Uses

An ongoing, occasionally-updated list of what I use. Inspired by uses.tech.

Hardware

Desktop (main development machine)

• CPU: AMD Ryzen 5950X
• GPU: PowerColor Red Devil RX 6900XT OC 16GB
• Case: Lian Li A3 with wood front
• PSU: Corsair HX850i
• MB: Asrock B550M Pro4
• CPU Cooler: Thermalright Aqua Elite 240 V3
• Memory: Silicon Power Value Gaming DDR4 RAM 32GB (2x16GB) 3200MHz

Things I will change when I upgrade

I will swap out the ATX PSU for a SFX PSU to free up space within the case. The motherboard was re-used from a cheaper build I used for work only. The next mATX board will have more bells and whistles. I was running 4000MHz in the work build but moved that to my partners gaming machine.

Accessories

• Keyboard: Glove 80 w/ 3d printed tenting stands
• Mouse: Logi MX Vertical
• Headset: SteelSeries Arctis Nova 5
• Monitor: MSI MAG342CQRV

Desktop software

• OS: Pop!_OS 24.04
• Terminal: Ghostty
• Browser: Firefox
• Editor: Neovim
• Terminal Multiplexer: Zellij
• Shell: ZSH w/ OhMyZSH

Fedora Atomic Cosmic spin is coming soon, waiting until I have time to wipe the drive and start fresh.

Self-hosted services

• Forge: Forgejo w/ Forgejo runner
• RSS reader: FreshRSS
• DNS: Pi-Hole (primary and secondary nodes)
• Media: Jellyfin
• Database: PostgreSQL
• IaC: Ansible + SemaphoreUI

Homelab server

• CPU: AMD Ryzen Pro 5750G
• GPU: ASRock Intel Arc A310 Low Profile 4GB (transcoding only)
• Case: Rosewill 2U Server Chassis Rackmount Case (RSV-Z2800U)
• PSU: Seasonic CORE V2 GX-650
• MB: Asrock B550M Pro4
• CPU Cooler: Thermalright AXP120-X67
• Memory: 2x32GB DDR4-2666MHz ECC UDIMM KSM26ED8/32ME

A budget build, I wish I had more pci-e lanes. The next iteration will utilize enterprise hardware (Epyc or Xeon).