after using the almighty thinkpad t480 for a few months, i realized it just wasn’t capable of building large rust projects. my ram used to max out and system would freeze. i tried bumping the ram from 8gb to 16gb, and even put swap into the mix but still we were looking at 30+ minutes build time.

i finally decided to get new system. here are the specs:

• cpu: intel i7-14700k (20 cores & 28 threads)
• ram: 2x16gb ddr5 5200mhz
• storage: 500gb pcie 4.0 nvme m.2 upto 5000mb/s
• motherboard: msi b760m wifi
• psu: 600w
• cooler: 240mm double fan liquid
• lego: batman, joker and darth vader (most important part)

the whole thing cost me around $900. it took me 3 days to build and set up.

i tested same rust project as before. first clean build took about a minute, and subsequent builds were instant. it was worth it.

other than that, i already own few things:

• phone: nothing phone 2
• keyboard: keychron k2 pro
• display: lg 27 inch 4k 60hz
• ebook: kindle paperwhite
• speaker: jbl go 3

i handed my old t480 down to my sister, so i’m no longer using it.

p.s. keyboard and speaker are gifts from my friends <3