Uses
I’ve been building PCs since high school, even though back then they were made up of whatever I could find in bargain bins or second-hand. Computers are the tools I use to earn a living, support my family and pay for my hobbies, two of which also involve computers. This page lists what my current setups are.
Daily driver – Custom Workstation
In May 2024, I built a new custom workstation with hardware comparable to a Mac Studio M2 Ultra. It runs Ubuntu 22.04 LTS with a Windows 11 dual boot option in case I need Windows for work purposes. I hate that it has RGB, but this seems to be the norm lately.
- Intel Core i7-14700K 3.4 GHz 20-Core Processor
- ID-COOLING FX360 Liquid CPU Cooler
- Gigabyte Z790 EAGLE Motherboard
- Corsair Vengeance 32 GB DDR5-6400 RAM
- TEAMGROUP 1 TB NVME Solid State Drive
- Zotac GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER 16 GB Video Card
- Montech SKY TWO ATX Mid Tower Case
Travel/remove work – 14-inch MacBook Pro (Apple M1 chip)
Since I joined Automattic, my laptop has been a 14-inch MacBook Pro with the Apple M1 chip. While I still don’t like macOS, the new Apple hardware is impressive. Since I got the new workstation, I use the laptop mostly for video recording, remote working, and travel.
- Apple M1 Pro chip with 10-core CPU & 16 core GPU
- 32GB unified memory
- 1TB SSD
In 2023, I sold my home gaming PC and replaced it with the ROG Ally. I rarely use a PC at home anymore besides gaming, and I much prefer gaming wherever I want to on the ROG Ally.
- AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme Processor
- AMD Radeon Graphics
- 7-inch 1080p screen
- 16GB LPDDR5 RAM
- 512GB NVMe SSD
Custom-built as a new workstation in Dec 2020. During the course of 2022, I doubled the RAM to 32GB, and in Jan 2023, I upgraded the graphics to an RTX 3060. Since building the new 2024 workstation, it resides at my house as the family computer.
- AMD Ryzen 5 3600 CPU
- Asus TUF GAMING B550M-PLUS (WIFI) Motherboard
- 32GB Corsair VENGEANCE LPX DDR 4 RAM
- Palit GeForce RTX 3060 12GB Graphics Card
- Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB NVMe SSD
- 2 x WD Blue 1TB 3.5″ SATA Storage Drives
- Cooler Master MWE GOLD 650W ATX PSU
- Cooler Master Masterbox K500L ATX case