. at x4 mode)
- 3 x PCIe 2.0 x1 slot
- M.2_1 socket 3 with M Key, Type 2242/2260/2280 (PCIe 3.0 x4 and SATA modes) storage devices support
- M.2_2 socket 3 with M Key, Type 2242/2260/2280/22110 (PCIe 3.0 x4 mode) storage devices support (only functional for AMD Ryzen™ processors)
- 6 x SATA 6 Gbit/s connector (the first four connectors support Raid 0, 1, and 10)
- Intel® Ethernet Controller I211-AT
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SupremeFX™ S1220A audio codec (see below section "Audio (onboard)" for detailed information)
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HDMI and DisplayPort output support for AMD Ryzen™ with Radeon™ Vega™ Graphics processors
- Supports HDMI 2.0b with maximum resolution of 4096 x 2160 at 60 Hz
- Supports DisplayPort 1.2 with maximum resolution of 4096 x 2160 at 60 Hz
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2 x
USB
3.1 Gen 2 port at the back panel (red-colored)
-
6 x
USB
3.1 Gen 1 port
- 4 connectors at the back panel (3 x type A and 1 x type C)
- 2 connectors on the mainboard
-
6 x
USB
2.0 port
- 2 connectors at the back panel
- 4 connectors on the mainboard
- ATX form factor 30,5 cm x 24,4 cm
- ...
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There are some limitations (as usual):
- The PCIe 2.0 slot named "x16_3" shares bandwidth with the PCIe 2.0 slots named "x1_2" and "x1_3".
- When the M.2_1 socket 3 is operating in SATA or PCIe mode, the SATA 6 Gbit/s ports named "SATA6G_5" and "SATA6G_6" will be disabled.
- When the M.2_2 socket 3 is occupied by an M.2 device, the PCIe 3.0 slot named "x16_1" will run at x8 mode.
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CPU
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Advanced Micro Devices
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Ryzen™ 5 5600G
"Cezanne"
- 6 CPU cores
- 12 threads
-
AM4 Socket
-
Zen 3
processor architecture
- TSMC 7nm FinFET processor technology for CPU Cores
- 3.900 MHz base clock (average effective base frequency of all cores)
- Up to 4.400 MHz boost clock (for a single core)
-
64 KB 1st level cache per core
- 32 KB data
- 32 KB instructions
- 512 KB 2nd level cache per core
- 16 MB 3rd level cache
- Up to 3200 MT/s system bus (memory)
- Integrated AMD Radeon Vega Graphics capabilities (see the below section "GPU" for more details)
-
65 W Default
TDP
-
45 W / 65 W Configurable
TDP
(cTDP)
- ...
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RAM
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Corsair Memory
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VENGEANCE® LPX CMK32GX4M2A2666C16W
- 32 GB capacity (2 x 16 GB memory modules)
-
DDR4 SDRAM
memory type
- 2.133 MT/s (PC4-17000) SPD speed
-
15-15-15-36 SPD timing
• |
CAS Latency (CL) |
= |
15 |
• |
RAS-to-CAS-Delay (tRCD) |
= |
15 |
• |
RAS-Precharge-Time (tRP) |
= |
15 |
• |
Row-Active-Time (tRAS) |
= |
36 |
- XMP 2.0 support
- 2.666 MT/s (PC4-21300) tested speed
-
16-18-18-35 tested timing
• |
CAS Latency (CL) |
= |
16 |
• |
RAS-to-CAS-Delay (tRCD) |
= |
18 |
• |
RAS-Precharge-Time (tRP) |
= |
18 |
• |
Row-Active-Time (tRAS) |
= |
35 |
- 1,2 V working voltage
- Aluminium head spreader (white-colored)
- ...
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GPU (integrated)
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Advanced Micro Devices
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Ryzen™ 5 5600G
"Cezanne"
(see also above section "CPU")
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Integrated AMD Radeon™ Vega™ Graphics capabilities based on the
GCN 5.1
architecture
- 7 graphics cores
- 1.900 MHz graphics core frequency
- 448 unified shaders
- 28 texture mapping units (TMU)
- 8 render output units (ROP)
-
7 compute units (CU) - each of them consisting of
- 64 shader processors
- 4 texture mapping units
- 1,7024 TFLOPS processing power
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Maximum 16 GB
GPU
memory support
-
Vulkan
Graphics API support (successor of AMD's revolutionary Mantle API)
-
DirectX
12.1 support
-
OpenGL
4.5 support
(Note that this API has been superseded by the aforementioned
Vulkan
Graphics API)
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DisplayPort
1.4 (3840x2160@60Hz) support
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HDMI
2.0b (3840x2160@60Hz) support
-
AMD FreeSync
2
support
- H.265 encoding & decoding support
- VP9 decoding support
-
AMD Eyefinity
support
- ...
