Ghetto Mods?

**Viper9201** · 04-10-2008, 06:08 AM

Originally Posted by xoqolatl

I spy a G80 GTS in your rig, it's surely not THAT little money

I thought of making similar ducts from glass fiber and epoxy glue, the kind they use to fix boats and similar things.

How you managed to tell that appart from all other GeForce 8xxx cards frightens me

The system isn't too cheap, just saved up for a while and saved money where I could. Build cost me about £470 so not too bad!

**iNF3rN0** · 04-10-2008, 08:05 PM

uh, isnt the gts 512mb the g92?

**3lfk1ng** · 04-10-2008, 08:12 PM

Yes it is.

**BigKriss** · 04-12-2008, 10:50 PM

These 2 fans on the 8800 GTX dropped temps by 10 deg C..Used Loctite grey silicon to "glue" them on..Easy to remove as well when needed.

**By0T0xN** · 04-14-2008, 11:00 AM

Originally Posted by BigKriss

These 2 fans on the 8800 GTX dropped temps by 10 deg C..Used Loctite grey silicon to "glue" them on..Easy to remove as well when needed.

Question, I realize the Intel fan is feeding air to the cooler but is the other fan exhaust or intake as well? Did you leave the stock fan running or did you disconnect it?

Good results for a ghetto mod, I just might try this one.

**BigKriss** · 04-14-2008, 09:04 PM

The Intel feeds -The stock fan is still there and connected as per normal.Riva`d to 100% as well..
The 80mm fan exhausts or extracts the heat from the cooler fins..
What you could also try using with slightly less effeciency is a thermaltake pci slot fan mounted under the grafix card..I had that for a while but ultimately not as good as this setup..

Let us know your results..

**serialk11r** · 04-15-2008, 12:37 AM

Hahahahaha anyone who knew me back when I posted a lot would know. If you look through the threads I started, you'll see my various failed ghetto mods.

**tiro_uspsss** · 04-15-2008, 12:57 AM

Originally Posted by serialk11r

Hahahahaha anyone who knew me back when I posted a lot would know. If you look through the threads I started, you'll see my various failed ghetto mods.

how come u dont post alot any more?

**i43** · 04-24-2008, 11:39 AM

here my ''ghetto modded'' Ultra

.. ok just a temporary solution to find out, how this kind of ''air diffuser'' can help to lower case internal temperature

and BTW, must say, this really helps, if gotta full air cooled, and mid range
overclocked system inside such ''ill-ventilated'' case like Antec p182 (sorry didn't mean to hurt any Antec owners

)
but if like to keep Antec stock tri-cool fans @ low- or mid rpm level to avoid of ''vacuum-cleaner'' like noize coming from (under) your desk

**BigKriss** · 04-24-2008, 09:09 PM

Good idea !
Take it one step further which will produce awesome results..use a pci extractor fan under the Ultra BUT seal it to the ultra ..This way it gets extracted AND shoved outside of the case.

Remember that any substance likes the path of least resistance..So you have to help it change direction and that is where the fan comes in.

**Tsunami Fall** · 04-26-2008, 11:16 AM

9800Pro

GeForce2 MX

Triangular fan !

**s e t h** · 04-26-2008, 12:52 PM

being from the third world i take pride in xtreme overclocking using sticky tape, wires, pliers and zip ties at every oppotunity

like these zip ties as holddowns and wire ties for 'sink mounting

this sticky tape as moisture exclusion

camping gas stove for brasing

polystyrene frozen fish packing box as insulation

and

and my current 24/7 rig...ln2 block with 5volt 120mm fan for cooling.
cpu is celeron 420 at 100% overclock on stock volts.
block is held down only by its own weight

and lastly my partner and i bench as...team ghetto

edit: ooops...nearly forgot our ghetto vmods

**cozwin** · 04-26-2008, 02:06 PM

haha mate class well played especially like own wait holddown :P

**eternaljammer** · 04-28-2008, 06:18 AM

Originally Posted by smee

Well, I did a ghetto mod for my sister.....
I called it Ghetto-a-PC (pronounced GET-HER), she needed a PC real quick so I did this:

System spec's:
Socket 370 1000Mhz PIII Toluando (or whatever that series is called)
ASUS TUV4X Mobo (excellent mobo for PIII's, btw)
An old ATI card
512MB RAM like 168 Pin I think...
20GB ATA HD
350W PSU
LITE-ON DVD Burner
Case: some card board box's

Misc: Zip-ties and Duck tape (no screws...

)

Here it is on her desk

hehe, it lasted for a month or so until the mobo died on me

now she's got a more modern dell that I fixed up.....
I can't help but laugh, it was fun

Man, thats the ghettoest mod I have ever seen.
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**CyberDruid** · 04-28-2008, 06:32 AM

This thread is LEGEND

**BigKriss** · 04-28-2008, 11:34 AM

Hey CD !!

Flytek,awesome stuff you messing with bud...

**cozwin** · 04-28-2008, 01:16 PM

remember guys try not to quote pics.

Also will be doing a little modding for cooling myself soon so expect pictures soon ish.

**drizzt5** · 04-28-2008, 01:45 PM

I saw quite a few box rigs at a lan this weekend... lol I love seeing them.

Btw, i love that ultra idea i43...

And is the intel stock cooler fan good for anything? Cause i might want to start messing a round with it and putting it on

.

**dunn2953** · 04-29-2008, 09:44 PM

i once ziptied a P4 heatsink onto a 7900gt. it died, and i have no pics, not my favorite memory

**computerking** · 04-29-2008, 11:41 PM

WHAT THE HELL !!!!! WTF are you doing with your hardware, I feel sorry for those NEW hardware, DAM.

**BigKriss** · 04-30-2008, 06:57 AM

Originally Posted by computerking

WHAT THE HELL !!!!! WTF are you doing with your hardware, I feel sorry for those NEW hardware, DAM.

and the purpose of your post is .....................?

**natedog420** · 04-30-2008, 08:31 AM

lol i think i have most of you beat for ghetto mods lol this was great. this was a couple of years ago in the middle of winter time cold as can be and had the ac in the window lol. got good temps as i can remember seeing in bios -10c to -13c. ill just let the pics do the talkin got good results. got a world record out of it

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=121318 that was one night testing it

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=124434 this was when i took the world record had my winter jacket on with door closed

edit: just remembered i was runnin just water and the fluid they gave me then the temps shot up and computer shut off i was like wtf. i froze the pump and res solid. lol nutin a hair dryer cant fix. believe it or not it fired back up and worked. pure anti freeze that time.

p4 511 2.8ghz
asus p5p800 se
evga 7800gs agp
geil ddr1 500
aspire 500w
kingwin aquastar pump finally died not to long ago after some left over dry ice from a bench session
old 1988 ac with no thermostat on the condenser and on high and a few pieces of cardboard about a 1/4 inch of ice was on the pipes and condenser