M1

My general recommendation for everyone buying prebuilt computers from any brand is to reinstall the OS because it is free and easy to do. Alternatively, for the incredibly lazy, run a windows full scan or malwarebyte scan which are free to use. Otherwise, I have been testing the Acemagic F3A, F1A, a

M1 Mini pc is NVMe only. I ended up looking at the AM08 Pro instead when I had the same issue, it's the ACEMAGIC model that actually has the 2.5 inch SATA slot. Ryzen 7 8845HS, similar footprint, and you get the SATA bay plus the M.2. More flexible storage overall.

Yeah, I might end up doing what you said. I originally picked the Acemagic M1 ‘cause it’s super compact but still lets you expand a bunch. Small form factor, but it’s got solid performance more than enough for me to mess around and explore stuff. Runs pretty quiet too. Hoping it turns out to be a go

So far so good. "ACEMAGICIAN M1": Ryzen 7 6800H, "Juhor" 16GB DDR5, "Rayson" 512GB SSD. I replaced the stick of RAM with a Crucial 32GB 5200MHz stick and added another 512GB SSD that I had. I scanned the original drive with Windows defender, it didn't detect anything wrong (I know this was a concern