I’m extremely jealous of some of the other builds that some have painstakingly spent many hours, weeks and years putting together. What I have, though by current standards is near to the consumer cutting edge (I run a photography studio, we are always upgrading), my retro / vintage collection is sparse in comparison.

In light of this, it’s been a busy year on eBay, Buyee and Macrumors hunting down my golden era components.

My wife wonders why we get so many deliveries (I tell her there's a pandemic going on). I spend most of the time trying to distract her from looking under my side of the bed for fear she will find my Noctua collection.

Each of the following rigs mine ETH when they're not being used for editing video, Photoshop or gaming. As long as ETH 2.0 doesn't arrive before Dec 31, 2021 they'll all have paid themselves off. It's been a slow 18 months. I've been bored.

So here’s a list of every complete computer I have plugged in, assembled or folded up in a boot box beneath the bed.

I’ve got a ‘I Spent All My Paychecks in 2006 On This’ build brewing centred around an FX-60 and a LanParty Ultra-D but that’s for another year, another pandemic.

MAIN WORK IN PROGRESS

‘The Ultimate End ’97-Early ’98 Build’

CASE: InWin H500
CPU: 2x Pentium II 333Mhz ‘Deschutes’
MB: Asus P2L97-DS
RAM: 384MB PC133 SDRAM
VGA: Matrox Millenium II 4MB + 4MB PCI or Matrox Millenium G200 8MB AGP DVI
3D: 2x 3dfx Diamond Monster 3D II 12MB SLI
HDD: 9.1GB Seagate Cheetah 10k SCSI HDD
OPTICAL: Plextor PX-20TSi SCSI CD-ROM 12/20x, iOMEGA Z100 Zip drive, Mitsumi 1.44MB 3.5’ FDD, EPSON SD-600 1.2MB 5.25’ FDD
SCSI: Adaptec 2940U2W
PSU: Fortron FSP300-60PLN
SOUND: Soundblaster AWE64 CT4390
MONITOR: ?

Accessories
Intergraph ConcertMaster Multimedia Keyboard
CH Flightstick Pro
Roland MA-12C

HOME

GAMING / EDITING
CASE: Sliger SV540 (white)
CPU: Ryzen 9 5950x
MB: Asus ROG Strix B550i
RAM: 64GB Gigabyte Designare DDR4-3200 c16
GPU: RTX 3090 FE
SSD: 1TB WD SN850 / 2TB WD SN550
PSU: Silverstone SX1000
DISPLAY: Dell 32’ Curved 4k S3221QS

Cooling
CPU: EK Quantum Magnitude block
GPU: EK Quantum 3090 FE Silver Special block
PUMP: EK Quantum Kinetic TBE 120 pump
RAD: Corsair XR5 280mm radiator (HWLabs Black Ice Nemesis 280 always out of stock)
FANS: 2x Noctua A14x25 chromax
EK Quantum chrome fittings + 10/16mm Z-tubing

Accessories
Topre Realforce R2 (white)
Razer Deathadder Mercury White (on sale until I can find something better)
Sony PS5 controller (white)

Audio
KEF LSX (Michael Young edition)

LIVING ROOM
CASE: Louqe Ghost S1 MK3 with Metacustom MK3 spine + ZenGhost mod
CPU: Ryzen 9 5600x
MB: Asus ROG Strix B550i
RAM: 32GB Corsair LPX Vengeance DDR4-4000 c16
GPU: RTX 3080 FE
SSD: 1TB Samsung 980 Pro
PSU: Silverstone SX750
DISPLAY: Samsung 55’ 4K ?

