Hardware
I tend to change hardware a fair bit — with certain exceptions. Of late I’ve tried to relax my hardware hopping habits. So for reference, or just to show off, this is the hardware I’m using now. These will change from time to time, I do have a tendency to swap the entire contents of PCs based on my current requirements so I’ll try to keep updating this page as and when.
PCs
ASUS FX505DT-AL086T
Nyx – Main Windows Development Machine (Windows 11 Pro)
- AMD Ryzen R5-3550H / 2.1GHz Max Turbo Speed 3.7GHz Quad Core (8 Threads) Processor
- 32Gb DDR4 2666 RAM
- AMD® Vega 8 2Gb Integrated Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 4GB Dedicated Graphics
- 4TB Crucial P3 CT4000P3SSD8 M.2 NVMe SSD
- 1x USB 2.0 ports, 1x left
- 2x USB 3.1 ports, 2x left
- 15.6” HD screen (1920×1080), 120Hz 16:9 widescreen
- Realtek High Definition Audio
- DTS® Headphone: X®
- Realtek RTL8168 Gigabit Ethernet PCI-E LAN
- Realtek 8821CE AC Wireless Network Adapter
- Realtek Bluetooth 4.2 Adapter
- ELAN 1200 Touchpad
- USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam
CiT S506
Erebus – Main Windows Development Machine (Windows 11 Pro)
- Intel i7-6700 3.4GHz (up to 4.0 GHz) 4C/8T
- Noctua NH-L12S Top-Flow Cooler
- ASUS Q170M-C LGA1151 Motherboard
- Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 64GB (4x16GB) DDR4 2400 RAM
- 512GB Patriot P220 SATA-III SSD
- 2Tb Cruical MX-500 SATA III SSD
- PNY RTX-A2000 12GB PCI-Express 4.0 x16
- Realtek High Definition Audio
- Realtek RTL8168 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe
- 4x USB 3.0 ports, 4x rear
- 6x USB 2.0 ports, 4x rear, 2x front
- Xbox 360 2.4GHz Wireless Wired Controller
- Dell U2410F Series 24" LCD (1920×1200)
- MSI G321Q 32" Flat Gaming IPS (2560x1440)
- havit Wired RGB Mouse
- havit Wired RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard
- MT-VIKI 4 port KVM HDMI Switch
Alienware Alpha R2
Dionysus – emuShell Test Machine (Windows 11 Pro)
- Intel i7-6700T 2.8GHz (up to 3.6 GHz) 4C/8T 35W
- 16Gb DDR4 2133 SDRAM
- nVidia GTX 960 4GB PCI-Express 3.0 x16
- 256GB Patriot P300 M.2 NVMe SSD
- 480GB Yucun SATA-III
- Intel Dual Band Wireless AC 3165 & Bluetooth 4.2
- Intel HD Audio
- Realtek ALC3234 for optical S/PDIF output
- Realtek RTL8168 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe
- 4x USB 3.0 port
- 1x HDMI In port
- 1x HDMI Out port
- 1x Optical S/PDIF port
- 1x Alienware Graphics Amplifier port
- Sony DualSense PS5 Wireless Controller - Grey Camo
Teclast F5
Ares – Portable Development Laptop (Pop!_OS)
- Intel Celeron N4100 1.1GHz (up to 2.4 GHz) Quad Core
- 8Gb DDR4 2400 SDRAM
- Intel UHD Graphics 600 GPU
- 256Gb 2242 SSD
- Intel AVStream Camera 2MP
- 11.6” FHD screen (1920×1080), 16:9 widescreen touchscreen
- Intel SST Audio
- Intel Dual Band Wireless AC 3165 & Bluetooth 4.2
- 1x USB C port
- 1x Micro USB port
- 1x Mini-HDMI port
- Alogic USB-C Travel Dock
- Rechargeable Bluetooth Mouse
Linx 1010B
