Hardware
The machines I use at home and at work.
Desktop
| CPU | Intel Core i9-13900K I had to RMA the first one over the oxidation fault, and the replacement has been fine since. Update your BIOS. |
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| GPU | Gigabyte GAMING OC GeForce RTX 4090 Stupidly overpowered. I'll never push it to its limit. |
| Memory | G.Skill Trident Z5 64GB DDR5-6400 The largest fast DDR5 kit my board would take at the time. |
| Motherboard | Asus ROG MAXIMUS Z690 HERO Cheap as previous-gen, with a better memory controller than any Z790 under $1,000. The 4090 blocks the second PCIe x16 slot. |
| Case | Corsair 1000D Airflow Overkill, and I'm not sure what it buys you. Enormous, heavy to move, and the airflow was never going to be the bottleneck. |
Desktop peripherals
| Primary monitor | Asus VG279QM 27" 1080p IPS 280Hz 280Hz with G-Sync, but I'd go 1440p next time. |
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| Secondary monitor | MSI MAG 275QF 27" QHD 180Hz |
| Keyboard | SteelSeries Apex Pro TKL (Hall Effect) Bought for the hall effect switches. |
| Mouse | Razer Viper V3 Pro The one I keep coming back to, on shape, weight and sensor. |
| Headphones | Sony WH-1000XM6 Replaced my AirPods Max before a flight. They are a third of the weight, and the noise cancelling holds up. I'm not as much of a fan of the fit as the AirPods Max. |
| Microphone | Blue Yeti Blackout Edition Cheap, everywhere second-hand, and good. I own three. |
Desk
| Laptop | MacBook Pro 14" M5 Pro (48GB) Runs Kubernetes clusters locally without complaint. Brew and a real Unix underneath are most of why I stay on it. |
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| Primary monitor | Samsung 28" UR550 4K A hand-me-down from a friend. The DPI is what makes it, because text in an IDE is a different thing at 4K. |
| Secondary monitor | Dell S2417DG 27" 1440p 165Hz Eight years old and still going. Small by current standards. |
| Keyboard | Logitech Ergo K860 A split layout to force myself to touch-type properly. The wrist position was the bonus. |
| Pointer | Apple Magic Trackpad The gestures beat a mouse on macOS, especially across virtual desktops. |
| Desk | Mighty Ape Gorilla Electric Standing Desk My WFH standing desk setup, pairs with the walking pad. |
| Chair | Ergo Choice K2 Executive $200 and better than any gaming chair, all of which are a scam. Buy an office chair locally, from somewhere that lets you sit in it first. |
| Treadmill | DynaSpace L3 Under Desk Walking Pad Under the desk for the WFH days. |
| Dock | HP Thunderbolt 4 100W G6 Dock Macs are stingy about display output over one Thunderbolt port. Both monitors run through the dock, one direct and one via a USB-C to DisplayPort adaptor, so the laptop takes a single cable. |