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Ghetto Mods
- Thread starter Nitro-Max
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| System Name | Slick |
|---|---|
| Processor | Intel i5 2467M |
| Motherboard | Samsung Series 5 Ultrabook |
| Memory | 8GB Corsair Value |
| Storage | Crucial M4 7mm 256GB |
| Display(s) | 13" |
| Software | Windows 8 Pro x64 |
Wanted to remove unused firewire/audio cables from my case front panel to help with cable management by not being there. But then found the USB connector would come off with the slightest pull.
Solution: Zip tie and a cut-up to size PCI bay cover to stop it. No unplugging however hard you yank it now
Solution: Zip tie and a cut-up to size PCI bay cover to stop it. No unplugging however hard you yank it now
1Kurgan1
The Knife in your Back
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| System Name | My Comp | Fiancees Comp |
|---|---|
| Processor | i7 5820k @ 4.6Ghz 1.285v| i5 2500k |
| Motherboard | MSI x99 SLI Plus | AsRock Z77 Pro 3 |
| Cooling | Watercooled |
| Memory | 16GB DDR4 2400 @ 2666 | 12GB DDR3 1600 |
| Video Card(s) | AMD R9 290x | MSI 5850 OC |
| Storage | 128gb SSD + 2x 2TB | 2TB |
| Display(s) | Asus 27" LCD | 25" Hanns G |
| Case | CM Storm | CM Elite 430 |
| Audio Device(s) | Creative Recon 3D PCIe |
| Power Supply | Enermax Galaxy 1250W | Rosewill 630w |
| Mouse | Logitech G700s | Logitech G100s |
| Keyboard | Logitech G901 | Logitech G105 |
| Software | Win 8.1 Ultimate x64 | Win 8.1 Ultimate x64 |
| Benchmark Scores | 3D Mark - Fire Strike Extreme - 4403 |
Well the fiancees case has had a busted up front for a while, hinges snapped off and it no longer wanted to stay clipped shut either. Finally got bored enough to rig up a fix for the cheap case, the inspiration to fix it.... zip ties 
Now it has a solid hinge, and some nice bolts and a rubberband to keep the door shut, lol. Case has had a rough life as you can see.
Now it has a solid hinge, and some nice bolts and a rubberband to keep the door shut, lol. Case has had a rough life as you can see.
brandonwh64
Addicted to Bacon and StarCrunches!!!
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Thought i would post my ghetto watercooling setup
1Kurgan1
The Knife in your Back
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| System Name | My Comp | Fiancees Comp |
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| Processor | i7 5820k @ 4.6Ghz 1.285v| i5 2500k |
| Motherboard | MSI x99 SLI Plus | AsRock Z77 Pro 3 |
| Cooling | Watercooled |
| Memory | 16GB DDR4 2400 @ 2666 | 12GB DDR3 1600 |
| Video Card(s) | AMD R9 290x | MSI 5850 OC |
| Storage | 128gb SSD + 2x 2TB | 2TB |
| Display(s) | Asus 27" LCD | 25" Hanns G |
| Case | CM Storm | CM Elite 430 |
| Audio Device(s) | Creative Recon 3D PCIe |
| Power Supply | Enermax Galaxy 1250W | Rosewill 630w |
| Mouse | Logitech G700s | Logitech G100s |
| Keyboard | Logitech G901 | Logitech G105 |
| Software | Win 8.1 Ultimate x64 | Win 8.1 Ultimate x64 |
| Benchmark Scores | 3D Mark - Fire Strike Extreme - 4403 |
That is pretty ghetto 
Why not move the pump/res in front of the PSU and hang the rad off the back 120mm fan spot then run the lines through a empty PCI slot?
Why not move the pump/res in front of the PSU and hang the rad off the back 120mm fan spot then run the lines through a empty PCI slot?brandonwh64
Addicted to Bacon and StarCrunches!!!
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i just sold that res so you should see my new ghetto mod in the "Your PC ATM" section
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| System Name | GLaDOS |
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| Processor | AMD FX-9590 X8 4.7GHz |
| Motherboard | ASUS Sabertooth 990FX |
| Cooling | Corsair H80i v2 |
| Memory | Corsair Vengeance 24GB (2x8GB, 2x4GB) DDR3 1600 MHz |
| Video Card(s) | ASUS ROG-STRIX-RX580-O8G-GAMINGOC |
| Storage | WD Blue 3D NAND 1TB Internal PC SSD |
| Display(s) | 2 Acer S231HL 23" LED backlit LCD's on a Dual LCD stand |
| Case | Corsair iCUE 220T RGB Airflow |
| Audio Device(s) | Onboard - Corsair Void Pro Wireless |
| Power Supply | Corsair 850HXi 850W |
| Mouse | Corsair Sabre RGB |
| Keyboard | Corsair K70 LUX RGB |
| Software | Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 64 Bit |
Modded a 120mm fan to suck air in the front of my crappy case.
