Ghetto mod showoff

Freezer7Pro · 04-26-08, 06:06 PM

Sorr if this has been posted before (Propably been ten times already), but a good ten minutes of seraching has proved that it either hasn't, or that I simply suck major arse at searching. Propably the latter.

Anyhow, in case there hasn't been a thread like this before, I might as well start this one off good, but posting some of my ghetto mods.

In no particular order:

My flipscreen laptops:

They're old Compaq Armada V300s, armed with 466MHz CPUs, 256MB RAM, 4MB RAGE video cards and 4GB HDs. They work flawlessly as pictures hanging on the wall.

My 7600GS:

This used to be a passive cooler, 70mm fan mounted, never over 40C under load with the fan on lowest setting, oc'd to 600/500MHz.

My 6600AGP:

My leetest mod so far :P A Radeon 9600 heatsink with an Intel socket 423 fan mounted on it. It's really silent, and the card doesn't go over 70C on load with the fan on minimum, oc'd to 500/500.

My case:

Two 120mm fans in the side added (Soon to be replaced by a net, as they look horrid, and my Gemin can suck air in by itself), blue LEDs from an NZXT case placed in the front, all fan holes enlarged from 60 to 80mm (Soon to be 120mm), and a fan added in the 5.25" slots (After the pic was taken)

My Socket A heatsink:

I got my hands on some decent hardware for a decent price (Barton 2600+, 512MB DDR333 and a 200GB HD for a total of 25€), so I decided to install the stuff in my secondary gaming rig, to make it more BF2-capable for two-man LANs. The CPU being a Barton, I oc'd it quite a lot (1900MHz to 2400MHz), pushing the limits of the low-CFM 80mm fan on the heatsink, making the CPU idle at 58 and run at 70+ under load, so I dug up my half-dead Freezer7Pro fan and screwed it onto the heatsink. Took 18C off my idle temp and 14 off my load temp.

A couple of other mods I've done that are kinda hard to show, is modding the fan controller on a couple of PSUs, one to be controlled by my fan controller, and I upt an automatic speed controller in another one that was stuck on max.

So, post your ghetto mods.

bryan_d · 04-26-08, 07:47 PM

Notice the aluminum bracket for the SI-97(Non-A), so that it would fit on my de-lidded Sempron 2600+. Also take note of the pressure over the bare core.

The AC Silencer, had the shroud and fan removed to accodomate a silent 70mm fan instead.

I have had better "ghetto" mods in the past, and many of them used Pringle's Cans.

bryan d

nd4spdbh2 · 04-26-08, 08:51 PM

OO OOO OO can i show off ghetto mods!

OK up first we have probably my most ghetto mod...

HD rubber mounted (using thick mouse pad squares and double sided stickey tape) hd cooling (old 478 heatsink, put some white generic TIM and put it on there) and HD silencing (carpet padding) ALL IN ONE!!!!

Next we have my good ole 6600gt AGP... i loved the thing i volt modded it and had it ocd 24/7 @ 626/1272 (not pictured is the backplate i made do to the card bending)

Next up is the wifi card that was "propritary" to asus motherboards... turns out its USB and 3.3v

Next is a 10gb maxtor hd that i put an acrylic top on... still works to this day

This is from Back in the day when i ust to use an old 10gb laptop hd as my servers main drive.... complete with super quality rubber band suspension, and little mouse pad feet in case of a fall

Back to modding gfx cards.... 8800gts 640 with a 92mm fan on it....

I have done more ghetto stuff but these are the better ones...

Crazy Jayhawk · 04-26-08, 09:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Freezer7Pro

I did pretty much the same thing on mine. The fan is hardwired to the auxiliary power socket, 7V modded.

