Ghetto Mods

silentbogo · Apr 28, 2017

Today's ghetto invention: a hi-tech DIY electronic sock dryer!
Totally spaced out that I had no clean socks today, so I had to quickly run a washing machine cycle and figure out a creative and fast way of drying at least one pair of socks :banghead:

Also has a shared function of my cat's napping spot.

At least something I can thank ASUS for :laugh:

r9 · Apr 28, 2017

CAPSLOCKSTUCK said:
Ive made a gift for my wife. She's going to love it.....

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Put it on her, make sure pins are facing away from you and give her a tight hug lol.

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · Apr 28, 2017

r9 said:
Put it on her, make sure pins are facing away from you and give her a tight hug lol.

My daughter wore it last night and it looked superb and I'm going to put one on a leather string for my son too. He studies music tech and wants to wear in at college............ :peace:

I just hope they arent too toxic if worn close to the skin :eek:

silkstone · Apr 29, 2017

silentbogo said:
Today's ghetto invention: a hi-tech DIY electronic sock dryer!
Totally spaced out that I had no clean socks today, so I had to quickly run a washing machine cycle and figure out a creative and fast way of drying at least one pair of socks

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Also has a shared function of my cat's napping spot.
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At least something I can thank ASUS for

I always just use a hairdryer and pit it into the opening of the sock. Dries in about 3 minutes.
I have to do this a lot considering it floods every other week here.

jboydgolfer · Apr 29, 2017

Microwave or above mentioned hair dryer method

silentbogo · Apr 29, 2017

Looks like I'm not the only one who forgets about clean socks :toast:

dorsetknob · Apr 29, 2017

jboydgolfer said:
Microwave

Tried that with a pair of washed Skivvies
Soggy on the edges black carbonised hole where the brown stain is usualy resident
Bin time

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · May 1, 2017

I needed a prettier tin to keep screws in.

infrared · May 1, 2017

CAPSLOCKSTUCK said:
I needed a prettier tin to keep screws in.

Wow, how long did that take? I'm genuinely impressed!

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · May 1, 2017

About 6 hours in total. Lots of drying time between coats of varnish.

I made a smaller one for my son last week. Not as good quality but done in about 3 hours.

My son studies music, its going to have a hard life so i anticipate "running repairs"

JunkBear · May 1, 2017

AsRock said:
Looks a little BIG for the case .

Someone is compensating.

jboydgolfer · May 1, 2017

dorsetknob said:
black carbonised hole where the brown stain is usualy resident

Thats terribly descriptive :fear:

i laughed tho.
now they look EVEN more like a crime scene? :laugh:

JunkBear · May 1, 2017

jboydgolfer said:
Thats terribly descriptive i laughed tho.
now they look EVEN more like a crime scene?

To me it sounds more like an intense dhiarrea after eating spicy food

Ruru · May 3, 2017

Well, the pump on my AIO died, so...

Next thing to do is a leak test.

Ruru · May 3, 2017

Aaaand not leaking yet. This is my best mod this far!

jboydgolfer · May 3, 2017

9700 Pro said:
Aaaand not leaking yet. This is my best mod this far!

genuinely impressed, all the stories i have encountered of users cracking open the Loop on theyre AIO's ends in "well i was gonna throw it out anyway" trashbarrel justifications

Ruru · May 4, 2017

jboydgolfer said:
genuinely impressed, all the stories i have encountered of users cracking open the Loop on theyre AIO's ends in "well i was gonna throw it out anyway" trashbarrel justifications

I had nothing to lose, now running leak test till morning (it's 3.06 am here in Finland) so then I'll see does it work like it should.

The only mistake I made was to cut the hose too close to the pump, so I have to McGyver it somewhere..

edit: And I got that pump for free.

edit 2: Since it's not an AIO anymore, so should I just call it a H2O cooler? Suggestions?

and btw, not a single drop of water leaked

AsRock · May 4, 2017

9700 Pro said:
I had nothing to lose, now running leak test till morning (it's 3.06 am here in Finland) so then I'll see does it work like it should.

The only mistake I made was to cut the hose too close to the pump, so I have to McGyver it somewhere..

edit: And I got that pump for free.

edit 2: Since it's not an AIO anymore, so should I just call it a H2O cooler? Suggestions?

and btw, not a single drop of water leaked

Well if you do hope it works as you want it too , lets hope you did not McGyver it

.

IceScreamer · May 13, 2017

One screw that holds my GPU fan (out of three) lost the thread on it so the fan casing started vibrating at a certain rpm. I figured i might as well up the cooling a bit on the card as well as replace the casing. So I ordered spare Accelero Extreme IV fan from Arctic. Around €8 plus shipping.

Removed the stock shroud and fan and mounted Accelero on the new heatsink, zip-ties where needed. I made a little stand-off on the rear vent of the card to prevent the fan from hitting the heatsink.

I did a quick temp check with Valley bench (highest temp):

-stock 71 degrees, a bit audible
-/w Accelero 58 degrees on 100% barely audible.

Also, VRM temps never exceeded 61 degrees during the test.