Eris – Windows 10 Retro Gaming Tablet (Windows 10 Home)
- Intel Atom Z3735F Quad Core 1.33GHz
- 2Gb DDR3 SDRAM
- 128Mb Intel Iris Pro 5200
- 32Gb Toshiba 032G72 eMMC
- 128Gb Sandisk Ultra uSD
- Intel AVStream Camera 1MP (Front)
- 10.1 FHD screen (1280×800), 16:9 multi-touch widescreen
- Intel SST Audio
- Realtek RTL8723BS Wireless LAN 802.11n & Bluetooth 4.0
- 2x USB 3.0 ports
- 1x Mini-HDMI port
Antec Fusion
Elysium – emuShell Gaming PC (Windows 11 Pro)
- AMD Ryzen™ 7 5700X, AM4, Zen 3, 8 Core, 16 Thread, 3.4GHz, 4.6GHz Turbo, 36MB Cache, PCIe 4.0, 65W, CPU
- Noctua NH-C14S Top-Flow Cooler
- ASRock AMD Ryzen B550M Phantom Gaming 4 AM4 PCIe 4.0 mATX Motherboard
- Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 64GB (2x32GB) 3600MHz DDR4 RAM
- 512GB Toshiba KXG5AZNV512G M.2 NVMe SSD
- 4Tb Samsung 870 QVO SATA III SSD
- 8Tb Samsung 870 QVO SATA III SSD
- GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4060 OC Low Profile 8GB PCI-Express 4.0 x16
- Realtek 7.1 CH (Realtek ALC887/897 Audio Codec) High Definition Audio
- Realtek RTL8168 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe
- 4x USB 3.0 ports, 4x rear
- 4x USB 2.0 ports, 2x rear, 2x front
- Google Stadia Bluetooth Controller
- Sony DualSense PS5 Wireless Controller - White
- USB Bluetooth 5.0 dongle
- USB iMon Soundgraph IR Receiver
- Trust ODY Wireless Keyboard and Mouse
Servers
Beelink U59 Pro
Hel – VM Server (Proxmox VE)1
- Intel Celeron N5105 (4C/4T, 4M Cache, 2.0GHz up to 2.9GHz)
- 16Gb DDR4 2666 RAM
- 512GB M.2 SSD SATA-III
- Intel JasperLake [UHD Graphics]
- Intel Corporation Jasper Lake HD Audio
- Intel Bluetooth 4.0
- Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 3165
- 2x Realtek RTL8111 PCIe Gigabit LAN
- Realtek RTL8153 USB 3.0 Gigabit LAN
- 4x USB 3.0 port
- 1x USB C port
Kolink Satellite
Njord – VM Server (Proxmox VE)
- Intel® Quad-Core Pentium® Processor J4205 (up to 2.6 GHz)
- ASRock J4205-ITX Motherboard
- 16Gb DDR3 1866 RAM
- Intel Apollo Lake [HD Graphics 505] GPU
- 256GB Kingston U-SNS8154P3 PCIe M.2 2280 SSD NVMe
- 12Tb Seagate Exos x18 ST12000NM000J SATA-III
- 12Tb Seagate Ironwolf Pro ST12000NE0008 SATA-III
- 10Tb Seagate Barracuda ST10000DM005 SATA-III
- ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1062 Serial ATA Controller
- MZHOU M.2 SSD M-Key NVME PCIe 3.0 x1 Adapter Card
- Realtek ALC892 High Definition Audio
- Realtek RTL8111GR Gigabit Ethernet PCIe
- 2x USB 3.0 ports, 2x front
- 2x USB 3.1 ports, 2x rear
- 2x USB 2.0 ports, 2x rear
Beelink SER5 Max
Tyr – VM Server (Proxmox VE)
- AMD Ryzen 7 5800H (8C/16T, 4M Cache, 3.2GHz up to 4.4GHz)
- Crucial 32Gb DDR4 3200 RAM
- Crucial P3 Plus 500GB PCIe M.2 2280 SSD NVMe
- AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Graphics 3GB
- Intel Bluetooth 5.2
- Intel Wifi 6 AX200 160MHz
- Realtek High Definition Audio
- Realtek RTL8168 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe
- 3x USB 3.2 ports
- 1x USB 2.0 port
- 1x USB C port
