Hello and welcome to Tech Overwrite! I’m Tristan Perry. I have been building websites and computers since a very young age (10 or 11, IIRC) and my ‘professional’ background is in software development. However after a decade of developing software commercially, I decided to have a change and I’m now a content creator. Read more about me.
What I Cover
My goal with Tech Overwrite is to cover any and all ‘techy’ topics, but with a specific focus on PC hardware, software, gaming and networking. So far I have covered the following topics on this blog (click the image to view my articles on that topic):
My Home PC Setup
I discussed my home computer/networking setup in a video earlier this year:
The TL;DR is that my PC’s specs are:
- Case: Corsair Carbide 88R MicroATX
- Motherboard: ASUS TUF Gaming B550M-Plus
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
- Cooler: Noctua NH-C14S
- RAM: Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO 64GB (2x 32GB) DDR4 3200MHz
- GPU: AMD Sapphire RX 6700XT 12GB
- Storage: 2x WD Black SN850 M.2 SSDs Gen4 w/ aftermark ELUTENG heatsinks
- PSU: Corsair RM750x White
Since filming the video above, I moved home and my home network now includes:
- CAT6 and CAT7 cables throughout the property, including in my detached garage and loft.
- 4x Eero Pro 6 routers, all using wired backhaul for gigabit speeds internally.
- A 550 Mbps external ISP connection.
- 10Gb networking cards in both my Homelab NAS and workstation PC, to get the fastest speeds possible.
Recent Posts
I aim to post 1-3 times a week, and my most recent posts can be seen below:
- Upsizing My 12 Core, 64GB Workstation PC (mATX To ATX With Full Steps)I recently got fed up with being unable to fit small extra devices in my old micro ATX case, like my 10 Gigabit networking card. So I decided to upsize to ATX by purchasing a cheap mid-tower case (CiT Galaxy) … Read more
- A Tempered Glass RGB ATX Case For Just £30/$40?! (CiT Galaxy Review)
On paper this case seems to have it all: temperered glass, support for the main motherboards (ATX, mATX and mini ITX), a PSU shroud, various cable routing holes, an RGB strip and fan, USB 3 and more. So HOW is … Read more - AMD Ryzen 7600 Integrated Gaming Performance (No GPU)
My Homelab NAS is for storage: it has two 4TB NVMe drives (for 8TB of usable space). It has NO graphics card. It does, however, have an AMD Ryzen 7600 6-core CPU. This comes with integrated graphics which begs the … Read more - Control Multiple Devices With The Same Monitor, Keyboard & Mouse (9 Methods)
If you have multiple computers, servers/NASes or Raspberry Pis around your home, you might have struggled with a simple problem: how to control them all without having LOADS of keyboard, mice and monitors everywhere. I recently hit across this problem … Read more - “Upgrading” To 10 Gigabit Networking Was Challenging
I decided to ‘upgrade’ to 10 Gigabit home networking as part of upgrading my content creation workflow series, but as it turns out, 10Gb can be a difficult upgrade. Achieving 1 Gigabit is a LOT easier. So in this video … Read more - GPU Blocking The Other PCIe Slots? Here’s 7 Workarounds
Some motherboards are badly laid out, or just too small for massive, modern GPUs. This means that your graphics card might be blocking access to one or more other PCIe slots, making it impossible to plug in another PCIe expansion … Read more - I Love Gigabyte’s Front Panel “G” Connector Cube
I recently purchased a new motherboard – the ATX Gigabyte B550 Aorus Elite, and this came with a “Gigabyte G Connector” which I hadn’t used previously. Luckily this fixes a big problem that I have with computer builds – the … Read more - How I Control My Main PC & Homelab NAS With Just One Monitor & Mouse
Owning more than one computer/server/Raspberry Pi is great, but it also presents a problem: how should you control all of them? I was asking myself this question after building my Debian-based Homelab NAS, and I quickly got tired of running … Read more - Why Micro ATX Builds Suck
On the surface, micro ATX builds seem to make a lot of sense – they allow you to install some really powerful hardware, but they take up a LOT less space than full tower ATX builds. What’s not to love? … Read more - Will Dual Booting Void Your Warranty Or Slow Down Your PC?
I personally love dual booting my computers – both my laptop and my Homelab NAS have dual boots (my laptop is a Windows 11 and Ubuntu 22 dual boot, whereas my NAS is a Windows 11 and Debian 12 dual … Read more
