At home, outside and at uni, I've got plenty of interesting tech that help me create, have fun or just make my space that little bit better! It probably comes off a bit “flex-y” but this post exists because I’m really passionate about these tech setups and love to talk about it!
This post is quite wordy so feel free to skip the extra bits of text and opinions on things.
The beating heart of my setup for all kinds of things. I’m very proud of it for the most part.
Case: Fractal Meshify 2 Fans: 3x Fractal 140mm + 3x Arctic P12 120mm CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin CPU: Ryzen 7 9700X GPU: Gigabyte Geforce RTX 3060Ti Gaming OC Pro RAM: Corsair Vengeance 2x16GB 6000MHz Motherboard: Gigabyte B650M Gaming X AX PSU: Seasonic Focus GX-750 Storage:
I do keep tabs on the health of my drives and they’re all doing quite well. However, the oldest of the bunch is the 1TB Western Digital which I’ve had for about 5 years and is probably due a replacement. I’m considering going fully solid-state as they’ve well proven their reliability and it’d mean bigger files being accessed from the likes of AE and Photoshop will perform better.
The GPU would probably the next consideration to replace as the rest of the components are all quite recent and in great condition/performance. 1440p 120hz is quite demanding for some games which has pushed this 3060Ti quite hard along with Blender’s GPU compute. Not really a necessity right now though, games still look great on medium settings, I don’t mind my render times at all and 8GB VRAM is still serviceable for 3D and games contrary to popular belief.
The Gigabyte RTX 3060Ti plugged into the Gigabyte B650M Gaming X AX.
Thermalright Peerless Assassin cooling Ryzen 7 9700X next to 2x8gb Corsair DDR5 Pro Vengeance sticks.
I also have a 15.6” Acer Nitro 5 for getting out on the go! (although its battery is… rough)