Ghetto Mods

silkstone · Apr 24, 2011

My couple of ghetto mods.

Firstly, my headphones. The cover wore down and came off so i used the Mrs' stockings to fix em

Secondly, zip-tied Northbridge mega rpm fan - this is the loudest thing in my computer and goes at something like 3000 rpm. if you lay it down on the desk it tries to take off and reaches about an inch before flipping over.

de.das.dude · Apr 24, 2011

silkstone said:
My couple of ghetto mods.

Firstly, my headphones. The cover wore down and came off so i used the Mrs' stockings to fix em
http://img.techpowerup.org/110424/P1000848.jpg

Secondly, zip-tied Northbridge mega rpm fan - this is the loudest thing in my computer and goes at something like 3000 rpm. if you lay it down on the desk it tries to take off and reaches about an inch before flipping over.

http://img.techpowerup.org/110424/P1000849.jpg

wholy shit, what fan is it?

silkstone · Apr 24, 2011

no idea, some generic beast. I just had to turn it off until i get some kind of spacers, is vibrating too much atm. I think some folded paper might do the trick and make it into a full ghetto mod.

Athlonite · Apr 24, 2011

@ silkstone why not try an old intel cpu HSF one of the early Pentium 1 jobs would do

something like in that pic

de.das.dude · Apr 24, 2011

silkstone said:
no idea, some generic beast. I just had to turn it off until i get some kind of spacers, is vibrating too much atm. I think some folded paper might do the trick and make it into a full ghetto mod.

eraser is better IMO

i used it on a previous ocassion

Trigger911 · Apr 24, 2011

yea dude above is right ... unless its a very hot area lmao ... i did that once and it melted all over ics lmao

St.Alia-Of-The-Knife · Apr 24, 2011

de.das.dude said:
eraser is better IMO
i used it on a previous ocassion

so true lmao
if it dont fit, you can even cut it into small pieces

de.das.dude · Apr 25, 2011

Trigger911 said:
yea dude above is right ... unless its a very hot area lmao ... i did that once and it melted all over ics lmao

yes. LOL.
it does burn but if you preheat it, it becomes harder and hence dont melt easily.
you can even put in in the sunlight for a day.

silkstone · Apr 25, 2011

I'll try the Eraser trick tomorrow. i'll cut off 4 squares and 2 strips and put them out in the sun then see how well each fit under the fan. I have a feeling the strips will be better as the fins on the NB heatsink are fairly large

I could go with an old P4 HSF, but i don;t have one, and the mobo has no screw holes for the Heatsink so it's have to use thermal adhesive, which i am not too fond of.

de.das.dude · Apr 25, 2011

silkstone said:
I'll try the Eraser trick tomorrow. i'll cut off 4 squares and 2 strips and put them out in the sun then see how well each fit under the fan. I have a feeling the strips will be better as the fins on the NB heatsink are fairly large
I could go with an old P4 HSF, but i don;t have one, and the mobo has no screw holes for the Heatsink so it's have to use thermal adhesive, which i am not too fond of.

i would advice a sufficient thickness as they tend to squish down over some time.
erasers FTW, my feet has erasers beneath it too

EDIT: my *case* feet.

_JP_ · Apr 29, 2011

I bet it works better than evercool's solution, even though I have a HDD beneath it.

entropy13 · Apr 29, 2011

LOL Olá? We have that as Selecta instead (that's Unilever's "Heartbrand" logo apparently).

_JP_ · Apr 29, 2011

entropy13 said:
LOL Olá? We have that as Selecta instead (that's Unilever's "Heartbrand" logo apparently).

It's just another international corporation. And yes, I noticed Unilever has take over almost everything.

entropy13 · Apr 29, 2011

_JP_ said:
It's just another international corporation. And yes, I noticed Unilever has take over almost everything.

What's in the can? We only see that logo in ice cream (Selecta is an ice cream brand). The other Unilever products have the "U" logo.

Anyway, I'll try getting some pictures of my "dust filter", since it's not really what you can say made specifically for case fans but is actually the filters for air-conditioners.

Velvet Wafer · Apr 29, 2011

entropy13 said:
LOL Olá? We have that as Selecta instead (that's Unilever's "Heartbrand" logo apparently).

In Germany, the same Logo is used for ice, and is named "Langnese"

Cold Storm · May 2, 2011

Had to get these away from the top of the desk...

I used some unused acrylic feet. Drilled a hole in the center of each, and used some m4/30 screws to tighten them down to the "wall mounts" of the router..

Going to do the same to the modem tomorrow probably.

BinaryMage · May 2, 2011

What case is that? Looks pretty awesome.

Nice ventilation at the top. But where are the power button and front USB/Audio ports? Or is that not a computer case? Hmm...

mlee49 · May 2, 2011

It's a SilverStone Fortress FT03, sick little mATX case.

Power buttons are on the top

Cold Storm · May 2, 2011

BinaryMage said:
What case is that? Looks pretty awesome. Nice ventilation at the top. But where are the power button and front USB/Audio ports? Or is that not a computer case? Hmm...

All You need to know my friend

I love the case. Just don't like the front panel ports... Mine, fell down the first time I used the usb... But, a little extra "glue" it works well now.

BinaryMage · May 2, 2011

mlee49 said:
Power buttons are on the top

Yeah, after looking at the picture again, I can just make them out. Thanks!

Cold Storm said:
All You need to know my friend

I love the case. Just don't like the front panel ports... Mine, fell down the first time I used the usb... But, a little extra "glue" it works well now.

That is an awesome case! Most mATX cases have bad ventilation, but that one looks like it cools things well. Nice build thread, by the way.

Cold Storm · May 2, 2011

BinaryMage said:
Yeah, after looking at the picture again, I can just make them out. Thanks!

That is an awesome case! Most mATX cases have bad ventilation, but that one looks like it cools things well. Nice build thread, by the way.

It does cool well.. My 450 MSI card was never higher then 60.. the Asus 550ti is a little hotter, but I don't see anything above 70..

It's holding my CPU nicely at 4.2ghz with 75c as the hottest

Thinking of how to put water in it now.. :roll:

m4gicfour · May 2, 2011

Cold Storm said:
It does cool well.. My 450 MSI card was never higher then 60.. the Asus 550ti is a little hotter, but I don't see anything above 70..

It's holding my CPU nicely at 4.2ghz with 75c as the hottest

Thinking of how to put water in it now..

Bucket.

Sorry, just had to make the smartass comment. Nice build. I get way to frustrated to work with those kinds of cases, myself.

mlee49 · May 2, 2011

It has been done before, but not Ghetto enough for this thread:

Cold Storm · May 2, 2011

mlee49 said:
It has been done before, but not Ghetto enough for this thread:

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hpho...46831601_181562121867537_660028_3419834_n.jpg

The window looks sweet... But, I think I can make it less ghetto..

Bucket.. lol.. nice one man! :toast:

They are pains.. but I got my cuts from it.. lol

m4gicfour · May 2, 2011

I own a silverstone Lascala (don't remember the model) and I got pissed off at it and cut out the center support bar with a hacksaw, because I was tired of working around it. I know better, but... :roll:

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