Fractal Design Node 804
Ve – Backup Server (TrueNAS SCALE)
- Intel i5-6500 3.2GHz (up to 3.6 GHz) 4C/4T
- ASUS Q170M-C LGA1151 Motherboard
- 32Gb DDR4 2400 RAM
- 512GB Patriot P220 SATA-III
- 3x 12Tb Seagate Ironwolf Pro ST12000NE0008 SATA-III
- 2x 8Tb Seagate Barracuda ST8000DM004 SATA-III
- 4Tb Seagate Barracuda ST4000DM000 SATA-III
- 4Tb Seagate Barracuda ST4000DM004 SATA-III
- Realtek High Definition Audio
- Realtek RTL8168 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe
- ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1062 4-port Serial ATA Controller
- 4x Noctua NF-P12 redux-900, Ultra Quiet Silent Fans
- 2x USB 3.0 ports, 2x front
- 2x USB 3.1 ports, 2x rear
- 2x USB 2.0 ports, 2x rear
Amigas
Checkmate A1500+ (Amiga 1200)
Dagda – Amiga 1200 (Amiga OS 3.2.2)
- Rev 1D4 Motherboard
- Kickstart 3.2.2
- PiStorm32 Lite Accelerator Card (Pi4B 2Gb - EMU68)
- Motorola 68040/68882
- 2 MB Amiga Chip RAM
- 1900 MB Fast RAM
- Advanced Graphics Architecture (AGA)
- Indivision AGA MK2cr Flicker Fixer
- 4 × 8-bit PCM channels (2 stereo channels)
- Gotek OLED Floppy Drive
- DVD-RW IDE
- AmigaKit A1200/A600 4xIDE Buffered IDE Interface
- 64 GB MicroSD on PiStorm32 Lite adapter
- AmigaKit PC Key 1200 Keyboard Adapter
- Commodore CDTV Keyboard CD-1221 (Black keycaps)
Amiga 1200
Danu – Amiga 1200 (Amiga OS 3.1)
- Rev 2B Motherboard
- Kickstart 3.1 (Cloanto)
- TerribleFire TF1260
- Motorola 68LC060 @ 50 MHz
- 2 MB Amiga Chip RAM
- 128 MB Fast RAM
- 32 GB SD/Compact Flash Drive on CFIDE adapter
- Advanced Graphics Architecture (AGA)
- ScanAGA VGA Scan Doubler
- 4 × 8-bit PCM channels (2 stereo channels)
- Gotek OLED Floppy Drive
Amiga 500+
Lugh – Amiga 500+ (Amiga OS 3.2.2)
- Rev 8 Motherboard
- Kickstart 3.2.1
- PiStorm Accelerator Card (Pi3A - Musashi)
- Motorola 68040 @ 75 MHz
- 2 MB Amiga Chip RAM
- 256 MB Fast RAM
- Enhanced Chipset (ECS)
- PiStorm RTG Graphics
- RGB2HDMI adapter
- 4 × 8-bit PCM channels (2 stereo channels)
- Gotek OLED Floppy Drive
- 32 GB MicroSD on PiStorm
Amiga 500+
Cernunnos – Amiga 500+ (Amiga OS 3.1)
- Rev 8 Motherboard
- Kickstart 3.1
- Motorola 68000 @ 7 MHz
- 1 MB Amiga Chip RAM
- Enhanced Chipset (ECS)
- 4 × 8-bit PCM channels (2 stereo channels)
- Gotek OLED Floppy Drive
- Sega Megadrive/Genesis Gamepad
Amiga 600
Badb – Amiga 600 (Amiga OS 2.05)
- Rev 1.3 Motherboard
- Kickstart 2.05
- A630 Rev 2 Accelerator 68030 50Mhz
- 1 MB Onboard Amiga Chip RAM
- Amiga A600 PiggyBackNot RGB2HDMI 1Mb Expansion
- Enhanced Chipset (ECS)
- 4 × 8-bit PCM channels (2 stereo channels)
- Gotek OLED Floppy Drive
- 32 GB SD IDE on SD2IDE adapter
Amiga 600
Morrigan – Amiga 600 (Amiga OS 3.1)
- Rev 2B Motherboard
- Kickstart 3.1
- A630 Rev 3 Accelerator 68030 50Mhz inc FPU
- 1 MB Onboard Amiga Chip RAM
- Amiga A600 PiggyBackNot RGB2HDMI 1Mb Expansion
- Enhanced Chipset (ECS)
- 4 × 8-bit PCM channels (2 stereo channels)
- Gotek OLED Floppy Drive
- 32 GB SD IDE on SD2IDE adapter