An open letter to members

loonym · Oct 6, 2009, 04:10 AM

Greetings to all, I'm writing this because the extraordinary humanitarian efforts of TPU! members deserves to be recognized. This thank you letter is sorely inadequate, but for that matter, anything I can do would pale in comparison with what the members of this forum have done.

I'm a single father of a beautiful two year old daughter. I've been raising her on my own since my wife left us in May '08. One and a half years ago I was diagnosed with bladder cancer. It was subsequently found to be stage 4, extremely aggressive, and inoperable. I've tried many various treatments since then, including 2 rounds of chemo, and a round of radiation that consisted of two and a half months of daily therapy. In late July of this year my oncologist told me that the cancer is still growing in spite of all that, and recommended discontinuing all treatment in favor of an approach that will focus on pain management as well as trying to make me more comfortable. Recently those have been my two main issues. The pain from an inoperable T4b bladder cancer is hard to describe, but trust me it's substantial, so they have me on some pretty serious narcotics dosages. Along with that I've recently developed a pretty bad case of lympedema. That is when the lymph nodes become so enlarged that they start creating blockages. In my particular case it's causing my right leg, from the pelvis down, to retain an unusual amount of fluid. My leg has swollen to the point I can't wear shoes or clothing except sweat pants. It's been helped quite a lot in the past week or so when some local people (thanks to Beth C. Wright Cancer Resource Center) bought me a recliner to sleep in so that I can keep it elevated. Also just recently, as my condition deteriorates more, I've been developing mouth sores. I use warm salt water gargle for that. This is an outline of what's happened to me and what's happening now.

Today I went out to go to the pharmacy. When I returned I checked my mail and there was a PayPal notice from Paul (PaulieG). After I read it I became so emotional that I was overwhelmed. I immediately went to my daughter's room where she was watching movies. I grabbed her up and held her in my arms and cried for a good half hour. The members of this forum, unbeknownst to me, took up a collection for us and sent it today. I'm astounded by the caring and generosity of the people here and I want to thank you all from both she and I. It's much, much more than the money, although living on disability is not a living. This illustration of the caring and compassion of the members of TPU! is without parallel.

Thank you all and God bless you, Jon and Annabelle

TheGoat Eater · Oct 6, 2009, 04:19 AM

many thanks to the TPU community! as this meant/means a lot to him and I am very happy to see him being thought of by the TPU community!

Lionheart · Oct 6, 2009, 04:22 AM

Hey man, I dont even know you but get better!

exodusprime1337 · Oct 6, 2009, 04:37 AM

you are so very welcome. In addition to my donation i also made notice that if news of this were to get to you, i live not far in rhode island and if there is anything you need, help or anything else, please let me know via pm here. I will do my best to make it up to you in nh where i believe you are from. Please keep in touch and do your best to stay healthy. You are welcome and my families and my hearts go out to you and your little girl, wishing you the best of luck.

hat · Oct 6, 2009, 05:04 AM

I am more than happy to be a part of this donation. I think I know what you're going through... my grandfather went through the same thing. It is very tireing and very painful. I really feel for you man, espically since you have that daughter to take care of.

Hicks · Oct 6, 2009, 05:59 PM

Awesome guys!! loonym is a stand up brother.

Mindweaver · Oct 6, 2009, 07:20 PM

Wow. This just made my day!

I'm proud of our team!

loonym and XS will always be apart of it!

qubit · Oct 6, 2009, 07:26 PM

I haven't made a donation yet, but I'd like to. How do I go about this?

And thankyou for your kind words, loonym. My heart and thoughts go out to you and your daughter. I lost a work friend and colleague in May08 to pancreatic cancer and it was hard on all of us. At least he had A1 care the whole way.

Cold Storm · Oct 6, 2009, 07:47 PM

Qubit, talk with Paulieg, We did it til Sunday night on raising what we could.

Loonym I just wish you the best in this world man. It's a hard thing to hear that you have a cancer, and to be that high in such short time.. You've done great stuff for us in the past. I, am most likely everyone else that donated, am glad to do so. It brings tears to my eyes everytime I saw your signature over at XS, and here. Now, it brings a bit more.

