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 “Workstation” (HP Laptop 17 cp0xxx) |
Ryzen 5 5500u | 16GB DDR4 | 512 GB NVMe SSD | Linux Mint 22 | A pretty good laptop bought for around £120. Using for uni right now. |
| The (Dell Latitude 7390 2-in-1) |
i5-8350u | 8GB LPDDR3 | 256GB SATA m.2 SDD | Fedora 41 | A nice convertable laptop I recently picked back up for uni |
| The Guinea Pig (Dell Latitude e7270) |
i7-6600u | 16GB DDR4 | 256 NVMe SSD | Arch Linux | A laptop I’m using for various experiments. Currently testing out COSMIC Desktop. |
| ThinkCentre M93 | i3-4130T | 4GB DDR3 | 128GB SATA SSD | Alpine Linux | A SFF PC I’m using to run docker containers. |
| Le Goober (Prebuilt PC?) |
A8-7650K | 8GB DDR3 | 120GB SATA SSD 1TB SATA HDD |
Gentoo Linux | A desktop I bought and upgraded for cheap. Experimenting with Gentoo linux. |
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. Recently used to run Armbian Trunk.
- SoC:
- Allwinner H6
- RAM:
- 4GB
Raspberry Pi 1b+/Zero W
I’m not doing much with these Pis since they’re pretty underpowered now. Compiled Embedded Cross Linux from Scratch for the Pi 1.
- 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
Pricy (13-in Macbook 2017)
A macbook I have tried many times to main, which never ended up working quite right. Currently running MacOS 15 via OpenCore Legacy Patcher
- CPU:
- Intel i5 7360u
- GPU:
- Iris Plus 640 iGPU
- RAM:
- 8GB LPDDR3
- Storage:
- 256GB NVMe SSD
- OS:
- macOS 15