slackers hardware
 

Recently a thread came up on the first page where users shared their preferred applications for daily desktop usage, and i scraped it a bit with the help of python to grab some statistics.

Now i came wondering, how about the machines that people use here, be it at work or at home, so this is a thread where we can share some info about the machines we use, with the aid of a shitty template (feel free to add stuff).

desktop (-current)
CPU: intel i5 4460
RAM: 16 Gb
GPU: radeon hd 7870

laptop (14.2)
CPU: intel core duo
RAM: 3 Gb
GPU: intel GMA

Desktop 14.2

CPU: Core 2 Duo E6300
RAM: 2GB
GPU: GeForce 6200 TurboCache
HDD: 250GB

YEAR: 2007

I don't usually post system specs, as I tend to build somewhat powerful systems but don't normally like to brag about it. Here goes anyway.

desktop 1 (-current)
CPU: AMD R9 3900x
RAM: 32GB DDR4
GPU: nvidia RTX 2080 Ti
HDD:Corsair 2TB nvme ssd

desktop 2 (-current)
CPU: Intel Xeon e5 1650 v3
RAM: 64GB DDR4
GPU: AMD Radeon VII
HDD: WD 1TB nvme ssd

The first one is my daily driver, and hasn't been updated to the newest current/ktown. The second I built as a sort of test bed/hackintosh thing. Haven't gotten around to installing MacOS yet, but it runs the latest slackware-current just fine.

Desktop/Server 1 (14.2 with 5.4 kernel)
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 1800x
RAM: 64GB DDR4
GPU: AMD Radeon 570x
SSD: Samsung 960 EVO 1TB NVMe
HDD: 7 Western Digital Drives totalling 48TB (1x12TB, 1x10TB, 1x8TB, 1x6TB, 3x4TB)

HTPC 1 (-current with kodi)
CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 2200G APU
RAM: 16GB DDR4
GPU: Integrated AMD Radeon Vega 8
SSD: Samsung 970 EVO 256GB NVMe

I have a few, but nothing special:

Desktop 1: Slackware64-{14.2,current}/XFCE & Windows 7
MOBO: MSI 880G-E45
CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1100T 3.3GHz
RAM: 16GB G.Skill Sniper DDR3-2400
PSU: EVGA 80 Plus 600W
USB: Generic USB3 PCIe w/3.5" front bay
Optical: LG BH14NS40 BluRay R/RW
HDD1: WD1600 Caviar 160GB SATA
HDD2: Hitachi P7K500 500GB
Display: Dell S2009Wb 20" Monitor

Desktop 2: Slackware64-14.2/Cinnamon
HP Pavilion p7-1410
MOBO: Foxconn Joshua-H61-uATX
CPU: Intel Core i3-2130 3.40GHz
GPU: Integrated Intel
RAM: 8GB Samsung DDR3-1600
HDD: Seagate Barracuda ST1500 1.5TB
Display: HP 2711x 27" Monitor

Laptop 1: Slackware64-14.2/Cinnamon
Toshiba Satellite P775-S7368 17.3"
CPU: Intel Core i5-2430M 2.40-3.00GHz
RAM: 6GB Samsung DDR3-1333
GPU: nVidia GeForce GT 540M w/Optimus
HDD: WD3200 Scorpio 320GB

Laptop 2: Slackware64-{14.2,current}/Multiple DE's
Dell Inspiron 1520 15.4"
CPU: Intel Core 2 Extreme X9000 2.8GHz
RAM: 4GB Samsung DDR2-800
GPU: Intel GM965 Integrated
HDD: WD3200 Scorpio 320GB

Server 1: Slackware64-14.2/Headless
MOBO: Asus M2NPV-VM
CPU: AMD Athlon X2 6000+ 3.00GHz
GPU: nVidia GeForce 6150/nForce 430 Integrated
RAM: 8GB Samsung DDR2-800
HDD: WD2500 Caviar 250GB
Display: Acer AL1916 19" Monitor

HTPC 1: Slackware64-14.2/Cinnamon
HP Pavilion p6130y
MOBO: Pegatron (Asus) M2N78-LA
CPU: AMD Phenom X4 9750 2.4GHz
GPU: EVGA GeForce 8400 GS DDR3
RAM: 8GB Micron DDR2-800
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 750GB
Display: Optoma HD70 Projector

Desktop 1:
CPU: AMD Ryzen R5 1600
GPU: Radeon RX580
RAM: 32GB DDR4
HDD: Dual 256GB nvme

Desktop 2:
CPU: IBM Power 9 Sforza 8-core
GPU: Radeon RX580
RAM: 16GB DDR4
HDD: Dual 256GB nvme

Server:
CPU: Dual Intel Xeon L7555
GPU: Intel
RAM: 128GB DDR3
HDD: 6x256GB Inland SATA SSD

Laptop 1:
CPU: Intel Core i5 3340
GPU: Intel HD
RAM: 8GB DDR3
HDD: Inland 256GB SSD

Laptop 2:
CPU: PowerPC 7447a G4
GPU: Radeon 9200 Mobile
RAM: 1GB DDR
HDD: 256GB HDD

This isn't including the various Raspberry Pi systems I use, nor the Pinebook Pro I bought to put Slackware on.
It also excludes the three other servers I have, but haven't setup yet.

