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diff --git a/uses/compier/index.php b/uses/compier/index.php index 50d420a..0b8b087 100644 --- a/uses/compier/index.php +++ b/uses/compier/index.php @@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ <h1>the comp<em title="Is that a Homestar Runner reference?">ier</em></h1> <h2 id="caption">my main computer</h2> <p>My main PC is an ever-shifting, questionably arranged agglomeration of components selected as if at random, initially designed and assembled by yours truly circa March of '22. Apparently, I have a lot to say about it.</p> - <div class="gallery"> <figure class="media"> <div> <picture> @@ -31,7 +30,6 @@ <figcaption style="margin-top: 0;">Yes, I had to cut holes in the bottom for those fans. I think it looks pretty mint, if you ignore the fact that some of the chunkier expansion options down there are blocked.</figcaption> </div> </figure> - </div> <h2>Internals</h2> <h3>CPU — AMD Ryzen 7 5700G</h3> <p>The Ryzen 7 5700G is basically the 5800 except cheaper and you trade PCIe gen 4 support for an integrated GPU. This was important to me in case my dedicated GPU died or otherwise became unavailable. This has come in useful occasionally.</p> @@ -78,9 +76,10 @@ <p>There were a handful of GPUs in this performance class and approximate price bracket that I was considering — in fact, my original upgrade plan was a 7700 XT. I went with the 6800 XT because I deduced through the awesome power of spreadsheets that, with the current state of the used market, it had all the others beat in price-to-performance ratio, and it wasn't even close. I specifically went for the AMD reference model, since it was the only version with a short enough heatsink that I was confident it would fit in my case without any modifications.</p> <p>I want it on record here that if I ever drop north of a grand on a 4090 or whatever the biggest baddest new this-or-a-used-car AAA-cruncher is and I haven't won the lottery, I am to be taken out back and shot like a lame horse. Frankly, I probably need some sense beaten into me if I'm buying lottery tickets to begin with.</p> <h2>Peripherals</h2> - <h3>Mouse — Logitech G602</h3> - <p>This is my forever mouse. Excellent build quality, more than good enough performance for my casual gamer ass, and it takes AAs. I recently took it apart to replace the first component to start failing, the switch for the left mouse button. I intend to keep using this mouse until I can't get replacement parts for it, or I get carpal tunnel and have to upgrade to something with better ergonomics.</p> - <p>I generally prefer wired peripherals where possible, but the RF dongle this mouse uses has been rock-solid for me, as long as I don't keep it behind a bunch of EMI-blocking metal panels. My only real issue with this mouse is that the software for it doesn't work on Linux, but I only need that to configure the side buttons.</p> + <h3>Mouse — Logitech MX Vertical</h3> + <p>In a previous revision of this page I said my old G602 was my "forever mouse", but I also said I'd be willing to replace it for the sake of better ergonomics, which is what this new one is for: pre-empting carpal tunnel syndrome. Besides, that mouse is in declining condition anyway, and you can only get in there with a soldering iron so many times before it becomes more trouble (and money for replacement parts) than it's worth. The old mouse is now my "on-the-go" mouse, a slot that recently opened up in my life due to my now having to take a laptop to in-person classes.</p> + <p>This new mouse shape was a bit of an adjustment at first, but after a month or so of daily or so use I find it significantly more comfortable than standard mice with no major downsides as far as usability is concerned. That said, although popular consensus is that this model is on the larger side, it's still a touch small for my hands. I'm currently working on getting on estrogen to maybe solve this issue.</p> + <p>This particular mouse is kind of a straight downgrade from its Gaming™ predecessor in a couple ways: no reassignable macro keys, and a slower sensor. In my case, I honestly wasn't using all those extra buttons anyway since the software to assign them isn't on Linux, and as for the sensor, I'm not a skilled enough gamer nor do I play the right types of games for the difference between "about as fast as my monitors" and whatever four or five digit number the esports mouse gold standard is this year to realistically be a bottleneck. Besides, if I fancied myself a Pro Gamer, a premium office mouse like this wouldn't have even been on my radar.