Ghetto Mods

[AsRock]

Hmm, weird. I've never been to Europe and am just using basic electrical knowledge. No idea.

Europe's not the UK.

 

[Peter1986C]

Well, there are different electrical standards in the UK, but other than that you are talking crap.

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

In the UK we have 240 v at the wall.

In industry, power tools at work for example, we use 110 v and a transformer is required.

Hope this clarifies a bit.
The idea is that if you are shocked by 110 v it will be less damaging.

I will find a link later.....on my phone at the mo.

The grinder in my last post is 240v, legally i cannot use it for work, i must use a 110v tool.

 

[JunkBear]

besides seeing the US spark ?.

UK plugs have replaceable plugs and fuses.
US plugs seems to spark more often, well much more. Although on a UK plug the pins are much more covered over.
Never had a shock of a UK plug or light switch which in just 13 years i had two of each in the US.
Pins cannot be bent on UK plugs
Maybe like this in the UK now but a lot appliances in the US come with stupid really short cables to the point they can be the problem, sent so much shit bad to places after finding the cable to some thing because the cable was only 12-18" long.




Just a funny thought.
Did you know a US gallon is smaller than a UK gallon.

Yup but im Canadian so im counting litres.

 

[Mader Yar]

H100 radiator sandwitched between 2 120x15mm fans for push pull
taped and sealed for airflow
H100's fanports and fan control is done but pump works so i'm okay with that..
the cap of the pump is broken and tapped too (doesnt clearly show)
and radiator didnt fit, jus took a plier and bent the case
and fan edges are broken coz the top of the case didnt have space.. so i got 4 15mm thick pwn fans and it still didnt fit so i broke the edges (its lying on top of the headsink up cpu (for capacitors? and the ps/2 port/backpannel)

Cardboard windtunnel for R290x

was too happy, had to share (flies away)

 

[Animalpak]

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H100 radiator sandwitched between 2 120x15mm fans for push pull
taped and sealed for airflow
H100's fanports and fan control is done but pump works so i'm okay with that..
the cap of the pump is broken and tapped too (doesnt clearly show)
and radiator didnt fit, jus took a plier and bent the case
and fan edges are broken coz the top of the case didnt have space.. so i got 4 15mm thick pwn fans and it still didnt fit so i broke the edges (its lying on top of the headsink up cpu (for capacitors? and the ps/2 port/backpannel)

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Cardboard windtunnel for R290x




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was too happy, had to share (flies away)

We prefer that you present yourself as a new user.

But i like your case and you have good skill with ghetto mods.

Good ideas !

 

[R-T-B]

Europe's not the UK.

The electrical systems are identical... Besides, you're part of Europe as far as the average american is concerned.

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

Wall outlets and plugs are different in the UK than those in continental Europe. In the countries i have visited anyway.

The electricity is standardized across the EU so provided you have the correct adapter....hair straighteners for example will work in UK or Spain.......they will not work in the US because the Vs are different.

for interesting electricity supplies visit India.

 

[dorsetknob]

most of Europe is 220 volt while the UK is 240 volt
Electrical goods made in either area tend to work safely in the other area because they are made voltage tolerant ( 220v to 240v to cope with electrical Brown outs)

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

@dorsetknob absolutely correct...the rating is 220/240 v to allow for brownouts.


At this point i would normally laugh and add a pic of Peter Griffin suffering a " brownout"

EDIT....like this .......

Spoiler: OOOOPS

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

remember this

i have put a 9500 gt

the fan housing sticks out about 5 mm..........so what.?
tis a handy hole indeed !

 

[JunkBear]

remember this

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the fan housing sticks out about 5 mm..........so what.?
tis a handy hole indeed !

I hope you don't tell it about your girlfriend.

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

I hope you don't tell it about your girlfriend.

 

[RikuKawai]

Basically this entire computer is my submission, cases are too big and heavy for me.

It's such a shame this machine stopped working, you get a few little scratches on the mobo, and the whole thing stops booting.

It did actually run pretty cool with the lid on, even playing games.

Sorry for such a long post.

 

[RikuKawai]

Not relevant, but CAPSLOCKSTUCK, looking at your specs, I think it's time for an upgrade.

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

All donations gratefully received, kindly address them to Badger HQ.

Not relevant but @videogame57 i am entirely happy with the comp to which you refer, it is one of many i have here and happens to be the best. It does everything i want it to well.
If it doesnt play GTA 5 i may consider an upgrade but i am thinking even the pc i carry around on a Mcdonalds tray has more "eye appeal" than yours.

I dont want to appear rude to a new member who ordinarily i would greet with warmth.

Spoiler

 

[Toothless]

Not relevant, but CAPSLOCKSTUCK, looking at your specs, I think it's time for an upgrade.

That was rude.

Some people see no need to upgrade or update their rigs. Hell I would still be on my Athlon rig if I didn't need the extra processing power.

To each their own and you need to respect that.

 

[RikuKawai]

That was rude.

Some people see no need to upgrade or update their rigs. Hell I would still be on my Athlon rig if I didn't need the extra processing power.

To each their own and you need to respect that.

I never intended to be rude, sorry.
I was really just joking, I've seen far older systems still being used.

A new GPU wouldn't hurt though.

 

[RikuKawai]

All donations gratefully received, kindly address them to Badger HQ.

Not relevant but @videogame57 i am entirely happy with the comp to which you refer, it is one of many i have here and happens to be the best. It does everything i want it to well.
If it doesnt play GTA 5 i may consider an upgrade but i am thinking even the pc i carry around on a Mcdonalds tray has more "eye appeal" than yours.

I dont want to appear rude to a new member who ordinarily i would greet with warmth.

Spoiler

It's actually not bad, and you could upgrade it enough to play newer games without changing the mobo.
But what am I saying, my laptop is over 5 years old.

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

The last one hurt enough (HD 6850)...............it was £12.50 second hand..... and you wont hear me complaining.

Welcome to TPU.

 

[RikuKawai]

@CAPSLOCKSTUCK My friend used to be "gaming" on a Pentium 4. His GPU was a Geforce FX 5200, PCI Edition. 512MB RAM, dual 80GB HDDs.

Upgraded him to my old Dell. Wish I had pictures of that, I added custom lighting.

 

[RikuKawai]

The last one hurt enough (HD 6850)...............it was £12.50 second hand..... and you wont hear me complaining.

Welcome to TPU.

Ha, that's a cheap GPU. But this is the Ghetto thread.
Now I feel bad for spending $115 on a case (Canadian Dollars).

EDIT: That's actually a really good deal, that card performs half as well as my GTX 760. Could you kindly point me towards where I can buy GPUs that cheap?

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

i have one for sale £ 13.50 .....joke


i meant no offense in my previous post, my old tech is still high tech to an old dude like me.

 

[RikuKawai]

i have one for sale £ 13.50 .....joke


i meant no offense in my previous post, my old tech is still high tech to an old dude like me.

I was always joking, it probably would have been a lot funnier if your rig was a Pentium III or something.

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

I have one somewhere... not joking.