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• 2×Intel Xeon Gold 6130T -> 2×Intel Xeon Platinum 8260L
• (4 -> 8)×32GB Samsung DDR4-2666 ECC RAM
• NVIDIA RTX A4000 (PNY)
• AMD Radeon RX7900 XTX (Yeston Sakura Sugar) +
• Intel Arc A770 16GB (ASRock Challenger) +※
• Supermicro X11DPH-T (C622)
• Samsung 980 Pro 2TB
• Samsung 990 Pro 2TB +
• WDC WD221KRYZ-01BBAB0 22TB +
• Corsair RM850e -> Corsair HX1500i
• Gentoo Linux ~amd64

The first truly custom computer that was spec’ed out and built by me from scratch. Very cursed specs, I know.

Initially built in 2023. Upgraded along the way. The original intention is to build a powerful code compilation machine that can also handle light graphics workloads (GPU rendering in particular) for cheap. I had the hilarious idea of building a computer with graphic cards from all vendors in it (to test my shitty graphics code that I’m never going to write again). And here it is.

The initial configuration (dual Xeon 6130T, 8×32GB RAM, A4000, 980 Pro) costed me ~$1000 for the bare setup (powers on and runs, no case, no thing). The cost shot up after it was put into a proper case, had its CPUs upgraded, and the addition of the other two graphic cards, as well as additional storage.

Everything in this computer except the following was obtained second-hand:

• The AMD Radeon RX7900 XTX
• The Intel Arc A770 16GB
• All storage
• Both PSUs
• The case (Phanteks Enthoo Pro II)
• PCIe riser cables
• Secondary PCIe expansion cards (USB, OCuLink)
• Two of the case fans

Yes this means all but two of the Noctua fans running in the system are obtained in used condition.

One of the upgraded Xeon 8260L failed after being running in the machine for roughly a day. The computer would not post with that specific processor inserted. IPMI logged a thermal trip event and a CATERR before the processor failed, while the computer was idling.

The motherboard does not seem to support PCIe ASPM, even though the option for ASPM can be “revealed” in BIOS and can be adjusted, it has no effect. All other ways to force ASPM in software don’t work either. For this reason, power consumption of the Arc A770 in this machine hovers around 40W even when it’s fully idle (not even outputting any video). When the Intel card is not required it’s sometimes removed to reduce idle power consumption of the machine. With the Arc A770 installed, the machine idles at ~160W, without it ~120W. Highest reported power consumption of the machine from the HX1500i is ~1100W.

RAM in this machine was bought when they cost ~30 USD per 32GB stick, not >200 USD per like they are in late 2025 / early 2026. There are two unpopulated memory channels per CPU. I have considered filling them in by adding an additional 128GB of RAM before, but now it’s officially no longer possible.

The power supply (HX1500i) died early February 2026. An RMA swap was performed and I received a refurbished unit, unfortunately.

There are multiple virtual machines configured with PCIe passthrough on this computer, including a Windows 11 Pro VM.

Weighs ~20KG in its current form.

• Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 (running at 3.6 GHz)
• 4×4GB Kingston DDR3-1600 RAM
• NVIDIA GTX 960 4GB (ZOTAC)
• AMD RX 550 4GB LP (Yeston) #
• Gigabyte GA-EP43T-USB3 rev 1.0 (P43+ICH10)
• Crucial M4-CT128M4SSD2 (128GB)
• Segate Barracuda 7200.12 (500GB)
• Great Wall 650W PSU
• Debian GNU/Linux Trixie amd64
• Windows 7 Ultimate x64
• Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

Built out of the remains of “PC” (the ideacenter K300), from which it inherited all the storage, this computer is sitting at my parents’ home serving as their home desktop.

Yes it’s just a Core 2. But it handles their computing needs perfectly fine.

The machine was conceived when I bought the QX9650 dirt cheap back in 2017 to play with and realized there is no way the OEM motherboard that came with the ideacenter can make full use of it. So I bought a random dirt cheap LGA 775 motherboard to pair with it.

The RX 550 was the designated graphics card originally. However I wanted to challenge myself by installing Windows XP x64 on it, and the RX 550 has no driver for Windows XP. So I put the GTX 960 taken from Alice in there.

• Framework Laptop (Intel 11th gen, 4th batch)
• Intel Core i7-1185G7
• 2×32GB Crucial DDR4-3200 RAM
• Intel Iris Xe Graphics
• NVIDIA RTX 2080 (Founders Edition) egpu #
• SoC Platform
• 13” IPS LCD 2256x1504@60Hz (Reflective -> Matte)
• 55Wh battery -> 61Wh battery
• 1TB Samsung 970 Pro
• Intel AX210
• Gentoo Linux ~amd64
• Windows 11 Insider Pro x64

I have multiple posts on this computer.