The screws that shipped with this heatsink would not allow me to attach a fan that was more than 25mm thick. My solution was to make my own thumbscrews out of #8/32 threaded rod. I used knurled nuts as the handles with ordinary hex nuts tightened against them so that the whole thing turns as one piece. I broke off a few fins at each corner to make it easier to insert the screws.

burningcpu · 04-26-08, 10:55 PM

Lol, best one yet

nd4spdbh2 · 04-26-08, 11:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by burningcpu

Lol, best one yet

haha, personally i like my hd cooling and sound deadening!

silencer51 · 04-27-08, 09:34 AM

Great mods, I especially like the acryllic cover mod on that 10gb hd!

juane414 · 04-27-08, 07:52 PM

I have one of those old P3 socket 423 fans as well. I was thinking about using it to actively cool my memory. That fan is pretty powerful and surprisingly quiet for its size.

Freezer7Pro · 04-27-08, 08:03 PM

Did another little mod tonight. Took about a total of 20 minutes

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, 1337 PSUs inc!

I got tired of the super-loud 80mm PSU fan in my secondary rig, and taking an 120mm cover from another PSU wouldn't work, as the PSU internal heatsinks aren't designed to have a fan ontop, outside wouldn't work as it's about 15mm from the PSU to the mobo. However, just putting a fan on, without any cover would fit, so I made this... Contraption. It doesn't have to look good, as long as it works, which it does. The case is 100% sealed off, anyhow.

nd4spdbh2 · 04-27-08, 08:22 PM

^ oh ya thats most definetly considered GA HEE TOW! haha (thinks of eric cartman saying, in the ghetto HAHAHHA http://youtube.com/watch?v=sd7lanc60rU )

kinda a fire hazzard also... paper next to hot psu components = bad in my book.

Hazaro · 04-27-08, 08:36 PM

Name it FireHazard 4500 as the model :P

Ben333 · 04-27-08, 08:38 PM

Some of my work: (Some of these are pretty old

)

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...a/100_0113.jpg
^ Window cooling?
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...a/DSC00348.jpg
^Basket case
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...a/hellcase.jpg
^Hell case
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...a/DSC00252.jpg
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...a/DSC00249.jpg
^2.5 GHz oil tank
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...a/IMG_0509.jpg
^LCD side - Doesn't look ghetto maybe but... it was

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...a/IMG_0678.jpg
^Super foam mod
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...a/IMG_0620.jpg
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...a/IMG_0612.jpg
^Old man case
http://www.overclockersclub.com/gall...il-cooled.html
^oil cooling 1
http://www.overclockersclub.com/gall...small-box.html
^mini box
-And more...

JamesXP · 04-27-08, 08:40 PM

Ok, ben wins.

Ben333 · 04-27-08, 08:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JamesXP

Ok, ben wins.

Be fair, wait till I post the rest of my mods

Oh and notice the crooked PSU in the "hell case"

I just had an idea for a contest: Who can make the most ghetto computer! Who'd be interested in a competition like this? PM me

Freezer7Pro · 04-27-08, 08:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ben333

Be fair, wait till I post the rest of my mods

Oh and notice the crooked PSU in the "hell case"

I just had an idea for a contest: Who can make the most ghetto computer! Who'd be interested in a competition like this?

Sounds like a helluva lotta fun

Ben333 · 04-27-08, 08:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Freezer7Pro

Sounds like a helluva lotta fun

If this idea can spark enough interest I'd be interested in doing this

Freezer7Pro · 04-27-08, 08:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ben333

If this idea can spark enough interest I'd be interested in doing this

Yeah, definitly.

benbaked · 04-27-08, 09:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ben333

Some of my work: (Some of these are pretty old

)

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...a/100_0113.jpg
^ Window cooling?
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...a/DSC00348.jpg
^Basket case
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...a/hellcase.jpg
^Hell case
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...a/DSC00252.jpg
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...a/DSC00249.jpg
^2.5 GHz oil tank
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...a/IMG_0509.jpg
^LCD side - Doesn't look ghetto maybe but... it was

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...a/IMG_0678.jpg
^Super foam mod
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...a/IMG_0620.jpg
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...a/IMG_0612.jpg
^Old man case
http://www.overclockersclub.com/gall...il-cooled.html
^oil cooling 1
http://www.overclockersclub.com/gall...small-box.html
^mini box
-And more...

heh, I remember seeing these posted before. I love the old man briefcase mod. Definitely not ghetto in my eye, awesome actually.

