Ghetto Mods?

**smee** · 04-30-2008, 10:20 AM

Haha thanks guys for all the feedback and encouragement for my cardboard box...

So, about a month and a half later (after I built it), I was just putting in a new video card, turned it on, and got nothing, I smelt a small puff of smoke, and figured that a capacitor had popped..... so, bye bye ghetto box...

So we got a free dell from a friend, and I fixed it up for her.....

We had a nice little funeral for the the box though....

**Power5** · 04-30-2008, 12:17 PM

Originally Posted by i43

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

Make the duct a little bit bigger and attach an 80mm fan to the expansion slots. That should really help your ultra idea.

**Gunslinger** · 05-01-2008, 09:18 AM

Not quite as ghetto as the cardboard case, probably more doublewide, trailer park, then ghetto.
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=185282

**hokiealumnus** · 05-04-2008, 09:09 PM

+1 for the cardboard box PC being the most ghetto.

I have two to add to the thread (links are to how-to's).

1. After getting completely fed up with the CCMOS1 jumper on my IP35-E, I went ahead and made an external switch for it. It wouldn't have been so bad if the ancient steel case had some room to put it where I wanted...but noo, it has to sit in the middle of nowhere and look like crap. To wit:

Hey, at least it looks ok on the outside.

2. The aptly named Cool Whip mod. From the pics, it's pretty self-explanatory. Works great for down-firing HS's like my Big Typhoon.

Like the clear CMOS switch, it doesn't look too bad on the outside.

After seeing the cardboard box PC, it's not as ghetto as you can get, but it's close!

**=ACID RAIN=** · 05-04-2008, 09:48 PM

Oh man. The box I could deal with (done that myself) but the COOL WHIP MOD!!? HAHAHA! Love it! A little bondo and paint and it would look custom

Here is my cardboard duct for my old gameserver...

If you look closely, you can see a craptastic heatsink on the TNT2 PCI card down low, being held on by some oddball screws with motherboard mounts. I still have that card, what a beast.

**Helfarch** · 05-04-2008, 10:15 PM

Ghetto minicube to run a projector from a tiny cupboard, projector gets mounted some time this week. Even the smallest mATX cases I could find were too long to fit + power cable.

**Janno** · 05-05-2008, 07:42 AM

Originally Posted by hokiealumnus

+1 for the cardboard box PC being the most ghetto.

I have two to add to the thread (links are to how-to's).

1. After getting completely fed up with the CCMOS1 jumper on my IP35-E, I went ahead and made an external switch for it. It wouldn't have been so bad if the ancient steel case had some room to put it where I wanted...but noo, it has to sit in the middle of nowhere and look like crap. To wit:

Hey, at least it looks ok on the outside.

not the ghettoest, but the cleverest mod

tbh it's so practical, i want one myself

**l33t p1mp** · 05-05-2008, 12:48 PM

Hehehe...you guys know those stock intel cpu coolers?

ty for a cpu right? Damn nice for a northbridge cooler though!

Also, I have this 80mm fan that blows air like theres no tomorrow. I put that on top of my cpu's waterblock blowing air onto the side. 1c temp difference.
I plan to ghetto mod my 8800 gts sometime soon so I can hit 900 core...

**Spectrobozo** · 05-06-2008, 11:24 AM

some years ago my XP 1700+ asked for more cooling...

geforce 2 MX to...

**serialkilla277** · 05-06-2008, 12:02 PM

ahaha looks even more ghetto b/c of all the dust ... nice work

**railmeat** · 05-06-2008, 02:37 PM

Originally Posted by serialkilla277

ahaha looks even more ghetto b/c of all the dust ... nice work

dude im DYING LAFFING AT that comment!!lololol

@janno...nice work man.

**s1nykuL** · 05-06-2008, 03:35 PM

Around 8 years ago I became the proud owner of a new Athlon Thunderbird 1Ghz, I managed to clock this to 1.52Ghz on air. It would boot into Win98se though it wasn't stable at those clocks, (limited by the FSB of the KT7) but It was run daily at 1.437Ghz. These are the images of my "ghetto mod" cooling solutions for both the AMD and the overclocked GeForce 3.

That same KT7 RAID mobo and the very same processor is now in my garage, it has been running more or less 24x7 for over five years as a file server. It is still overclocked, but now at a more leisurely 1.1GHz, and with the original pencil mod that I made they day the chip was bought.

**MikalCarbine** · 05-07-2008, 07:36 PM

Originally Posted by hokiealumnus

+1 for the cardboard box PC being the most ghetto.