• Framework Laptop: The next thing in the laptop world?
• Framework Laptop: Repasting & Two Year Report

That should be enough lore for you. Yes the egpu is for playing Minecraft. But its integrated GPU doesn’t handle Minecraft too badly at all.

• Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga 1st Gen (20FQ)
• Intel Core i7-6600U
• 16GB Samsung DDR3L-1866 RAM
• Intel HD Graphics 520
• SoC Platform
• 14” IPS LCD + Wacom AES digitizer panel -> 14” OLED panel + digitizer (both 2560×1440@60Hz)
• 512GB Samsung SM951 SSD
• Huawei ME906s LTE WWAN
• Intel 8260NGW -> Intel AX201
• Gentoo Linux ~amd64

Hey, I have multiple posts on this computer too!

• Initial review (in Chinese)
• Screen repair (in Chinese)
• Refurbishing my X1 Yoga

That should be plenty of lore for you. But unlike Freddy, I have more on this machine. Mostly because it has served my so long.

The reasons I decided to go for a convertible were:

• I have been drooling over convertibles for quite a while. First it was the ThinkPad X Tablet series when I was in junior high, which I eventually got hold of one. Then there was the original ideapad Yoga that my high school friend had (yes, the one with the hideous i5-3317U).
• I’ve had enough with my back-breaking Y570, and I desperately wanted something much lighter.
• I heard that ULV Skylake was no ULV Ivy Bridge, and I believed it.
• I secretly wanted to learn (or rather, re-learn) drawing. So having a digitizer is a massive plus.

You can decide how well that worked out. Spoiler: I never learned drawing again.

• MacBookPro15,1 (15-inch Touchbar, Mid 2018)
• Intel Core i7-8850H
• 16GB DDR4-2400 RAM
• Intel UHD Graphics 630
• AMD Radeon Pro 560X (4GB GDDR5)
• QMS 380 PCH
• 15” IPS LCD (2880×1800@60Hz)
• 512GB Apple SSD
• BCM4364 WiFi
• Gentoo Linux ~amd64

A relatively new addition to the collection. I received this machine for free in late 2025. It was once the work laptop of someone from my extended family.

Possibly the worst laptop Apple ever made. Uses a notoriously undersized thermal solution for very high power components. Infamously throttles below base frequency under load. People have discovered putting it into a freezer increases performance. And guides like this are frequently recommended, despite making the machine no longer a “lap”top – you can probably get a third degree burn if you put this thing on your lap with the mod. Nevertheless, I carried out the mod on this machine because I don’t plan to move it off my desk anyway.

Thanks to the aggressive swap strategy of Mac OS X and the general bloat of software on said OS, the SSD in this machine had 55 TB data written to it despite only being powered on for 1500 hours. As a comparison, the SSD in my X1 yoga, which has the same capacity, had 70 TB data written within 47608 hours. The rate this OS wears down the drive is astounding, which is the reason why I completely wiped the drive clean and only have Linux installed on this machine: you will not find a shred of Apple’s nonsense on this machine.

Sadly, getting Linux to work properly on this machine is also a pain, thanks to the stupid T2 chip Apple decided to put into this thing. The amount of pain and suffering I had to go through to set this thing up was almost unreal. At least now it’s working for the most part.

I do not need to criticize the keyboard and the touchbar, as they have been extensively criticized by Apple’s most loyal users, to the point that they were eventually bullied into reverting both on their later models. Well, all I need to add is owning one does allow me to personally confirm all the criticism myself: the keyboard on my unit double-triggers constantly, and the touchbar is barely useful besides serving as keys it was supposed to replace.

The display assembly has a crack in the bottom plastic and a crack in the glass. Fortunately, the screen itself is intact. Yes, I also hate the extremely glossy screen (and how literally any liquid will leave obvious marks on it). The screen itself is beautiful though, something that Apple has been able to consistently get right over the past decade.

Currently a media consumption machine. Not even very fit for this purpose unfortunately because the fan would sometimes spool up if I move the mouse on YouTube’s web page. The wording is deliberate as it literally sounds like a jet engine!