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Audio (onboard)
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Realtek Semiconductor
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SupremeFX
S1220A
-
7.1-channel
HD
audio codec
- Simultaneous 7.1-channel playback
- Up to 32-bit/192 kHz playback (due to limitations in HDA bandwidth, 32-bit/192 kHz is not supported for 7.1-channel audio)
-
High quality 120 dB
SNR
stereo playback output and 113 dB
SNR
recording input
- 10 DAC channels
- SupremeFX shielding technology
-
Dual
operational amplifiers
- Independent 2.0-channel output
- Impedance sense for front and rear headphone outputs
- Multi-stream stereo to the front-panel outputs
- Jack detection
- Front panel jack retasking
-
A customized version of the
Realtek ALC1220
codec (according to the Google KI "Gemini")
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| SATA Controller |
SYBA Multimedia
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IOCrest
PCIe to SATA Controller
SI-PEX40156
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ASMedia
ASM1064
chipset
- PCIe 3.0 x1 interface
- Automatic detection of lane configuration on boot-up
- Supports transfer rate of 2,5 Gbit/s (320 MB/s), 5 Gbit/s (640 MB/s) or 8 Gbit/s (1 GB/s) per lane
- 4 x SATA 6 Gbit/s port (bootable)
- AHCI SPEC Rev. 1.4
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Supports
NCQ
- Supports port multiplier command-based switching
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Supports port multiplier
FIS-based
switching
- ...
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SSD #1
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Corsair Memory
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Force Series™ MP510 240GB M.2 SSD
- 240 GB capacity
-
3D
TLC
technology
- PCIe 3.0 x4 interface
- Up to 3100 MB/s sequential read
- Up to 1050 MB/s sequential write
- Up to 180.000 IOPS for 4KB random read
- Up to 240.000 IOPS for 4KB random write
-
400
TBW
warranty
-
M.2
2280 form factor
- ...
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SSD #2 - #3
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Samsung Electronics
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MZ-76E250B/EU
(860 EVO 250GB)
- 250 GB capacity
- Samsung V-NAND TLC technology
- Samsung MGX controller
- SATA 6 Gbit/s interface
- Up to 550 MB/s sequential read
- Up to 520 MB/s sequential write
- Up to 10.000 IOPS for 4KB random read(QD1)
- Up to 42.000 IOPS for 4KB random write(QD1)
- Up to 98.000 IOPS for 4KB random read(QD32)
- Up to 90.000 IOPS for 4KB random write(QD32)
-
1.500.000 hours
MTBF
(reliability)
-
150
TBW
warranty
- 2,5" form factor
- ...
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HDD #1 - #2
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Western Digital
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WD10EZEX
(WD Blue)
- 1 TB capacity
- CMR technology
- SATA 6 Gbit/s interface
- 64 MB cache
- 7.200 RPM performance class
- 3,5" form factor
- ...
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Citation from the data sheet:
Western Digital WD Blue 3.5-inch PC hard drives deliver solid reliability for office and web applications,
and they are perfect for extra storage for desktop PC computing.
Keep in mind, that a computer scientist calculates as follows:
- 1 KB = 1024 bytes
- 1 MB = 1024 x 1024 bytes
- 1 GB = 1024 x 1024 x 1024 bytes
Whereas an HDD manufacturer calculates the capacity of a harddisk as follows:
- 1 KB = 1000 bytes
- 1 MB = 1000 x 1000 bytes
- 1 GB = 1000 x 1000 x 1000 bytes
As a result, HDD maintenance software often shows a lower capacity than specified by the HDD manufacturer.
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HDD #3 - #4
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Western Digital
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WD7500AARS (WD Caviar Green):
- 750 GB capacity
- CMR technology
- SATA 3 Gbit/s interface
- 64 MB cache
- 5400 RPM performance class
- 3,5" form factor
- ...
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Citation from the datasheet:
WD Caviar Green drives make it possible for energy-conscious customers
to build systems with higher capacities and the right balance of system performance, ensured reliability, and energy conservation.
Keep in mind, that a computer scientist calculates as follows:
- 1 KB = 1024 bytes
- 1 MB = 1024 x 1024 bytes
- 1 GB = 1024 x 1024 x 1024 bytes
Whereas an HDD manufacturer calculates the capacity of a harddisk as follows:
- 1 KB = 1000 bytes
- 1 MB = 1000 x 1000 bytes
- 1 GB = 1000 x 1000 x 1000 bytes
Therefore software for the maintenance of HDDs often displays a lower capacity than specified by the HDD manufacturer.
The HDDs were already in use by my previous
Home Office Computer 2014.
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DVD Writer
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ASUSTek Computer
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DRW-24D5MT
- SATA interface
-
M-DISC
support
-
Read speed
• |
DVD±R |
16X |
• |
DVD+RW |
13X |
• |
DVD-RW |
8X |
• |
DVD-ROM |
16X |
• |
DVD±R(DL) |
12X |
• |
DVD+R(SL, M-DISC) |
12X |
• |
DVD-ROM(DL) |
12X |
• |
DVD-RAM |
5X |
• |
CD-R |
48X |
• |
CD-ROM |
48X |
• |
CD-RW |
40X |
• |
DVD-Video Playback |
6X |
• |
Audio-CD Playback |
10X |
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Write speed
• |
DVD±R |
24X |
• |
DVD+RW |
8X |
• |
DVD-RW |
6X |
• |
DVD±R(DL) |
8X |
• |
DVD+R(SL, M-DISC) |
4X |
• |
DVD-RAM |
5X |
• |
CD-R |
48X |
• |
CD-RW |
24X |
- Size (L x W x H) 170 mm x 146 mm x 41 mm
- 600 g weight (± 50 g)
- ...
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Software
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Operating system
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The Fedora Project
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Fedora Linux 36
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