omg, how did I forget BenHeck tore one down, ty!

i wonder how much hardware is added besides the CD drive…

the 7900xt/xtx were/are also decent products, tbf, but $1k for a single component was, and still is, a STEEP ask - outside the budget of most. the only difference is we’re used to getting fucked over on gpu pricing so $600 for a mid-tier card now seems reasonable by comparison.

datacenter electricity is subsidized by every household in the area, they pay fuckall for their electricity.

i can reduce it by 100% by flipping like two breakers.

afaik, risc and cisc are pretty much the same anymore. x86, risc v and arm all have bloated instructions sets, and they all decode to risc microcode under the hood anyways.

lol those are dram chips in the stock photo.

(more risc v investment away from the us is a good thing though!)

my backup is staring longingly at LTO drives and wishing they would magically be affordable.

Such a cozy setup!

Why did I think this was about Wayland?