Page inspired by Joshua Strobl's setup page
And yes, I'm naming my devices after famous scientists and tech people.
- Desktops
- Workstation - Tesla
- Gaming station - Kopernik
- Home Theater PC - Turing
- Lightweight station - Sklodowska
- Arcade Box - Archimedes
- Laptops
- Main laptop - Vaughan
- Servers
- Proxmox Server - Pythagore
- XCPng Server - Xia
- Monitoring Server - Nightingale
- File sharing and local services - DaVinci
- Backup Server - Hamilton
- Network
- Homelab router
- Spare hardware
Desktops
Workstation - Tesla
Motherboard : Asrock X79 Extreme6 (+ modded UEFI to handle booting from NVMe)
CPU : Intel i7-4930K @ 3,4GHz
CPU cooling : Thermalright Silver Arrow SB-E Extreme
RAM : 4x 4GB DDR3 Kingston HyperX 1600MHz Non-ECC CL9
Storage : Western Digital SSD WD Blue SN550 500 Go M.2 PCIe NVMe 3.0 x4 NAND 3D TLC (Linux Mint Cinnamon)
Storage : TBD
Storage : TBD
Storage Rack : Icy Dock DuoSwap MB971SP-B
Graphics 1 : nVidia Quadro K620
Graphics 2 : MSI GTX760 2Go GDDR5 OC TF4
PSU : LDLC QS-520 FLP Quality Select 80PLUS Platinum (Modular + Fanless)
Storage :
Case : Coolermaster HAF XB ATX
Keyboard : Perixx PERIBOARD-326 - wired silent keyboard
Mouse : Perixx Perimice-517 - wired thumb trackball
Screen 1 (on GTX 760) (on K620 DP) : DELL ULTRASHARP U2412M IPS 24" 1920x1200
Screen 2 (on K620 DVI) : Dell UltraSharp U2413 IPS 24" 1920x1200
OS : Linux Mint
Gaming station - Kopernik
CPU :
CPU cooling : be quiet! BK012 Shadow Rock Top Flow
RAM :
Storage :
Graphics : MSI GEFORCE GTX770 2GB N770 TF 2GD5/OC
PSU :
Case : Thermaltake - Core V1
Keyboard : Razer BlackWidow Lite Silent Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - Orange Switch
Mouse : Logitech G5 Laser Mouse
Screen : LG UltraGear 34GL750-B curved 21:9 IPS FHD 34''
OS : Windows 10
Home Theater PC - Turing
CPU :
CPU cooling :
RAM :
Storage :
Graphics :
PSU :
Case : NZXT Duet
Keyboard + Mouse : Trust Multimedia Keyboard
OS : TBD
Lightweight station - Sklodowska
Previously a Raspberry Pi B running Archlinux Arm (32 bits...) which corrupted high quality SD cards, I decided to replace it with a Fujitsu Futro S930.
Silent, powerfull enough for desktop tasks. Will it have server purposes ? let's see.
CPU: Quad AMD GX-424CC 4x 2,4GHz RAM: 2x 4GB PC 3 12800 Storage: mSATA16GB SSD Graphics: Radeon HD Graphics OS: Archlinux Screen : Dell U2913WM Keyboard : Mobilitylab Mini Design Touch - wired almost silent keyboard Mouse : No
OS : Archlinux
Arcade Box - Archimedes
CPU
RAM
Storage
Graphics
PSU
Case :
Laptops
Main laptop - Vaughan
Model : Dell Latitude 7490
CPU : Intel Core i5-8350U
RAM : 32GB Memory
Storage : Samsung 512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe 2280 TLC 3D-Nand
No backlit keyboard, No touchscreen
OS: Windows 11 Pro.
As I have Dell laptops at work for some time, it is convenient to have similar setup for my personal laptop.
Servers
Proxmox Server - Pythagore
CPU
CPU cooling
RAM
Storage
Graphic Card :
Graphic Card cooling :
PSU :
Case : Open Stand-Up and Stackable EATX rack
XCPng Server - Xia
Dell Optiplex 9020
Bought back from a previous employer, I managed to get the workstation of a colleague working with virtualization. This meant a better SSD, more and better RAM compared to the default the other employees (like me) had.
Monitoring Server - Nightingale
Raspberry Pi 4
OS : Raspberry Pi OS Lite 64 bits
storage 1 : SanDisk 128 Go Extreme PRO microSDXC
storage 2 : Samsung USB 3.1 64GB
File sharing and local services - DaVinci
Motherboard : Jetway NC9KDL-2550
CPU : Intel Cedar Trail-D D2550
CPU cooling : origin passive
RAM : 2x 4GB PC 3 12800
Storage : Sandisk Ultra II 500GB + WD Blue SSD 500GB
PSU : picoPSU-90 DC/DC (90 Watt)
Case : CHIEFTEC IX-03B-90W
Backup Server - Hamilton
TBD
Network
Homelab router
CPU: AMD GX-415GA SOC QUAD CORE 1,5GHz RAM: 2 x 4GB Kingston PC 3 12800 Storage: Transcend MSA230S SSD mSATA 64GB SATA III 6 Go/s 3D TLC NAND Graphics: Radeon HD Graphics OS:
Spare hardware
Raspberry Pi B
Raspberry Pi 2 B
Banana Pi
HP Proliant N40L
M.2 SSD drive : THNSNH256G8NT Toshiba HG5d Series 256GB MLC SATA 6Gbps M.2 2280 NGFF SSD