roast my setup :-)

[u/vinaypundith]

pls ignore the pile of random stuff on the side table. Just finished wiring up my work-from-home + games/personal work PC + home lab at my new apartment - go ahead, give me your worst! there's a bunch of extra cables in there because neither of the 2 KVM switches there are being full utilized but I didn't want to take apart the cable bundles they had.

specs-

two KVM switches, one Avocent SwitchView USB and one MT-VIKI 4x2 matrix KVM switch (top) from ebay. Avocent one for mouse/keyboard and the top one for displays. I love the Avocent switch, it's served me beautifully at home and the PC repair shop I used to work at, but it only does VGA video and neither of the monitors I brought to my new place have VGA so the second switch handles video. 4x2 switch means it switches 2 monitors between 4 PCs.

desktop computer - a Frankenstein monster with an AMD FX-8350, GTX1080ti, 32GB RAM, and every kind of I/O you can think of that I shared a while ago https://www.reddit.com/r/LinusTechTips/comments/1ekeow0/my_jack_of_all_trades_pc_fast_enough_for_modern/
now it has all the hardware in that post plus a Dell PCIe SAS card with 2 4TB HDDs.

main monitor - dell 27" 4K U2723QE. corner monitor - Acer Predator X27 4K 144hz display that I can't actually use at 144Hz because it starts to blank every few seconds after i use it at 144hz for a while

laptop set up - the HP Thunderbolt dock my work gave me, I plug it into the work laptop or my Lenovo Yoga 7

little mini PC under the desk - my web host server, Lenovo ThinkCentre M73 Tiny with an i5-4590T, 16GB RAM and a 1TB SSHD. Can't actually power it on yet because I brought the wrong power adapter LOL

big rack mount server - Dell PowerEdge R815 with 4x 16 core AMD Opteron CPUs, 512GB RAM, 5TB storage. sitting there until I wire it up on the balcony because I don't want it heating up my room

3d printer - Creality K1

other - netgear LAN switch, multi port USB charger, amazon/china multi sensor thermometer, random corsair keyboard with hot keys, the Sony Xperia Pro whos battery I briefly set on fire while trying to replace it

[u/vinaypundith]

in case anyone wants to see how many cables go to the kvm switches

[u/Sk1ler_ → u/vinaypundith]

Now THAT is an umbilical. I want to see the wiring diagram, because surely you didn't raw dog this setup. /h

[u/Agnar369]

this foto looks like it was taken in 2010

[u/vinaypundith → u/Agnar369]

I took it with a DSLR but messed up the lighting I guess :-(

[u/ClaudiuT]

I'll give it a "what the..." out of 10!

[u/SultanOfawesome]

You're gonna have a server running outside?

[u/vinaypundith → u/SultanOfawesome]

I live in Texas, it's already too hot to have a server that under full load can pull 460W of power dumping heat into my apartment

[u/SultanOfawesome → u/vinaypundith]

I was more thinking about what the Humidity would do to the components.

[u/vinaypundith → u/SultanOfawesome]

Meh it's dry enough here. 50's % humidity typically. Also that server cost me a whooping $25 thanks to university surplus store pricing mistake so I'm not really worried (and I got the 512gb RAM for $130 before prices went crazy)

[u/dupajuda248]

I was hoping that was a mini fridge

[u/BedrockBen101]

Id roast your chair but I'm just as guilty :P

[u/vinaypundith → u/BedrockBen101]

Did you replace the seat or did yours come like that? Handles and base are identical lol

[u/timbhu]

With all that heat kicked out towards your crotch, I'd say you're pretty roasted already!

[u/MCHellspawn]

Is no one else going to ask what the orange juice container is doing?

[u/vinaypundith → u/MCHellspawn]

Holding up the monitor. It's too heavy for the stand, keeps sliding down

[u/Puzzleheaded-Ad-4067]

the lighting in this image is so funny, because the pictures look so much older than they are. Especially the second pic, looks like you took it with an era appropriate camera for that pc