Ghetto Mods

RikuKawai · Mar 20, 2015

I was gaming on a 2005 Athlon for 2 days until I got my Phenom board working.
It's still a backup though, but I dropped my 760 in it and it's 97% as fast.

wagana · Mar 22, 2015

Improved my R7 250 temps by a lot (pics inside the spoiler)

Jetster · Mar 22, 2015

I guess

RikuKawai · Mar 22, 2015

DEcobra11 said:
Improved my R7 250 temps by a lot (pics inside the spoiler)

That's great...until you need to install another card, actually, where are all the other slots I can't see any.
What temps do you get?

wagana · Mar 22, 2015

videogame57 said:
That's great...until you need to install another card, actually, where are all the other slots I can't see any.
What temps do you get?

Other slots are PCI-e x1 and PCI, so I won't use them. http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/H81M-GL/
Average full load temps are 40 ºC (peaks of 43 ºC) (fan at 60 %)

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · Mar 22, 2015

I like it. Cool. :toast:

. Shame they arent matching fans.

RikuKawai · Mar 22, 2015

DEcobra11 said:
Other slots are PCI-e x1 and PCI, so I won't use them. http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/H81M-GL/
Average full load temps are 40 ºC (peaks of 43 ºC) (fan at 60 %)

Nah I'm OK with 65ºC load temps if it means I can hook up my second video card and my sound card.

wagana · Mar 22, 2015

videogame57 said:
Nah I'm OK with 65ºC load temps if it means I can hook up my second video card and my sound card.

With the stock heatsink I'd reach +80 ºC... not to mention the limited OC (Once oced it at 1340 MHz... but it isn't a great idea to run this GPU at 97 ºC...)

RikuKawai · Mar 22, 2015

DEcobra11 said:
With the stock heatsink I'd reach +80 ºC... not to mention the limited OC (Once oced it at 1340 MHz... but it isn't a great idea to run this GPU at 97 ºC...)

I'm just running my GTX 760 at stock clocks, there's always that point where it might be a better idea to get a newer card than to overclock it.
But that's not very ghetto is it.

wagana · Mar 22, 2015

videogame57 said:
But that's not very ghetto is it.

Well you know... If your wallet is bottlenecking...

RikuKawai · Mar 22, 2015

This is my PC right now if it counts for anything, my PCs (and basically all the things I build) love to look ghetto while also performing really well.

Specs:

CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1055T @ OC 3.6GHz
RAM: 8GB DDR2 @ OC 733 MHz
HDD: 80GB 5400RPM + 3TB 7200RPM
GPU: MSI TwinFrozr GTX 760 2GB
MOBO: Gigabyte GA-MA785GM-US2H
OS: Windows 8.1 Pro
PSU: Corsair CX500M 500W

Yes if you've been here it's the same PC that was in that plastic bin.

Wallpaper: http://mikasa.thisis.moe/wallpaper/...ir_thighhighs_umbrella_vocaloid_1920x1080.jpg
That's one of my servers, if you see a wallpaper on my machine, it's also there.

Octopuss · Mar 22, 2015

That's ghetto enough.

DEcobra11 said:
Improved my R7 250 temps by a lot (pics inside the spoiler)

Holy SHIT.

Caring1 · Mar 23, 2015

DEcobra11 said:
Improved my R7 250 temps by a lot (pics inside the spoiler)

I'd like to see a PCI-e riser on that and the Tower Cooler standing up

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · Mar 23, 2015

@Caring1 ...........you thinkin' what i'm thinkin' ?

Caring1 · Mar 23, 2015

CAPSLOCKSTUCK said:
@Caring1 ...........you thinkin' what i'm thinkin' ?

Now that's cool.

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · Mar 23, 2015

@Caring1

If i had ......................

1. the tools
2. the skills
3. the patience
4. a more understanding wife
5. more space

naaaaaaah............sod it, I think i will have a stab at it. :toast:

RikuKawai · Mar 23, 2015

Just checked the idle temps on my machine, darn is it running cool.

Idle CPU: 38 Celsius
Idle GPU: 28 Celsius

It does like 55/50 in a case, now I don't want a case.

Why is my hard drive running hotter than my GPU...

I'm going to try putting some load on this machine.

wagana · Mar 24, 2015

Remember the R7 250? HTPC cooler

Don't do this at home unless you want your CPU at 70 ºC

RikuKawai · Mar 24, 2015

DEcobra11 said:
Remember the R7 250? HTPC cooler

Don't do this at home unless you want your CPU at 70 ºC

What CPU hides under that heatsink? Also what's with that scary wiring near the CPU?

EDIT: judging by the fact it's the motherboard in your specs, I'm guessing that's the Athlon 64 X2 3800+. That thing can handle high heat but it still gets pretty warm.

wagana · Mar 24, 2015

videogame57 said:
What CPU hides under that heatsink? Also what's with that scary wiring near the CPU?

EDIT: judging by the fact it's the motherboard in your specs, I'm guessing that's the Athlon 64 X2 3800+. That thing can handle high heat but it still gets pretty warm.

nailed it!
The wires come from below of the mb... Replaced the caps.
Why below? well... my soldering iron can't melt that solder therefore some old cap's pins still in the top... and solder won't attach there

RikuKawai · Mar 24, 2015

This is my 939 mobo

That's an Athlon 64 X2 4200+ on it, obviously the 939 version, but I have the AM2 version too, and a board for it, but no cooler because I'm using it with my Phenom II machine. I'm also using the only DDR2 RAM on the Phenom II machine. I can use this board because it has DDR RAM, 4GB.

Runs Windows 7 Pro x64 great too, and the antiquated Geforce 6150 IGPU can actually handle Aero. Not bad for 2005.
Next challenge, get Windows 10 running on it.

RikuKawai · Mar 24, 2015

DEcobra11 said:
nailed it!
The wires come from below of the mb... Replaced the caps.
Why below? well... my soldering iron can't melt that solder therefore some old cap's pins still in the top... and solder won't attach there

Adding some lead solder to non leaded solder joints helps conduct the heat better, those caps will literally fall right off the board.

I learned this while modding a Raspberry Pi to relocate the USB ports.

wagana · Mar 24, 2015

videogame57 said:
This is my 939 mobo

That's an Athlon 64 X2 4200+ on it, obviously the 939 version, but I have the AM2 version too, and a board for it, but no cooler because I'm using it with my Phenom II machine. I'm also using the only DDR2 RAM on the Phenom II machine. I can use this board because it has DDR RAM, 4GB.

Runs Windows 7 Pro x64 great too, and the antiquated Geforce 6150 IGPU can actually handle Aero. Not bad for 2005.
Next challenge, get Windows 10 running on it.

I just want to get an AM2CPU board :rolleyes:

...

RikuKawai · Mar 24, 2015

Nobody has said anything about the Lego Mindstorms in most of my pictures

wagana · Mar 24, 2015

videogame57 said:
Adding some lead solder to non leaded solder joints helps conduct the heat better, those caps will literally fall right off the board.

I learned this while modding a Raspberry Pi to relocate the USB ports.

It's leaded solder... the reason I can't melt it is bc my soldering iron is so weak that it won't heat up those steel pins (which cool the mb's solder down)
Actually my solder attached the solder that's below perfectly (before soldering the caps I even tried pulling the cables)

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Ghetto Mods

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Jetster

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Spaced Out Lunar Tick

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Octopuss

Caring1

CAPSLOCKSTUCK

Spaced Out Lunar Tick

Caring1

CAPSLOCKSTUCK

Spaced Out Lunar Tick

RikuKawai

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