Best wishes to you and the little one.

trt740 · Oct 6, 2009, 07:54 PM

After reading this my heart aches for you God Bless. Some things are just not fair. Hang in there.

Paulieg · Oct 6, 2009, 08:03 PM

Loonym, thank you for posting. It's all about taking care of each other, and remembering that there is still plenty of humanity in this crazy world. I hope we made your day a bit brighter. Please let us know if there is anything else that we can do.

Quote:

Originally Posted by qubit

I haven't made a donation yet, but I'd like to. How do I go about this?

And thankyou for your kind words, loonym. My heart and thoughts go out to you and your daughter. I lost a work friend and colleague in May08 to pancreatic cancer and it was hard on all of us. At least he had A1 care the whole way.

Anyone who would still like to donate, please feel free to send me a PM. Thanks!

Chicken Patty · Oct 6, 2009, 08:21 PM

Hi there Jon! I really shouldn't have read this now at work. Last place I wanna be to burst into tears, I'm not lying.

Anyhow, I just wish you and your daughter the best, hope my contribution helps you out and anything you need you know where to find us dude. I hope you get better and hope you can make it out to Florida with your daughter, it'll be an honor to be able to meet you in person

King Wookie · Oct 6, 2009, 08:37 PM

This thread is the best thing I've read in a long time. Thank you to the guys that contributed. This is truly awesome!

:resp ect:

Chicken Patty · Oct 6, 2009, 08:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by King Wookie

This thread is the best thing I've read in a long time. Thank you to the guys that contributed. This is truly awesome!

:resp ect:

I agree

a111087 · Oct 6, 2009, 09:15 PM

lol, i decided to join after reading first post. i mostly do homework anyhow

Solaris17 · Oct 6, 2009, 09:29 PM

damn good job gents..damn good job. i hop you feel better loon. if your ever around NH and you need something send a PM

Reefer86 · Oct 6, 2009, 10:13 PM

Im so sorry to hear about whats happening to you. My dad was diagnosed with cancer 3 years ago luckly he was able to be operated on and have treatment. That was a really hard 2 years for our family and a very scary time. My heart of all my family goes out to you and we wish you all the best.

bogmali · Oct 6, 2009, 10:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Solaris17

if your ever around NH and you need something send a PM

I think he's from around that area Sol (Maine I think)

Solaris17 · Oct 6, 2009, 10:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bogmali

I think he's from around that area Sol (Maine I think)

well then even more reason its about 3 hours doing the speed limit to maine so it would be no problem for me. man i love this kinda stuff though i mean damn.

computer geeks, time to get shit done.

and it just goes to show were not all usn and avatars we are all real people and neighbors or not people can lend a helping hand in the most extrodianary ways. thats why i consider TPU my family i mean i dont have family that lives close by im alone up hear in the sticks but once you get past the "wow this is unreal iv never even "seen" you" stage you realize that you can find good ppl anyware.

Cold Storm · Oct 6, 2009, 10:29 PM

Remember guys... I'm up for round 2 of help.. go to Paulieg's thread for what I posted..

Sol... I'd say move back to Tampa and you have few Tpu'ers there. ... Or better yet, you know who wants ya as a son! and Ohio is on the way!!!

Moose · Oct 6, 2009, 10:30 PM

I'm sorry to hear your plight, 2 members of my family have died recently of brain cancer they lived for short times after progressivly going "mad".

Solaris17 · Oct 6, 2009, 10:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cold Storm

Remember guys... I'm up for round 2 of help.. go to Paulieg's thread for what I posted..

Sol... I'd say move back to Tampa and you have few Tpu'ers there. ... Or better yet, you know who wants ya as a son! and Ohio is on the way!!!

lol now its a toss up im by myself but i can either go back to tampa or get adopted either wy im surrounded by tpu members

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moose

I'm sorry to hear your plight, 2 members of my family have died recently of brain cancer they lived for short times after progressivly going "mad".

wow im sorry to hear that man

Yukikaze · Oct 6, 2009, 10:34 PM

Jon, if you need anything else as far as help from the Middle East can go, drop me an e-mail at lev@rashaz.com.

