Computers I Own
As an avid computer nerd, I’ve hoarded many computers from various bargain buys on ebay and gumtree. Here are the ones I actually use.
| Computer Name | CPU | GPU | RAM | Storage | OS | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Gaming Rig (DIY PC) |
Ryzen 5 4500 | GTX 1070 | 32GB DDR4 | 256GB NVMe SSD 1TB HDD |
Endeavour OS Windows 11 |
My workstation PC. Bought as a bundle on Facebook Marketplace |
| The Hach Pee (HP Laptop 17 cp0xxx) |
Ryzen 5 5500u | Vega iGPU | 16GB DDR4 | 512 GB NVMe SSD | Linux Mint 22 | A pretty good laptop bought for around £120. Using for uni right now. |
Honourable Mentions
Other computers in dormacy or not used for general computing.
Tanix TX6
A cheap android box I’m using to experiment with ARM linux.
- SoC:
- Allwinner H6
- RAM:
- 4GB
Raspberry Pi 1b+/Zero W
I’m not doing much with the pi 1, but the pi zero is a usb gadget I’m saving for silly stuff.
- SoC:
- Broadcom BCM2835
- RAM:
- 512MB
Raspberry Pi 3
I found this in Cash Converters for around £20. Currently hosting my internet radio
- SoC:
- Broadcom BCM2837
- RAM:
- 1GB
- Storage:
- 16GB SD card
- OS:
- Alpine Linux
ThinkCentre M93
A SFF PC I used to play with containers. It hosted the internet radio before my raspberry pi 3 took over. May dig it up again some day.
- CPU:
- Intel i3-4130T
- RAM:
- 4GB DDR3
- Storage:
- 128GB 3.5" SATA SSD
- OS:
- Alpine Linux
The Forever Laptop (Dell Latitude 7390 2-in-1)
A nice convertable laptop I meant to use for university. Had an awful battery life though.
- CPU:
- i5-8350u
- RAM:
- 8GB LPDDR3
- Storage
- 256GB SATA m.2 SDD
- OS:
- Arch Linux
The Guinea Pig (Dell Latitude e7270)
My old laptop that I used for quite a while after my mum upgraded. Recently used for a Hackintosh project.
- CPU:
- i7-6600u
- RAM:
- 16GB DDR4
- Storage:
- 256GB NVMe SSD
- OS:
- MacOS 11 (Hackintosh)