Ghetto Mods

P4-630 · Jan 13, 2024

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Macro Device · Jan 13, 2024

P4-630 said:
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Shame!

micropage7 · Jan 14, 2024

i need something to hold the battery without gluing it to the case

InVasMani · Jan 14, 2024

P4-630 said:
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(not my pic)

Finally a trap for Mussels...I mean case! We swear it's just a ghetto mod case nothing fishy about it...why don't you take a look inside!!?

ShrimpBrime · Jan 14, 2024

InVasMani said:
Finally a trap for Mussels...I mean case! We swear it's just a ghetto mod case nothing fishy about it...why don't you take a look inside!!?

You mean @Mussels ??

Like a bear trap for sea life??

Yep, I'm out!!

Count von Schwalbe · Jan 14, 2024

InVasMani said:
Finally a trap for Mussels...I mean case! We swear it's just a ghetto mod case nothing fishy about it...why don't you take a look inside!!?

I would have said R-T-B, myself...

lexluthermiester · Jan 15, 2024

Here's my latest ghetto effort...

I present you a custom fan shroud made from foam poster board, card stock and toilet paper glued together with a mix of clear, Elmers and wood glue.
This was made to facilitate the use of a 120mm fan to replace an 80mm fan that broke a blade and was always very load to be begin with.

Here's the fan mounted blowing in a push config;

And here it is in a pull config;

Works really well too! Pull seems to work better under load. Either way cools better than the original 80mm fan and is very quiet comparatively.

micropage7 · Jan 16, 2024

lexluthermiester said:
Here's my latest ghetto effort...

I present you a custom fan shroud made from foam poster board, card stock and toilet paper glued together with a mix of clear, Elmers and wood glue.
This was made to facilitate the use of a 120mm fan to replace an 80mm fan that broke a blade and was always very load to be begin with.
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Here's the fan mounted blowing in a push config;
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And here it is in a pull config;
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Works really well too! Pull seems to work better under load. Either way cools better than the original 80mm fan and is very quiet comparatively.

although it's still ghetto it still looks pretty neat

budget_Optiplex · Jan 17, 2024

Today's ghetto mod is another idea for a cheap GPU support brace. I finally upgraded from an 11 year old GPU to a 5 year old GPU, and thusly my previous brace which was a cut down dental irrigation syringe wouldn't quite work here as I wanted something smaller in diameter. So again I wandered my castle and came up with using the lid from a dead Sharpie marker, after cutting the pocket clip off of course. It was the perfect height for my mATX case and PNY GTX 1660!!

joemama · Jan 17, 2024

budget_Optiplex said:
Today's ghetto mod is another idea for a cheap GPU support brace. I finally upgraded from an 11 year old GPU to a 5 year old GPU, and thusly my previous brace which was a cut down dental irrigation syringe wouldn't quite work here as I wanted something smaller in diameter. So again I wandered my castle and came up with using the lid from a dead Sharpie marker, after cutting the pocket clip off of course. It was the perfect height for my mATX case and PNY GTX 1660!!

(Laughs in disposable chopsticks GPU support bracket)

lexluthermiester · Jan 17, 2024

micropage7 said:
although it's still ghetto it still looks pretty neat

It did turn out decent, didn't it?

budget_Optiplex said:
Today's ghetto mod is another idea for a cheap GPU support brace. I finally upgraded from an 11 year old GPU to a 5 year old GPU, and thusly my previous brace which was a cut down dental irrigation syringe wouldn't quite work here as I wanted something smaller in diameter. So again I wandered my castle and came up with using the lid from a dead Sharpie marker, after cutting the pocket clip off of course. It was the perfect height for my mATX case and PNY GTX 1660!!

We can't see any hot glue or anything. Is it just friction mounted?

joemama said:
(Laughs in disposable chopsticks GPU support bracket)

Chopsticks?!? What? I see a marker pen cap.

Steve-007UK · Jan 17, 2024

Took the Angle Grinder to my NZXT H510 case today as wanted more airflow.
I just need to tidy up a few bits and so far it's looking ok i think and temps seemed to have droped by upto 7c when gaming

theouto · Jan 17, 2024

Steve-007UK said:
Took the Angle Grinder to my NZXT H510 case today as wanted more airflow.
I just need to tidy up a few bits and so far it's looking ok i think and temps seemed to have droped by upto 7c when gaming
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GN would be proud

Steve-007UK · Jan 17, 2024

theouto said:
GN would be proud

GamersNexus?