I am not a religious man, so I have no prayers to offer, but I'll do what I can from here, so do not hesitate to get in touch.

Best wishes,
Lev.

CDdude55 · Oct 6, 2009, 10:39 PM

Hope you get well man.

Just goes to show how awesome a community like TPU is.

Nick89 · Jan 17, 2010, 05:38 AM

You will be missed Jon. Rock on in heaven and watch over your daughter.

Oct 6, 2009, 04:10 AM	#1
loonym Join Date: May 2008 Location: Between Hell and Nowhere Posts: 120 (0.06/day) Thanks: 46 Thanked 197 Times in 63 Posts System Specs	An open letter to members Greetings to all, I'm writing this because the extraordinary humanitarian efforts of TPU! members deserves to be recognized. This thank you letter is sorely inadequate, but for that matter, anything I can do would pale in comparison with what the members of this forum have done. I'm a single father of a beautiful two year old daughter. I've been raising her on my own since my wife left us in May '08. One and a half years ago I was diagnosed with bladder cancer. It was subsequently found to be stage 4, extremely aggressive, and inoperable. I've tried many various treatments since then, including 2 rounds of chemo, and a round of radiation that consisted of two and a half months of daily therapy. In late July of this year my oncologist told me that the cancer is still growing in spite of all that, and recommended discontinuing all treatment in favor of an approach that will focus on pain management as well as trying to make me more comfortable. Recently those have been my two main issues. The pain from an inoperable T4b bladder cancer is hard to describe, but trust me it's substantial, so they have me on some pretty serious narcotics dosages. Along with that I've recently developed a pretty bad case of lympedema. That is when the lymph nodes become so enlarged that they start creating blockages. In my particular case it's causing my right leg, from the pelvis down, to retain an unusual amount of fluid. My leg has swollen to the point I can't wear shoes or clothing except sweat pants. It's been helped quite a lot in the past week or so when some local people (thanks to Beth C. Wright Cancer Resource Center) bought me a recliner to sleep in so that I can keep it elevated. Also just recently, as my condition deteriorates more, I've been developing mouth sores. I use warm salt water gargle for that. This is an outline of what's happened to me and what's happening now. Today I went out to go to the pharmacy. When I returned I checked my mail and there was a PayPal notice from Paul (PaulieG). After I read it I became so emotional that I was overwhelmed. I immediately went to my daughter's room where she was watching movies. I grabbed her up and held her in my arms and cried for a good half hour. The members of this forum, unbeknownst to me, took up a collection for us and sent it today. I'm astounded by the caring and generosity of the people here and I want to thank you all from both she and I. It's much, much more than the money, although living on disability is not a living. This illustration of the caring and compassion of the members of TPU! is without parallel. Thank you all and God bless you, Jon and Annabelle __________________ Would you crunch if you thought it would save her life? [img disabled]http://lakesidepc.com/sign.jpg[/IMG] Maybe it will! Join the TPU World Community Grid team =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ cruncher #2 lp-dk x58/w3520@4100 cruncher #3 tpower x58/w3520@4100 *cruncher #4 dx58so/w3520@4100 *cruncher #5 m2f/x3360@3920 ****cruncher #6 790i/q6600@3600 +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=

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Oct 6, 2009, 04:37 AM	#4
exodusprime1337 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Rhode Island, U.S.A Posts: 1,818 (0.90/day) Thanks: 138 Thanked 332 Times in 264 Posts System Specs	you are so very welcome. In addition to my donation i also made notice that if news of this were to get to you, i live not far in rhode island and if there is anything you need, help or anything else, please let me know via pm here. I will do my best to make it up to you in nh where i believe you are from. Please keep in touch and do your best to stay healthy. You are welcome and my families and my hearts go out to you and your little girl, wishing you the best of luck. __________________ Visit My CaseMod, YOU KNOW YOU WANT TOO!!!!

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Oct 6, 2009, 04:19 AM	#2
TheGoat Eater Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: West Des Moines,IA (USA) Posts: 613 (0.32/day) Thanks: 31 Thanked 108 Times in 87 Posts	many thanks to the TPU community! as this meant/means a lot to him and I am very happy to see him being thought of by the TPU community!

