Donations - Lets buy Brink a decent PC

[SnarkyTwit]

I'm in for an additional $50 (canadian funds). Sorry it took so long for me to donate... I haven't visited the forums lately and only just noticed this thread. Hopefully a lot more people will donate too!!!

Snarks

 

[.Joe]

I'm in for an additional $50 (canadian funds). Sorry it took so long for me to donate... I haven't visited the forums lately and only just noticed this thread. Hopefully a lot more people will donate too!!!

Snarks

Thank you Snarks. I'm sure Shawn will also appreciate your help.

 

[Mr Smiley]

No doubt about it SnarkyTwit ... you can always rely on you good folks in Canada to give and give generously at that. Well done tough guy! Just ask .Joe and Brink, I'm sure they'll agree with me.

Come on people, what are you waiting for?

Don't think about it, just do it!!! Donate today and you'll feel better for it. No amount is too small ... every cent that you contribute counts. $5, $10, $20 ... it doesn't matter.

That's right ... let's help Vistax64.com's Administrator, Shawn Brink, purchase a suitable PC so he can continue his outstanding work helping ALL Vista users throughout this site.

Warmest regards

Neil

 

[grimreaper]

Sent $10 via PayPal...yeah, I wish I could have done more, but better than nothing..hehe

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello z3r010,

Where does the count stand at now?


Later Ted

 

[z3r010]

I'll check my paypal account later and work it out properly, but as a rough calculation we have $1015.

 

[.Joe]

No doubt about it SnarkyTwit ... you can always rely on you good folks in Canada to give and give generously at that. Well done tough guy! Just ask .Joe and Brink, I'm sure they'll agree with me.

Come on people, what are you waiting for?

Don't think about it, just do it!!! Donate today and you'll feel better for it. No amount is too small ... every cent that you contribute counts. $5, $10, $20 ... it doesn't matter.

That's right ... let's help Vistax64.com's Administrator, Shawn Brink, purchase a suitable PC so he can continue his outstanding work helping ALL Vista users throughout this site.

Warmest regards

Neil

Well said Neil. I appreciate everyone who's donated so far. You've made a big difference. I'd like to see at least 25 more members donate $25 USD~$50 USD each towards Shawn's computer. We're nearing the time when the new system will come alive and Shawn will be equipped to continue his terrific work here. Everyone, please take note that we have an even faster mail in option. For anyone who doesn't have a credit or debit card to use with Paypal you can mail your money orders to:

Vista Forums
Shawn Brink Fund
Mail to address closed

Be sure your money payee line is blank or payable to cash. This will make the transformation of your money order to electronic form faster, since we'll complete the paypal donation on your behalf. Once your mailed in payment is processed, a thank you note will be posted in this thread and in a PM to z3r010 so your supporter tag is added to your membership. (Be sure to include your forum name in your mail in donation so we know who to give the credit to)

We're almost there. Even small donations make a difference. Become a supporter today!

Thank you once again to everyone who's joined us as a supporter

 

[.Joe]

More great news!

Just received word of another mail in donation.

Please extend your thanks to Garysgold for a $40.00 donation!

Be part of our supporters. Help Shawn get the system he needs to continue his fantastic work here. Donate today!

Thanks again Garysgold!

 

[Brink]

Hello everyone.

I just wanted to thank you all so much for your donations and efforts towards getting me a new fast system. Words alone cannot express my gratitude for you all. You all made me burst with of happiness and joy.


This is a list of the new components I got so far:

1. Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 2.66 GHz 12 MB L2
2. 4 GB (2 x 2GB) Patriot Extreme Performance Dual Channel PC2 8500 1066 MHz RAM (5-5-5-15)
3. Gigabyte X48-DQ6 motherboard
4. Tagan El Diablo full tower case (360 mm side and 250 mm front fans)

For Images:

http://www.vistax64.com/general-discussion/110939-show-us-your-rig-21.html#post707756

From my older system that I will also use:
1. BFG GeForce 9600 GT OC 512MB graphics card
2. Antec NeoPower 500 Watt power supply
3. TSST corp CD/DVDW TS-H652D ATA drive
4. Hanns HDMI HG281D 28" widescreen LCD monitor
5. eMachines VGA 17" LCD monitor

I will keep you all updated on any further added components.

THANK YOU SO MUCH,

Shawn Brink

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello y'all,

I think we all need to say A Big Thank You To .Joe for all his help with this matter!

I'll start, Thanks .Joe!


Later Ted

 

[Bubba]

Hello everyone.

I just wanted to thank you all so much for your donations and efforts towards getting me a new fast system. Words alone cannot express my gratitude for you all. You all made me burst with of happiness and joy.


This is a list of the new components I got so far:

1. Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 2.66 GHz 12 MB L2
2. 4 GB (2 x 2GB) Patriot Extreme Performance Dual Channel PC2 8500 1066 MHz RAM (5-5-5-15)
3. Gigabyte X48-DQ6 motherboard
4. A+ El Diablo case (360 mm side and 250 mm front fans)

From my older system that I will also use:
1. BFG GeForce 9600 GT OC 512MB graphics card
2. Antec NeoPower 500 Watt power supply
3. TSST corp CD/DVDW TS-H652D ATA drive
4. Hanns HDMI HG281D 28" widescreen LCD monitor
5. eMachines VGA 17" LCD monitor

I will keep you all updated on any further added components.