Quote:

Originally Posted by nd4spdbh2

Next is a 10gb maxtor hd that i put an acrylic top on... still works to this day

OK I have to ask, how does the hard drive still work after replacing the cover? Don't microscopic particles ruin the platter as soon as its exposed to air or is that just a myth? Regardless, it looks great.

cabose1227 · 04-27-08, 09:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ben333

If this idea can spark enough interest I'd be interested in doing this

My inrerest is all sparked up.

Brolloks · 04-27-08, 09:15 PM

I like this thread, keep 'em coming

I might borrow a few ideas.

04-26-08, 06:06 PM	Thread Starter #1
Freezer7Pro Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: FINLAND. EVERYTHING IS EXPENSIVE HERE.	Ghetto mod showoff Sorr if this has been posted before (Propably been ten times already), but a good ten minutes of seraching has proved that it either hasn't, or that I simply suck major arse at searching. Propably the latter. Anyhow, in case there hasn't been a thread like this before, I might as well start this one off good, but posting some of my ghetto mods. In no particular order: My flipscreen laptops: They're old Compaq Armada V300s, armed with 466MHz CPUs, 256MB RAM, 4MB RAGE video cards and 4GB HDs. They work flawlessly as pictures hanging on the wall. My 7600GS: This used to be a passive cooler, 70mm fan mounted, never over 40C under load with the fan on lowest setting, oc'd to 600/500MHz. My 6600AGP: My leetest mod so far :P A Radeon 9600 heatsink with an Intel socket 423 fan mounted on it. It's really silent, and the card doesn't go over 70C on load with the fan on minimum, oc'd to 500/500. My case: Two 120mm fans in the side added (Soon to be replaced by a net, as they look horrid, and my Gemin can suck air in by itself), blue LEDs from an NZXT case placed in the front, all fan holes enlarged from 60 to 80mm (Soon to be 120mm), and a fan added in the 5.25" slots (After the pic was taken) My Socket A heatsink: I got my hands on some decent hardware for a decent price (Barton 2600+, 512MB DDR333 and a 200GB HD for a total of 25€), so I decided to install the stuff in my secondary gaming rig, to make it more BF2-capable for two-man LANs. The CPU being a Barton, I oc'd it quite a lot (1900MHz to 2400MHz), pushing the limits of the low-CFM 80mm fan on the heatsink, making the CPU idle at 58 and run at 70+ under load, so I dug up my half-dead Freezer7Pro fan and screwed it onto the heatsink. Took 18C off my idle temp and 14 off my load temp. A couple of other mods I've done that are kinda hard to show, is modding the fan controller on a couple of PSUs, one to be controlled by my fan controller, and I upt an automatic speed controller in another one that was stuck on max. So, post your ghetto mods. __________________ E7400 4GHz 1.4V GTX260 c216 730 Core 1458 Shader 2430 RAM 4GB 800MHz XMS2 4-4-4-12 ASUS P5Q Pro Xigmatek HDT1283 Xonar DX Samsung Spinpoint F1 320GB I fold in honor of those who fight the same deadly battles as my uncle Peter Flinck once did. May he rest in peace.
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04-26-08, 07:47 PM	#2
bryan_d Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: San Jose, CA	Notice the aluminum bracket for the SI-97(Non-A), so that it would fit on my de-lidded Sempron 2600+. Also take note of the pressure over the bare core. The AC Silencer, had the shroud and fan removed to accodomate a silent 70mm fan instead. I have had better "ghetto" mods in the past, and many of them used Pringle's Cans. bryan d __________________ Warning: Ethyl Glycol Can Kill! G73JH SSD FirePro Mod Dell XPS Studio 435 MT Xeon W3520, 6GB Triple Channel, FX 3500, SSD Heatware