I have two to add to the thread (links are to how-to's).

1. After getting completely fed up with the CCMOS1 jumper on my IP35-E, I went ahead and made an external switch for it. It wouldn't have been so bad if the ancient steel case had some room to put it where I wanted...but noo, it has to sit in the middle of nowhere and look like crap. To wit:

I actually did the same kind of mod with my DFI Ultra-D some time ago, lucky for me my IP35 Pro has a built in switch on the back of the board

**nd4spdbh** · 05-07-2008, 07:50 PM

OO OOO OO can i show off ghetto mods!

OK up first we have probably my most ghetto mod...

HD rubber mounted (using thick mouse pad squares and double sided stickey tape) hd cooling (old 478 heatsink, put some white generic TIM and put it on there) and HD silencing (carpet padding) ALL IN ONE!!!!

Next we have my good ole 6600gt AGP... i loved the thing i volt modded it and had it ocd 24/7 @ 626/1272 (not pictured is the backplate i made do to the card bending)

Next up is the wifi card that was "propritary" to asus motherboards... turns out its USB and 3.3v

Next is a 10gb maxtor hd that i put an acrylic top on... still works to this day

This is from Back in the day when i ust to use an old 10gb laptop hd as my servers main drive.... complete with super quality rubber band suspension, and little mouse pad feet in case of a fall :p

Back to modding gfx cards.... 8800gts 640 with a 92mm fan on it....

I have done more ghetto stuff but these are the better ones...

**eternaljammer** · 05-08-2008, 03:50 PM

Originally Posted by s1nykuL

Around 8 years ago I became the proud owner of a new Athlon Thunderbird 1Ghz, I managed to clock this to 1.52Ghz on air. It would boot into Win98se though it wasn't stable at those clocks, (limited by the FSB of the KT7) but It was run daily at 1.437Ghz. These are the images of my "ghetto mod" cooling solutions for both the AMD and the overclocked GeForce 3.

That same KT7 RAID mobo and the very same processor is now in my garage, it has been running more or less 24x7 for over five years as a file server. It is still overclocked, but now at a more leisurely 1.1GHz, and with the original pencil mod that I made they day the chip was bought.

Wow, truly nice duct work there... also I like the duct tape and cardboard sweet.

**smee** · 05-08-2008, 10:01 PM

@nd4spdbh, little mouse pad feet FTW!!!!!

"just in case of fall", haha that got me good!!!!

I'm thinking of doing the same thing with my had..... as ghetto as it is.

**tiro_uspsss** · 05-08-2008, 10:23 PM

Thermalright HR-05 SLI on a HIS X1300 PCI-Ex1 v.card

o yeah, & ram-sinks for the uber-insane-high-clocked v.ram

**fng77** · 05-09-2008, 12:28 AM

This is the best thread ever. Its really cool to se how ingenious you guys are. I havent got anything to show yet, but i´m sure I will

**inCore** · 05-09-2008, 01:58 AM

This thread becomes more epic each day.

nd4spdbh, nice foot (on the pic with the acrylic HDD)

This thread is the only place in the world where people get praised for having more dust.

**pacific vortex** · 05-09-2008, 05:45 PM

lol..reading this thread is the best time i've ever had running small fft's...the cardboard box and duct tape with optional dust is by far the most ghetto mod i've ever seen

**DFectuoso** · 05-09-2008, 06:07 PM

Wow that cardbox box is by far the winner... wonder what could be the next thing around that area...

**Junimrox** · 05-09-2008, 07:18 PM

I've made a kind of air duct to my fathers computer with a soda can... it's so ghetto i've cutted myself twice, it's not even sanded.

**Richy** · 05-10-2008, 06:26 AM

awesome thread. I wish I took pics of my old antec, which shocked a couple friends when I took the sidepanel off (behind mobo tray) to reveal a couple 'high density threaded anti-vibrational elasticated sound insulation pads'.... aka a couple old socks to stop the bloody panel from resonating.
There's a bunch of blu-tak and electronic tape jobs running around my case, but nothing worth a photo. The emergency HDD mouse feet and rubber suspension by nd4spdbh gets my vote though!

**TedShred** · 05-10-2008, 11:56 AM

Can't believe I haven't seen this hugely entertaining thread before. Incredibly clever stuff! Smee, that cardboard pc is/was (so sad) the ghetto-bomb.

edit: ok, my meager twist tie & tape contribution