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| System Name | Pioneer |
|---|---|
| Processor | Ryzen 9 9950X |
| Motherboard | MSI MAG X670E Tomahawk Wifi |
| Cooling | Noctua NH-D15 + A whole lotta Sunon, Phanteks and Corsair Maglev blower fans... |
| Memory | 128GB (4x 32GB) G.Skill Flare X5 @ DDR5-4000(Running 1:1:1 w/FCLK) |
| Video Card(s) | XFX RX 7900 XTX Speedster Merc 310 |
| Storage | Intel 5800X Optane 800GB boot, +2x Crucial P5 Plus 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSDs, 1x 2TB Seagate Exos 3.5" |
| Display(s) | 55" LG 55" B9 OLED 4K Display |
| Case | Thermaltake Core X31 |
| Audio Device(s) | TOSLINK->Schiit Modi MB->Asgard 2 DAC Amp->AKG Pro K712 Headphones or HDMI->B9 OLED |
| Power Supply | FSP Hydro Ti Pro 850W |
| Mouse | Logitech G305 Lightspeed Wireless |
| Keyboard | WASD Code v3 with Cherry Green keyswitches + PBT DS keycaps |
| Software | Gentoo Linux x64 |
My statement is not really dumb unless you have a reason the NSA is after you. It's a common concept in data security. You need to make the data harder to get than it's worth.
Trust me, the average Joe blow isn't worth much.
I actually used to do a job for a cryptocurrency firm (so, big money) that required an encrypted HDD for anything that touched the workspace. Even they admitted at some point, usability has to make some concessions, and let me just get a self encrypting hitachi for home rather than deal with the performance hit of software encryption.
Yes, more is better, but there is a limit to the use cases where you really need that much. It's a convienience vs security problem at it's core, and as I said you aren't worth enough to matter to the NSA in any extreme sense. If they really want your data, they will get it whether you like it or not anyways.