Ghetto Mods

jboydgolfer · Apr 21, 2016

This one makes my R&D for Cooler masters PC cooling division look like straight up Hax....
Router cooling 101, instead of spending 40 minutes trying to unscrew the tiny hex nuts...look to see if it has a removable brand name Badge, that covers up a gaping hole in the cover (MUST be for extra cooling, why else leave it Bare processor underneath?)
only problem now is How will I know its a Netgear router that overheating?

AsRock · Apr 23, 2016

Pics still not great but here ya go.

jaw shwaa · Apr 28, 2016

Wow , I've been a lurker on this forum for about 7 years now , and this has been one of my favorite threads , so inspirational. As my first post I though I would share some of my ghetto mods

so first I scored one of these from craigslist for $15 , but alas , the woofer had no life left in it

i had an extra 6 inch woofer and some 8 inch pvc pipe laying around , i think you get the idea

I actually used the same amp and electronics from the logitech sub , and it sounds wayyyy better . the back plate is still duct taped on until the silicone and glue dries..

Is two mods too much for a first post?

I happened to get an old 775 socket mobo and cpu from a friend that had no heat sink , so I took a 478b socket heatsink from an old dell and took my angle grinder to it , so it would clear the capacitors around the socket and zip tied that sucker on there!

i didn't bother cleaning off the old thermal past while i was grinding it down.its ugly I know

ghetto , no question , effective , no doubt .

glad to be a part of the forum

AsRock · Apr 28, 2016

I am guessing it tightened the bass up and sounds more in control ?. I hate Logitech subs they are to sloppy for my liking.

Maybe pick up a speaker grill for it if you plan to keep using it so your foot don't end up in it

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jaw shwaa · Apr 29, 2016

AsRock said:
I am guessing it tightened the bass up and sounds more in control ?. I hate Logitech subs they are to sloppy for my liking.

Maybe pick up a speaker grill for it if you plan to keep using it so your foot don't end up in it .

ha !i had considered putting my foot through the original logitech woofer after i bought it . I've been keeping it off to the side under my desk though . i'll quote meatwad from aqua teen hunger force "i made it out of stuff i found in the yard"

cdawall · Apr 29, 2016

Fixed my raid card overheating issues

What's sad is it has about the same TDP as the CPU in this build.

dorsetknob · Apr 29, 2016

The Real Pity is that they a BGA would have been nice if it was Socketed ( and upgradeable

..)

jaw shwaa · Apr 30, 2016

cdawall said:
Fixed my raid card overheating issues

What's sad is it has about the same TDP as the CPU in this build.

Zipties, is there any thing they can't fix..

Misaki · Jun 4, 2016

When you don't want to spend 10$ on cooler because system is an old crap anyway:

AsRock · Jun 4, 2016

is that a bulging cap i see there, or at least starting to be ?, the far gold one might be starting unless that's just the light.

Jetster · Jun 4, 2016

Its just flexing it muscle

AsRock · Jun 4, 2016

Better to catch early than to late, not every thing made like a Samsung TV\Monitor

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Misaki · Jun 4, 2016

AsRock said:
is that a bulging cap i see there, or at least starting to be ?, the far gold one might be starting unless that's just the light.

No worries, everything's good. Only thing that needs repairing now is a graphics card though. My friend bought it as "100% okay ASUS 6200", which turned out to be ~80% okay XFX 6200

AsRock · Jun 4, 2016

well thought i would say it could be just how the angle and light was.

But those for sure

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wagana · Jun 4, 2016

AsRock said:
is that a bulging cap i see there, or at least starting to be ?, the far gold one might be starting unless that's just the light.

It's not, maybe the light+the "K" shaped vent fools the eye
Also it seems to be a Rubycon

de.das.dude · Jun 4, 2016

ahh the good ol ghetto modders club. good times.