Sucks in a ton of air and doesn't look to shabby.
Also rigged up a small 60mm fan to where the floppy drive use to be, as well as a old CPU fan on my GPU's heat sink.
Sucks in a ton of air and doesn't look to shabby.
Also rigged up a small 60mm fan to where the floppy drive use to be, as well as a old CPU fan on my GPU's heat sink.
p_o_s_pc
F@H&WCG addict
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| System Name | el'lappy|Cruncher | Cruncher 2 |
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| Processor | intel C2D T6400 | i7 3770k @4.2ghz | AII X2 220 @3.4ghz |
| Motherboard | some Acer | Asus P8Z77-V Pro |Gigabyter GA-M61p-S3 |
| Cooling | dual 80mm cooling fan | WC'ing ) |cheapo |
| Memory | 2x2gb ddr3 | 2x2gb Ripjaws 1600 |4x512mb D9s |
| Video Card(s) | onboard | 60 1GB(hd7770 ) |8800GTS |
| Storage | Momuntus xt 320gb |Kingston Hyper X 120gb SATA III|500gb WD |
| Display(s) | 17in | 42" 1080P HD 3D TV |
| Case | lappy case | CM HAF XB |none yet |
| Audio Device(s) | onboard | onboard | onboard |
| Power Supply | Dell brick w/ acer end end | Antec EW 650w |Antec SP 350w(upg.soon) |
| Software | Windows 7 Ult. 64bit---->-------> |
not bad for a ghetto mod. Replace that stock heatsink. Seeing stock CPU heatsinks drive me crazy
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| System Name | GLaDOS |
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| Processor | AMD FX-9590 X8 4.7GHz |
| Motherboard | ASUS Sabertooth 990FX |
| Cooling | Corsair H80i v2 |
| Memory | Corsair Vengeance 24GB (2x8GB, 2x4GB) DDR3 1600 MHz |
| Video Card(s) | ASUS ROG-STRIX-RX580-O8G-GAMINGOC |
| Storage | WD Blue 3D NAND 1TB Internal PC SSD |
| Display(s) | 2 Acer S231HL 23" LED backlit LCD's on a Dual LCD stand |
| Case | Corsair iCUE 220T RGB Airflow |
| Audio Device(s) | Onboard - Corsair Void Pro Wireless |
| Power Supply | Corsair 850HXi 850W |
| Mouse | Corsair Sabre RGB |
| Keyboard | Corsair K70 LUX RGB |
| Software | Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 64 Bit |
It's on the list. Sadly my list keeps getting bigger and bigger these days. 
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| System Name | N/A |
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| Processor | i7-4790K |
| Motherboard | Asus Z97-A |
| Cooling | Thermalright True Power 140 |
| Memory | 2 x 8GB GeIL Potenza 2400Mhz |
| Video Card(s) | MSI GTX 970 Gaming |
| Storage | 2TB Seagate Barracuda |
| Display(s) | 24" Samsung 1080p LED Monitor |
| Case | Phanteks Enthoo Pro |
| Power Supply | Corsair TX650W |
| Mouse | Logitech MX518 |
| Keyboard | Corsair K70 (Brown MX) |
| Software | Windows 8.1 |
As some of you may know the front mounting holes on the Casecom 6788 are awkward and only support 20mm thick fans.
so i had to cable tie, blu tak and tape down (bandage tape!!!) my 25mm thick xilence red wing 120mm
so i had to cable tie, blu tak and tape down (bandage tape!!!) my 25mm thick xilence red wing 120mm
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| System Name | GLaDOS |
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| Processor | AMD FX-9590 X8 4.7GHz |
| Motherboard | ASUS Sabertooth 990FX |
| Cooling | Corsair H80i v2 |
| Memory | Corsair Vengeance 24GB (2x8GB, 2x4GB) DDR3 1600 MHz |
| Video Card(s) | ASUS ROG-STRIX-RX580-O8G-GAMINGOC |
| Storage | WD Blue 3D NAND 1TB Internal PC SSD |
| Display(s) | 2 Acer S231HL 23" LED backlit LCD's on a Dual LCD stand |
| Case | Corsair iCUE 220T RGB Airflow |
| Audio Device(s) | Onboard - Corsair Void Pro Wireless |
| Power Supply | Corsair 850HXi 850W |
| Mouse | Corsair Sabre RGB |
| Keyboard | Corsair K70 LUX RGB |
| Software | Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 64 Bit |
Well, I got tired of being poked all the time from the fan in the front.... SO I got to redoing it's mount and ended up managing cables too. Also mounted a bigger fan on my GPU'c heatsink.
