Hi there! I dig video games, cycling, reading, technology (new & old), photography, card & board games, and I’m a bit of a gearhead/petrolhead. Into plenty of other hobbies too.

Some of the screen names I use might seem strange—I’m just goofing around with whatever amuses me. If you’d like to avoid confusion when I change them, feel free to set a nickname for me.

I may decline requests for various reasons. Common ones include:
• Private profiles
• Negative/toxic attitude or reputation
• VAC bans
• Very low-level or completely blank profiles (I’ve run into a lot of shady accounts in that range)

If one of my friends knows you and can vouch, or if I decide to accept anyway, exceptions happen. When someone adds me I usually ask a couple of quick questions about how they found me—please reply reasonably soon so I know you’re a real person.

• Online – Likely around, feel free to message
• Away/Busy – Probably not at the keyboard; leave a message if you want
• Snooze – Asleep or away for a while
• Offline/DND – Please don’t disturb

It probably comes as no surprise that I’m into tech nerd stuff—from modern cells and newfangled hardware to weird old tech and the beige boxes of yesteryear. I dig it all. Here’s what I’m currently using, plus a few pieces of personal history.




Custom gaming PC
OS: Windows 11 Pro
Board: ASUS TUF Gaming X570-Plus
CPU: Ryzen 9 5900X
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 chromax.black
GPU: Sapphire Pulse RX 6800 XT 16GB
RAM: 32GB G.Skill Ripjaws V 3600 MHz
PSU - Seasonic FOCUS GX-750 750W 80+ Gold Full-Modular PSU

Storage

OS Drive - 1x Crucial P3 1TB Internal NVMe SSD
Gaming Drive 01: 1x Crucial P3 Plus 4TB Internal NVMe SSD
Gaming Drive 02: 1x Crucial MX500 4TB 2.5" Internal SSD
Storage Drives: 2x WD_BLACK 6TB Internal HDD

Case Fans

Cooler Master SickleFlow 120 V2 ARGB 3x 120mm fans
Cooler Master SickleFlow 140 V2 ARGB 1x 140mm fan

Additional Components

Case - Corsair Carbide Series Air 540
Additional Drive(s) - LG WH16NS40 Internal SATA Blu-ray Optical Drive

Peripherals:

3× Acer Nitro XZ272U 27" 1440p 165 Hz curved
2x AmazonBasics K001387 & 1x AmazonBasics B00MIBN16O Single Display Monitor Arm (rebranded Ergotron LX)
Custom Corsair K70 RGB PRO (MX Speed) with mixed PBT/ABS keycaps
Razer Basilisk V3
RØDE PodMic + PSA1+ arm + RØDE XLR cable + Focusrite Scarlett Solo 3rd Gen
Samson PS04 + RØDE WS14 pop filters
Samson PS04 Microphone Pop Filter + RØDE WS14 Premium Pop Filter in Blue
Interface - Focusrite Scarlett Solo 3rd Gen USB Audio Interface
beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO + SteelSeries Arctis 9
Klipsch PROMEDIA 2.1 Computer Speaker System
Realspace Trezza 62" L-Shaped Computer Desk, Warm Walnut + Serta Claremont chair

• MacBook Air M1 (2020) – Apple M1 8-core CPU & 16-core Neural Engine + 16 GB Unified Memory + 2TB SSD with macOS Tahoe (v26.4)
• Steam Deck 512GB + 512GB microSD

Valve Index (full kit) with various comfort, cleaning, mounting, and protection accessories (KIWI, VR Cover, Elgato mounts, prescription lens adapters, etc.).

A few personal milestones and old machines I still keep around:
• First desktop: HP Pavilion a1410y (Celeron D, Windows XP)
• First real gaming rig: FX-8320 + GTX 950
• First laptop: HP Pavilion dv4 (Turion X2, Vista → Win 7)
• Mac mini G4 (Early 2005)
• Macintosh Classic (1991)
• MacBook Pro 15" Late 2011

(More old hardware lives on the shelf—happy to talk about any of it.)