Ghetto Mods

[Decryptor009]

I've repurposed a couple of these on occasion...

Office Depot Brand Mesh File Sorter Black - Office Depot

This collection gives your desk a sleek contemporary look. Plus see through mesh saves you valuable time when retrieving documents and office essentials.

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I have found this.. but i need to buy some tin snips to cut it, plus i will need to apply something to the edges due to sharpness.

2 Pack Stainless Steel Woven Wire 20 Mesh, Air Vent Mesh 12"X8"(300X 210mm),Hard and Heat Resisting Screen Mesh, Never Rust,304 Stainless Screen Mesh, 1mm Hole Easy to Cut : Amazon.co.uk: DIY & Tools

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Also this stuff which is far easier to work with but not as durable.

Insect Mesh 60cm Wide Flame & Water Resistant for Flies, Mosquitoes, Moths & Insects (1 meter) : Amazon.co.uk: Garden & Outdoors

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And thinking of spraying the entire chassis in Gloss Red.

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It is a cheapo case, but some creativity could make it better.

In fact this may just turn into a full project.

X58 BloodRage from Foxconn as inspiration and Old 1945 and upwards car styling...

 

[xtreemchaos]

bet everyones done this, vrm cooling on a shoestring my chick like it.

 

[Valantar]

So i unscrewed my front glass panel off my CIT chassis, this opens airflow like a nuclear bomb can destroy a city...

But i need to mesh it up, any idea for good meshing to glue to the front of the case?

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Get a magnetic Demciflex filter and skip the glue?

 

[lexluthermiester]

But i need to mesh it up, any idea for good meshing to glue to the front of the case?

Black window screen mesh, cut and folded to fit. You can get either the flexible stuff or the ridged varieties at most hardware stores. Not too expensive either. If you can't find it in black, a can of flat black spray paint will do nicely. Just remember, 3 or 4 light coats are always stronger/better than one thick coat. Dripage sucks and looks terrible.

 

[Ahhzz]

Black window screen mesh, cut and folded to fit. You can get either the flexible stuff or the ridged varieties at most hardware stores. Not too expensive either. If you can's find it in black, a can of flat black stray paint will do nicely. Just remember, 3 or 4 light coats are always stronger/better than one thick coat. Dripage sucks and looks terrible.

Oooh, Lex has a point here! They make black screen mesh that's designed to be "pet proof". We used some on the lower half of our porch when I screened it in. Tough stuff, still very flexible, but not going to just shred, and looks pretty sleek.

 

[Animalpak]

Is there a rap song as " Ghetto mods " ? Somebody should do it.

 

[tussinman]

Love looking back at these old 2008-2011 era builds. Non existent cable mangements options on the cases, inefficent air coolers, and laughable stock GPU coolers. PC hardware has come a long way for sure

4890 3rd party cooler mod. I was going to add a larger VRM heatsink + ram cooler but seems like the stock plate does a good enough job of it anyways. Thats why there is some fins missing as it was on a HIS H487FN1GP before and the heatsink used to fit in that gap.

Love this post and the pictures (page 7 post #167). You still post on here so I thought you would get a good laugh looking back at your 2009 era zip tie mod

 

[micropage7]

Please reuse it

And i reuse it as dampening for my mechanical keyboard

So far it works pretty good to reduce the sound and makes the keyboard more solid

 

[silentbogo]

So far it works pretty good to reduce the sound and makes the keyboard more solid

Nice. Though, I'd stick with foam pads from motherboard/GPU boxes, if the space allows it - they do miracles for vibration dampening (my to-go material for uncooperative laptop HDDs).

 

[sam_86314]

Experimenting with something I want to do to my GPU...

Not sure if I should grab 3 92mm fans or try and use two 120s.

Temps are surprisingly decent with just the one fan, though I probably shouldn't push it without a fan on the other heatsink.

 

[Valantar]

Experimenting with something I want to do to my GPU...

Not sure if I should grab 3 92mm fans or try and use two 120s.

Temps are surprisingly decent with just the one fan, though I probably shouldn't push it without a fan on the other heatsink.