(This larger fan lowered my GPU's temp from 40-45c idle, to 35-36C idle.)
(This larger fan lowered my GPU's temp from 40-45c idle, to 35-36C idle.
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| Processor | i7 2600k@4.6ghz |
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| Motherboard | MSI z68ma-ed55 |
| Cooling | Silentx Extreem 120mm |
| Memory | 2x4gb XMS 7-8-7-20 1600 |
| Video Card(s) | HD6870 |
| Storage | 2x128gb Kingston Hyper-X (Raid0), 2x750gb RE3 (RAID1), 2x750gb RE3 (RAID1) |
| Display(s) | Soyo 24", Gateway 22" |
| Case | Fractal Design Arc Mini 6x120mm fans. |
| Audio Device(s) | Onboard |
| Power Supply | Zalman 750w |
| Software | Windows 7 |
What about cars? Does PVC piping and a DIY manifold count? 6psi baby!
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| System Name | CosmosII |
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| Processor | Ryzen 7700 |
| Motherboard | Gigabyte b650 gaming x ax v2 |
| Cooling | BeQuiet Pure Rock v2 |
| Memory | Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5-6000 2x16GB |
| Video Card(s) | Inno3d RTX 4070 Ti Super |
| Storage | 1tb Corsair MP600 Pro XT |
| Display(s) | 34" Ultrawide |
| Case | Cosmos II |
| Audio Device(s) | stock onboard thing |
| Power Supply | RM850E |
| Software | ½½ |
cutsom turbo upgrade ftw man
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| System Name | New Build - Oct. 2021 |
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| Processor | Intel i7 10700k |
| Motherboard | Asus TUF Gaming H570-PRO |
| Cooling | Corsair H100i |
| Memory | Corsair Vengence 16gb 3600 mhz |
| Video Card(s) | Gigabyte RTX 3060ti 8gb |
| Storage | 1Tb Samsung 970 EVO NvMe m.2 |
| Display(s) | 27" LG Ultragear 144hz |
| Case | Fractal Design- Meshify 2 |
| Audio Device(s) | Onborad dts |
| Power Supply | Corsair RX 650 W |
| Mouse | Roccat Kiro |
| Keyboard | Razer Tarantula |
| Software | Windows 10 Home x64 |
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| System Name | CosmosII |
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| Processor | Ryzen 7700 |
| Motherboard | Gigabyte b650 gaming x ax v2 |
| Cooling | BeQuiet Pure Rock v2 |
| Memory | Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5-6000 2x16GB |
| Video Card(s) | Inno3d RTX 4070 Ti Super |
| Storage | 1tb Corsair MP600 Pro XT |
| Display(s) | 34" Ultrawide |
| Case | Cosmos II |
| Audio Device(s) | stock onboard thing |
| Power Supply | RM850E |
| Software | ½½ |
ye with wome pvc glue, nothen can take that shit apart haha
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| System Name | The Dove Box Rev 3.0 |
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| Processor | i7 8700k @ 4.7GHz |
| Motherboard | Asus Maximus X APEX |
| Cooling | Custom water loop |
| Memory | 16GB 3600 MHz DDR4 |
| Video Card(s) | 2x MSI 780 Ti's in SLI |
| Storage | 500GB Samsung 850 PCIe SSD, 4TB |
| Display(s) | 27" Asus 144Hz |
| Case | Enermax Fulmo GT |
| Audio Device(s) | ON BOARD FTW |
| Power Supply | Corsair 1200W |
| Keyboard | Logitech G510 |
| Software | Win 10 64x |
Except heat and eventual degradation. How much heat can that PVC handle?
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| Processor | i7 2600k@4.6ghz |
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| Motherboard | MSI z68ma-ed55 |
| Cooling | Silentx Extreem 120mm |
| Memory | 2x4gb XMS 7-8-7-20 1600 |
| Video Card(s) | HD6870 |
| Storage | 2x128gb Kingston Hyper-X (Raid0), 2x750gb RE3 (RAID1), 2x750gb RE3 (RAID1) |
| Display(s) | Soyo 24", Gateway 22" |
| Case | Fractal Design Arc Mini 6x120mm fans. |
| Audio Device(s) | Onboard |
| Power Supply | Zalman 750w |
| Software | Windows 7 |
Enough to school some Civics.
EDIT - It lasted all summer. Eventually the pipes started to crush at the clamps.
