Ghetto Mods

oobymach · Jul 26, 2022

AVATARAT said:
This Peltier (80w), combined with improved case airflow resulted in more than 10C degrees on the 6800 XT that I transfer to more overclock
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What are the red and black wires for between the gpu and heatsink?

1freedude · Jul 26, 2022

oobymach said:
What are the red and black wires for between the gpu and heatsink?

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Powered cooling.

Also, if you apply heat to the surface of a T.E.C., and allow for cooling the other side, a current will be generated, either negative or positive, depending on the side heated.

P4-630 · Jul 26, 2022

No more DVD drive, it's all about cooling now.
And trying to keep the dust out as much as possible...

AVATARAT · Jul 26, 2022

The Peltier is not very efficient but worked well for some projects.
In this case, my GPU's backplate by default has a thermal pad, so I can use it "as it is" without void warranty / watercool and the result is good enough for the money.
And this help in benchmarks and for more quiet gaming

oobymach said:
What are the red and black wires for between the gpu and heatsink?

This:

1freedude said:
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Powered cooling.

Also, if you apply heat to the surface of a T.E.C., and allow for cooling the other side, a current will be generated, either negative or positive, depending on the side heated.

oobymach · Jul 26, 2022

Got new ram, heatsink was too tall (one chip sits under the drive bay). Solution? Score the surface with a knife and bend it with pliers, custom low profile heatsink.

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Also finished the blower, had to make a custom y adapter to run 2 fans, wound up wiring it backwards and released the magic smoke, so I had to come up with a different solution which was to make a small box with one end open and stick a fan in it. It works well, no more hot gpu.

Mussels · Jul 27, 2022

Morgoth said:
liqeuid cooling setup on the outside of the case

Honestly, one day i want QDC's and an external radiator outside the house like the fun nutjobs that bury them underground

wolf · Jul 27, 2022

Mussels said:
Honestly, one day i want QDC's and an external radiator outside the house like the fun nutjobs that bury them underground

This enters my mind periodically too, like the backyard ditch full of copper tubes, radiators in the crawlspace, laying copper tubing in the slab when you build, just a bassive reservoir of buried water... lots of possibilities.

Morgoth · Jul 27, 2022

Mussels said:
Honestly, one day i want QDC's and an external radiator outside the house like the fun nutjobs that bury them underground

i remember some one on this forum that did that several years ago not sure who it was

68Olds · Aug 10, 2022

Old Core2Duo system I'm playing with in the basement. Hoping to get X1900 Crossfire going in it too.

delshay · Aug 10, 2022

68Olds said:
Old Core2Duo system I'm playing with in the basement. Hoping to get X1900 Crossfire going in it too.

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That's a ABIT GURU display Panel. Is that compatible with you motherboard. AFAIK it's 939 motherboards only.

joemama · Aug 10, 2022

68Olds said:
Old Core2Duo system I'm playing with in the basement. Hoping to get X1900 Crossfire going in it too.

I love that CMOS button cover

68Olds · Aug 10, 2022

delshay said:
That's a ABIT GURU display Panel. Is that compatible with you motherboard. AFAIK it's 939 motherboards only.

The uGURU panel works with any Abit mobo with a uGURU port. It is working with the AW9D-Max and it also works with my older AA8XE Pentium mobo.

Valantar · Aug 15, 2022

Mussels said:
Honestly, one day i want QDC's and an external radiator outside the house like the fun nutjobs that bury them underground

Considering your ongoing saga of ~~biohazard and chemical hazard control~~ loop cleaning, does this seem like a healthy dream to be nurturing?

mechtech · Aug 16, 2022

Mussels said:
Honestly, one day i want QDC's and an external radiator outside the house like the fun nutjobs that bury them underground

lol
I was thinking if trying that. I'm curious what the CPU temp would be when the outside air is -40C

Probably get condensation on the cooler block lol

And I thought my lego gpu support was ghetto. I got nothing on anything in this thread lol

micropage7 · Aug 17, 2022

the problem of laptop charger is the cable, i make reinforcement by using nylon string then glue it by using hot glue

micropage7 · Aug 22, 2022

my old laptop motherboard died and i make it as wall clock

68Olds · Aug 28, 2022

Here's a few more pictures of the Core2 Duo Crossfire recreation.

ARGB fans set to Blue LED.

Side panel open, super crowded & more blue LEDs. Thermaltake Spark 7+ 6K rpm 70mm fan (running at 4980 rpm - see uGuru picture) hanging on the RAM with zip ties.

Abit uGuru panel fired up running Prime95 @ 3.6GHz & 52C. And more blue LED.

freeagent · Aug 30, 2022

So, with my board if I use the lower M.2 I lose sata 5+6.. not a big deal right now. But if I use the GPU support, I lose sata 3+4 too.. which is a bit annoying.

So I came up with a quick modification out of some spare parts sitting in my tray. It is rubber isolated from the mount.. sort of, not that it really matters much with my current fan config.. but when running the stock case fan config it is pretty quiet. Just ensuring it stays that way for when I do go back to quiet mode

ThrashZone · Aug 30, 2022

Hi,
That's not ghetto
Throw some tape or ziptie on it :laugh:

A Computer Guy · Aug 31, 2022

Not sure if this classifies as getto enough but if drilling holes into perfectly good fans makes you squeamish then look away now.

Here is one way to keep RGB extension cables from falling apart.

Count von Schwalbe · Aug 31, 2022

A Computer Guy said:
Not sure if this classifies as getto enough but if drilling holes into perfectly good fans makes you squeamish then look away now.

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Here is one way to keep RGB extension cables from falling apart.

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Poor fans. Out of curiosity, could you not have used the screws to zip tie to?

A Computer Guy · Aug 31, 2022

Count von Schwalbe said:
Poor fans. Out of curiosity, could you not have used the screws to zip tie to?

The screws would have forced the zip tie into a undesirable angle with the cable. The holes allow at least a 45 degree angle with the wire allowing me to run it in a more or less straight fashion with the fans but also I didn't want to deal with zip ties falling out when I unscrew the fans. I can just keep the fans bundled together now. Depending on the minimal extent I want to go though to take my rad out for cleaning I only need to unscrew the one fan and let it dangle for the clearance to exit my case.

lexluthermiester · Aug 31, 2022

A Computer Guy said:
Not sure if this classifies as getto enough but if drilling holes into perfectly good fans makes you squeamish then look away now.

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Here is one way to keep RGB extension cables from falling apart.

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It depends on the opinion of the viewer, but I think those are excellent mods!

micropage7 · Sep 3, 2022

even it's low end router why some brands not giving enough ventilation on it

as usual, aluminum can heatsink and

made some holes for better ventilation

A Computer Guy · Sep 5, 2022

I have a new one. Anti kink on soft tubing with zip ties.

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Mouse	Logitech G502 Hero custom w. G900 scroll wheel mod, Rival 3 + Rival 3 wireless, JLab Epic Mouse
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Ghetto Mods

oobymach

1freedude

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P4-630

AVATARAT

Global Leader in Materials, Networking, and Lasers | Coherent

oobymach

Mussels

Freshwater Moderator

wolf

Better Than Native

Morgoth

Fueled by Sapphire

68Olds

delshay

joemama

68Olds

Valantar

mechtech

micropage7

micropage7

68Olds

freeagent

Moderator

ThrashZone

A Computer Guy

Count von Schwalbe

Moderator

A Computer Guy

lexluthermiester

micropage7

A Computer Guy

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Mouse	Logitech M575
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