Ghetto Mods

MadCow · Apr 17, 2008

Here's a nice little mod.

Yes, that's a 7600GT cooler on a 7200GS using the stock push-pins. :laugh:

Runs cool as hell, it was idling at around 60c before, now it's closer to 35c, with no more than 45c full load.

Error 404 · Apr 18, 2008

Well, I guess these count.
First set of pics is my cooling solution for my nVIdia GeForce MX 420, which I was worried would overheat from OC'ing. The fan is the cooling fan from a dead i486 DX2, and I still had the mounting screws. I connected it directly to a molex, by shoving paperclips in it!

It works fine, and my PSU hasn't exploded.
The wires are connected by twisting the metal together, and then cellotaping it. It works. :rolleyes:

That took about 10 minutes to make. :roll:

Next piece of work is my laptop stand: It is made from a paper binder book, with slots cut out for the fan and hard drive airflow. It raises the screen about 1 1/2 inches, and puts the keyboard at a nice angle. Five minutes of finding the book and then cutting it up, and my laptop is cooler than ever! :toast:

paybackdaman · Apr 18, 2008

Not really that ghetto, and I know many of us have done this, but decided to post it up anyway. I just got some new fans for a back-up case I plan on using in the next few months or so, and with no motherboard to rig up to turn it on I turned to the handy paper-clip jerry rig. :toast:

klva80 · Apr 20, 2008

my ghetto fan

KainXS · Aug 15, 2008

klva80 said:
my ghetto fan

its like its floating like a ghost

PP Mguire · Aug 15, 2008

Ive done alot of "ghetto" mods but dont have pics for them. I do have these though which arent that great.
Ghetto case modding

Fan to cool off overheating socket A

120mm Canon printer fan zip tied to case and 92mm Vantec Tornado sitting ontop of HDs.

90mm fan ziptied to Zalman cooler on highly oced FX 5600

ShadowFold · Aug 15, 2008

Tilted my CPU fan so my northbridge gets some air(works too!)

Solaris17 · Aug 15, 2008

not to crazy iv done worse but meh y not?

o btw the fan sneeky posted i am the proud owner of that and it works winderfull.

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?p=742801

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=57279

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?p=741444#post741444

sneekypeet · Aug 15, 2008

Solaris17 said:
not to crazy iv done worse but meh y not?

o btw the fan sneeky posted i am the proud owner of that and it works winderfull.

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?p=742801

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=57279

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?p=741444#post741444

Was on my mind the other day. Glad to hear all is well with her, but this is a topic for a different thread.

freakshow · Aug 15, 2008

here is mine i took my AMD Athlon 1800+ stock heatsink and drilled holes and cut it and mounted it on my 9600XT with some screw fromt the hardware store lol

evilp8ntballer7 · Aug 15, 2008

Hey guys just registerd here and thought I'd bump this thread a little, I have put a 2 extra fans in my system, 1 down where there was just a grill opening for air to go in/out I have mounted a fan there to exhaust all the hot are my 2 9600GT's [in SLI] put out. I also put a little fan over my 4GBs of ballastix Tracer ram because they can get quite hot!

platinumyahoo · Aug 23, 2008

rangerone766 said:
my tuniq tower wouldnt fit in my case with my power supply in there.

By rangerone7669, shot with Photosmart M415 at 2007-09-07

wow.....

KainXS · Sep 20, 2008

can't let this thread die so, I was having some problems, basically a hissing sound in the audio in my htpc because I guess theres alot of emi in there so I made an emi shield for my old audigy se using

Cardboard(lol)
EMI Foil
EMI Fabric
Aluminum
Antistatic Foam

post a pic later

ascstinger · Sep 20, 2008

Post Service Limited Edition case :rockout:

was supposed to be a mockup for a plexi case I was making, and unfortunately, it turned out better than the final case.

ShadowFold · Sep 20, 2008

Wow man thats awesome!

1freedude · Sep 21, 2008

i'm a bumpin'

spud107 · Sep 21, 2008

i think my second pc is entirely ghetto lol

PP Mguire · Sep 21, 2008

I just did this becasue a friend requested it.

I guess he didnt think id do it or something.

1freedude · Sep 21, 2008

hf that was literally my second computer! just to make sure pentium 166 w/ mmx? native 16m mem? 2 available mem slots? hahahaha!!!

spud107 · Sep 21, 2008

its now a p4/celeron with 1gb ram

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i think what you mentioned was what got ripped out lol. i need to go find the bits,

1freedude · Sep 21, 2008

behold

spud107 · Sep 21, 2008

should be

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is it me or is that psu pcb a bit warped? might wanna loosen the screws a bit

1freedude · Sep 21, 2008

spud107 said:
is it me or is that psu pcb a bit warped? might wanna loosen the screws a bit

seems that way...and it is.

look behind the left heat spreader...there is a shim. short of making custom screws, i had to bend it. they were too short. when i tightened it down, the left HS lifted off the big HS. I put that shim in and it stiffened it up. on the next one, i will make custom screws and a backing plate.

spud107 · Sep 21, 2008

could maybe screw the psu hs direct to the big hs, just drill a couple holes, add some as5 for better heat transfer hehe,
but pretty good job so far, hope the rest goes well.

1freedude · Sep 21, 2008

Solar power..I charge this battery in the sun and run a 32w flouro and 35w soldering iron. runs for about an hour

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