Two months ago, I upgraded almost all my computer components except for the SSD, PSU and monitors, because I was getting tired of how it was beginning to show sluggishness. I could choose to step down the heavy usage a bit, but also felt a little bit money could do the trick. One thing led to another and it ended up being a bit more than what I originally planned to do.. but we are here now.

Tonight, I pushed the computer pretty close to its limits, and satisfied to see that it still hustles around without breaking much of a sweat

- Ubuntu server running on VirtualBox to run nginx RMTP repeater that copies the livestream to both Twitch and YouTube
- OBS streaming
- a voice transcriber webapp for the livestream
- Voicemeeter (virtual sound mixer program)
- BlueStack creating a virtual instance of Android on whcih I’m running HelloTalk (a Language learning partner app)
- HelloTalk messages webapp
- WhatsApp webapp
- Hangouts Webapp
- A dozen Google Docs/Spreadsheet windows open for document cross-reference and taking notes
- A dozen WordPress tabs open in editor mode
- A dozen chrome webpage tabs open for research
- YouTube
- Slack, Signal, Discord, KakaoTalk
- A dozen File Explorer windows for design assets
- Dropbox
- Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop all open with no open documents, because they take a long time to load
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