Oct 6, 2009, 04:22 AM	#3
Lionheart Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Sydney Posts: 3,424 (1.83/day) Thanks: 2,492 Thanked 745 Times in 530 Posts System Specs	Hey man, I dont even know you but get better!

Oct 6, 2009, 05:04 AM	#5
hat Maximum Overclocker Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 12,247 (5.10/day) Thanks: 2,056 Thanked 2,045 Times in 1,555 Posts System Specs	I am more than happy to be a part of this donation. I think I know what you're going through... my grandfather went through the same thing. It is very tireing and very painful. I really feel for you man, espically since you have that daughter to take care of. __________________ My Heatware “Inb4 smartphone LN2 overclocking.” -radrok

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Oct 6, 2009, 05:59 PM	#6
Hicks Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 70 (0.05/day) Thanks: 14 Thanked 19 Times in 18 Posts	Awesome guys!! loonym is a stand up brother. __________________ “Screw Prime,OCCT or linpack,Save a child from cancer while stress testing.” -RAMMIE

Oct 6, 2009, 07:20 PM	#7
Mindweaver Moderato®™ Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Statesville, NC Posts: 3,887 (2.55/day) Thanks: 4,379 Thanked 2,362 Times in 1,182 Posts System Specs	Wow. This just made my day! I'm proud of our team! loonym and XS will always be apart of it! __________________ “As long as I feel the warmth from the sun and breathe precious air…. I must ask questions to feed the Mind!” Battletag: Mindweaver#1523 Last edited by Mindweaver; Oct 6, 2009 at 09:24 PM. Reason: Wrong smile.. I thought it was a "over whelmed".. not ohwell.. sorry...

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Oct 6, 2009, 07:26 PM	#8
qubit Overclocked quantum bit Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Quantumville UK Posts: 8,719 (4.31/day) Thanks: 4,216 Thanked 3,334 Times in 1,970 Posts System Specs	I haven't made a donation yet, but I'd like to. How do I go about this? And thankyou for your kind words, loonym. My heart and thoughts go out to you and your daughter. I lost a work friend and colleague in May08 to pancreatic cancer and it was hard on all of us. At least he had A1 care the whole way.

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Oct 6, 2009, 07:47 PM	#9
Cold Storm Battosai Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: In a library somewhere on this earth Posts: 10,566 (5.08/day) Thanks: 4,245 Thanked 3,051 Times in 2,495 Posts System Specs	Qubit, talk with Paulieg, We did it til Sunday night on raising what we could. Loonym I just wish you the best in this world man. It's a hard thing to hear that you have a cancer, and to be that high in such short time.. You've done great stuff for us in the past. I, am most likely everyone else that donated, am glad to do so. It brings tears to my eyes everytime I saw your signature over at XS, and here. Now, it brings a bit more. Best wishes to you and the little one. __________________ The only way success is before work, is in the dictionary Support for the mind. Support for your hardware

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Oct 6, 2009, 07:54 PM	#10
trt740 Eligible for custom title Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 10,186 (3.93/day) Thanks: 1,578 Thanked 1,136 Times in 961 Posts System Specs	After reading this my heart aches for you God Bless. Some things are just not fair. Hang in there.

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Oct 6, 2009, 08:21 PM	#12
Chicken Patty WCG Team Captain Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Miami, Florida Posts: 23,925 (11.78/day) Thanks: 15,179 Thanked 12,323 Times in 7,785 Posts System Specs	Hi there Jon! I really shouldn't have read this now at work. Last place I wanna be to burst into tears, I'm not lying. Anyhow, I just wish you and your daughter the best, hope my contribution helps you out and anything you need you know where to find us dude. I hope you get better and hope you can make it out to Florida with your daughter, it'll be an honor to be able to meet you in person __________________ Help save lives, CRUNCH and/or FOLD for Team TPU and make a difference! Crunching with a 2600K, i7-950, FX-8120, Radeon 6850 (2 WU's), Radeon 7770 (4 WU's) *"AlienIsGOD - Awe!!! CP has grown from a small chicken nugget to the IMMENSE PATTY and WCG Team leader he is today"*

