MacKayden
Michael
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
Started with a Commodore 64 and have since acquired numerous other computers; however, the preferred system is Mac OS X based. I definitely do not miss the 300 baud dial-up days...I do miss the BBS systems just a bit. Yes, I feel old now.
Started with a Commodore 64 and have since acquired numerous other computers; however, the preferred system is Mac OS X based. I definitely do not miss the 300 baud dial-up days...I do miss the BBS systems just a bit. Yes, I feel old now.
Equipment Specs
Monitors
Primary
• BenQ PD2700U - 4K, 60Hz (PC, Laptop - KVM)
Secondary
• Lenovo Legion Y27q-20 - 1440P, 165Hz (PC, Laptop)
Mount
• ErGear Dual Monitor VESA Mount Arm


Computers
Hermod I – Production Rig:
MacBook Air [11/2021][Retired: 02/2025]
• Apple M1 (8CPU/8GPU)
• 8GB RAM
• 1TB SSD + OWC 1M2 & 4TB WD-SN850X + SanDisk 1TB USB-C
• OSX 15.x


Hermod II – Production Rig:
MacBook Pro 14" [02/2025]
• Apple M4 Pro (14CPU/20GPU)
• 24GB RAM
• 1TB SSD + OWC 1M2 USB4 & 4TB WD-SN850X + SanDisk 1TB USB-C
• OSX 15.x

Urrl {win} | Meili {nix} – Budget Gaming Rig:
Powerspec B743 ( Modified ) [12/2020]
• ASROCK Z390 Phantom Gaming 4s
• Intel Core i7 9700K
• Cooler Master Hyper 212 RGB
32GB (2x16GB) Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 CL16
Saphire Pulse Radeon 5700XT
1TB WD Black SN750 M.2 NVMe (Win 10 Pro / Top Games)
Micro Connectors M.2 NVMe + M.2 SATA 110mm SSD PCIe x4 Adapter
1TB WD Blue SN550 M.2 SATA (Less Used Games)
• 512GB Intel 660P M.2 NVMe ( Ubuntu 24.04LTS )
• Seagate 1TB 7.2K RPM SATA (Misc Storage)
• Cooler Master Masterwatt Lite 600W 80+
• LianLi Lancool 205 Black Case

Munin – HomeKit Bridge / VPN Server:
Raspberry Pi 4 [11/2023]
• ARM Cortex72 @ 1.8GHz
• 4GB LP-DDR4 3200 RAM
• Samsung EVO+ 64GB Class 10
• Raspberry Pi OS Lite - Debian Bullseye (2023-04-03)
• HomeBridge v.1.0.41
• Scrypted v.0.57.0 (via Docker)
• piVPN + WireGuard

Heimdall – VM Server:
Gateway SX2855-UB11P [08/2023]
• Intel Pentium G630
• 4GB DDR3 RAM
• Inland Pro 240GB SATA SSD + (5) Intel 1.92GB S4510 SSD RAIDZ2
• HP 331T Quad Port Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
• Proxmox 8.0.3 / pfSense 2.7.0 / HaikuOS / Solaris 11 / TrueNAS Core

Asgard – Homelab Server:
HP Z2 G4 Tower Workstation [08/2025]
• Intel Xeon E-2176G (6C/12T | HD-P630 iGPU)
• 64GB DDR4-2666 ECC Unbuffered RDIMM RAM
• 480GB Kioxia Exceria SATA SSD (System/Boot Drive)
• 4TB Samsung 990Pro w/Heatsink nVMe SSD (Fast Access Storage)
• [4] 3TB Seagate Constellation E.3 SAAS (RaidZ2 / Long-term Storage)
• 6TB WesternDigital Black 7200RPM (Backup/Cold Storage)
• Kingwin KF-255-BK 2.5"/3.5" Tray-Less Hot Swap Rack
• HP LSI 9217-4i4e SAS HBA 6Gbps PCI-E 3.0 P20 IT mode
• Mellanox ConnectX-3 CX314A 40GB Dual Port QSFP+ PCI-E Network Card
HP 331T Quad Port Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
• Proxmox 9.0.x / TrueNAS Core / JellyFin


Printers
Brokkr
AnkerMake M5C-B [09/2023]
Other
• Brother HL-2240 [04/2020]
• OKI Data C5500DN [01/2010]
• Epson Photo R1800 [08/2006]


Accessories
Input
• SteelSeries Rival 310 Mouse | SteelSeries Rival 3 Wireless
• USB Keyboard (generic)
Headphones
• Apple Air Pods Pro II
• Sony MDR-7506
2.1 Audio
• DAC: Cambridge Audio DacMagic XS
• Amplifier: Dayton Audio HTA20BT Class D Hybrid Stereo Tube Amplifier
• Speakers: Boston Acoustics HD5
• Subwoofer: Dayton Audio Sub-800
留言
Shawnel 2023 年 5 月 8 日 下午 3:46 
:D :sparkleheart::yellowrose::sparkleheart:Have a happy week!:D :sparkleheart::yellowrose::sparkleheart:
Shawnel 2023 年 3 月 27 日 上午 11:52 
❀˖°💜❀˖°I hope you have the most wonderful and awesome week!❀˖°💜❀˖°