Physical Computers

My Ryzen 7 5700X

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X @ 3.6 GHz
GPU: NVidia RTX 3060 Ti
RAM: 32 GB Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro DDR4 RAM
Disks: 1x 1 TB NVMe SSD (OS) 1x 4 TB NVMe SSD (Game Storage), 1x 1 TB SATA SSD (Backups), 1x 500 GB SATA SSD (VMs)
Motherboard: ASUS ROG Strix B550
Display: 4K Dell 27″ Monitor
OS: Arch Linux
Notes: This is my main computer, and the PC I primarily use for pretty much all of my day to day computing tasks. There is ZERO spinning rust in this machine.

My Steam Deck

CPU: AMD Aerith APU SOC @ 2.4 GHz (with 3.5 GHz Turbo)
GPU: Van Gogh RDNA 2 GPU
RAM: 16 GB LPDDR5
Disks: 2 TB NVMe disk, 400 GB microSD (for console emulation)
Display: 1280×800 8″ Built In Display, 1920×1080 24″ Samsung Display (When Docked)
OS: SteamOS 3.5
Notes: I’ve always wanted something like this since I was a small child. An easy to carry handheld PC that can play PC games. I also emulate consoles on this device, as it’s an emulation powerhouse!

My ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen10

CPU: Intel Core i5 1240P @ 4.4 GHz
GPU: Intel Alder Lake Graphics
RAM: 16 GB DDR5
Disk: 512 GB NVMe
Display: 1920×1200 14″ Built In Touch Display
OS: Fedora 39
Notes: Recently needed a laptop so I bought this on a whim. Great for doing work in IT while on the go. I think next time I’m going to go with a framework laptop though.

My HP ProDesk 600 G1 SFF

CPU: Intel Core i5 4460 @ 3 GHz
GPU: Intel HD Graphics 4600
RAM: 16 GB DDR3
Disk: 256 GB SATA SSD
Display: 1920×1080 24″ Samsung Display
OS: Rocky Linux 9.3
Notes: Got this box for free from work. I use it as a hypervisor to test various OSes and scenarios on the fly to harden my knowledge.

My Raspberry Pi 3B+

CPU: Quad Core Broadcom CPU @ 1.2 GHz
GPU: Unknown
Disk: 256 GB SanDisk MicroSD
RAM: 1 GB LPDDR3
OS: Debian 12.2
Notes: This thing is my little workhorse that hosts many things for my home network, like pihole, snipeit, chowdown.io, and my discord bots.

Virtual or Emulated Computers

My Windows 98 SE Gaming Rig (86Box)

CPU: Intel Pentium MMX @ 266 MHz
GPU: Voodoo 3 3000
RAM: 256 MB
Disk: 32 GB Platter
Display: 1600×1200
OS: Windows 98 SE
Sound Card: Creative Esoniq PCI
Notes: This is a way for me to get my nostalgia kick out of games like LEGO Island, The Sims 1, or Podracer.

Acer Extensa 710T (86Box)

CPU: Intel Pentium II (Deschutes) @ 233 MHz
GPU: S3 ViRGE/DX (375)
RAM: 32 MB
Disk: 3.2 GB
OS: Windows 95 OSR2
Sound Card: Sound Blaster AWE16 Gold
Notes: Configuration for fun based on something I found on the 86Box discord server.

AT&T System 3430 (86Box)

CPU: Dual Intel Pentiums @ 90 Hz
GPU: ATI Mach64
RAM: 256 MB
Disk: 8 GB
OS: Windows NT 3.51
Sound Card: Nil
Notes: Decided to make my AT&T System 3430 into an 86Box configuration. Unfortunately, the PC itself is dead, and I have no real motivation to fix it.

Windows XP Professional VM (VMWare)

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X @ 3.6 GHz
GPU: VMWare Graphics
RAM: 1 GB
Disk: 32 GB
OS: Windows XP Professional
Notes: Mostly using this thing for LEGO Island 2… not much else. Lol.

Arch Linux VM (VMWare)

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X @ 3.6 GHz
GPU: VMware Graphics
RAM: 4 GB
Disk: 20 GB
OS: Arch Linux
Notes: Way to mess around with Arch Linux in my spare time

BSD VMs (VMWare)

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X @ 3.6 GHz
GPU: VMWare Graphics
RAM: 4 GB
Disk: 20 GB
OS: FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, DragonFlyBSD
Notes: These are multiple VMs each configured the same, with different BSD OSes. Too lazy to write out the description of the same VM 4 times so.

Other Devices

My iPad Mini 6

CPU: Apple A15 Bionic @ 2.93 GHz
GPU: Custom Apple 5 Core GPU
RAM: 4 GB
Disk: 256 GB
OS: iPadOS 17.2
Notes: Media consumption device while in bed mostly, but also a notebook for on the go, or even at home. Also a doodling device.

My iPhone 14 Pro

CPU: Apple A16 Bionic @ 3.46 GHz
GPU: Custom Apple 5 Core GPU
RAM: 6 GB
Disk: 256 GB
OS: iOS 17.2
Notes: It’s my phone, lol. I mostly just wanted the high quality camera. But I’m also a sysadmin so, the Pro was a natural choice.

My Apple Watch Series 9

CPU: Apple S9
GPU: Custom Apple GPU
RAM: 2 GB
Disk: 64 GB
OS: watchOS 10.2
Notes: It’s a smartwatch lol. I wanted an easy way to communicate with the outside world while working, but I gotta admit the rings system is kinda motivating. I do want to try to get into better shape.