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| System Name | Ultra 64 |
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| Processor | NEC VR4300 (MIPS R4300i) |
| Motherboard | proprietary design |
| Cooling | Fanless aircooled |
| Memory | 4.5MB 250 MHz RDRAM |
| Video Card(s) | 62.5 MHz Reality Coprocessor |
| Storage | 32 - 512 Mbit ROM Cartridge |
| Display(s) | 720x576 |
| Case | Clear Blue Funtastic |
| Audio Device(s) | 16-bit CD quality |
| Power Supply | proprietary design |
| Mouse | N64 mouse for use with N64DD |
| Keyboard | N64 keyboard for use with N64DD |
Odin Eidolon
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| Processor | e6300 @ 3000, stock Volts |
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| Motherboard | msi p35 neo2-FIR |
| Cooling | HDT-1283 |
| Memory | 2gb tracers 1066 micron d9GMH, cooled by a modded CoolIt Memory Cooler |
| Video Card(s) | HIS 4850 ICEQ4 |
| Storage | WD Caviar 16 320gb WDAAKS + 640gb WDAAKS |
| Case | CM RC-690 sligthly modded |
| Power Supply | Bequiet darkpower PRO 850W (say overkill? :D) |
| Software | kubuntu 8.10 + Windows XP, soon Windows 7 too |
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| System Name | Rocket |
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| Processor | Ryzen 3600X |
| Motherboard | ASRock B450 PRO4 |
| Cooling | Noctua NH-D15 |
| Memory | HyperX Predator Black 16GB DDR4 3200MHz CL16 |
| Video Card(s) | MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6GB |
| Storage | ADATA SX8200 PRO 512GB + Intel 535 Series 120GB + WD 6400AAKS |
| Display(s) | Benq EW2420 |
| Case | Antec P182 |
| Power Supply | Antec Signature 650 |
| Software | Win 10 |
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| Processor | i7 2600k@4.6ghz |
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| Motherboard | MSI z68ma-ed55 |
| Cooling | Silentx Extreem 120mm |
| Memory | 2x4gb XMS 7-8-7-20 1600 |
| Video Card(s) | HD6870 |
| Storage | 2x128gb Kingston Hyper-X (Raid0), 2x750gb RE3 (RAID1), 2x750gb RE3 (RAID1) |
| Display(s) | Soyo 24", Gateway 22" |
| Case | Fractal Design Arc Mini 6x120mm fans. |
| Audio Device(s) | Onboard |
| Power Supply | Zalman 750w |
| Software | Windows 7 |
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| System Name | Ultra 64 |
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| Processor | NEC VR4300 (MIPS R4300i) |
| Motherboard | proprietary design |
| Cooling | Fanless aircooled |
| Memory | 4.5MB 250 MHz RDRAM |
| Video Card(s) | 62.5 MHz Reality Coprocessor |
| Storage | 32 - 512 Mbit ROM Cartridge |
| Display(s) | 720x576 |
| Case | Clear Blue Funtastic |
| Audio Device(s) | 16-bit CD quality |
| Power Supply | proprietary design |
| Mouse | N64 mouse for use with N64DD |
| Keyboard | N64 keyboard for use with N64DD |
haha you win, on a slightly different note, there seems to be much 'more' under your hood then mine. I mean ive got a citroen zara but until just now i thought the mouse in a wheel was how it worked?
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| System Name | Chuck |
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| Processor | Core i5-2500k @ 4.5Ghz |
| Motherboard | msi P67A-C43 |
| Cooling | hyper 212, 2 120mm fans |
| Memory | 8GB DDR3 1600MHz |
| Video Card(s) | XFX 6870 |
| Storage | 60GB sata3 sandforce ssd, 1TB samsung hdd |
| Display(s) | Yamakazi Catleap |
| Case | Possibly Antec, not sure |
| Audio Device(s) | Onboard |
| Power Supply | Rosewill 600W |
Jesus I thought I was bad, here's one of my entries:
That's ethernet wire if you couldn't tell.
Notice the bracket's reduced size here:
BTW, this is for sale right now. It needs the home of someone like the people in this thread
check my [FS] thread
That's ethernet wire if you couldn't tell.
Notice the bracket's reduced size here:
BTW, this is for sale right now. It needs the home of someone like the people in this thread
check my [FS] thread
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| Processor | i7 2600k@4.6ghz |
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| Motherboard | MSI z68ma-ed55 |
| Cooling | Silentx Extreem 120mm |
| Memory | 2x4gb XMS 7-8-7-20 1600 |
| Video Card(s) | HD6870 |
| Storage | 2x128gb Kingston Hyper-X (Raid0), 2x750gb RE3 (RAID1), 2x750gb RE3 (RAID1) |
| Display(s) | Soyo 24", Gateway 22" |
| Case | Fractal Design Arc Mini 6x120mm fans. |
| Audio Device(s) | Onboard |
| Power Supply | Zalman 750w |
| Software | Windows 7 |
