Ghetto Mods

R-T-B · Jun 30, 2015

Chevalr1c said:
Mining related?

Certainly. It's known as a "crateminer" There are guides on how to make them online.

Misaki · Jun 30, 2015

This is going to be my main PC for a 2 weeks. It doesn't work that bad

Random Murderer · Jul 8, 2015

Misaki said:
This is going to be my main PC for a 2 weeks. It doesn't work that bad

SOOOO much nostalgia!
Orleans core, MM NT, and IRC...

Misaki · Jul 11, 2015

I will just repost it here, because why not

Overheating WiFi card:

Solution:

newtekie1 · Jul 11, 2015

What happens when you order and SSD for a laptop, and lose the drive bracket while you're waiting for the SSD to arrive? You use scotch tape to hold the SSD in place! I didn't have any duct tape at hand, or I'd use that.

Toothless · Jul 11, 2015

newtekie1 said:
What happens when you order and SSD for a laptop, and lose the drive bracked while you're waiting for the SSD to arrive? You use scotch tape to hold the SSD in place! I didn't have any duct tape at hand, or I'd use that.

I abuse electrical tape doing this.

silkstone · Jul 11, 2015

Toothless said:
I abuse electrical tape doing this.

Hmm... I just leave mine hanging there.

I've never been a fan of briefs.

taz420nj · Jul 21, 2015

Hey people, new here.. I figured this would be a good place for a first post since I am ALL about making do with what I got..

First up, my homemade 4 poster rack.. I got a heavy duty 44U two post rack for free but it wouldn't work for my servers.. Didn't want to spend hundreds of dollars on a 4 post rack, so I cut the two poster in half and made my own..

Next is my 'plywood server'.. I badly needed to upgrade my file server (was an AMD FX-55 that I had thrown together years ago), and I came across this SuperMicro board and a pair of Xeon 5430's for $30.. Unbeknownst to me until it came in the mail, it is an "Extended" ATX board, which doesn't fit into any case that I have laying around.. Cases that will fit it start around $100, and I didn't want to spend that. So I found a piece of plywood, drilled holes and glued in standoffs, and paid about $8 for various brackets to mount things with.

Then on Wednesday I'll share the ghettomod I had to do for one of my customers.. He's got one of those HP slim towers.. His power supply got whacked by a power surge, and he needed it up and running immediately. I don't keep any of those TFX supplies in stock and had to order it, so I took a spare ATX supply and ziptied it to the side of the tower like a sidecar to get him going until the replacement came in.

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · Jul 21, 2015

@taz420nj

Welcome to the ghetto, i think you will fit in well. :pimp:

micropage7 · Jul 21, 2015

taz420nj said:
Hey people, new here.. I figured this would be a good place for a first post since I am ALL about making do with what I got..

First up, my homemade 4 poster rack.. I got a heavy duty 44U two post rack for free but it wouldn't work for my servers.. Didn't want to spend hundreds of dollars on a 4 post rack, so I cut the two poster in half and made my own..

Next is my 'plywood server'.. I badly needed to upgrade my file server (was an AMD FX-55 that I had thrown together years ago), and I came across this SuperMicro board and a pair of Xeon 5430's for $30.. Unbeknownst to me until it came in the mail, it is an "Extended" ATX board, which doesn't fit into any case that I have laying around.. Cases that will fit it start around $100, and I didn't want to spend that. So I found a piece of plywood, drilled holes and glued in standoffs, and paid about $8 for various brackets to mount things with.

Then on Wednesday I'll share the ghettomod I had to do for one of my customers.. He's got one of those HP slim towers.. His power supply got whacked by a power surge, and he needed it up and running immediately. I don't keep any of those TFX supplies in stock and had to order it, so I took a spare ATX supply and ziptied it to the side of the tower like a sidecar to get him going until the replacement came in.

btw that open board looks pretty clean, your place is dust free or you clean it up regularly?

taz420nj · Jul 21, 2015

micropage7 said:
btw that open board looks pretty clean, your place is dust free or you clean it up regularly?

Haha I wish! I think the jet turbines inside the Dells grab most of the dust before it can settle on the open frame..

wagana · Jul 24, 2015

My arctic freezer 7 pro rev 2 evolved!
(I'll upload a picture of the GPU when I figure a new mounting system...)

AsRock · Jul 24, 2015

DEcobra11 said:
My arctic freezer 7 pro rev 2 evolved!
(I'll upload a picture of the GPU when I figure a new mounting system...)

