Retired USMC – Ground Field Radio Communications. Retired IT Specialist (Customer Support) for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Information and Technology (OIT), assigned to Area Spokane-Walla Walla (Area) in the State of Washington. Physically and remotely supported Spokane VA Medical Center (VAMC). Remotely supported Walla Walla VAMC and all Area offsite locations.
Collateral duties included monitoring and reporting to VA OIT key elements of VA's enterprise-wide Continuous Readiness in Information Security Program employed by the Area; hardware and software procurement for two geographic Area IT departments; monthly visitor access control inventory of monitored server rooms, demarcation rooms, and switch closets for a total of 83 locations throughout the Area; sensitive media storage device sanitization inventory and destruction; end-of-life/defective accountable equipment inventory, sanitization, and disposal; and periodic review, update, or creation of Area-wide IT security and protection SOPs.
- Location
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Washington, the "Evergreen" State
- OS
- Windows 11 Pro 25H2 (Build 26200.6275)
- Name
- Terry
- Show second system?
- Yes
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Manufacturer/Model
- DIY: Custom-Built Frankenstein
- CPU
- Intel Core Ultra 9 285K Series2 24 Core (8P+16E) 3.7GHz
- Motherboard
- ASUS ROG Maximus Z890 Hero Rev 1.xx
- Memory
- Corsair Vengeance 64GB RGB DDR 5 6400 (two kits of 32GB (2x16GB) dual-ranked DIMM). This MoBo can handle much faster, including CU-DIMM, but not so sure about the CPU/NPU because anything over 6400 is required to be overclocked.
- Graphics Card(s)
- MSI Ventus NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Samsung 4K UHD UN65MU8000 (65" Smart TV) via HDMI 2.1
- Screen Resolution
- 3840 x 2160 @24 Hz (60 Hz native without UHD from PC)
- Hard Drives
- OS Drive 1 (Windows 11 Pro): Crucial T750 2TB 3D TLC NAND (SLC Cache/TLC Core) PCIe 5.0 1185 NVMe M.2 SSD •–• Storage Drives: Another Crucial T750 2TB M.2 SSD + Seagate Skyhawk 2TB 7200 RPM SATA-III 6 Gb/s SSHD + WD My Passport Ultra 6TB USB-C 150 Mb/s 5400 RPM External HDD •—• OS Drive 2 (Ubuntu 24.04 LTS): WD Black Performance 512GB PCIe 3.0 NVMe 1185 M.2 SSD (Booted from BIOS - Completely Separated from Windows Boot Manager) •–• Storage Drive: TEAMGROUP Team MP33 2TB 3D NAND (SLC Cache/TLC Core) PCIe 3.0 1185 M.2 SSD
- PSU
- Corsair HX-1200i 80 Plus Platinum (1,200 Watts)
- Case
- Fractal Design Pop XL Air RGB Black TG ATX High-Airflow Steel Tower upgraded with be!Quiet Light Wings 140mm PMW High Speed ARGB Fans
- Cooling
- Cooler Master MasterLiquid ARGB 360mm AIO upgraded with be!Quiet Light Wings 120mm PMW High Speed ARGB Fans
- Keyboard
- Logitech K360 Mini Wireless Keyboard/Mouse Combo
- Internet Speed
- Gig Fiber Optic ISP > Ookla Speedtest: Ping 15 ms / ↓ 929.56 Mbps / ↑ 946.71 Mpbs
- Browser
- Brave (64-bit) for its low profile and resource usage / Firefox (64-bit) (default) for YouTube and other helpful extensions / MS Edge (only because some gov't sites don't play well with other browsers and Google Chrome may as well be a virus because you can't completely get rid of non-Enterprise versions of it without major registry surgery once installed)
- Antivirus
- Windows Defender (Just as effective as, if not more effective than 3rd party software, but nowhere near as customizable)
- Other Info
- Sony STR-AZ1000ES 8-channel A/V Receiver w/ Atmos Speakers:
Jamo S 803 (Front L/R) 57-26 KHz 80W RMS;
Jamo Concert Series C9 CEN II (Center) 55-24 KHz 50W RMS;
Jamo S 8 ATM (Front L/R Height) 31.5-24 KHz 140W RMS;
Pro Monitor 800 (Rear L/R Height) 57-30 KHz 150W RMS
Jamo S 801 (Rear L/R Surround) 76-26 KHz 60W RMS;
Klipsch Reference RP-1000SW (Subwoofer 1) 19-131 Hz 300W RMS;
SVS PB-1000 (Subwoofer 2) 19-270 Hz 300W RMS.
- Operating System
- Windows 11 Pro 24H2 (Build 26100.6725)
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Manufacturer/Model
- DIY: Custom-Built Frankenstein
- CPU
- Intel Core i7-8700 CPU 6 Core 12 Threads 3.20 GHz
- Motherboard
- Asus TUF Z370-Pro Gaming Rev 1.xx
- Memory
- Corsair Vengeance 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 2733 (Faster than recommended PC 2666) Dual Channel Mode
- Graphics card(s)
- EVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080-Ti Super FTW3
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Dual Dell 24" P2419H HD Monitors via Display Ports
- Screen Resolution
- 1920 x 1080 @60Hz (Native)
- Hard Drives
- OS Drive (Windows 11 Pro): MSI Spatium M580 2TB 3D NAND (SLC Cache/TLC Core) PCIe 5.0 NVMe 1185 M.2 Frozr SSD w/Cooling Radiator •–• Storage Drives: WD Black SN850X 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe 1185 M.2 SSD w/Heatsink + Seagate Skyhawk 2TB 7200 RPM SATA-III 6 Gb/s SSHD + WD Red Pro NAS 20TB 7200 RPM SATA-III 6 Gb/s HDD + Seagate Exos X20 20TB 7200 RPM SATA-III 6Gb/s HDD + WD Blue 512 GB 7200 RPM SATA-III 6Gb/s HDD +WD Corsair (Enterprise) 512 GB 7200 RPM SATA-III 6Gb/s HDD.
- PSU
- ASRock Challenger Bronze CL-750B (750 Watts)
- Case
- Corsair Vengeance Series C70 Steel ATX Mid Tower
- Cooling
- Corsair AIO HX100 RGB Elite with upgraded silent 120mm fans
- Keyboard
- Logitech MK360 Wireless Keyboard/Mouse Combo
- Internet Speed
- Gig Fiber Optic ISP > Ookla Speedtest: Ping 15 ms / ↓ 941.64 Mbps / ↑ 943.77 Mpbs
- Browser
- Brave (default) / Firefox (64-bit) (for YouTube) / MS Edge (for government sites)
- Antivirus
- Windows Defender
- Country Flag
- USA
- State/Region Flag
- US Washington
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