• Intel Core i7-2960XM (4.5 GHz max turbo, 96W PL2, 72W PL1) *
• 2×8GB Samsung DDR3L-1600 RAM
• Intel HD Graphics 3000
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 4GB (ZOTAC) +^
• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 (Founders Edition) +^
• Supermicro X9SCV-QV4 (QM67)
• Crucial M4-CT256M4SSD2 (256GB)
• Hitachi HTS725032A9A364 (320GB)
• HGST HTS721010A9E630 (1TB)
• Cooler Master 450W 80Plus white PSU
• Debian GNU/Linux Sid amd64
• ThinkVision S22e-10 21.5” VA LCD (1920×1080@60Hz)

• Lenovo ideacenter K300 (Chinese Model)
• Intel Core 2 Duo Q8300 -> Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 ^
• 2×2GB Kingston DDR3-1066 RAM -> 4×2GB Kingston/Samsung DDR3-1066 RAM
• NVIDIA GeForce GT 320 (Lenovo) #
• Lenovo OEM Platform (G43+ICH10)
• Crucial M4-CT128M4SSD2 (128GB) +^
• Segate Barracuda 7200.12 (500GB) ^
• Debian GNU/Linux Wheezy -> Jessie amd64
• Windows 7 Ultimate x64
• With 21.5” OEM TN LCD (1920×1080@60Hz)

• IBM (Lenovo) ThinkPad X60 (6363-C7U)
• Intel Core 2 Duo L7400
• 4GB Samsung DDR2-667 RAM
• Intel GMA 950
• IBM/Lenovo OEM Platform (945GM+ICH7M)
• 12” TN LCD (1440×1050@50Hz)
• 128GB Sandisk SSD
• Intel 3945ABG -> Intel 8260NGW
• Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
• Debian sid amd64

• IBM (Lenovo) ThinkPad T43 (2686-DGU)
• Intel Pentium M 750
• 2GB Samsung DDR2-667 RAM (running at DDR2-533)
• ATI Mobility Radeon X300
• IBM/Lenovo OEM Platform (915PM+ICH6M)
• 14.1” TN LCD (1440×1050@60Hz)
• 60GB Hitachi PATA HDD (SATA Mod in process)
• Intel 2200BG
• Windows XP Professional SP3
• Debian sid i386

• Apple PowerBook G4 A1138
• PowerPC 7447B
• 2GB Samsung DDR2-667 RAM (running at DDR2-533)
• ATI Mobility Radeon 9700
• 15.2” LCD (1440×960@60Hz)
• 128GB Kingspec SSD
• AirPort Extreme BCM4306
• MacOS X 10.5.8 ppc
• OpenBSD 7.4 macppc

• ASUS A8M
• AMD Mobile Sempron 3200+
• 512MB DDR2 RAM -> 3GB (1+2) DDR2 RAM
• Integrated Nvidia GeForce 6100 Go
• Nvidia nForce 430 Go
• 14.1” LCD (1280×800@60Hz)
• 80GB Unknown SATA HDD
• Windows XP Professional (likely pirated)
• Debian amd64 (briefly)

• Lenovo ideapad Y570-ISE (Chinese Model)
• Intel Core i7-2670QM -> Intel Core i7-2960XM ^
• 2×2GB Samsung DDR3-1333 RAM -> 2×4GB Samsung DDR3-1333 RAM
• NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M (Lenovo, 1GB GDDR5, 96 CUDA cores)
• Lenovo OEM Platform (HM65)
• 15.6” TN LCD (1366×768@60Hz)
• Segate Spinning Rust 5400 RPM (750GB) ^ -> Crucial M4-CT256M4SSD2 (256GB) +^
• Windows 7 Home Basic x64 -> Windows 7 Ultimate x64
• Ubuntu 12.04 amd64 -> Debian amd64 / Arch Linux amd64

• LEGEND (now known as Lenovo) 1+1 “天麟”
• Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz Northwood (Non-HT)
• (1 -> 2)×256 MB DDR RAM
• NVIDIA GeForce4 MX440 (Lenovo)
• 80GB Segate HDD
• Windows XP Home
• With 15” OEM Flat Screen CRT (running at 1024×768@75Hz)

• IBM (Lenovo) ThinkPad R52 (likely 1846-59U)
• Intel Pentium M 740
• 256MB DDR2-533 RAM -> 768MB DDR2-533 RAM
• ATI Mobility Radeon X300
• IBM/Lenovo OEM Platform (915PM+ICH6M)
• 14.1” TN LCD (1024×768@60Hz)
• 40GB IBM/Hitachi Travelstar PATA HDD
• Windows XP Professional (likely pirated)

• Teclast T720SE
• RK2818 SoC
• 256MB RAM
• 8 GB flash storage
• Android 2.2
• 7” LCD (800×480)