I don't understand why this would be an issue. I drive is just a drive for the firmware. It should be completely irrelevant for the drive unless you use the crappy Secure Boot thing. Disable all the fancy features and it's a simple drive. Encryption is typically done on the software side nowadays anyway, sadly.
I guess 235 is a good deal for that computer, but I'm spoiled... If I was to buy another one it would be a gaming computer. White casing with matching white cables and fans. And of course, LEDS...
Fortunately, you have the water cooling system. Mine don't have. So the fan noise is rather annoying.
Yeah and when the liquid starts to run out, you will also hear a splashing noise that sounds like a waterfall every 5 minutes. But water coolers surpass any normal fan by a huge margin if you are a gamer or running a crypto miner streaming 4k videos.
Running a miner in your PC? But why? LEDS and the rainbow lights are the most annoying juvenile garbage to hit the PC market. I did a lot of work to find stuff without RGB nonsense.
I see this one sold yesterday... an ETer perhaps? Same seller has another one for $289, OBO, + $30 ship. Same specs as one for $231. $289 still a good deal. (You might call seller and ask if he'd sell for $231 as that's what the other one sold for... You might save $58.. could buy some burritos with that. ) https://www.ebay.com/itm/335351698410?itmprp=cksum:3353516984104ee06093a5a746b59ca3945c0c723ad0|enc:AQAJAAABcLC2%2Ba5TgOFYgIvLQSBIYkURSzHvc7cCccVTU14STgixqt2LHVH3DQgpuMCV11vSwIPgiyFOwqAlvyaCYV%2F3KC%2BV%2Bw2hITE7xTLMc%2FUAdPVM74mBrClyfys6h0qSntiKTtamp%2FwRG%2FuVgTYA%2FQ9W3Ox1vA0GraSb4JMRxeVcTuw%2FbvfsO7mDS6tzWet1HTCrTSdmnEyx9k8DsvysE0uiIyd0hDV9bBo%2FcmAvxFAZB1k3mVY3pewA2f5oxOqV%2FMdhnPXNSBWCCwZh8JwkIQMZ5eKvNh3a0L4SFQrEbQywFrd2L2wgsNvv1d34fRTWWtT%2F2RR9nOiSHOVzfamgvWOHI2RbAc9AWrQmfpwgl3q%2FyuDCF4muiUIYz2j%2F1MYKCbDEksBJoJF9N267I3Z8EpnWjMPo7a4dKeSd1xHc553zktv5ZrhQqgDCdEKXxPWbBAOWudu2BVvGkWUJliP4N8fZMLpE%2FX3iu5pDV6HRYPd5hlI%2B|ampidL_CLK|clp:2332490&itmmeta=01HVRJBYSDX8AHYX4CBYW04K14
Sorry I forgot you were on this forum. Because we all know the only opinion that matters is yours since you are a grown adult man that is too mature for anything a teenager might like...