Would like a mini one of those to stick to one of our RC cars lol.

peche · Jul 24, 2015

DEcobra11 said:
I'll upload a picture of the GPU when I figure a new mounting system...)

you must

wagana · Jul 24, 2015

peche said:
you must

Camera ran out of batteries so... mobile.
IDK if this GPU still works... it was oced to 1500 MHz with a considerable Overvolt and a mere 69 % ASIC quality...

(sorry if you don't like photobucket... imgur doesn't want to upload pics

)

Random Murderer · Jul 24, 2015

DEcobra11 said:
Camera ran out of batteries so... mobile.
IDK if this GPU still works... it was oced to 1500 MHz with a considerable Overvolt and a mere 69 % ASIC quality...

(sorry if you don't like photobucket... imgur doesn't want to upload pics )

Amazing. Simply glorious!
Now I hope that GPU works, if it does, you might get 1600 MHz out of it before it fries!

wagana · Jul 24, 2015

Random Murderer said:
Amazing. Simply glorious!
Now I hope that GPU works, if it does, you might get 1600 MHz out of it before it fries!

or before it fries the PCI-e slot

Anyway, that's going to be impossible though... it was OCed for benchmarks, it's pinmods and VRM "heatsinks" removed and it had a fan in the original form, I'm trying to make it passive

peche · Jul 24, 2015

DEcobra11 said:
Camera ran out of batteries so... mobile.
IDK if this GPU still works... it was oced to 1500 MHz with a considerable Overvolt and a mere 69 % ASIC quality...

(sorry if you don't like photobucket... imgur doesn't want to upload pics )

amazed !!!

kn00tcn · Jul 24, 2015

newtekie1 said:
What happens when you order and SSD for a laptop, and lose the drive bracket while you're waiting for the SSD to arrive? You use scotch tape to hold the SSD in place! I didn't have any duct tape at hand, or I'd use that.

shouldnt you put foam inside the gap on the left instead?

Misaki said:
...multiple posts...

c...can you post an archive of all your wallpapers? i'm assuming you have lots

qu4k3r said:
These are 2-3 yrs old pics but I think they deserve to be here

i'm being asked why you didnt get a second crate to stack with, why would the main crate need to be on psus

& the more i think about it, the more futile it seems, how is a 6790 or 5830 that good for mining? 2 of them are even on x4 slots, was this before 2012?

de.das.dude · Jul 31, 2015

long time no see!
shifted to new apartment, no furniture yet. gotta go ghetto

notice how the upper hole is on the non exhause side and the lower hole is on the exhaust side of the laptop? its to prevent hot air being sucked back in. YEAHHHH SCIENCE BITCHES

MasterFilms · Aug 14, 2015

Hey guys im back. With some fresh OC

crap i ment

Random Murderer said:
I'm going to drop this before a mod has to step in.

Somebody post some pictures.

EDIT: Here's one of my favorites. X58 Rampage II Gene, i7 920, TriFire Asus 4870 and 4870x2, 6GB RAM, Corsair HX1000W. Not mine, btw.

EDIT 2:

I lol'd.

OH i sure love that one, I hope it comes with an lcd panel inside an CRT case

wagana · Aug 24, 2015

Reusing cooler master 110 elite with a mb that's powered externally :pimp:

MasterFilms · Aug 30, 2015

Not pc related but my moped was rusting all the way trough so heres the before and after

peche · Aug 31, 2015

so not just computer mods?

JunkBear · Aug 31, 2015

1marcelfilms said:
Not pc related but my moped was rusting all the way trough so heres the before and after

Another way to do it is a long steelpipe that you make it cut on the length. When its done you put over the rusted pipe and solidify with couple metal collars.

System Name	Pioneer
Processor	Ryzen R9 9950X
Motherboard	GIGABYTE Aorus Elite X670 AX
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 + A whole lotta Sunon and Corsair Maglev blower fans...
Memory	64GB (4x 16GB) G.Skill Flare X5 @ DDR5-6000 CL30
Video Card(s)	XFX RX 7900 XTX Speedster Merc 310
Storage	Intel 905p Optane 960GB boot, +2x Crucial P5 Plus 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSDs
Display(s)	55" LG 55" B9 OLED 4K Display
Case	Thermaltake Core X31
Audio Device(s)	TOSLINK->Schiit Modi MB->Asgard 2 DAC Amp->AKG Pro K712 Headphones or HDMI->B9 OLED
Power Supply	FSP Hydro Ti Pro 850W
Mouse	Logitech G305 Lightspeed Wireless
Keyboard	WASD Code v3 with Cherry Green keyswitches + PBT DS keycaps
Software	Gentoo Linux x64 / Windows 11 Enterprise IoT 2024

