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Current Daily Drivers:

Desktop PC

  • CPU: Intel i5-2500K @3.30Ghz (OC'd to 3.99GHz)
  • RAM: 32GB (4x8GB) Corsair DDR3 1800Mhz
  • Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V PRO Gen3
  • Graphics: EVGA GTX 550Ti 1GB
  • Storage: 1TB Crucial SSD + 3TB HDD + 1TB HDD
  • OS: Windows 10 Pro 1903, Windows 98SE, Server 2012.
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  • Notes: I purchased this system second-hand for cheap to use when I moved abroad, nothing special!

MacBook Pro 15-inch Retina Mid 2014

  • CPU: Intel i7 2.4GHz
  • RAM: 16GB DDR3 1600MHz
  • Graphics: Intel Iris Pro
  • Storage: 500GB SSD
  • OS: Windows 10 Pro 1903, macOS Catalina.
  • Notes: In my opinion the last good Macbook to come from Apple. No dongles needed!

Lenovo ThinkPad X61s

  • CPU: Intel Core2Duo L500 1.60GHz
  • RAM: 4GB
  • Graphics: Hahaha
  • Storage: 250GB SSD
  • OS: Windows XP Pro w POSReady2009 Hack, Ubuntu.
  • Notes: I love the tiny 4:3 12 inch display on this thing, makes life easier!

 

Previous Daily Drivers:

Mac Pro 2009

  • CPU: 2x Intel Xeon 2.26GHz
  • RAM: 20GB DDR3 1066MHz
  • Motherboard: Mac Pro 4,1 EFI upgraded to 5,1
  • Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB (Mac Edition)
  • Storage: 3x 2TB Drives, 1TB SSD, 250GB SSD
  • OS: Mac OS X 10.6.8, Mac OS 10.8.5, Mac OS X El Capitan

Mac Pro 2009 (yup... I had two)

  • CPU: 2x Intel Xeon 2.26GHz
  • RAM: 40GB DDR3 1066MHz
  • Motherboard: Mac Pro 4,1 EFI upgraded to 5,1
  • Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 7950 (Sapphire Edition) Metal Compatible
  • Storage: 512GB Crucial SSD, 2x 2TB HDD
  • OS: Mac OS X 10.6.8, Mac OS High Sierra
  • Note: Absolutely loved this machine, I regret getting rid of it!

MSI Gaming Laptop 7RF RAIDER

  • CPU: Intel i7-7700HQ
  • RAM: 16GB RAM 2400MHz
  • Graphics: nVidia GTX 1070 8GB on a 15.6" 1080p 120Hz Display
  • Storage: 256GB m.2 SSD, 1TB SATA SSD
  • OS: Windows 10
  • Note: Purchased new, returned to the retailer as most of the LED's failed and sound card died.

Alienware R2 15" Laptop

  • CPU: Intel i7-6700HQ 2.60GHz
  • RAM: 8GB DDR3
  • Graphics: nVidia GTX 970M 3GB on a 15" 1080p 60Hz Display
  • Storage: 1TB HDD, 1TB SSD
  • OS: Windows 10
  • Note: Purchased second hand for a really good price, worked really well but battery life was awful!

Mac Pro 2008

  • CPU: Intel Xeon
  • RAM: 12GB
  • Motherboard: Mac Pro 3,1
  • Graphics: Asus 550Ti 1GB
  • Storage: 2x 250GB SSD, 2x 4TB
  • OS: Mac OS El Capitan
  • Note: This machine shit itself constantly and the 3,1 is pretty useless.

The VFX Beast

  • CPU: Intel i7-4930K OC'd to 4.0Ghz, Cooled with a Corsair H100i Water Cooler
  • RAM: 32GB GSkill Ripjaws
  • Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth x79
  • Case: Thermaltake Level 10 GT Snow
  • Graphics: EVGA GTX 780TI
  • Storage: 2x 250GB SSD in RAID 0 (Yep, they crashed and I lost work), 4x 2TB HDD
  • OS: Windows 7 Pro
  • Note: I built this PC in high school using all of my savings as I was very much into VFX and Video editing.

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