The PC that was there for me (storytime)
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This video comes from the heart—a way to express the emotions and tell the story of caring for our Nan in her final weeks last year. My hope is that anyone who has experienced something similar can connect with this story and find peace, connection, or affirmation.
It’s also a love letter to my Athlon HP laptop, my steadfast companion through it all. Many have asked why I’m so attached to this seemingly average laptop, and this video helps answer that. As one of our Patreon crew humorously put it, “So you basically trauma bonded with it?”—and honestly, they’re not far off. The HP and I have weathered a fair few challenges together; it’s been reliable through it all, even if only at low settings and framerates.
This video also invites you to reflect—do you have a PC you share a similar bond with? A machine that, like the HP, may not be the most remarkable but was there for you when it mattered. It’s a tribute to how, in our darkest times, tech can provide quiet support when others can’t. While it’s no substitute for human connection, it often goes uncredited for getting us through.
I’d like to thank my family—my Uncle, Aunty, Father, Cousins, Nephews, and Nieces—for allowing me to share this story on Green Ham Gaming.
I hope you as the viewer find some meaning in this deeply personal video.
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——— ——— MUSIC IN ORDER ——— ———
1.
Distant by Vindsvept – released under CC-BY 4.0.
https://www.youtube.com/Vindsvept
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2.
Cobalt by Oxter Music – from Album “Abyssal”
3.
New Beginnings by Oxter Music – from Album “Songs from Another World”
4.
I Remember You by Jonny Easton
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Waowzgx4P4
5.
Breathe by Oxter Music – from Album “Evergreen”
6.
Moonless Night by Vindsvept – released under CC-BY 4.0.
https://www.youtube.com/Vindsvept
7.
Distant by Vindsvept – released under CC-BY 4.0.
https://www.youtube.com/Vindsvept
8.
New Beginnings by Oxter Music – from Album “Songs from Another World”
9.
First Journey by Oxter Music – from Album “Songs from Another World”
10.
Star Festival
By Chewtaro Moritake, momo, Eriko Chubak, Melody Chubak, ams, Kei Morioka, Junko Ozawa, Etsuo Ishii,
Minamo Takahashi, Junichi Nakatsuru, Rio Hamamoto, Yoshihito Yano, Tetsuya Uchida, Tomomitsu Kaneko
From “The Dog Island” (2007) developed and published by Yuke’s and Ubisoft
11.
Title: Easy Lemon
Music: Kevin MacLeod
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——— ——— CHAPTERS ——— ———
00:00 Introduction
01:44 the beginning – 1
04:19 enhancing the hp – 2
04:53 support for nan – 3
08:11 the night shift man – 4
12:23 the night it happened – 5
16:32 returning to sweden – 6
20:48 the kitchen bench pc – 7
23:08 conclusion – 8
24:36 credits/mailbox
GHGtv episode 85
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FINALLY i've been longing tim's latest vid
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Tim James is back!
My crappy Acer laptop from 2008 that had Windows Vista, an slow Athlon AMD processor, and an even slower 2gb of RAM. Getting even Chrome or Skype to run on that thing was torture! I'm blown away to this day that I was even able to play Portal through Steam on it and beat it with just a finicky laptop touchpad.
My RTX 2070, i5-8400 build basically saved me in 2022. It's the computer that actually managed to help me find peace in life for the longest time. I wouldn't be here, if I didn't have that computer. Man, I wish I didn't have to sell it. Thanfully I still have the graphics card.
My fav goofy host , Tim James <3
I Build a Dell Optilex 9010 with a i5 3470 and a Rx580 and later upgraded to a i7 3770 later. This was during the Pandemic period and brought me into pc building and I was able to have a 3 years lan party with my brother and that surely brought us trough this difficult times. Now i have gave it to a friend who is using it right now until he has something better. It is currently running with a GTX 1650 and still going strong.
I've got two
First was my first ever PC that I upgraded. It was a dual core athalon in an old Emachine. The first GPU I put in was an 8800GSO that let me experience gaming the way I still do today! Upgraded to 3 gigs of ram because I didn't understand Dual channel and what that does to performance.
Second a 3770k that lasted from day one of the CPU till well past Cyberpunk 2077. It had a 7970, 290x, and finally a 390x water-cooled. It got me through drafting in college and it was my entire entertainment. Never skipped a beat and got every single assignment done. It rests retired waiting to be mounted on a wall to remember it forever.
Although its inevitable, the idea of losing a loved one with your own eyes is to me, inconcievable, Its one of those things that you don’t know how to handle regardless of preparation, perhaps because its losing someone we have taken for granted for our entire lives to that point
I've been through a bunch of PCs over the years, but my HP Stream 7 was a real trooper. It wasn't much in terms of specs or storage, but it was the closest thing I had to a Switch at the time.
One summer, our part of town had gone through a bad rainstorm that left us without power for almost a week. Thankfully though, I at least had my tablet and a copy of Halo CE installed to hold me over.
It got me through my first few years of college until the battery gave out. I wish I still had it with me, but unfortunately it was lost to time.
Honestly haven't had a pc or a laptop that was there for me when i needed them thats when they decide to die on me
Great Video brother thank you for sharing your story with us. Rest in peace grandma I understand your feelings very well friend ,I miss my grandpa very much and always will miss him no matter how many years pass by.
Been a fan of the channel for almost ten years now. I'll never stop tuning in.
A laptop I had when I was in the middle of moving and was staying at a friends place at night. I have some good memory's with it I no longer have it and don't remember too much about it. It had Windows XP and sis graphics not sure about the processor but it wasn't that good But it did what it needed to do.
Recently retired my r9 280 3gb. Many games were played and it was chugging along the whole time. From windows 7 to windows 10 for a last 2 years Manjaro Linux. Performance was really great for games of the era even under wine 🍷 👌