System Name	TOO MUCH RADIATOR! \| The TV Box a.k.a. The Shoebox
Processor	Core i7 4930K @ 4.5GHz \| Core i5 6600K @ 4.5GHz
Motherboard	Asus X79 Rampage IV Extreme \| Asus Z170i Pro Gaming
Cooling	Custom water on CPU and GPU, dual 360mm radiators \| Corsair H80i
Memory	4x 8GB G.Skill TridentX DDR3-1600 \| 2x 4GB G.Skill RipJaws 4 DDR4-3000
Video Card(s)	Sapphire AMD R9 295x2 \| PowerColor AMD HD7970
Storage	Samsung SSD 830 256GB, various others \| 2x 1TB Seagate Barracudas in RAID1
Display(s)	Dell U2713HM 2560x1440 IPS \| Panasonic TC-L32E5 1080p IPS TV
Case	Thermaltake Suppressor F51 (stripped down to hold two radiators) \| Cooler Master Elite 130
Audio Device(s)	RM-DAC -> Xiang Sheng 708b -> Sennheiser HD650 \| HDMI sound device on 7970
Power Supply	LEPA G1600-MA 1600W \| Corsair CX750M 750W
Software	Win 10 64
Benchmark Scores	over 9000 BungholioMarks, "Bitchin' Fast"

Processor	Intel Core i7 10850K@5.2GHz
Motherboard	AsRock Z470 Taichi
Cooling	Corsair H115i Pro w/ Noctua NF-A14 Fans
Memory	32GB DDR4-3600
Video Card(s)	RTX 2070 Super
Storage	500GB SX8200 Pro + 8TB with 1TB SSD Cache
Display(s)	Acer Nitro VG280K 4K 28"
Case	Fractal Design Define S
Audio Device(s)	Onboard is good enough for me
Power Supply	eVGA SuperNOVA 1000w G3
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64

System Name	Veral
Processor	7800x3D
Motherboard	x670e Asus Crosshair Hero
Cooling	Corsair H150i RGB Elite
Memory	2x24 Klevv Cras V RGB
Video Card(s)	Powercolor 7900XTX Red Devil
Storage	Crucial P5 Plus 1TB, Samsung 980 1TB, Teamgroup MP34 4TB
Display(s)	Acer Nitro XZ342CK Pbmiiphx, 2x AOC 2425W, AOC I1601FWUX
Case	Fractal Design Meshify Lite 2
Audio Device(s)	Blue Yeti + SteelSeries Arctis 5 / Samsung HW-T550
Power Supply	Corsair HX850
Mouse	Corsair Nightsword
Keyboard	Corsair K55
VR HMD	HP Reverb G2
Software	Windows 11 Professional
Benchmark Scores	PEBCAK

System Name	Gaming System / HTPC-Server
Processor	i7 8700K (@4.8 Ghz All-Core) / R7 5900X
Motherboard	Z370 Aorus Ultra Gaming / MSI B450 Mortar Max
Cooling	CM ML360 / CM ML240L
Memory	16Gb Hynix @3200 MHz / 16Gb Hynix @3000Mhz
Video Card(s)	Zotac 3080 / Colorful 1060
Storage	750G MX300 + 2x500G NVMe / 40Tb Reds + 1Tb WD Blue NVMe
Display(s)	LG 27GN800-B 27'' 2K 144Hz / Sony TV
Case	Xigmatek Aquarius Plus / Corsair Air 240
Audio Device(s)	On Board Realtek
Power Supply	Super Flower Leadex III Gold 750W / Andyson TX-700 Platinum
Mouse	Logitech G502 Hero / K400+
Keyboard	Wooting Two / K400+
Software	Windows 10 x64
Benchmark Scores	Cinebench R15 = 1542 3D Mark Timespy = 9758

Ghetto Mods

R-T-B

Misaki

Random Murderer

The Anti-Midas

Misaki

newtekie1

Semi-Retired Folder

Toothless

Tech, Games, and TPU!

