I am here to announce that my long-serving computer, Hex, is finally retiring due to running out of storage and having a graphics card that just can't keep up any more. I'm working on setting up its replacement, to be nicknamed
Mankana. It's by far the most expensive piece of tech I've ever purchased, but I'm excited about not having to be juggling things between drives all the damn time and about being able to play newer games and run Docker environments and stuff without the maching breaking a sweat.
I went with PCSpecialist on CrazyOC/Ivy's recommendation, and the resulting specs are:
Core model | | Elimina Pro Series: 17.3" Matte QHD 165Hz sRGB 100% LED Widescreen (2560x1440) |
Processor | | Intel® Core™ i7 14 Core Processor 13700H (5.0GHz Turbo) |
RAM | | 32GB Corsair 3200MHz SODIMM DDR4 (2 x 16GB) |
Graphics | | NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 4060 - 8.0GB GDDR6 Video RAM - DirectX® 12.1 |
Storage | | 1TB core drive, 4TB data drive, both SSDs |
So yeah, looking forward to getting it into use. Unfortunately I do have several hundred gigabytes of data to move first...