Ask Slashdot: What Hardware Is In Your Primary Computer?

An anonymous reader writes: Here's something we haven't done in a while: list the specs of your main system (best one) so we can see what kinds of computers Slashdot geeks use. Context would be interesting, too — if you're up for it, explain how and why you set it up as you did, as well as the computer's primary purpose(s). Things you can list include (but are not limited to): CPU, motherboard, video card, memory, storage (SSD/HDD), exotic Controllers (RAID or caching), optical drives, displays, peripherals, etc. We can compare and contrast, see what specs are suitable for what purposes, and perhaps learn a trick or two.

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I got it cheap from Slartibartfast

[Thud457]

Earth Mark II
I bet you didn't even notice the failover, did you?

1964 Model MDT

[Archangel Michael]

Proteins, water, DNA, RNA, synapse interconnects ...

All the other computers I use are controlled by this one.

people content with old machines...

[schlachter]

Notice the interesting trend of people on Slashdot being generally happy/content with machines that are up to 5-6 yrs old?

That's intriguing from a group of technology happy people who mostly earn good money.

I suspect it's the combination of family obligations (time and money), good work machines, and portable devices...that have reduced our desire and allocation of money for frequently updating our machines. And of course the fact that CPU performance has largely been flat lined over the past several years while SSD upgrades have dramatically improved the performance of our older machines.