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2026-06-09 - An overview over the tech I use

I think it's always cool to look through the tech that other people use. As a very techy person, I feel like it can give an interesting insight into a persons priorities. As should become obvious on this page: My setup is a mess and in no way coherent!

Hardware

Laptops

Macbook Pro M5 (2025)
- Daily driver
- RAM: 32GB
- Storage: 1TB
Macbook Air M1 (2020)
- RAM: 8GB
- Storage: 512GB
Framework 16 (Batch 6)
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 7840HS
- RAM: 64GB Kingston FURY Impact DDR5-5600
- Storage:
  - 1TB M.2 2280; Samsung 990 Pro (Fedora)
  - 1TB M.2 2230; Western Digital WD_BLACK SN770M (Windows)
- 7700S Graphics Module
- Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX210
- Swapped Liquid Metal to PTM7958
Thinkpad T480
- iGPU version
- Replaced cooler with Nvidia cooler for quieter operation
- 16GB RAM (I think)
- 1TB M.2 2280; Western Digital WD Blue SN570
- Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX210
- Dual Battery
- Coreboot with UEFI
- Currently used for testing FreeBSD

Desktop

Case: Lian Li TU150
Mainboard: ASRock B550 Phantom Gaming-ITX/ax
- Previously: ASUS ROG Strix B550-I Gaming (incompatibility with RTX4000 series GPUs caused system crashes...)
CPU: Ryzen 5800X3D
CPU cooler: Scythe Fuma 2
RAM: 2x 16GB Crucial Ballistix DDR4-3600
Storage:
- 2TB M.2 2280; KIOXIA EXCERIA PLUS G3 (Bazzite)
- 2TB M.2 2280; ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro (Windows)
PSU: Corsair SF850L SFX
GPU: RTX 4080

Homeserver

Case: Fractal Design Node 804
Mainboard: ASRock B760M-HDV/M.2 D4
CPU: Intel i5-12400
CPU cooler: be quiet! Pure Rock Slim 2
RAM: 2x 32GB Crucial DDR4-3200
Storage:
- 500GB M.2 2280; Samsung 980 (NixOS; boot drive)
- 2x 1TB Crucial MX500 (ZFS Mirror; Still unused)
- 2x Seagate Exos X16 16TB (ZFS Mirror; Data pool)
PSU: Corsair RM750x ATX3.1
Network adapter: TRENDnet TEG-10GECSFP 10G SFP+
Notes: Parts picked and assembled such that everthing is ASPM compatible and CPU can go into package sleep (Required BIOS patching and runtime script for TRENDnet adapter to force it)

Accessories

Anker Prime 14-in-1 Thunderbolt 5 dock
- So I can easily swap between my personal and work laptops
Keychron K2 keyboard
Logitech G502X Mouse

Gaming

Steam Deck OLED 512GB
Asus ROG Ally (Running Bazzite; Permanently lent to my girlfriend)
Nintendo 3DS XL (Blue)
- USB-C Charging modded by domi
- Needs a bottom screen replacement
Playstation 3 Slim (CFW)
Playstation 2 (FreeMcBoot)
Playstation Portable 1004
- Waiting for an IPS screen upgrade
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Nintendo Wii (Letterbombed)
Xbox One Bluetooth controller

Music

FiiO E10K PC DAC (Mainly bought because old mainboard had tons of static noise on the headphone port)
Superlux HD-660 Pro
HiFiWalker H2
MOONDROP CHU II IEMs
LINSOUL KZ ZSN Pro IEMs
AirPods Pro 2 (Provided by work)
AirPods 2
Anker Soundcore Q45 Blue

Smartphone

iPhone 16 Pro Max 256GB Desert Titanium
Pixel 9 Pro Black (GrapheneOS)

Other

Kindle Oasis (WinterBreak 2025, mainly to use KOReader)

Software

I thought about including a lot of stuff here, but the only things that feel super relevant to me is what I self-host, so that's what I'll put here.

Hosted at home

Rhea

NixOS-powered homeserver

Samba
Jellyfin
ForgeJo
Homeassistant
- The glue that holds my smart home together
- Really want to replace this
Mosquitto MQTT
Immich
Blocky
- DNS Adblocker
Some personal Minecraft servers

Raspberry Pi 3 (I think)

Zigbee2Mqtt

Chinese 4-port 2.5G router PC

OPNsense

Hosted on rented servers

Athena

New FreeBSD server

Jails:

Caddy Reverse Proxy
ForgeJo Runner
kanidm
Mastodon
MediaMTX
Miniflux
Netbox
Nextcloud
FreeBSD pkg cache
Renovate
Unifi Controller
Website

VMs:

Alpine VM for Docker
Alpine VM as ForgeJo Host Runner
Alpine VM for Mailcow
Windows Server 2022 VM
- Active Directory

Docker:

Hecate

Secondary server as FreeBSD VM on Sakamoto