Ghetto Mods?

[grasskicker509]

my other water blocks
Ram Block, I have to redo it, it traps air in the top

and videocard

very nice!!! i need to learn how to weld...

[Origin_Unknown]

is it really necessary to quote the pictures 3 times under the original pictures?

never the less - GHETTOOOOOOO y0

[MadHacker]

Very nice
what vga is that? and what temps aprox did you get with that wc?

its a Power Color HD5770 eyefinity5, supports 5 monitors, using 4 at the moment.
it hits 69deg using OCCP GPU test after 5 minutes
idles @ 42

I'm not a gamer... so i don't overclock my videocard, what i like is that it was relatively cheep to build and totally silent.

[cozwin]

wow, cant believe this is still going haha, always makes me laugh when i have a look at this thread, im very glad i started it as it is hilarious what ghetto mods people do.

[defect9]

is it really necessary to quote the pictures 3 times under the original pictures?

never the less - GHETTOOOOOOO y0

when it's that awesome?

[MadHacker]

when it's that awesome?

I'll take that as a complement.

[trans am]

imo, it qualifies as 'ghetto' for 2 reasons alone:

1) its got a 'turbo' sticker
2) is that an AGP card with a PCI-Express adapter????? in a X58 mobo????

man I wish I knew where to get that converter. I remember a thread from gigabyte 2 years ago that said they had the converter but its yet to be found. the plastic fill port cracked as soon as I poured ln2 and I almost killed that board.
it was more of a novelty post than actual tried and true mod. oh well. Im still saving up for one of vinces slims. sorry to get your hopes up. but it the mod was totally meant for comedy/

[tiro_uspsss]

man I wish I knew where to get that converter. I remember a thread from gigabyte 2 years ago that said they had the converter but its yet to be found. the plastic fill port cracked as soon as I poured ln2 and I almost killed that board.
it was more of a novelty post than actual tried and true mod. oh well. Im still saving up for one of vinces slims. sorry to get your hopes up. but it the mod was totally meant for comedy/

thank u muchly for reply!
do u still have the converter?

[FloofyFox]

Had some friends over for a LAN party and needed an extra computer. Luckily had these parts laying around but no case. Easy 10 minute fix...





I hated the noise level on my old Radeon X1950XT so I ghetto modded that as well!

[mindwreck]

nice.. im surprised that video card is staying in with just the slot locking thing holding it on

[andressergio]

my other water blocks
Ram Block, I have to redo it, it traps air in the top

and videocard

very nice mate

[MadHacker]

very nice mate

and works suprising well.

[matiasca]

[the_dope_chaud]

This was my q6600 setup for a few months...



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[igortricolor]

XFX GTX 460 + mod backplate XFX 7200GS in v.ram:

[Mafio]

I think that the best place to post this stuff is here

I called this stuff "NVATI", because it is made from an 8800 GTX with GPU VRM controller dead and an HD5870 with dead memory controller.
using stock VRM for VRAM would be too easy, so I had adapted the good old Hipro's DDR maximizer as VRAM VRM.



TBH the card itself is quite crap, but who cares?

here is a 3dmark 05 posted on the bot: http://hwbot.org/community/submissio...tx_28279_marks

[Holst]

Fantastic mafio

[Th-I3riG02]

@ smee

OMG DOOOD!!! Recycling WIN!! that is hysterical. I Now feel the need to send you 40 dollars! Canadian tho

[Th-I3riG02]

@ andressergio

Also some serious points to be had here!! Total win in my books! love it.

[Th-I3riG02]

@ trans am

...Yes! That is all.

[tiro_uspsss]

before:

http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/...01b.jpg?psid=1

^ space for 24x 3.5" HDDs (with PSU)


after:

http://fyez6q.bay.livefilestore.com/....38.jpg?psid=1

^ space for 32 3.5" HDDs......not finished cause I still need to mount the PSU somewhere!

[MadHacker]

http://fyez6q.bay.livefilestore.com/....38.jpg?psid=1

^ space for 32 3.5" HDDs......not finished cause I still need to mount the PSU somewhere!

was wondering where you would put the PSU

I have the identical case. and currently have 15 harddrives in there.
still room for 7 more. and have dual PSU in there as well.

Edit. I modded the bottom front to have 2 120mm fans and put 2 120mm fans between each row of harddrives.
I found the harddrives wern't getting enough airflow as it was. with your configuration and if you put 24 hardrives in the bottom even if they are all green drives i still think the temps of the dives will go above 50Deg c easy.
Just not enough air flow.

[tiro_uspsss]

was wondering where you would put the PSU

I have the identical case. and currently have 15 harddrives in there.
still room for 7 more. and have dual PSU in there as well.

Edit. I modded the bottom front to have 2 120mm fans and put 2 120mm fans between each row of harddrives.
I found the harddrives wern't getting enough airflow as it was. with your configuration and if you put 24 hardrives in the bottom even if they are all green drives i still think the temps of the dives will go above 50Deg c easy.
Just not enough air flow.

I'd like to see some pics of the fan mods u've done
as for my temps, they are fine - in the 'before' config, there were 3x 120x38* mm fans, 3K rpm, 45dB, 133cfm the highest hdd temp was...~43c iirc... in the new config I lose the centre fan.. but will see if I can add a 92mm fan below the 120mm @ rear, then see how temps are

[MadHacker]

I'd like to see some pics of the fan mods u've done
as for my temps, they are fine - in the 'before' config, there were 3x 120x38* mm fans, 3K rpm, 45dB, 133cfm the highest hdd temp was...~43c iirc... in the new config I lose the centre fan.. but will see if I can add a 92mm fan below the 120mm @ rear, then see how temps are

In the picture you only had 6 harddrives, that may change once you have enough to block airflow
but with that much fan power it could be fine...
I try to keep my machine as quite as posible.
I'll take pictures tomorrow and post them.

[tiro_uspsss]

In the picture you only had 6 harddrives, that may change once you have enough to block airflow
but with that much fan power it could be fine...
I try to keep my machine as quite as posible.
I'll take pictures tomorrow and post them.

yeah true.. yeah this is my fileserver, so noise is (as u've probably guessed) not a priority!