MasterFilms · Jun 6, 2016

Ahhzz said:
does it have to be ugly to be ghetto?

http://imgur.com/a/fvh1M

Most impressive is the Floppy drive, starting about 4/5 of the way down...

oh shit this is exactly what i like. but that monitor and mouse ruin it.

jaw shwaa · Jul 3, 2016

here's another ghetto mod that looks pretty cool
this case is a corsair carbide spec-01

this case came with red leds and didn't match my theme . i didn't have any blue leds laying around so i swapped the red leds on the light bar above the usb and audio ports with white leds and just used a blue sharpie on the plastic light bar...

it still doesn't look bad even when its off , but i still plan on using actual blue leds in the future

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · Jul 8, 2016

I was given 2 of these

So i used a can of car spray which cost £1.00 to paint the cooler and case. 300ml was just about enough to do the cooler, inside and rear of the case. The case was standard grey before i sprayed it.

It transforms the entire build for a quid.

MasterFilms · Jul 8, 2016

Not really computer related but heres a temporary resistor bypass because i dont have one right now

PP Mguire · Jul 13, 2016

This was my masterpiece from this morning.

dorsetknob · Jul 13, 2016

when one zip tie is not long enough zip more than one together

^^^^

PP Mguire · Jul 14, 2016

dorsetknob said:
when one zip tie is not long enough zip more than one together ^^^^

Indeed. That card isn't going anywhere unless I cut them too and if I 3D printed a panel for it I would take it to LANs lol.

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · Jul 14, 2016

Brilliant for cutting "overtight" cable ties

PP Mguire · Jul 14, 2016

I got some of these in the office and at home.

http://i.imgur.com/wPRWhySl.jpg

System Name	Americas cure is the death of Social Justice & Political Correctness
Processor	i7-11700K
Motherboard	Asrock Z590 Extreme wifi 6E
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12A
Memory	32GB Corsair RGB fancy boi 5000
Video Card(s)	RTX 3090 Reference
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo 1Tb + Samsung 970 Evo 500Gb
Display(s)	Dell - 27" LED QHD G-SYNC x2
Case	Fractal Design Meshify-C
Audio Device(s)	on board
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus+ Gold 1000 Watt
Mouse	Logitech G502 spectrum
Keyboard	AZIO MGK-1 RGB (Kaith Blue)
Software	Win 10 Professional 64 bit
Benchmark Scores	the MLGeesiest

System Name	Madness
Processor	6700k delidded 5.0ghz from silicone lottery
Motherboard	Msi z270 m5
Cooling	xspc cpu block , ek pump/res , alphacool 360 rad , ek fc x2 , monsoon fittings
Memory	corsair dominator platinum16gb with light bar kit
Video Card(s)	Msi 1070 seahawk x2
Storage	adata sp550 256gb , seagate 1tb
Display(s)	hp 24' monitors x3
Case	Phanteks enthoo evolve tempered glass
Audio Device(s)	Samsung 5.1 surround system
Power Supply	xfx 1250w pro series , custom cables
Mouse	Logitech g403
Keyboard	Logitech g11 ,painted white and black

System Name	Madness
Processor	6700k delidded 5.0ghz from silicone lottery
Motherboard	Msi z270 m5
Cooling	xspc cpu block , ek pump/res , alphacool 360 rad , ek fc x2 , monsoon fittings
Memory	corsair dominator platinum16gb with light bar kit
Video Card(s)	Msi 1070 seahawk x2
Storage	adata sp550 256gb , seagate 1tb
Display(s)	hp 24' monitors x3
Case	Phanteks enthoo evolve tempered glass
Audio Device(s)	Samsung 5.1 surround system
Power Supply	xfx 1250w pro series , custom cables
Mouse	Logitech g403
Keyboard	Logitech g11 ,painted white and black