I just need some more noctua fans now to replace them blue things that i was just using from an old case to test with haha

Macro Device · Jan 21, 2024

This is not mine but...

Courier 6 · Jan 21, 2024

Steve-007UK said:
Took the Angle Grinder to my NZXT H510 case today as wanted more airflow.
I just need to tidy up a few bits and so far it's looking ok i think and temps seemed to have droped by upto 7c when gaming
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looks good

Tomgang · Jan 21, 2024

Beginner Micro Device said:
This is not mine but...

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Looks like something a prisoner could make. To stab a security guard to escape or something.

Well i guess its time to find my old memory modules and make some knifes to make some food geek style...

Macro Device · Jan 21, 2024

Tomgang said:
Looks like something a prisoner could make. To stab a security guard to escape or something.

One guy (from Russia or Ukraine, don't quite remember) was tryna learn how to code when he was serving his sentence but he lacked access to computers (he was asking about some weird necro stuff cca early Symbian era and was asked why he won't do all this on a PC and he answered, "Where the heck do I find a PC in jail?") so at least in this part of the globe, having knives made of RAM whilst imprisoned is rather a sick fantasy.

xmanrigger · Jan 21, 2024

Jetster said:
Might need to return it

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You win! That is hilarious.

InVasMani · Jan 23, 2024

Beginner Micro Device said:
This is not mine but...

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As yes fond memories of the amnesia dagger...I knew I left that somewhere.

Count von Schwalbe · Jan 23, 2024

InVasMani said:
fond memories of the amnesia

Do you really, though?

masterdeejay · Jan 24, 2024

P104-100 Mining card as an 3D accelerator.
For display i use an old HD5570 modded uefi bios, hdmi to dvi adapter. Belinea 19" 5:4 lcd 2004.
Dell T5810 all core boost and rebar bios modded, 4x16gb ecc reg, xeon 2687wv3, 256gb sp ssd.

Schnipey · Jan 24, 2024

Built the ultimate gaming machine for girlfriend with old parts :laugh:

Ryzen 7 1700
RX 6700 XT
16GB DDR4 3000

Gotta love the Corsair fan zip tied to the disk bays

micropage7 · Feb 4, 2024

and back again, the previous mod actually works pretty well just after several weeks i found alot of dust entering the router, so i have an idea how to keep the big heatsink without let the dust entering the router, so i make bubble by using plastic bottle and hot glue it to the body

i just forgot i need to mod the adapter, coz of bad contact, so i wrap the copper wire there and i fill the empty area with plastic to make it sit tight

P4-630 · Feb 9, 2024

Yeah!!.........

System Name	AlderLake
Processor	Intel i7 12700K P-Cores @ 5Ghz
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Master
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12A 2 fans + Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut Extreme + 5 case fans
Memory	32GB DDR5 Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 6000MT/s CL36
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 2070 Super Gaming X Trio
Storage	Samsung 980 Pro 1TB + 970 Evo 500GB + 850 Pro 512GB + 860 Evo 1TB x2
Display(s)	23.8" Dell S2417DG 165Hz G-Sync 1440p
Case	Be quiet! Silent Base 600 - Window
Audio Device(s)	Panasonic SA-PMX94 / Realtek onboard + B&O speaker system / Harman Kardon Go + Play / Logitech G533
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus Plus Gold 750W
Mouse	Logitech MX Anywhere 2 Laser wireless
Keyboard	RAPOO E9270P Black 5GHz wireless
Software	Windows 11
Benchmark Scores	Cinebench R23 (Single Core) 1936 @ stock Cinebench R23 (Multi Core) 23006 @ stock

System Name	DLSS / YOLO-PC / FULLRETARD
Processor	i5-12400F / 10600KF / C2D E6750
Motherboard	Gigabyte B760M DS3H / Z490 Vision D / P5GC-MX/1333
Cooling	Laminar RM1 / Gammaxx 400 / 775 Box cooler
Memory	32 GB DDR4-3200 / 16 GB DDR4-3333 / 3 GB DDR2-700
Video Card(s)	RX 6700 XT / R9 380 2 GB / 9600 GT
Storage	A couple SSDs, m.2 NVMe included / 240 GB CX1 / 500 GB HDD
Display(s)	Compit HA2704 / MSi G2712 / non-existent
Case	Matrexx 55 / Junkyard special / non-existent
Audio Device(s)	Want loud, use headphones. Want quiet, use satellites.
Power Supply	Thermaltake 1000 W / Corsair CX650M / non-existent
Mouse	Don't disturb, cheese eating in progress...
Keyboard	Makes some noise. Probably onto something.
VR HMD	I live in real reality and don't need a virtual one.
Software	Windows 11 / 10 / 8