</p> <h3>Keyboard — Keychron V6 Max</h3> <p>The original plan was to just quietly update this part and purge all mention of my previous keyboard(s) because I was embarrassed that I bought this to replace an extremely similar keyboard (which I will be selling, I'm not completely stupid), but this new one is actually different enough that I want to talk about it.</p> <p>See, I used to have the tenkeyless Keychron V3 paired with a Q0 numpad to make up for the V3's lack of one, a combination that I settled on as a workaround for the 100% V6 that I wanted only being available in Keychron's stupid bluish-grey colourway. I had no problems with those keyboards, but I still bought this because I wanted to consolidate them into the same USB connection to free up a port on the 4-port USB switch I use to share these peripherals with my school laptop.</p> @@ -107,13 +106,14 @@ <img src="images/cans.jpg" alt="A pair of Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro headphones with a removable mini XLR cable plugged in, a custom green headband wire, and aftermarket cat ears."> </picture> <h3>Drawing Tablet — HUION Kamvas Pro 12</h3> - <p>Perfectly cromulent 12-inch display tablet. It doesn't completely work out of the box, but the proprietary driver program is at least available for Linux. I like that the stylus is completely passive and doesn't need to be charged, which is frankly an absurd thing for a stylus to require.</p> + <p>Perfectly cromulent 12-inch display tablet. It doesn't completely work out of the box, but the proprietary driver program is at least available for Linux, or there's OpenTabletDriver, which in my experience seems more reliable but is missing <a href="https://opentabletdriver.net/Tablets">one feature</a> from this specific model. I like that the stylus is completely passive and doesn't need to be charged, which, having grown up using a Nintendo DS, feels like an absurd thing for a stylus to require.</p> <h3>Webcam — Logitech C925e</h3> <p>It's a USB webcam. The picture is good enough — better than most laptops — but it does some annoying auto-adjustment stuff that makes chroma-key shenanigans difficult at times. Standout features are the privacy shutter, indicator light when the camera is in use, and screw mount. I'm sure the microphone is adequate in a pinch, but I have no reason to use it.</p> - <h3>Microphone — Audio-Technica AT2020 USB+</h3> - <p>Very good microphone. Probably as good as I'll ever need. Superb sound quality; my friends in voice chat complain whenever they hear me on anything else. I'd have gotten the XLR version but I did not yet own an audio interface and didn't want to shell out for one just for this.</p> + <h3>Microphone — Audio-Technica AT2020 XLR</h3> + <p>I'll be totally honest with you, I used to have the USB version of this exact microphone and replaced it with a used XLR variant to exchange an XLR input on my audio interface for a free USB port. Both versions are equally very good, probably as good as I'll ever need. The sound quality on this sucker is so good that my friends in voice chat complain whenever they hear me on anything else.</p> <p>In what is becoming a running theme, it sits on a perhaps unbefitting $20 no-name mic arm from Amazon, with matching cheap shock mount and pop filter. They work, though. The springs on the arm are loud and, as my friends are keen to point out every time, quite audible through the mic.</p> + <p>Also, free bit of advice from me to you: for audio hardware, buy used professional or music gear, not gaming stuff. The sound quality and build quality is almost always way better.</p> <h3>Audio Interface — Arturia Minifuse 2</h3> - <p>Nothing to write home about for the most part. It's a good quality audio interface with the amount of I/O I presently need, which is to say two mono inputs, and it mostly works fine on Linux. Bizarrely, though, between this and my Benhringer Model D, the only device with a MIDI interface that's recognized by my computer is the analog synthesizer.</p> + <p>Nothing to write home about for the most part. It's a good quality audio interface with the amount of I/O I presently need, which is to say two mono inputs, and it mostly works fine on Linux. Bizarrely, though, between this and my Benhringer Model D, the only device with a MIDI interface that's recognized by my computer is the analog synthesizer. If I had to spend this kind of money on an audio interface again, I'd probably go for a used Behringer unit with more inputs.</p> </body> </html> |