System Name	All the cores
Processor	2990WX
Motherboard	Asrock X399M
Cooling	CPU-XSPC RayStorm Neo, 2x240mm+360mm, D5PWM+140mL, GPU-2x360mm, 2xbyski, D4+D5+100mL
Memory	4x16GB G.Skill 3600
Video Card(s)	(2) EVGA SC BLACK 1080Ti's
Storage	2x Samsung SM951 512GB, Samsung PM961 512GB
Display(s)	Dell UP2414Q 3840X2160@60hz
Case	Caselabs Mercury S5+pedestal
Audio Device(s)	Fischer HA-02->Fischer FA-002W High edition/FA-003/Jubilate/FA-011 depending on my mood
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime 1200w
Mouse	Thermaltake Theron, Steam controller
Keyboard	Keychron K8
Software	W10P

System Name	Madness
Processor	6700k delidded 5.0ghz from silicone lottery
Motherboard	Msi z270 m5
Cooling	xspc cpu block , ek pump/res , alphacool 360 rad , ek fc x2 , monsoon fittings
Memory	corsair dominator platinum16gb with light bar kit
Video Card(s)	Msi 1070 seahawk x2
Storage	adata sp550 256gb , seagate 1tb
Display(s)	hp 24' monitors x3
Case	Phanteks enthoo evolve tempered glass
Audio Device(s)	Samsung 5.1 surround system
Power Supply	xfx 1250w pro series , custom cables
Mouse	Logitech g403
Keyboard	Logitech g11 ,painted white and black

Ghetto Mods

jboydgolfer

AsRock

TPU addict

jaw shwaa

AsRock

TPU addict

jaw shwaa

cdawall

where the hell are my stars

dorsetknob

"YOUR RMA REQUEST IS CON-REFUSED"

jaw shwaa

Misaki

AsRock

TPU addict

Jetster

AsRock

TPU addict

Misaki

AsRock

TPU addict

wagana

de.das.dude

Pro Indian Modder

MasterFilms

jaw shwaa

CAPSLOCKSTUCK

Spaced Out Lunar Tick

MasterFilms

Attachments

PP Mguire

dorsetknob

"YOUR RMA REQUEST IS CON-REFUSED"

PP Mguire

CAPSLOCKSTUCK

Spaced Out Lunar Tick

PP Mguire

System Name	Juliette // My HTPC
Processor	Intel i7 9700K // AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
Motherboard	ASUS Prime Z390X-A // ASRock B550 ITX-AC
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12 Black // Stock
Memory	Corsair DDR4 3600 32gb //G.SKILL Trident Z Royal Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 3600
Video Card(s)	ASUS RTX4070 OC// ASUS RTX 4060 OC
Storage	Samsung 970 EVO NVMe 1Tb, Intel 665p Series M.2 2280 1TB // Samsung 1Tb SSD
Display(s)	ASUS VP348QGL 34" Quad HD 3440 x 1440 // 55" LG 4K SK8000 Series
Case	Seasonic SYNCRO Q7// Silverstone Granada GD05
Audio Device(s)	Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 // HDMI to Samsung HW-R650 sound bar
Power Supply	Seasonic SYNCRO 750 W // CORSAIR Vengeance 650M
Mouse	G903 and a Master Mouse MM710/No mouse, MS game copntroller
Keyboard	EVGA / Logitech K400
Software	Windows 11 Pro // Windows 10 Pro

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	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	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

System Name	Univac SLI Edition
Processor	Intel Xeon 1650 V3 @ 4.2GHz
Motherboard	eVGA X99 FTW K
Cooling	EK Supremacy EVO, Swiftech MCP50x, Alphacool NeXXos UT60 360, Black Ice GTX 360
Memory	2x16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 3000MHz
Video Card(s)	Nvidia Titan X Tri-SLI w/ EK Blocks
Storage	HyperX Predator 240GB PCI-E, Samsung 850 Pro 512GB
Display(s)	Dell UltraSharp 34" Ultra-Wide (U3415W) / (Samsung 48" Curved 4k)
Case	Phanteks Enthoo Pro M Acrylic Edition
Audio Device(s)	Sound Blaster Z
Power Supply	Thermaltake 1350watt Toughpower Modular
Mouse	Logitech G502
Keyboard	CODE 10 keyless MX Clears
Software	Windows 10 Pro