blog date; 5/17/2025

updated; 5/25/2025

I've updated my main and secondary rig since this blog was last updated, will put it up to speed when I have time. I also removed the ps3 and my phones because I felt they didn't belong here.

my hardware and computers, detailed

I own many computers, specifically, 3 desktops, 2 laptops, 2 phones, a modded PS3 slim, and a lot of working hardware that hasn't been assembled together yet.

Most of my computers run Linux, though I also have a modded version of Windows 10 IoT LTSC on my main desktop, it comes in handy when I have to use software that works best on Windows.

In a perfect world, everything I use would run perfectly fine on Linux, but for now this will have to do. I don't have many complaints, as I trust in my own modification of my own Windows install.

Maybe one day, Linux software support will be better than Windows! It's a nice thought, but truth be told, I wouldn't hold my breath.

my main laptop, hp victus 15

banana for scale. notice the early version of the home page!

I've had this machine for 2 years now. the specs it has are mid-tier at best, but it's crushed everything (as in most things) i've thrown at it! I mainly play older titles (pre 2010s-mid 2010s) so the hardware is more than enough! In fact, sometimes I have to patch the games to work with the newer hardware. My favorite part about this laptop is, unlike most other machines in it's generation, the RAM isn't soldered to the mainboard and can be changed. In fact, it has 2 slots for RAM! In the future, I hope to upgrade to at least 32 GBs of RAM. The NVMe can be upgraded as well, I've read online that the max supported storage for this machine is 1TB, but people have modded 2TB NVMe's to work as well. The viewing angles are very comfortable, as the 15.6 inch screen barely blacks out when you look at it from awkward angles, making it great as a multimedia machine. Also, I'm working on this site in this laptop!

part list;

Ryzen 5 5600H Processor, 6 cores / 12 threads @ 3.3 GHz / @ 4.2 GHz Turbo

AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 Integrated Graphics

Radeon RX 6500M Graphics Card, 4096MB VRAM

16 GB (8+8) 3200MHz DDR4 SODIMM RAM

512GB Samsung SSD NVMe

Back-lit white keyboard, perfect to type in the dark

1920x1080 @ 144 Hz

Modded Windows 11 IoT LTSC

my second laptop, thinkpad x200

I bought this ThinkPad 3 months ago. The 12.1 inch size makes it very comfortable to carry around. I mainly use it as a media machine to watch anime and movies on the small screen, the VGA port it has is also very useful for my 3:4 monitor. The keyboard is very comfortable, and I love the trackpoint in the middle of the keyboard. (Sometimes I prefer to use the trackpoint instead of a traditional mouse.) The media keys themselves are very comfortable to press and are a great addition to the keyboard. Truly this machine was beyond it's years when it came out. The 1280x800 screen was awkward at first, but with scaling I've come to love it. It works great with Xfce, and is very comfortable for the machine's size.

part list;

Core 2 Duo P8400, 2 cores / 2 threads @ 2.267 GHz

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD

6GB (4+2) of 1066MHz DDR3 SODIMM RAM

256 GB Gigabyte SSD

1280x800 @ 60 Hz

No OS currently.

my main desktop

While it's not the best desktop I have, it's the one I use the most, simply because the motherboard has better support for older operating systems and software. I built this computer with 100% second-hand parts I found on online marketplaces—nothing in this build was bought from a store, which is one of the reasons I love it so much. Another reason I use this computer a lot is the fact that it has a CD-Rom drive! Yes, I still use and rip optical media in big '25. You'd think it would be obsolete by now, but optical storage is a great way to archive stuff! (Xfburn FTW) Also, this thing is HEAVY. Seriously, the case is from the early 2010s, it's like bare steel! Everytime I have to carry this thing around, I count it in my daily workout.

part list;

i5-2500K, 4 cores / 4 threads @ 3.3 GHz / @ 4.5 GHz OC'd

Cerberus GTX 1050 Ti, 4096MB VRAM

16 GB (8+8) 1600 MHz DDR3 RAM

ASUS P8P67-LE Motherboard

Asus 24x DVD+RW/CD Optical Media Burner

Cooler Master MWE 230V 650W Power Supply

Cooler Master CM 690 II Case

Debian 12 Bookworm w/ Xfce 4.18

my "first" desktop

While it wasn't the first computer I used, it was the first one that was *mine*.I bought this one in early 2021 while I was still in high school. I didn't know the first thing about how computers worked, so I paid my local computer store to build it for me. I did learn how computers work with this, by swapping out parts, seeing what happens when I do this and that, I did upgrade it myself later on as well. It was also the reason I got into Linux, as I had gotten bored of using it to watch YT and play vidya every day. (I wanted something new to do and Linux Mint 21 had just come out.) Notice that this machine has 32 GB of RAM, that's because I host my own booru on it in my local network using hydrus network. It makes it very easy to access media files throughout my local network.

part list;

i5-10400F, 6 cores / 12 threads @ 2.9 GHz / @ 4.3 GHz Turbo

AMD RX 6700 XT, 12 GB VRAM

32 GB (16+16) 3600 MHz DDR4 RAM

H510M-A Pro Motherboard

250GB Samsung 850 Evo SSD

120 GB HikVision SSD

1 TB WD Black HDD @ 5400 RPM

500 GB WD Blue HDD, 5400 RPM

Unbranded 600W Power Supply (Hasn't exploded yet...)

Unknown Zalman PC case.

Linux Mint 22.1 Cinnamon & Windows 10 IoT LTSC

my retro/experiment desktop

I love this one. Currently, it's running 32bit Windows XP SP3. It also ran Vista, 7, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Haiku, ReactOS, and many obscure Linux distros. I would probably throw this thing in a napalm firepit for the lulz. One thing I like about the CD-ROM drive in this machine is that it has M-DISC support. Amazing for optical storage! Also, this is my visual novel PC, having around 40 GBs of visual novels!

part list;

Core 2 Quad Q8300

ASUS AMD R7 240, 4096MB VRAM

4 GB (1) 1066 MHz DDR3 RAM

Asus P5G41T-M LX PLUS Motherboard

120 GB WD Blue HDD, 5400 RPM

Samsung 16x Super Writemaster M-DISC DVD Burner

BELSON 300W Power Supply (This one hasn't exploded as well... yet?)

Unknown "DARK" Brand ATX Case

(Currently) 32bit Windows XP SP3