Tools

I always find it interesting to see what people use to get things done day to day. It is so easy to find the first thing that works and never ask is there something better.

This is an in-progress list of what I use:

HARDWARE

Apple iMac 15,1 (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014)
– 3.5 GHz Quad Core Intel Core i5-4690K 88W 22nm (geekbench 11,468)
– AMD Radeon R9 M290X 2GB 5120 x 2880
– 16GB DDR3-1600 RAM (11.3GB/sec)
– 1TB Fusion HD (write 305 MB/s – read 598 MB/s)

CINEBENCH R15 – 87.94fps, 528cb

Microsoft Wireless Keyboard 2000
An affordable keyboard with volume and media keys not overriding Function keys, builtin palm rest and unnoticeable wireless connectivity.

HPE ML10 Gen9 Tower Server
– 3.7 GHz Dual Core Intel i3-6100 54W 14nm (geekbench 6,455)
– 32GB DDR4-2133 Unbuffered ECC RAM (17-17-17) (14.0 GB/sec)
– 128GB SATA3 ADATA SSD (write ? MB/s – read 553 MB/s)
– 3x3TB ZFS array (write ? MB/s – read ? MB/s)
– HP NC364T Quad Gigabit Ethernet

Network Attached Storage Speeds
Fast Ethernet – write 11MB/s – read 11MB/s
Gigabit Ethernet – write 103MB/s – read 76MB/s
LAGG Ethernet – write ?MB/s – read ?MB/s
10G Ethernet – write ?MB/s – read ?MB/s

(I want to upgrade to the Xeon E3-1225v5 which should boost the benchmark to ~12k)

Dell 3040 Touchscreen
– 2.16Ghz Dual Intel Celeron N3530 7W 22nm (geekbench 3,195)
– 8GB DDR3-1333 RAM (6.5 GB/sec)
– 256GB SATA3 ADATA SSD (write 86 MB/s – read 82 MB/s)

Autonomous SmartDesk (sit/stand desk)

LG105R – 360 degree camera (16MP)

Canon Selphy CP760 – 4×6 dye sublimation printer

Rigol DS1054Z – 4 channel 50Mhz oscilloscope

Printrbot Simple 2014 – 3D Printer

USCutter MH721-MK2 – 28″ vinyl cutter

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ASUS VivoBook S400C – 14″ touchscreen laptop
– 1.7 GHz Dual Core Intel Core i5-3317U (passmark 3089)
– Intel HD Graphics 4000 (passmark 452) 1366×768
– 8GB DDR3-1600 RAM
– 500/24GB Hybrid SHDD

Nikon D3200 – DSLR camera (24MP)