Main PC Specs
This is my baby.
I put my own blood, sweat and wallet into researching the right parts, ordering them, and assembling the beast you see before you today.
Processor
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
3.6 GHz
4.4 GHz Max Boost
Memory
OLOy 16GB DDR4
DDR4 2400
2x8GB (Dual channel, obviously)
Graphics Card
EVGA GTX 1660 SC ULTRA (Dual Fan)
6GB GDDR5
1830 MHz Boost Clock
Solid State Drive
Team Group MP33
M.2 2280
512 GB
Hard Disk Drive
WD Black 2TB
6 Gb/s SATA
7200 RPM, 64 MB Cache
Operating Systems
Windows 10 Pro
Version 21H1
Manjaro Linux (Budgie desktop)
Linux Kernel 5.15.21-1
Motherboard
ASRock B550 Phantom Gaming 4
6Gb/s SATA
Socket AM4
Power Supply
EVGA 600BQ
600W Power Supply
Case
Fractal Design Focus G Mystic
Red
Laptop Specs
My other partner in crime.
When I’m away from my baby, this Dell Latitude 7490 never lets me down.
Processor
Intel Core i7-8650U
4.2 GHz (8×1.9 GHz)
Memory
8 GB
Graphics
Intel UHD Graphics 620
Operating Systems
Windows 10 Pro
Version 21H1
Ubuntu Budgie 21.10
Linux Kernel 5.13.0-28
Solid State Drive
256 GB M.2 SSD
The Mac Shrine
The fruit that refuses to go bad.
A Mid-2009 iMac with all the fixin’s.
Processor
Intel Core 2 Duo
2.26 GHz GHz (8×1.9 GHz)
Memory
4 GB
Solid State Drive
128 GB SSD
Operating System
Mac OS 10.
Version 21H1
iPod
4th gen. iPod (40 GB)
Other PC Projects
Apple iBook G4
Restoration project
One of the last PowerPC laptops Apple made. 512 MB RAM, running Mac OS 10.5.
Apple MacBook Core 2 Duo
Restoration project
Original non-unibody 2.1 GHz Core 2 Duo MacBook upgraded to 4 GB RAM and a 128 GB SSD. Running Mac OS 10.6.8. Battery works surprisingly well for its age.
Apple MacBook Pro
Mac OS portable
2011 unibody MacBook pro with Core i5 processor, 8 GB RAM and 128 GB SSD. Possible battery replacement in the future, runs about 1 hour on full charge.
Apple PowerBook 120
Possible restoration project
PowerPC Mac running older version of Mac OS, need more information.
Dell XPS M1330
Restoration project
High performance Core 2 Duo laptop with Apple-esque slot-loading drive. Needs new battery, and plan to upgrade to SSD.
Dell Latitude CPi
Restoration project
Pentium 2 laptop with 128 MB RAM running Windows 95. Machine is in great shape other than a missing RAM slot cover on the bottom. Replaced hard drive with an SD to IDE adapter.
Dell Inspiron 1100
Possible restoration project
Windows XP laptop, need more information. Needs new battery if possible.
HP Compaq nc6230
Possible restoration project
Pentium M laptop with 1 GB RAM running Windows 7 (upgraded from XP, may reinstall.) Old IDE hard drive works surprisingly well. Will not connect to network. Has a serial port for connecting to legacy devices.
HP Compaq tc4200
Restoration project
Early 2-in-1 example. Running Intel T2500, 1 GB RAM. Shipped with Windows Vista, actually triple-booting Windows XP and 7 alongside Lubuntu. Pen driver doesn’t work with XP for some reason.
Microsoft Surface RT
Possible restoration project
Windows RT 8.1 tablet. Not much I can do with it at this point since Windows RT is basically abandonware but I might find a use case for it sometime in the future.
- My Proudest Moment as a Computer Repair Guy
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