System Name	micropage7
Processor	Intel Xeon X3470
Motherboard	Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. P55A-UD3R (Socket 1156)
Cooling	Enermax ETS-T40F
Memory	Samsung 8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3
Video Card(s)	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800
Storage	V-GEN03AS18EU120GB, Seagate 2 x 1TB and Seagate 4TB
Display(s)	Samsung 21 inch LCD Wide Screen
Case	Icute Super 18
Audio Device(s)	Auzentech X-Fi Forte
Power Supply	Silverstone 600 Watt
Mouse	Logitech G502
Keyboard	Sades Excalibur + Taihao keycaps
Software	Win 7 64-bit
Benchmark Scores	Classified

System Name	I don't name my rig
Processor	14700K
Motherboard	Asus TUF Z790
Cooling	Air/water/DryIce
Memory	DDR5 G.Skill Z5 RGB 6000mhz C36
Video Card(s)	RTX 4070 Super
Storage	980 Pro
Display(s)	Some LED 1080P TV
Case	Open bench
Audio Device(s)	Some Old Sherwood stereo and old cabinet speakers
Power Supply	Corsair 1050w HX series
Mouse	Razor Mamba Tournament Edition
Keyboard	Logitech G910
VR HMD	Quest 2
Software	Windows
Benchmark Scores	Max Freq 13700K 6.7ghz DryIce Max Freq 14700K 7.0ghz DryIce Max all time Freq FX-8300 7685mhz LN2

System Name	Work Computer \| Unfinished Computer
Processor	Core i7-6700 \| Ryzen 5 5600X
Motherboard	Dell Q170 \| Gigabyte Aorus Elite Wi-Fi
Cooling	A fan? \| Truly Custom Loop
Memory	4x4GB Crucial 2133 C17 \| 4x8GB Corsair Vengeance RGB 3600 C26
Video Card(s)	Dell Radeon R7 450 \| RTX 2080 Ti FE
Storage	Crucial BX500 2TB \| TBD
Display(s)	3x LG QHD 32" GSM5B96 \| TBD
Case	Dell \| Heavily Modified Phanteks P400
Power Supply	Dell TFX Non-standard \| EVGA BQ 650W
Mouse	Monster No-Name $7 Gaming Mouse\| TBD

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P4-630

System Name	even lower budget then an old Optiplex :)
Processor	Intel Xeon E5-2643 v3 - 3.4GHz
Motherboard	Lenovo Orion - X99 chipset
Cooling	ID Cooling SE-914-XT
Memory	16GB Micron DDR4 2400MHz
Video Card(s)	Nvidia Quadro K2200 4GB GDDR5
Storage	250GB/512GB SSDs - 3TB HDD
Display(s)	Samsung UN32EH4003 32" TV/Monitor 1366x768
Case	Fractal Design Pop Mini Air
Audio Device(s)	Onboard Realtek ALC662
Power Supply	EVGA SuperNOVA 550 GA
Mouse	MS Wheel Mouse Optical 1.1A USB
Keyboard	Lemokey X1 red switches
Software	Windows 10 22H2

Processor	i5-9600K
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z390 Gaming X
Cooling	Scythe Mugen 5S
Memory	Micron Ballistix Sports LT 3000 8G*4
Video Card(s)	EVGA 3070 XC3 Ultra Gaming
Storage	Adata SX6000 Pro 512G, Kingston A2000 1T
Display(s)	Gigabyte M32Q
Case	Antec DF700 Flux
Audio Device(s)	Edifier C3X
Power Supply	Super Flower Leadex Gold 650W
Mouse	Razer Basilisk V2
Keyboard	Ducky ONE 2 Horizon

System Name	PC-Chips
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5700x3D
Motherboard	Asus ROG Strix B550-F Gaming.
Cooling	Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE.
Memory	Patriot Viper 32gig dual channel 3600mhz
Video Card(s)	PowerColor HellHound RX 7900 GRE OC
Storage	2 Samsung 860 EVO's 500gig / 2TB crucial P3-NVME / WD-BLUE SN550 1TB M.2 / SP A55 512gig / 8TB HDD
Display(s)	TCL 50-inch 4k TV freesync HDR
Case	Modded NZXT H510
Audio Device(s)	Realtek S1220A - Yamaha A-S501 AMP - Wharfedale diamond 9.1 speakers - Wharfedale SW150 sub
Power Supply	EVGA SuperNOVA G6 750W 80+ Gold
Mouse	Some cheap wireless thing
Keyboard	Razer Cynosa lite
VR HMD	Oculus Quest 2 128gig version
Software	Windows 11 pro 64bit

