#hardware

This was a quiet but satisfying project. Not flashy, no bots or AI this time — just practical infrastructure at home.

During my Metin2 bot project, I started thinking about scaling. I had two older PCs besides my laptop and decided to install Windows 10 on them to run multiple game instances. One of them was tricky to upgrade from Windows 7, especially since it was my first time installing an OS—but I managed.

Then I moved on to building my first custom PC—something I’d always wanted to do. I figured that building it myself would be cheaper and definitely more customizable. For example, I wanted a lot of RAM, but not much storage. In prebuilt PCs, 32GB of RAM is often seen as "professional-tier" and bundled with large SSDs I didn’t need.

When my friend bought a 3D printer, I helped with the setup. Since then, I occasionally used it, but only for simple prints—it was one of the early models. Over time, 3D printing technology advanced significantly: printers became more reliable, higher quality, and more affordable.