THANK YOU SO MUCH,

Shawn Brink

What would you buy if I sent you another 500 bucks? How about if I sent you a grand? Would a sense of humor be on the list lol? I ust got a new credit card I'm itching to use..........

 

[.Joe]

Hello y'all,

I think we all need to say A Big Thank You To .Joe for all his help with this matter!

I'll start, Thanks .Joe!


Later Ted

Well the thanks go to all of our supporters who donated to help get Shawn going with his new system. So, thank you Ted and everyone who donated towards Shawn's new PC. I was simply the facilitator for one method of donating. But I am glad I could be of service

 

[grimreaper]

Hello everyone.

I just wanted to thank you all so much for your donations and efforts towards getting me a new fast system. Words alone cannot express my gratitude for you all. You all made me burst with of happiness and joy.


This is a list of the new components I got so far:

1. Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 2.66 GHz 12 MB L2
2. 4 GB (2 x 2GB) Patriot Extreme Performance Dual Channel PC2 8500 1066 MHz RAM (5-5-5-15)
3. Gigabyte X48-DQ6 motherboard
4. A+ El Diablo case (360 mm side and 250 mm front fans)

From my older system that I will also use:
1. BFG GeForce 9600 GT OC 512MB graphics card
2. Antec NeoPower 500 Watt power supply
3. TSST corp CD/DVDW TS-H652D ATA drive
4. Hanns HDMI HG281D 28" widescreen LCD monitor
5. eMachines VGA 17" LCD monitor

I will keep you all updated on any further added components.

THANK YOU SO MUCH,

Shawn Brink

It's always a pleasure to help out others when the good deeds of the membership goes beyond the call of duty and reflect the rewards of a nice computer build you now presently own- Congrats!!
...btw,
I noticed the fan size of that Diablo case-is that a typo? lol damn those are big...how's the cooling?

 

[Brink]

GrimReaper,

No typo. These fans are huge, but surprisingly quiet.

Tagan

 

[Brink]

What would you buy if I sent you another 500 bucks? How about if I sent you a grand? Would a sense of humor be on the list lol? I ust got a new credit card I'm itching to use..........

LOL Bubba,

For that much, I would get a fast hard drive (10000 RPM), bump memory up to 8 GB RAM, add an exhaust pipe on top of the case that shoots flames.

 

[Bubba]

Ah well darnit, I'm sober now and my wife is back from Chicago (she confiscated my new card) so we'll just have to stick with the original 150 I sent lol.

I DO however have a Soundblaster Live that I would be more than happy to send you if you want it (dead serious wild man). I pulled it out of my old computer and replaced it with an XFi, but to be truthful, the Live is still a great card and I' don't know that I can hear much difference with the XFi.

That's a sweet case. Just out of curiousity, can you (or anybody lol) use two power supplies for one computer? Run say the MoBo/processor and such off of one and then componenets and/or Vid card off the other? the 9800gx2's actually take two direct connections from the PSU. Say in your case, you wanted to upgrade something and it exceeeded the limits of your 500W psu. Obviously you can buy another 500w for 50-60 bucks while a 1000w costs around 300-400. (wow, I just saw a 500w on newegg for $39). So is it possible to do so? Assuming there is enough room in the case of course........

 

[Brink]

Bubba,

LOL, oh well. That's ok. Save the sound card. You never know when you might need it for something.


Sure it's possible to use two power supplies, but I do not know how any sleep mode would work (or most likely not work) on the one not connected to the motherboard though. It would be best to get a more powerful single PSU to avoid this.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello everyone,

For the life of me I can't figure out how to have a "kinda sorta" super computer.

So I think we need to help Brink get that 10K HDD and the extra 4 GB RAM.

I am going to put my money where my mouth is! Tomorrow I am going to put another
25.00 in the post for this very purpose. That will bring my total to 75.00 US.

Is there anyone else that will help out ??? Post here to let us know.

Shawn we'll work on the flame thrower next...

.Joe I'll PM you in a day or so about this.

EDIT: I just saw Brinks new WEI score; http://www.vistax64.com/general-discussion/96219-window-experience-index-scores-30.html#post702593
It's a shame he can't have 5.9 all the way !!!

I would get a fast hard drive (10000 RPM), bump memory up to 8 GB RAM, add an exhaust pipe on top of the case that shoots flames.

Later Ted

 

[Bubba]

Yeah I'm kind of disappointed myself Barefoot kid. Z-man started it off with 200 I think, I added 150, some others added a 100 or so and a few others donated what they could as well. But with what? 1500 members or something using and benefiting from this site? One would think the total could be higher. If everyone that Brinks has helped donated just 5 bucks, I think he could buy a sizable chunk of Microsoft, much less a computer.

Some folks have no honor, what can I say? I mean if you can afford a computer and internet service, you can sure as hell afford 5 bucks to help out the man who helped you out, and if you didn't need help you wouldn't have sought this site out in the FIRST place. Yeah, other folks and moderators, help people out, but obviously the other mods are down with the idea of the donations going to buy Shawn a rig as is Z-man. (Sorry z- man, that z followed by other stuff which isn't a word, some upper case, some lower, a few numbers thrown in, a dash or two I think, is too much for my dumb ass to remember, no disrespect intended).

OK Shawn, you don't want (or need) the card, that's cool. I'll give it to someone else. I don't need it for anything and some one does so I'll pass it on elsewhere lol.

EDIT: LOL Barefoot, need a sound card?

 

[BigEasy18]

Is it too late to donate now?
I have 25 or 50 bucks I'd be willing to part with for the help he's given me.