Current Hardware

My Framework Laptop 13 (2021-)

  • Fedora 39 onwards

  • 4TB WD NVMe 2280

  • AMD Ryzen 7 7840U

    • Originally OG i7-1185g7

  • 48GB DDR5 Crucial RAM 5500MT/s

    • Originally 32GB DDR4 Crucial RAM with 11th gen

  • Intel AX210 Wifi Card

  • 12 Expansion cards total, mainly use one USB-C, HDMI, Ethernet and one USB

My Ryzen build-during-shortages Desktop (q1 2022-)

Upcycled ThinkCentre Chromebox “TIDUS” (2023-)

  • Linux Mint Debian Edition

  • Intel Celeron 3205U

  • 8GB DDR3 RAM

  • 512gb 2242 M.2 NVMe

  • Ethernet-only (wifi card socket is damaged)

  • Runs Coreboot, tests Coreboot builds

Past Hardware Setups

(that I have photos of)

GPD Win Mini (Q3 2023-Q3 2024)

Steam Deck LCD (2022 Q3- 2024)

  • AMD Van Gogh (RDNA 2 8CU + ZEN 2)

  • 512gb LCD Edition

    • 512gb NVMe 2230

    • Wifi 5 (soldered)

    • 500gb MicroSD Card

    • SteamOS 3.5.5+

    • Anti-Glare Screen

    • 16GB DDR5 5500Mhz RAM

      • 4GB dedicated VRAM

HP Chromebook x360 14c (DRAGONAIR)
(2023-2024)

Donated to friend for tinkering.

Lenovo C13 Yoga Chromebook (MORPHIUS)
(2021-2024)

Purism Librem 5 (terrible)
(built 2020, received 2022, used 2023-2024 q1)

Given to friend

  • NXP i.MX 8M quad core A53

  • 3GB DDR4 RAM

  • 32gb eMMC Storage

    • shipped with shitty PureOS, replaced with postmarketOS alpine distro

  • MicroSD slot (not used)

  • Ting SIM

  • Wifi 6 via SparkLAN 266AXI

Dell G5 15 SE, “The Competitor”
(Built 2020, owned 2021-2023)

Was used for work and portable gaming, now given to a friend.

Personally-refurbished Oryx Pro oryp4 model (built 2018, used 2021-2023)

Was used for guests to game, now sold.

Anbernic Win600 (2023-2023)

Was used for testing ChimeraOS, now sold to friend.

Nanote P8 (2023-2024)

Used on and off to test low-power CPU performance of certain distros

  • Intel Pentium N4200 fanless

  • 64gb emmc

    • Slow and basically useless, wiped

    • Now running /boot for Fedora KDE

  • 512gb MicroSD

    • /home folder for Fedora KDE, previously where Arch was installed…perhaps Haiku in the future

    • M.2 upgrade slot is unpopulated on PCB, so MicroSD is best bet for more storage

  • 8GB 3200Mhz RAM (soldered)

  • Wifi 5 (soldered)

    • Only able to connect to 2.4Ghz most of the time

  • Originally Arch Linux + XFCE

Xeon budget build for guest gaming (2022-2022)

Gifted to family member’s SO for Christmas.

Thinkpad P51 (2019-2021)

Gifted to best friend.

GPD Win Max Rev.1 (2020-2024)

On the handhelds shelf.

  • i5-1035g7

  • 1TB Sabrent Rocket NVMe (upgraded from OEM 512gb)

  • 16gb DDR4-3266 RAM (soldered)

  • Gamepad + touchpad combo

  • AX201 Intel Wifi (soldered)

Thinkpad T440p (2017-q4 2023) RIP

Donated as parts to hackers in need, dead BIOS chip.

  • i7-4800MQ

    • This thing ran fairly warm

  • 16gb DDR3-1600 Crucial RAM

  • 1TB 2.5” Sandisk SSD

    • Fedora 32+

  • 2TB 2.5” Sandisk SSD in-place of CD slot

    • Storage

    • removed for sale

Thinkpad A485 (2017-2018) RIP

Cooling issues, donated to Noisebridge.

  • Ryzen 5 Pro 2500U

  • 16gb DDR4-2400 (eventually upgraded from initial 8gb)

  • 512gb 2.5” SSD

    • Manjaro (only one that had decent vega support)

Gigabyte Aero 15X (2018-2021) RIP

Saw the magic smoke. Completely torn apart for parts and recycled.

Corsair One Pro v1 (2017-2022)

Sold on eBay.

  • i7-7700K (AIO liquid cooled)

  • 16gb DDR4-2400

  • 512gb NVME SSD (OEM)

    • Originally Windows 10, then Manjaro 18, eventually ChimeraOS for use as a Steam Machine hooked up to Living Room TV

  • 1TB 2.5” HDD (OEM)

    • game storage

  • NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti (AIO liquid cooled)

  • Mag-lev fan

Rare Sony VAIO UX380N (2013-2019)
(Built in 2007)

Lost to time.

  • Intel Solo U1500

    • OG, repasted

  • 128gb KingSpec 1.8” SSD to replace HDD

    • Originally Solus, then Ubuntu 18.04 XFCE further down the line

  • 1GB DDR2-400

  • Painful Intel 945gm iGPU

OG PS4-turned-PC (2013-2020)

On the “WORK ON” shelf, not used much now.

This is able to run Linux due to Sony ending their use of the Cell architecture

Thinkpad X61T (2008-2014)

Original convertible Thinkpad tablet I used in high school, onward. Now a relic of the past I hold onto, on the nostalgia shelf.

  • Intel Core 2 Duo L7700

    • Painful Intel GMA iGPU

  • 4GB DDR2 SDRAM

    • Eventually updated to 8GB Crucial around graduation. Max it was capable of.

  • 100GB 2.5” SATA HDD

    • Eventually upgraded to 500gb 2.5” Sandisk SSD

      • Windows Vista until upgrading to Windows 7 on graduation, then ran Solus for years afterwards. Still had it in 2022.

  • Intel 4965AGN Wifi

  • TFT + Plastic cover touchscreen with stylus support

    • Also swiveled 180*

Mario - Chromebook Beta Program Batch 2 (2010-2020)

Currently on the same shelf as the X61T.

Model Mario FISH 2330

  • Intel Atom N455

  • 2Gb DDR? RAM (possibly DDR3)

  • 16GB emmc SSD

  • CR-48 ChromeOS