The stand-off bit

Komshija · May 27, 2017

My very old PC case which isn't in use since 2010. I found it in some sealed box in the attic. I modified it with 115 mm angle grinder, drill and fine round hand file to increase cooling capacity and decrease temperatures. It was my second PC, so back them I didn't care much about aesthetics. Despite ugly looking, it was functional and temperatures were on average 5°C lower. Setup inside was AMD Athlon 3000+ Barton / ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe (dead) / Sapphire X1950 Pro / 2,5 GB Kingmax DDR 400 / 160 GB WD HDD.

jboydgolfer · May 27, 2017

@Komshija
While viewing this from my iPhone this picture looked like someone was making a sandwich on the side of a pc :laugh:

dorsetknob · May 27, 2017

I thought
" good Grouping did he use a AR15"

Ruru · May 27, 2017

Lookin' good!

Komshija · May 27, 2017

jboydgolfer said:
@Komshija
While viewing this from my iPhone this picture looked like someone was making a sandwich on the side of a pc

Yep, it looks ridiculous, but hey, temps were 5°C lower! Intake was pulling too much dust inside, so I improvised and made my own dust filter. Intake was blowing cool air directly into the CPU cooler, while exhaust was extracting air from the GPU.

Back then (that was in 2006, I think), I can't remember of any new PC cases on the market with dedicated air filters.

dorsetknob said:
I thought
" good Grouping did he use a AR15"

AK 74, it's more accurate.

jboydgolfer · May 27, 2017

Komshija said:
it looks ridiculous, but hey

no i didnt mean it looks ridiculous....Trust me, it looks FAR better than my "modifications" ,i wasnt saying it looks bad, i was just saying that when i was on my iphone, since the screen is so small, it looked like lunch meats and some type of veggies

. i respect that you would re-use an older case...thats something i would do. IMO buying fancy cases is like putting stickers on a PC.

this is an example of MY mod's.....

hot glues fan speed switch in front of case..

System Name	WS#1337
Processor	Ryzen 7 5700X3D
Motherboard	ASUS X570-PLUS TUF Gaming
Cooling	Xigmatek Scylla 240mm AIO
Memory	4x8GB Samsung DDR4 ECC UDIMM
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 3070 Gaming X Trio
Storage	ADATA Legend 2TB + ADATA SX8200 Pro 1TB
Display(s)	Samsung U24E590D (4K/UHD)
Case	ghetto CM Cosmos RC-1000
Audio Device(s)	ALC1220
Power Supply	SeaSonic SSR-550FX (80+ GOLD)
Mouse	Logitech G603
Keyboard	Modecom Volcano Blade (Kailh choc LP)
VR HMD	Google dreamview headset(aka fancy cardboard)
Software	Windows 11, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

System Name	Primary\|Secondary\|Poweredge r410\|Dell XPS\|SteamDeck
Processor	i7 11700k\|i7 9700k\|2 x E5620 \|i5 5500U\|Zen 2 4c/8t
Memory	32GB DDR4\|16GB DDR4\|16GB DDR4\|32GB ECC DDR3\|8GB DDR4\|16GB LPDDR5
Video Card(s)	RX 7800xt\|RX 6700xt \|On-Board\|On-Board\|8 RDNA 2 CUs
Storage	2TB m.2\|512GB SSD+1TB SSD\|2x256GBSSD 2x2TBGB\|256GB sata\|512GB nvme
Display(s)	50" 4k TV \| Dell 27" \|22" \|3.3"\|7"
VR HMD	Samsung Odyssey+ \| Oculus Quest 2
Software	Windows 11 Pro\|Windows 10 Pro\|Windows 10 Home\| Server 2012 r2\|Windows 10 Pro

System Name	Party On
Processor	Xeon w 3520
Motherboard	DFI Lanparty
Cooling	Big tower thing
Memory	6 gb Ballistix Tracer
Video Card(s)	HD 7970
Case	a plank of wood
Audio Device(s)	seperate amp and 6 big speakers
Power Supply	Corsair
Mouse	cheap
Keyboard	under going restoration

System Name	Gaming System / HTPC-Server
Processor	i7 8700K (@4.8 Ghz All-Core) / R7 5900X
Motherboard	Z370 Aorus Ultra Gaming / MSI B450 Mortar Max
Cooling	CM ML360 / CM ML240L
Memory	16Gb Hynix @3200 MHz / 16Gb Hynix @3000Mhz
Video Card(s)	Zotac 3080 / Colorful 1060
Storage	750G MX300 + 2x500G NVMe / 40Tb Reds + 1Tb WD Blue NVMe
Display(s)	LG 27GN800-B 27'' 2K 144Hz / Sony TV
Case	Xigmatek Aquarius Plus / Corsair Air 240
Audio Device(s)	On Board Realtek
Power Supply	Super Flower Leadex III Gold 750W / Andyson TX-700 Platinum
Mouse	Logitech G502 Hero / K400+
Keyboard	Wooting Two / K400+
Software	Windows 10 x64
Benchmark Scores	Cinebench R15 = 1542 3D Mark Timespy = 9758