Cooling
CPU: Thermalright AXP-100 w/ Noctua A12x15 chromax
GPU: EK Quantum 3080 FE Silver Special block
PUMP: Alphacool Eisstation 40 w/ LT2600
RAD: HWLabs Black Ice Nemesis 240
FANS: 3x Noctua A12x15 chromax
EK Quantum chrome fittings + 10/16mm Z-tubing

Audio
AMP: Yamaha CA-2000 (Japan version)
SPEAKERS: JBL 4307
DAC: Bluesound Node 2i
AUX: Technics SL1200 MK2 Limited Gold
MEDIA: Mac Pro 6,1 (3.0Ghz 10-core E5-2690, 64GB, 1TB, D300)
SERVER: QNap TS-451A (16TB RAID 5)

OFFICE

TEST BENCH
CASE: Streacom BC-1 Mini (red)
CPU: Ryzen 4750G Pro
MB: Asus A520M/AC
RAM: 16GB DDR4-3600 c18
GPU: RTX 3090 FE (air)
SSD: WD 1TB SN550
PSU: Corsair SF600
DISPLAY: EIZO CS2730

WORKSTATION 1
CASE: NCase M1 6.1 (black)
CPU: Ryzen 7 5800x
MB: Gigabyte B550i Aorus Pro AX
RAM: 32GB G.SKill Ripjaws V DDR4-3200 c15
GPU: Galax RTX 3090 SG
SSD: 1TB Sabrent Rocket
PSU: Corsair SF750
DISPLAY: EIZO CS2730 27’

Cooling
CPU: EK Quantum Velocity block
GPU: EK Quantum Vector 3090 Reference GPU block with active backplate
PUMP: IceMan Reservoir with Laing DDC pump
RAD: XSPC TX240 radiator + EK 120mm radiator
FANS: 3x Noctua A12x15 chromax
EK Quantum black fittings + 10/16mm Z-tubing

WORKSTATION 2
CASE: Coolermaster NR200 (black; this was supposed to be in a Thorzone Mjolnir but it proved woefully inadequate in terms of high end GPU cooling)
CPU: Ryzen 7 5600x
MB: Gigabyte B550i Aorus Pro AX
RAM: 32GB Corsair LPX Vengeance DDR4-3600 c16
GPU: Gigabyte Vision RTX 3090
SSD: 1TB Samsung 980 Pro
PSU: Corsair SF750
DISPLAY: EIZO CS2730 27’

Cooling
CPU: Alpenföhn Black Ridge with Noctua A12x15 chromax
GPU: Alphacool Gigabyte Eagle / Vision / Gaming OC
PUMP: IceMan Reservoir with Laing DDC pump
RAD: XSPC TX240 radiator
FANS: 2x Noctua A12x15, 2x Noctua A12x25 chromax
EK Quantum black fittings + 10/16mm Z-tubing

WORK IN PROGRESS WORKSTATION 3 (80ishplus)
CASE: Custom-modded Yuel Beast Monument
CPU: Ryzen 7 5900x
MB: Asus ROG Strix B550i
RAM: 64GB Gigabyte Designare DDR4-3200 c16
GPU: RTX 3090 FE
SSD: 1TB WD 850 / 2TB SN550
PSU: Silverstone SX1000
DISPLAY: EIZO CS2730 27’

Cooling
CPU: ?
GPU: EK Quantum 3090 Silver Special
PUMP: ?
RAD: ?
FANS: ?

Accessories
Topre Realforce R2 (black)
Asus Gladius II

Backup
Synology DS416Play (24GB RAID 5)
Synology DS414 (24GB RAID 5)

LAPTOPS / OTHERS

WORK
MacBook Pro 16’ 2020 (i9 8-core 2.4Ghz, 32GB, 1TB, Radeon Pro 5500M)
MacBook Pro 15’ 2018 (i9 8-core 2.4Ghz, 32GB, 1TB, RX560 4GB)
Mac mini 2018 (i7 3.2Ghz, 64GB, 1TB, 10GBe, RX 5700 eGPU)

MacBook Pro 17’ 2011
MacBook Pro 15’ 2008
MacBook 13’ 2007 (black)
PowerBook G4 Ti 1Ghz
Powermac G4 Cube (450Mhz, 768MB) x2
Apple Cinema Display HD 23 (acrylic)
Compaq LTE 5200
IBM Thinkpad 755CD
Lenovo Thinkpad X200 x2