Both are likely to work well, but IMO two 120mms are the way to go. Likely more total airflow, less noise, fewer fans to mount, fewer headers needed, etc. If your fans are PWM and you want the GPU to control their speed there are adapters all over ebay for that (depending on the header on your GPU, of course).

 

[AsRock]

Some fairly good PCI fan brackets out these days, should work way better than any of these AIB fans and even better if you remove the shroud like you have done.

Been running my 390X a while like that works much better

 

[sam_86314]

Went with two 120mm fans. They're attached with copious amounts of zip ties...

It may not be pretty, but it's much quieter now. Still need to test temperatures.

 

[Apocalypsee]

Went with two 120mm fans. They're attached with copious amounts of zip ties...

It may not be pretty, but it's much quieter now. Still need to test temperatures.

Looks nice to be ghetto IMO

 

[dont whant to set it"']

One bare Megahalems heatsink with the stock center bar for intel mount under a mounting clip from a stock am2/2+/3 cooler with some high density cardboard folded once and trice in-between + fan with fan clips from another cooler, all on a AM4 platform. Results no sooner than tomorrow , because job.

 

[lexluthermiester]

One bare Megahalems heatsink with the stock center bar for intel mount under a mounting clip from a stock am2/2+/3 cooler with some high density cardboard folded once and trice in-between + fan with fan clips from another cooler, all on a AM4 platform. Results no sooner than tomorrow , because job.

It'll work.

 

[pantherx12]

Hello ghetto modders.

Anyone mess around with laptop heatsinks before?

Looking for a way to increase mounting pressure. Laptop has sprung screws for mounting.

My initial although slightly destructive warranty voiding option was to clip the spring length by 1mm ( of the entire length of spring still not 1mm measuring the spring as a component vertically)

However there has to be a simpler way.

Suggestions please!

Also pics tomorrow of me covering the heat spreader all kind of loose MOSFET and memory cooling heatsinks.

 

[Apocalypsee]

Hello ghetto modders.

Anyone mess around with laptop heatsinks before?

Looking for a way to increase mounting pressure. Laptop has sprung screws for mounting.

My initial although slightly destructive warranty voiding option was to clip the spring length by 1mm ( of the entire length of spring still not 1mm measuring the spring as a component vertically)

However there has to be a simpler way.

Suggestions please!

Also pics tomorrow of me covering the heat spreader all kind of loose MOSFET and memory cooling heatsinks.

How about some metal washers?

 

[pantherx12]

How about some metal washers?

Where would I fit them?

Wouldn't the same amount of pressure be applied due to the springs ?

 

[sam_86314]

Where would I fit them?

Wouldn't the same amount of pressure be applied due to the springs ?

Probably between the heatsink and the screws' heads. Compressing the springs more would increase mounting pressure.

Probably similar to the washer mod for AMD GPUs.

 

[Apocalypsee]

Probably between the heatsink and the screws' heads. Compressing the springs more would increase mounting pressure.

Probably similar to the washer mod for AMD GPUs.

Yep, this is what I meant.

 

[dont whant to set it"']

So far so ~£400 "saved" from not buying : protection gear , dremel , cordless drill , welding aparatus , materials , consumables , etc. , by a piece of cardboard , not that I would mind having the tools but priorities , actually I do have the tools and gear except from the dremel , all thousands of miles away.

Peak temperature reported by cpuidhwmonitor is 81 C averaging mid-low 70's , I better shut this off before the PSU blows in my face from running fanless or burns the desk.

Best result so far : it did not crash! . These 7nm are finiky when it comes to keeping them cool at their peaks.
Le: 2nd pic , peak temp with the CPU cooler fanless(horizontally) for 30 secs while I plugged a fan for the PSU and get started on the Ryzen master app.

Massive le: don't try this at home ! .

it crashed 10 seconds in , with 1.368v at 4550mhz, "sign" that I should move it to a proper PSU and in the chassis.

 

[lexluthermiester]

It has occurred to me, sometimes it's a good thing to be in the ghetto!!

 

[micropage7]

my old headphone got broken, the plastic clips broken, not only one but both so i use plastic and UTP cable to make it work and cover it by using electrical tape

 

[dont whant to set it"']

A little dab should do it .