Infernal
OS: Windows 11 Pro
CASE: Spire Supreme 1614-X *
PSU: Corsair RM750i 750 W Modular (80+ Gold)
MOTHERBOARD: MSI MPG X570 Gaming Plus
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
GFX: ASUS GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER ROG STRIX Advanced 8GB GDDR6
RAM: 64 GB G. Skill RipJaws V DDR4 3200 MHz **
SSD (Boot): Samsung 980 PRO 2TB PCIe 4.0 (M.2) ******
SSD (Steam): WD Blue 3D NAND 1 TB (Sata3)
SSD (Storage): Crucial MX-500 2TB (Sata3) ***
HDD (Backup): Seagate Desktop/Samsung Spinpoint M9T 2 TB (Sata3) *****
External
KEYBOARD: Logitech MX Keys (Rechargeable) / Deltaco Membrane Gaming Keyboard (DK120)
MOUSE: Logitech MX Anywhere 2S (Rechargeable)
WEBCAM: Logitech BRIO Ultra HD
HEADSET: RAZER Blackshark V2 X
MONITOR1: ViewSonic XG Gaming XG2705-2K 27" 144Hz QHD iPS (1440p)
SOUND: Logitech Z-313 50W 2.1
NET: TP-Link Archer T9UH AC1900 USB Adapter (Wifi 6)
NET: TP-Link Archer AC2300 Router

OS: Windows 10 Pro
CASE: Cooler Master CM Storm Scout ATX Miditower
PSU: Raptoxx RT700P 700W
MOTHERBOARD: MSI PC MATE B350
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600
RAM: 2x8 GB G.Skill Ripjaw DDR4-3200 (16GB)
GFX: MSI GTX 1650 Super 4GB Noventus OC
SSD: A-DATA XPG SX8200 PRO NVMe 500GB
DVD: Samsung Super Writemaster DVD RW
NET/BT: TP-Link Archer TX50E Wifi 6 Bluetooth 5.0 (Intel Wifi 6 AX200 160Mhz)
MONITOR: Philips E-line 275E2FAE 27" iPS (1440p)
Keyboard/Mouse: X-Striker no-name flamboyant RGB setup

Upgraded from Windows 10 to 11 and ... Well ... D'uh. I wonder what the hell Microsoft is thinking. Windows is only the biggest and most popular OS in the World and Microsoft want it to be more like MacOS which is very old by design, retarded, lame and clunky as hell ... weird.

I hate Windows 11, but I hate Mac even more. Same relationship with my iPhone - it's total crap, but Android is crappier. Don't get me started on Google. The world litterally Sucks. This is the darkest of the dark ages.

Three years ago I wouldn't really recommend anyone working with App development in Visual Studio to get an AMD Ryzen CPU because it was a world of pain (at first) working with VirtualBox and Android Emulators that all seemed to be really tightly coupled with Intel CPU's, but it' miles ahead of Intels feebleminded CPU's, even though it's getting a bit old. The alternative to the free Android simulator solution carries a price tag, which is also vastly superior and integrates pretty easily, BUT a year ago they suddenly decided to cut off Indy developers and then a little later they were offering an Indy version for twice the price.. Scum.

The Corsair RM750i got a ten year warranty and it's totally worth it, at least with the CorsairLink ;)

*) The case looks identical to the 1614, except the front is mirrored, it got a Spire logo, there are two spots for 92mm fans on the side, it's lightweight and is able to fit inside a large suitcase.

**) The AMD Spiral Wraith got a bit too noisy for my taste at 3200 MHz with the AMD Ryzen 5 1600, but that has completely changed with the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X, that seems to run really cool even though it clearly consume more power than it lets on.

***) I got this to replace the Seagate 2TB HDD, but cloning a mechanical harddrive that transfer at best 100 MB/s goes beyond my tolerance level when dealing with 2TB... Marks the end of 20 years of cloning discs, but perhaps a new age will appear with pure-bred SSD's...