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04-26-08, 08:51 PM	#3
nd4spdbh2 Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Camarillo, CA!	OO OOO OO can i show off ghetto mods! OK up first we have probably my most ghetto mod... HD rubber mounted (using thick mouse pad squares and double sided stickey tape) hd cooling (old 478 heatsink, put some white generic TIM and put it on there) and HD silencing (carpet padding) ALL IN ONE!!!! Next we have my good ole 6600gt AGP... i loved the thing i volt modded it and had it ocd 24/7 @ 626/1272 (not pictured is the backplate i made do to the card bending) Next up is the wifi card that was "propritary" to asus motherboards... turns out its USB and 3.3v Next is a 10gb maxtor hd that i put an acrylic top on... still works to this day This is from Back in the day when i ust to use an old 10gb laptop hd as my servers main drive.... complete with super quality rubber band suspension, and little mouse pad feet in case of a fall Back to modding gfx cards.... 8800gts 640 with a 92mm fan on it.... I have done more ghetto stuff but these are the better ones... __________________ #12 in the 4ghz core 2 duo club baby! - 52 inches of CRYSIS! - Black Belt Ubercloxx0r -- Heatware Main -- Lian Li V2000b -- i7 2700k -- MSI Z68A-GD80 -- 12gb 1600 -- GTX560Ti --Adata 128gb S510 & 2x500gb -- Seasonic S12 600w -- Dell 2209WA HTPC -- Silverstone GD05B -- E7200 @ 3.2ghz -- G41-M7 -- 4GB 800mhz -- g210 passive -- 320gb 2.5in WD -- Antec EA 430w -- 52inch Samsung LCD Server -- Antec NSK4480B -- E3300 @ 2.5ghz -- ECS G33T-M2 -- 3gb 667mhz -- Onboard Vid -- 500Gb + 1TB hatachi + 1tb WD -- Zalman 400w Netbook - Dell Mini 9 - Atom 1.6ghz - 8GB ssd - 2GB pc6400 - WIN 7 PRO! Need 4 Speed - BH
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04-26-08, 10:55 PM	#5
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04-27-08, 09:34 AM	#7
silencer51 Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Greece	Great mods, I especially like the acryllic cover mod on that 10gb hd! __________________ ---------Main Rig--------- Core i7 920 D0 @ 3,8GHz with Prolimatech Megahalems HSF (Dual Noctua 120mm Fans) / Asus P6T Deluxe V2 BIOS 1108/ 6x2GB OCZ Gold 1600MHz DDR3 @ 8-8-8-24-2T / 2x5870 Crossfire/ 2x150GB WD Raptors ADFD (RAID0) / 3x1,5TB Seagate 7200.11/ 1x2TB Seagate 7200.12 / Samsung SH-223Q DVD Writer / Corsair HX1000 PSU / CM Stacker Case / Dual LG W2600HP-BF 26" TFTs (effing great!!!)
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04-27-08, 07:52 PM	#8
juane414 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Chicago, IL	I have one of those old P3 socket 423 fans as well. I was thinking about using it to actively cool my memory. That fan is pretty powerful and surprisingly quiet for its size. __________________ CPU AMD FX-8320 @ 4.2GHz/240x17.5/1.4v Motherboard Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 RAM 16GB (2x8GB) G.Skill Ripjaws X DDR3 1600 @ 800MHz GPU XFX 9600GSO SSD Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB PSU NZXT Hale82 750W Cooler Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus Case Cooler Master RC-690 II Advanced
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04-27-08, 08:03 PM	Thread Starter #9
Freezer7Pro Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: FINLAND. EVERYTHING IS EXPENSIVE HERE.	Did another little mod tonight. Took about a total of 20 minutes Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, 1337 PSUs inc! I got tired of the super-loud 80mm PSU fan in my secondary rig, and taking an 120mm cover from another PSU wouldn't work, as the PSU internal heatsinks aren't designed to have a fan ontop, outside wouldn't work as it's about 15mm from the PSU to the mobo. However, just putting a fan on, without any cover would fit, so I made this... Contraption. It doesn't have to look good, as long as it works, which it does. The case is 100% sealed off, anyhow. __________________ E7400 4GHz 1.4V GTX260 c216 730 Core 1458 Shader 2430 RAM 4GB 800MHz XMS2 4-4-4-12 ASUS P5Q Pro Xigmatek HDT1283 Xonar DX Samsung Spinpoint F1 320GB I fold in honor of those who fight the same deadly battles as my uncle Peter Flinck once did. May he rest in peace.