Laptop 1: Asus Z35FM (2007) OpenBSD 6.7
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T7200 @ 2.00GHz, 1995.01 MHz
GPU: Intel 82945GM Express (Integrated)
RAM: 1.5 GiB
HDD: 80 GB pata

Laptop 2: HP Elitebook 8440p (2010) Slackware64 14.2, NetBSD amd64 9.0
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 520 @ 2.40GHz (2 cores, 4 SMT threads)
GPU: NVIDIA NVA8 (NVS3100M with GT218) 512 MiB
RAM: 4 GiB
HDD: TOSHIBA MK7559GSXF 750 GB sata 2.6, 5400 rpm

I am typing this from a ThinkPad x230

I am simultaneously envious and in awe at the acquisition of this kind of iron, and the chutzpah required to run Slackware on it. I've been looking in on your progress in the power9 thread (I think you started it, can't remember), and am kicking around a very silly idea involving one of those blackbird boards because of it.

I'll probably stick with dual socket chinese recycle boards, but a man can dream.

Desktop (slackware64-current)
CPU: AMD Ryzen 3600 6c/12t
RAM: 2x8GB 3600Mhz
GPU: AMD 5500XT 8GB
HDD: 512GB Samsung NVMe & 256GB Samsung NVMe

Laptop (slackware64-current)
CPU: Intel i7-5600U 2c/4t
RAM: 1x8GB 1600Mhz
HDD: 512GB SSD

Server (slackware64-current)
CPU: AMD Ryzen 2600 6c/12t
RAM: 2x8GB 2600Mhz
GPU: AMD RX560 4GB
HDD: 512GB SSD, 2x4TB WD & 1TB WD

Fascinating how modern and fast these Slackware machines are. It's an ideal distro for keeping old hardware running but so far only one other person is running older than 10 year equipment (and both of us Canadian, coincidence?). Maybe the strong hardware is indicative of connoiseur tendancies among those who like slackware.

According to the documentation I have been able to find, neither of these computers have the Intel Management Engine (ME) security flaws[1], because: (a) these processors were built before Intel moved the ME "on die", and (b) neither of the chipsets contain the Intel ME or Intel vPro,

laptop (14.2)
CPU: Intel Atom N2600
chipset: Intel NM10
GPU: Intel GMA 3600
built: probably 2012

desktop (14.2)
CPU: Intel Core 2 Q8300
chipset: Intel G45
GPU: Intel GMA 4500HD
built: probably 2009

I see some daemon forums people saying they'll go to ARM for this reason. That sounds neat, but I wonder about the performance and compatibility. If my old machines die any time soon, I'd look first at the AMD based machines up to when they got their equivalent of ME. Seems to me you get a couple more years of hardware advance before that.

Haswell i7
16GB RAM
NVidia GTX 970 (when I was using Slackware; it's now an RTX 2060)

Main box (Slackware64-current)
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz
16 GB RAM
Intel GPU

Main computer (laptop)

• CPU: Intel Core i5-10210U 1.6 GhZ
• RAM: 2×8 GB
• GPU: Intel UHD Graphics 620
• Storage 1: SDD ADATA M.2 250 GB
• Storage 2: HDD SATA 1 TB 5,400 rpm

Desktop (actually mostly used as a storage and compilation server)

• CPU: Intel Celeron Dual Core G4930 3.20 GHz
• RAM: 1×4 GB
• GPU: Intel UHD Graphics 610
• Storage 1: SDD ADATA M.2 128 GB
• Storage 2: 2×HDD SATA 3 TB 7,200 rpm
• Storage 3: 2×HDD SATA 1 TB 7,200 rpm

Both on Slackware -current.

I didn't start the thread. Just answered someone's inquiry about Slackware on Power 9.
I got a build for PowerPC and PowerPC64 that I've been working on as well.
Getting it going on PowerPC64LE was pretty straight forward.

I'm morbidly tempted to try putting Slackware on my SGI O2.

???

Most, if not all, of my hardware is now older than 10 years.

It's almost (not really) like I regret getting rid of all the *nix hardware I had (SUN, HP PARIC, SGI and a couple others).


Anywho, I guess I should share some of my hardware here too (at the very least stuff I have running or plan to put into service fairly soon);


Primary desktop (-current)

* CPU: i7-5820K @3.30GHz
* RAM: 64GB DDR4
* GPU: Radeon R9 390
* SSD: Kingston 120GB (OS-disk)
* HDD: WD Red 1TB (/home)
* Display: ASUS VN247 4x24" in a 2x2 setup

Secondary desktop/testing (-current)

* CPU: Ryzen 1700x
* RAM: 32GB DDR4
* GPU: Radeon RX 560
* SSD: Kingston 120GB (OS-disk)
* HDD: 3xSeagate Barracuda 3TB in raid5 (/data)

Tertiary desktop/testing (-current)

* CPU: i5-4690K @3.50GHz
* RAM: 32GB DDR3
* GPU: Onboard Intel
* SSD: Kingston 120GB (OS-disk) (Yes, I got several on a (Black Friday?) sale some years ago).
* HDD: WD 1TB (/home)

Laptop (-current) (not really used much, usually stashed away, but handy sometimes)
Lenovo something

* CPU: 2core something, can't be bothered to check right now.
* RAM: 12GB RAM (4GB onboard + 8GB)
* HDD: 500GB 2.5" seagate thin

server 1: Slackware 14.1
Old Dell Optiplex 760

* CPU: Intel Q8300 @ 2.50GHz
* RAM: 6GB
* HDD: 160GB (OS-disk)
* HDD: 2x3TB WD Red (raid1)

firewall:
GA-J1900N-D3V

* CPU: Intel Celeron J1900 @ 2.00GHz
* RAM: 8GB
* HDD: 80GB

Ah, yeah.. I *am* aware this is rather total overkill.


server 1 will - at some point when I get around to it - be replaced with a HP MicroServer Gen8.

I do have a couple more machines/servers too that I intend to put into use, but time and motivation, etc...

--
KarlMag

I built a pre-retirement system:

desktop (-current)
CPU: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
RAM: 32 Gb
GPU: NVidia GeForce GTX 1660Ti

More details here...