****) Performance per Watt is simply outstanding and it's very cool and quiet too, but unfortunately it doesn't have hardware support for Ray tracing, which is a slowly emerging requirement, that already bar me from a few "Enhanced" versions of games I own. The card is simply the most powerful 100W card on the planet, but I've got another SUPER for sore eyes that raise the bar at the cost of 75% more power (GTX 2060 Super).

*****) Apparently one of the last disc to come out of Samsung, before the switch to Seagate as both their names are on this disc.I was actually planning to replace the Samsung Spinpoint with the Crucial MX-500 2TB , but cloning a mechanical 2TB HDD takes too long and I am beginning to suspect that even every SSD but M.2 is going to slow me down.

******) Replaced the ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro. Cloning a 500 GB M.2 to another M.2 only took a few minutes. Hell yeah!!!


Idle: 65-73 W
Load: 150 W
Peak: 200 W

Fast and energy efficient... I've got more than 500W of excess :) Or at least I had before I upgraded my Ryzen 5 1600 to Ryzen 5 5600X... I suspect the 5600X spend considerably more power than it's letting on.


RAZER Blackshark V2 X Gaming Headset
Havit i66 Bluetooth Headset (with the worst mic ever)
The Logitech Webcam HD C310 also work as my main mic.
aFAKTA'S GAMING KEYBOARD (Super-cheap no-name made in China)
FAKTA'S GAMING HEADSET (Super-cheap no-name made in China with a super shoddy mic)

The keyboard from FAKTA was okay and easy to clean, but the matching headset was really shoddy with the worst rumbling and grumbly mic ever - or maybe it's just the sound of me - and it broke ofc ;) :(Unfortunately the FAKTA Gaming Keyboard, which lasted longer than the mouse broke in regards to that which should really have lasted much longer, the enforced cloth-wired cable... )

KEYBOARD(1): Microsoft Wired 600
KEYBOARD(2): Logitech K800 Illuminated
MOUSE: A4-Tech Evolution 750X (breaking up as the laser wanders too much off on its own)
AUDIO: Havit Headset Bluetooth

MOTHERBOARD: MSI B350 PC MATE FCH
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600, 6 cores 12 logical processors
CASE: Cooler Master CM Storm Scout
GFX: ASUS Geforce GTX 770 DirectCU II OC 2GB
CPU: Intel Core i7-960
SSD: Intel 545S SSD 256 GB
SSD: ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 512 GB (M.2) ***
PSU: Raptoxx RT-700-P 700W
...plus a massive level of old motherboards, cpus, ram and clunky HDD's from 100 MB - 40 GB...
MONITOR: Samsung S27F358H 27" PLS (IPS) (1080p) - Cracked from simple touching, Korean Garbage!!

***) Best in test 2-3 years ago and it starts from cold boot in less than 10 seconds, login and initializations included. At least it did in the beginning, but now Microsoft have managed to screw it up with their untested updates of piss-poor-programming and repeated account checks that loop forever. Kinda defeats the purpose.


MOTHERBOARD: ASUS Sabertooth X58
CPU: Intel Core i7-960 @ 3.2 GHz
RAM: 12 GB Corsair XMS3 (3x4GB Triple-channel Architecture)
PSU: Chieftec CFT-650-14CS 650W Modular
SSD: Plextor M5S 256 GB
HDD: Seagate Desktop 2TB (ST2000DM001)

It pretty much all died because of a power-surge from the Chieftec PSU, that were actually supposed to be protected from that.. It was a bit of shock to realize that the SATA discs are a hell of a lot more sensitve to power fluctuations than the old solid and reliable IDE ATA discs.

Can't say I wasn't much more appreciative of the follow up as I decided to go with quality, speed and power-efficient solutions... i.e. Not INTEL.


Apple: MacBook Pro 17" (Early 2011), Core i7 (Quad-core), 16 GB RAM, 500 GB MX-500 SSD, Catalina 10.15.7.

- Upgraded from 4GB to 16 GB RAM, 750 HDD to 500 GB SSD and from High Sierra to Catalina 10.15.7.