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04-27-08, 08:22 PM	#10
nd4spdbh2 Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Camarillo, CA!	^ oh ya thats most definetly considered GA HEE TOW! haha (thinks of eric cartman saying, in the ghetto HAHAHHA http://youtube.com/watch?v=sd7lanc60rU ) kinda a fire hazzard also... paper next to hot psu components = bad in my book. __________________ #12 in the 4ghz core 2 duo club baby! - 52 inches of CRYSIS! - Black Belt Ubercloxx0r -- Heatware Main -- Lian Li V2000b -- i7 2700k -- MSI Z68A-GD80 -- 12gb 1600 -- GTX560Ti --Adata 128gb S510 & 2x500gb -- Seasonic S12 600w -- Dell 2209WA HTPC -- Silverstone GD05B -- E7200 @ 3.2ghz -- G41-M7 -- 4GB 800mhz -- g210 passive -- 320gb 2.5in WD -- Antec EA 430w -- 52inch Samsung LCD Server -- Antec NSK4480B -- E3300 @ 2.5ghz -- ECS G33T-M2 -- 3gb 667mhz -- Onboard Vid -- 500Gb + 1TB hatachi + 1tb WD -- Zalman 400w Netbook - Dell Mini 9 - Atom 1.6ghz - 8GB ssd - 2GB pc6400 - WIN 7 PRO! Need 4 Speed - BH
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04-27-08, 08:36 PM	#11
Hazaro Member Join Date: Apr 2007	Name it FireHazard 4500 as the model :P __________________ 2500K @4.2GHz, P8P67 PRO, 8GB G.Skill Sniper, RocketFish Case, 2x 6950, X750 PSU, TRUE120 ~Heatware~
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04-27-08, 08:38 PM	#12
Ben333 Folding for Team 32! Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: New Hampshire	Some of my work: (Some of these are pretty old ) http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...a/100_0113.jpg ^ Window cooling? http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...a/DSC00348.jpg ^Basket case http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...a/hellcase.jpg ^Hell case http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...a/DSC00252.jpg http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...a/DSC00249.jpg ^2.5 GHz oil tank http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...a/IMG_0509.jpg ^LCD side - Doesn't look ghetto maybe but... it was http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...a/IMG_0678.jpg ^Super foam mod http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...a/IMG_0620.jpg http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...a/IMG_0612.jpg ^Old man case http://www.overclockersclub.com/gall...il-cooled.html ^oil cooling 1 http://www.overclockersclub.com/gall...small-box.html ^mini box -And more...
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04-27-08, 08:40 PM	#13
JamesXP Epic Fail Guy Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: England	Ok, ben wins. __________________ Intel i5 3570k @ 4.2GHz 8GB Kingston HyperX DDR 1600Mhz nVidia 8600GT ASRock Z77 Pro4 128GB Samsung 830 SSD Corsair VX450 My Saitek Eclipse III Review
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04-27-08, 09:15 PM	#20
Brolloks Benching Senior on Siesta Premium Member #8 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Land of Long Horns	I like this thread, keep 'em coming I might borrow a few ideas. __________________ Should I get a Quad- or Dual-Core? - How about joining us in the Benching Lounge for some secrets - Want to bench sub-zero...take a look. Heatware 280-0-0 HWBOT Profile
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