silkstone

taz420nj

CAPSLOCKSTUCK

Spaced Out Lunar Tick

micropage7

taz420nj

wagana

AsRock

TPU addict

peche

Thermaltake fanboy

wagana

Random Murderer

The Anti-Midas

wagana

peche

Thermaltake fanboy

kn00tcn

de.das.dude

Pro Indian Modder

MasterFilms

wagana

MasterFilms

peche

Thermaltake fanboy

JunkBear

System Name	Party On
Processor	Xeon w 3520
Motherboard	DFI Lanparty
Cooling	Big tower thing
Memory	6 gb Ballistix Tracer
Video Card(s)	HD 7970
Case	a plank of wood
Audio Device(s)	seperate amp and 6 big speakers
Power Supply	Corsair
Mouse	cheap
Keyboard	under going restoration

Processor	Intel Core i5 6500
Motherboard	MSI H110I PRO
Cooling	Stock
Memory	8 GiB (1x8 GiB) DDR4
Video Card(s)	Integrated
Storage	WD Caviar Blue 1 TB (WD10EZEX)
Display(s)	BenQ GL2250
Audio Device(s)	Integrated
Power Supply	Be Quiet! TFX Power 2 300W (BN228)
Mouse	Gigabyte M5050
Keyboard	Logitech Y-SAF76
Software	OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bits

System Name	Athenna
Processor	intel i7 3770 Dellided
Motherboard	GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 Rev. 1.1
Cooling	Thermaltake Water 3.0 Pro + Tt Riing12 x2 / Tt ThunderBlade / Gelid Slim 120UV fans
Memory	16GB DRR3 Kingoston with Custom Tt spreaders + HyperX Fan
Video Card(s)	GeForce GTX 980 4GB Nvidia Sample
Storage	Crucial M4 SSD 64GB's / Seagate Barracuda 2TB / Seagate Barracuda 320GB's
Display(s)	22" LG FLATRON 1920 x 1280p
Case	Thermaltake Commander G42 Window
Audio Device(s)	On-board Dolby 5.1+ Kingston HyperX Cloud 1
Power Supply	Themaltake TR2 700W 80plus bronce & APC Pro backup 1000Va
Mouse	Tt eSports Level 10M Rev 1.0 Diamond Black & Tt Conkor "L" mouse pad
Keyboard	Tt eSports KNUCKER
Software	windows 10x64Pro
Benchmark Scores	well I've fried a 775' P4 12 years ago, that counts?

System Name	Monke \| Work Thinkpad\| J1nnx took Old Monke
Processor	Ryzen 5600X \| Ryzen 5500U \| FX8320
Motherboard	ASRock B550 Extreme4 \| ? \| Asrock 990FX Extreme 4
Cooling	240mm Rad \| Not needed \| hyper 212 EVO
Memory	2x16GB DDR4 3600 Corsair RGB \| 16 GB DDR4 3600 \| 16GB DDR3 1600
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Pulse RX6700XT 12GB \| Vega 8 \| Sapphire Pulse RX580 8GB
Storage	Samsung 980 nvme (Primary) \| some samsung SSD
Display(s)	Dell 2723DS \| Some 14" 1080p 98%sRGB IPS \| Dell 2240L
Case	Ant Esports Tempered case \| Thinkpad \| Antec
Audio Device(s)	Logitech Z333 \| Jabra corpo stuff
Power Supply	Corsair RM750e \| not needed \| Corsair GS 600
Mouse	Logitech G400 \| nipple
Keyboard	Logitech G213 \| stock kb is awesome \| Logitech K230
VR HMD	;_;
Software	Windows 10 Professional x3
Benchmark Scores	There are no marks on my bench

System Name	Main PC
Processor	i5-2700K @ 4.20GHz
Motherboard	Asus
Cooling	Air cooled
Memory	2x8GB + 2x4GB
Video Card(s)	Asus RTX 3060
Storage	64gb SSD / 4tb SSD
Display(s)	16:9 color screen
Case	Cooler master
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Mouse	Logitech MX518
Keyboard	MEDION KB-9908
Software	Windows 7

System Name	HTPC
Processor	Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 - 3.00/6M/1333
Motherboard	AsRock G31M-GS R2.0
Cooling	CoolerMaster Vortex 752 - Black
Memory	4 Go (2x2) Kingston ValueRam DDR2-800
Video Card(s)	Asus EN8600GT/HTDP/512M
Storage	WD 3200AAKS
Display(s)	32" Irico E320GV-FHD
Case	Aerocool Qx-2000
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Enermax NoiseTaker 2 - 465w
Mouse	Logitech Wave MK550 combo (M510)
Keyboard	Logitech Wave MK550 combo (K350)
Software	Win_7_Pro-French
Benchmark Scores	Windows index : 6.5 / 6.5 / 5.6 / 6.3 / 5.9