Chrisoft

This post is an attempt to keep a live list of computing-adjacent devices that I consider owned by me[1] or have full-time physical access to, as well as historical devices that fall in that category.

The cringe-worthy title is a callback to an old post of a similar purpose. The post was, of course, written in Chinese.

No more beating around the bush. Let’s get right to it[2].

+ indicates a later addition
# indicates component is currently disabled (unplugged in most cases)
* indicates a part cannibalized from another machine (transplanted from another machine)
^ indicates a part cannibalized by another machine (no longer in this machine)
-> indicates the former part was upgraded to the latter part during the device’s lifetime
※ indicates a note associated with this component

Navigation

• Desktop & Notebook computers
  • On active duty
  • Decommissioned / Collectible
  • Lost
• Mobile computing / Media players
  • On active duty
  • Decommissioned / Collectible
  • Lost
• Single board computers

Desktop & Notebook computers

On active duty

Harena

Custom x86_64 workstation

The first truly custom computer that was spec’ed out and built by me from scratch.

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. And here it is.

The initial configuration (dual Xeon 6130T, 8×32GB RAM, A4000, 980 Pro) costed me ~$1500 for the entire setup. The cost shot up after the CPU upgrade 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.

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

Concordia

Custom x86_64 home computer

Freddy

Work laptop

Terry

Multi-purpose laptop

Merces

Modern-ish Apple laptop

Decommissioned / Collectible

Alice

Custom x86_64 workstation, decommissioned

“PC”

Pre-built x86_64 home computer, decommissioned and reused for parts.

“Tegan”

Trash-picked ThinkPad X60 Tablet

“Terrenum”

Trash-picked ThinkPad T43

“Marian”

Trash-picked PowerBook G4 DLSD/HR

(Unnamed ASUA A8M)

Lost

“PC”, “Pre-Alice”

Previous general purpose laptop. Disassembled for parts.

(Unnamed Pre-built)

First ever home computer

(Unnamed ThinkPad R52)