System Name	Gungnir
Processor	Ryzen 5 7600X
Motherboard	ASUS TUF B650M-PLUS WIFI
Cooling	Thermalright Peerless Assasin 120 SE Black
Memory	2x16GB DDR5 CL36 5600MHz
Video Card(s)	XFX RX 6800XT Merc 319
Storage	1TB WD SN770 \| 2TB WD Blue SATA III SSD
Display(s)	1440p 165Hz VA
Case	Lian Li Lancool 215
Audio Device(s)	Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO 80Ohm
Power Supply	EVGA SuperNOVA 750W 80 Plus Gold
Mouse	Logitech G Pro Wireless
Keyboard	Keychron V6
VR HMD	The bane of my existence (Oculus Quest 2)

System Name	The beast and the little runt.
Processor	Ryzen 5 5600X - Ryzen 9 5950X
Motherboard	ASUS ROG STRIX B550-I GAMING - ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero X570
Cooling	Noctua NH-L9x65 SE-AM4a - NH-D15 chromax.black with IPPC Industrial 3000 RPM 120/140 MM fans.
Memory	G.SKILL TRIDENT Z ROYAL GOLD/SILVER 32 GB (2 x 16 GB and 4 x 8 GB) 3600 MHz CL14-15-15-35 1.45 volts
Video Card(s)	GIGABYTE RTX 4060 OC LOW PROFILE - GIGABYTE RTX 4090 GAMING OC
Storage	Samsung 980 PRO 1 TB + 2 TB - Samsung 870 EVO 4 TB - 2 x WD RED PRO 16 GB + WD ULTRASTAR 22 TB
Display(s)	Asus 27" TUF VG27AQL1A and a Dell 24" for dual setup
Case	Phanteks Enthoo 719/LUXE 2 BLACK
Audio Device(s)	Onboard on both boards
Power Supply	Phanteks Revolt X 1200W
Mouse	Logitech G903 Lightspeed Wireless Gaming Mouse
Keyboard	Logitech G910 Orion Spectrum
Software	WINDOWS 10 PRO 64 BITS on both systems
Benchmark Scores	Se more about my 2 in 1 system here: kortlink.dk/2ca4x

Processor	Intel Core i9-10850K
Motherboard	Asus Strix Z490-A
Cooling	Custom water cooling. CPU: EK Velosity, GPU: EK Vector EC3
Memory	16GB G.Skill Trident Royal 4000mhz CL15
Video Card(s)	EVGA RTX 3070 Ultra XC3
Storage	OS: WD 1TB M.2, Data: Kingston 2TB M.2
Display(s)	Asus 27" 4K, BeadaPanel 6.8"
Case	Modded AZZA Genesis 9000B
Audio Device(s)	SB AE-5plus
Power Supply	Corsair AX1200i
Software	Win10 64

System Name	Detox sleeper
Processor	Intel i9-7980XE@4,5Ghz
Motherboard	Asrock x299 Taichi XE (custom bios with ecc reg support, old microcode)
Cooling	Custom water: Alphacool XT45 1080 + 9xArctic P12, EK-D5 pump combo, EK Velocity D-RGB block
Memory	8x16Gb Hynix DJR ECC REG 3200@4000
Video Card(s)	Intel Iris XE Max (waiting for a Sapphire 7900XT Nitro)
Storage	Samsung PM9A1 1Tb + 2x PM981 512Gb + Kingston HyperX 480Gb + Samsung Evo 860 500Gb
Display(s)	HP ZR30W (30" 2560x1600 10 bit)
Case	Chieftec 1E0-500A-CT04 + AMD Sempron sticker
Audio Device(s)	Genius Cavimanus
Power Supply	Super Flower Leadex 750w Platinum
Mouse	Logitech G400
Keyboard	IBM Model M122 (boltmod, micro pro usbc)
Software	Windows 11 Pro x64

Processor	Ryzen 9 5900x
Motherboard	ASUS ROG Strix X570-F Gaming
Cooling	Hydro Series H100x 240mm
Memory	64GB Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR4-3200 CL16
Video Card(s)	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Gamerock Palit