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Oct 6, 2009, 08:37 PM	#13
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Oct 6, 2009, 09:15 PM	#15
a111087 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: US Posts: 2,521 (1.11/day) Thanks: 240 Thanked 190 Times in 157 Posts System Specs	lol, i decided to join after reading first post. i mostly do homework anyhow __________________

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Oct 6, 2009, 09:29 PM	#16
Solaris17 Creator Solaris Utility DVD Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Reinacting scenes from platoon with Charlie Sheen Posts: 13,708 (4.79/day) Thanks: 4,366 Thanked 3,295 Times in 2,311 Posts System Specs	damn good job gents..damn good job. i hop you feel better loon. if your ever around NH and you need something send a PM __________________ I Made the Millionth post! \| "Please come to WI now so I can beat you over the head with a bratwurst."-Kreij PS3 mod 8500/8600GT Mod Guide Rebuild a Copperhead Heat Ware NF4 Ultra SLI Mod Solaris Utility DVD 4.0 Broken CPU pin guide Vista Mark

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PSU:	Corsair HX1000
Software:	Windows8 x64 \|\|Poser7, Cinema4D, CS5, 3DSM10, Lightwave9, Bryce7
Benchmarks:	I'm such a tease

Oct 6, 2009, 10:13 PM	#17
Reefer86 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: UK Posts: 1,381 (0.95/day) Thanks: 244 Thanked 191 Times in 160 Posts System Specs	Im so sorry to hear about whats happening to you. My dad was diagnosed with cancer 3 years ago luckly he was able to be operated on and have treatment. That was a really hard 2 years for our family and a very scary time. My heart of all my family goes out to you and we wish you all the best. __________________ My Heatware --- My For Sale

System Name:	Betty The Dirty Dragon
Processor:	Phenom II 965x4 @ 4.1 - 4.5v
Motherboard:	Gigabyte MA790FXT-UD5P
Cooling:	Watercooling - Swiftech GTZ - XSPC RS360 - XSPC RX120
Memory:	4gb DDR3 Crucial Tracers @ 1600
Video Card:	2 5870's in CrossFire
Hard Disk:	Intel GX 2 80gb - 2 tb Storage
Optical Drive:	2x pioneer CD/Dvd Rw drives
CRT/LCD Model:	Samsung 24" 2433BW
Case:	Casecom 6788 - And loving it
Sound Card:	Xfi Fatality Titanium Pro
PSU:	Be Quiet Dark Power 750w
Software:	Windows 7 Ultimate x64

System Name:	Main/Server
Processor:	Core i7-3820 @4.0Ghz/i7-2600K
Motherboard:	Gigabyte X79-UD3/Gigabyte Z68A-D3H-B3
Cooling:	Corsair H70/CoolIt Vantage ALC
Memory:	Samsung MV-3V4G3D/US DDR3-1600 4X4GB/Kingston KVR16N11K2/16 2X8GB
Video Card:	MSI GTX660ti Power Edition/EVGA GTX-680
Hard Disk:	Samsung 830 256GB SSD, Seagate 320GB/Samsung 840 256GB SSD, 2 WD Green 1.5TB
Optical Drive:	Samsung DVD/LG DVD-RW/NEC DVD-RW ND-3540A
CRT/LCD Model:	LG Flatron E2350V
Case:	Antec Eleven Hundred/Rocketfish Case (Lian-Li made)
Sound Card:	Onboard
PSU:	Enermax Infinity 720W/Rosewill Xtreme 950W
Software:	Win7 Ultimate 64 /Win7 Professional
Benchmarks:	Xbox Live Gamertag=jondonken

Oct 6, 2009, 10:29 PM	#20
Cold Storm Battosai Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: In a library somewhere on this earth Posts: 10,566 (5.08/day) Thanks: 4,245 Thanked 3,051 Times in 2,495 Posts System Specs	Remember guys... I'm up for round 2 of help.. go to Paulieg's thread for what I posted.. Sol... I'd say move back to Tampa and you have few Tpu'ers there. ... Or better yet, you know who wants ya as a son! and Ohio is on the way!!! __________________ The only way success is before work, is in the dictionary Support for the mind. Support for your hardware

