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the compier

my 'puter

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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.

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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, and last upgraded before the RAMpocalypse. Apparently, I have a lot to say about it.

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Peripherals

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See also: Audio & music gear

Mouse — Logitech MX Vertical

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These are mounted on a pair of cheap Amazon special gas spring wall-mount VESA arms because I fucking hate monitor feet on my desk.

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Headphones — Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro (Modified)

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After a lifetime of losing headphones to frayed cables and the inevitable failure of poor quality materials, my top priority when getting my next nice pair of cans was durability, and Beyerdynamic's products fit the bill nicely. I've sat on these without damaging them, which for me is saying something. As a bonus, they also have excellent sound quality and are supremely comfortable.

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The only issue with these headphones is the non-removable cable, which is an automatic deal-breaker for me. I purchased mine through a modding company that replaced that cable with a 4-pin mini XLR jack, which has proven to be a bit of a double-edged sword as finding sanely priced replacement cables for it with the right pinout is nigh impossible, forcing me to start making my own. I think the new models have removable cables, though, which is nice.

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I'm also rocking aftermarket cat ears. I just don't trust the quality on the cheap novelty headphones that come with them built in.

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Drawing Tablet — HUION Kamvas Pro 12

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 one feature 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.

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Webcam — Logitech C925e

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.

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Microphone — Audio-Technica AT2020 XLR

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Audio Interface — Arturia Minifuse 2

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The more I have to live with this thing the more I hate it. The MIDI ports don't work at all under Linux for some reason, and the headphone output has started making weird buzzing sounds. Luckily the inputs seem fine (for now), but replacing this thing is currently priority numero uno for setup upgrades.

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