{"id":374,"date":"2025-04-22T15:53:53","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T13:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/excursionswithcpp.com\/?page_id=374"},"modified":"2026-02-13T11:11:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T10:11:45","slug":"my-computer-park","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/excursionswithcpp.com\/index.php\/my-computer-park\/","title":{"rendered":"My computer park"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Through the years I have collected a bunch of computers of the PC class. Some of them I bought from new, getting the fastest I could afford when it was time for a new one. Some of them I bought second hand because I needed one in special situations. And some of them just ended up with me, when they were abandoned by other people.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

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Number<\/th>CPU<\/th>Clock
Rate<\/th>		Cores<\/th>Threads<\/th>RAM<\/th>Year<\/th>OS<\/th>Status<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
#6<\/td>Ryzen 9 5950X<\/td>4 GHz<\/td>16<\/td>32<\/td>32GiB<\/td>2022<\/td>Win 11 24H2
dual boot with:
Q4OS 5.7 64bit<\/td>		Desktop<\/td><\/tr>
#5<\/td>Intel Core i5-10310U<\/td>3.5 GHz<\/td>4<\/td>8<\/td>8 GiB<\/td>2020<\/td>Win 11 24H2<\/td>Laptop<\/td><\/tr>
#4<\/td>Intel Core i7 4820K<\/td>4.7 GHz<\/td>4<\/td>8<\/td>16 GiB<\/td>2013<\/td>Q4OS 5.7 64bit<\/td>Desktop<\/td><\/tr>
#3<\/td>Intel Core i5 4570<\/td>3.2 GHz<\/td>4<\/td>4<\/td>8 GiB<\/td>2014<\/td>Win 10 64bit<\/td>Desktop<\/td><\/tr>
#2<\/td>Intel Pentium 4 HT<\/td>3 GHz<\/td>1<\/td>2<\/td>3 GiB<\/td>2005<\/td>Q4OS 5.7 64bit<\/td>Desktop<\/td><\/tr>
#1<\/td>Intel Celeron M 440<\/td>1.8 GHz<\/td>1<\/td>1<\/td>2 GB<\/td>2007<\/td>Q4OS 5.7 32bit<\/td>Laptop<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For those computers that no longer can support Windows 10 or 11, I have chosen to use the Q4OS Linux distribution. It is Debian based and fairly light weight, so it can run on older computers. More info here<\/a>. Currently I don’t have much day to day experience using it for regular work, but I have succeeded making it run on all of the above mentioned PCs and have been able to install compilers and libraries, so I could compile and try my programs on different platforms. It will be noted in my individual posts, when the the different PCs and OSs are in use.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

I am using a StarTech.com 4 port KVM SV431DPUA switch to switch between the different computers. This switch has DisplayPort inputs and outputs, USB switching and audio switching. It is a bit old, but still works fine. I have found that support for DisplayPort connections is not very widespread, mostly supported by HP hardware. I ended up with using that because I found the KVM switch for free; my main PC #6 has miniDPort outputs; and the HP screen I have supports it. I would have gone with HDMI if I wanted to splurge the money for a new setup from the bottom up.
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In particular adapters from HDMI output on a PC to DPort input on the switch are expensive, it is not enough with just a cable adapter.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

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