Oct 6, 2009, 10:30 PM	#21
Moose Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: UK Posts: 303 (0.14/day) Thanks: 25 Thanked 27 Times in 18 Posts System Specs	I'm sorry to hear your plight, 2 members of my family have died recently of brain cancer they lived for short times after progressivly going "mad". __________________ Moose

System Name:	Moose 9950 // Moose 1055
Processor:	AMD Phenom X4 9950 BE // AMD Phenom II X6 1055T
Motherboard:	Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H 780G // ASUS M4A88TD-M EVO
Cooling:	Thermaltake PW 850i Liquid Cooler and loads of Case Fans
Memory:	Kingston 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 800MHz // OCZ (2x2GB) + Crucial (2x4GB) 12GB DDR3 1600MHz
Video Card:	MSI HD 5770 1GB // ASUS HD 5770 1GB Cu Core
Hard Disk:	Western Digital Caviar Black 750GB // Same
Optical Drive:	Samsung DVD-RW drive // Same
CRT/LCD Model:	Hannspree LCD 19" // Acer LCD 22"
Case:	Silver V-313s Atx Case // NZXT Hades Mid Tower Case
Sound Card:	Realtek ALC889A // Realtek ALC892
PSU:	Antec Earthwatts 650W // Same
Software:	Windows 8 Pro // Same
Benchmarks:	13124 // 18136 in 3D Mark 06 P7440 in 3D Mark Vantage

Oct 6, 2009, 10:34 PM	#23
Yukikaze Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Jerusalem, Israel Posts: 2,121 (1.23/day) Thanks: 213 Thanked 481 Times in 347 Posts System Specs	Jon, if you need anything else as far as help from the Middle East can go, drop me an e-mail at lev@rashaz.com. I am not a religious man, so I have no prayers to offer, but I'll do what I can from here, so do not hesitate to get in touch. Best wishes, Lev. __________________ Cameron: Core i7 2600K 4.5Ghz, MCR220, 2xMCR120, MCP655, ASRock P67 Extreme4, 4GB DDR3, 2xOCZ Vertex 30GB RAID0, GTX470, 2xHD5670, Modu82+ 625W, TT Xaser VI. Neuromancer: Core i7 975, DFI DK X58-T3eH6, 12GB DDR3 1333Mhz CL6-6-6-15-1T, 3x9600GSO 384MB, Hiper 880W, TT Xaser VI. Administrator of a 40 core Hadoop cluster.

System Name:	Wintermute
Processor:	Intel Core i7 990X Extreme Edition @ 4.3Ghz
Motherboard:	Asus Rampage III Extreme
Cooling:	Swiftech MCP655, MCR320-QP, MCR220 and MCRES Rev2, EK Supreme HF Cu, Tygon 1/2", Bitspower Fittings.
Memory:	12GB (3x4GB) Corsair Vengeance 2Ghz CL10-10-10-27
Video Card:	Sapphire HD7950 3GB + Palit GeForce GTX470 1280MB Dual Fan + Sapphire HD6570 1GB
Hard Disk:	Intel X-25M 160GB SSD (Win7) + Patriot Torqx2 64GB SSD (Ubuntu) + 3 x Samsung F2 1.5TB RAID5
Optical Drive:	LG x22 DVD-RW
CRT/LCD Model:	2 x Samsung 2333T 23" + Samsung 2333SW 23" + 1 x LG L2000CN 20" + 1 Chimei 19" + 1 Sony 32" TV
Case:	Cooler Master ATCS 840
Sound Card:	Musiland Monitor 02 US + Logitech Z-2300 + Sennheiser PXC350
PSU:	Corsair TX750
Software:	Windows 7 Professional 64-bit + Ubuntu 10.4.2LTS 64-bit

Oct 6, 2009, 10:39 PM	#24
CDdude55 Crazy 4 TPU!!! Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 6,437 (2.97/day) Thanks: 3,511 Thanked 1,285 Times in 937 Posts System Specs	Hope you get well man. Just goes to show how awesome a community like TPU is. __________________ Currently playing: Team Fortress 2 (PC) "And remember if you didn't build it yourself, it's not really yours."