System Name	Americas cure is the death of Social Justice & Political Correctness
Processor	i7-11700K
Motherboard	Asrock Z590 Extreme wifi 6E
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12A
Memory	32GB Corsair RGB fancy boi 5000
Video Card(s)	RTX 3090 Reference
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo 1Tb + Samsung 970 Evo 500Gb
Display(s)	Dell - 27" LED QHD G-SYNC x2
Case	Fractal Design Meshify-C
Audio Device(s)	on board
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus+ Gold 1000 Watt
Mouse	Logitech G502 spectrum
Keyboard	AZIO MGK-1 RGB (Kaith Blue)
Software	Win 10 Professional 64 bit
Benchmark Scores	the MLGeesiest

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System Name	Box of Distraction
Processor	Ryzen 7 1800X
Motherboard	Crosshair VI Hero
Cooling	Custom watercooling
Memory	G.Skill TridentZ 2x8GB @ 3466MHz CL14 1T
Video Card(s)	EVGA 1080Ti FE. WC'd & TDP limit increased to 360W.
Storage	Samsung 960 Evo 500GB & WD Black 2TB storage drive.
Display(s)	Asus ROG Swift PG278QR 27" 1440P 165hz Gsync
Case	Phanteks Enthoo Pro M
Audio Device(s)	Phillips Fidelio X2 headphones / basic Bose speakers
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova 750W G3
Mouse	Logitech G602
Keyboard	Cherry MX Board 6.0 (mx red switches)
Software	Win 10 & Linux Mint
Benchmark Scores	https://hwbot.org/user/infrared

System Name	HTPC
Processor	Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 - 3.00/6M/1333
Motherboard	AsRock G31M-GS R2.0
Cooling	CoolerMaster Vortex 752 - Black
Memory	4 Go (2x2) Kingston ValueRam DDR2-800
Video Card(s)	Asus EN8600GT/HTDP/512M
Storage	WD 3200AAKS
Display(s)	32" Irico E320GV-FHD
Case	Aerocool Qx-2000
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Enermax NoiseTaker 2 - 465w
Mouse	Logitech Wave MK550 combo (M510)
Keyboard	Logitech Wave MK550 combo (K350)
Software	Win_7_Pro-French
Benchmark Scores	Windows index : 6.5 / 6.5 / 5.6 / 6.3 / 5.9

System Name	4K-gaming / media-PC
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X / Intel Core i7-6700K
Motherboard	Asus ROG Crosshair VII Hero / Asus Z170-A
Cooling	Arctic Freezer 50 / Thermaltake Contac 21
Memory	32GB DDR4-3466 / 16GB DDR4-3000
Video Card(s)	RTX 3080 10GB / RX 6700 XT
Storage	3.3TB of SSDs / several small SSDs
Display(s)	Acer 27" 4K120 IPS + Lenovo 32" 4K60 IPS
Case	Corsair 4000D AF White / DeepCool CC560 WH
Audio Device(s)	Creative Omni BT speaker
Power Supply	EVGA G2 750W / Fractal ION Gold 550W
Mouse	Logitech MX518 / Logitech G400s
Keyboard	Roccat Vulcan 121 AIMO / NOS C450 Mini Pro
VR HMD	Oculus Rift CV1
Software	Windows 11 Pro / Windows 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	They run Crysis

Processor	Ryzen 5 3600 PRO
Motherboard	AsRock B450 Pro4
Cooling	Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120
Memory	Silicon Power XPower Zenith 2x8GB @3200 MHz
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte RTX 2070 Super Gaming OC 8GB
Storage	Crucial P5 Plus 1TB / Crucial MX 500 1TB
Display(s)	Dell P2419H
Case	Fractal Design Pop Air /w 3x Thermalright TL-C12C
Audio Device(s)	Creative Sound Blaster Z + Edifier R1000T4
Power Supply	Super Flower Leadex III 650W
Mouse	Microsoft Intelimouse Pro
Keyboard	IBM KB-8926
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
Benchmark Scores	Turns on on the first try! Usually.

System Name	1.21 gigawatts!
Processor	Intel Core i7 6700K
Motherboard	MSI Z170A Krait Gaming 3X
Cooling	Be Quiet! Shadow Rock Slim with Arctic MX-4
Memory	16GB G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 MHz
Video Card(s)	Palit GTX 1080 Game Rock
Storage	Mushkin Triactor 240GB + Toshiba X300 4TB + Team L3 EVO 480GB
Display(s)	Philips 237E7QDSB/00 23" FHD AH-IPS
Case	Aerocool Aero-1000 white + 4 Arctic F12 PWM Rev.2 fans
Audio Device(s)	Onboard Audio Boost 3 with Nahimic Audio Enhancer
Power Supply	FSP Hydro G 650W
Mouse	Cougar 700M eSports white
Keyboard	E-Blue Cobra II
Software	Windows 8.1 Pro x64
Benchmark Scores	Cinebench R15: 948 (stock) / 1044 (4,7 GHz) FarCry 5 1080p Ultra: min 100, avg 116, max 133 FPS