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 SATA 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. |
| The |
i5-8350u | UHD 630 iGPU | 8GB LPDDR3 | 256GB SATA m.2 SDD | Fedora 41 | A nice convertable laptop I recently picked back up for uni |
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 these Pis since they’re pretty underpowered now.
- SoC:
- Broadcom BCM2835
- RAM:
- 512MB
Raspberry Pi 3
I found this in Cash Converters for around £20. Used to host 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 lxc 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
Pricy (13-in Macbook 2017)
A macbook for notetaking and browsing. I’ve basically given up trying to use it since it keeps freezing randomly and isn’t well supported by linux.
- CPU:
- Intel i5 7360u
- GPU:
- Iris Plus 640 iGPU
- RAM:
- 8GB LPDDR3
- Storage:
- 256GB NVMe SSD
- OS:
- macOS 13
The Guinea Pig (Dell Latitude e7270)
My old laptop that I used for quite a while after my mum upgraded. I’ve used for various experiments, including a hackintosh. It now sits in my dorm running docker containers.
- CPU:
- i7-6600u
- RAM:
- 16GB DDR4
- Storage:
- 256GB NVMe SSD
- OS:
- Alpine Linux 3.20