Ghetto Mods

AsRock · Mar 6, 2015

R-T-B said:
Hmm, weird. I've never been to Europe and am just using basic electrical knowledge. No idea.

Europe's not the UK.

Peter1986C · Mar 6, 2015

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

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · Mar 6, 2015

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 · Mar 6, 2015

AsRock said:
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 · Mar 6, 2015

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 · Mar 7, 2015

Mader Yar said:
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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 · Mar 7, 2015

AsRock said:
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 · Mar 7, 2015

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 · Mar 7, 2015

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 · Mar 7, 2015

@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 .......

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · Mar 11, 2015

remember this

i have put a 9500 gt

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

JunkBear · Mar 11, 2015

CAPSLOCKSTUCK said:
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 · Mar 11, 2015

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

RikuKawai · Mar 11, 2015

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 · Mar 11, 2015

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

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · Mar 11, 2015

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.

Toothless · Mar 11, 2015

videogame57 said:
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 · Mar 11, 2015

Toothless said:
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 · Mar 11, 2015

CAPSLOCKSTUCK said:
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.

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 · Mar 11, 2015

The last one hurt enough (HD 6850)...............it was £12.50 second hand..... :toast:

and you wont hear me complaining.

Welcome to TPU.

RikuKawai · Mar 11, 2015

@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 · Mar 11, 2015

CAPSLOCKSTUCK said:
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 · Mar 11, 2015

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 · Mar 11, 2015

CAPSLOCKSTUCK said:
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 · Mar 11, 2015

I have one somewhere... not joking.

Processor	AMD 3900X \ AMD 7700X
Motherboard	ASRock AM4 X570 Pro 4 \ ASUS X670Xe TUF
Cooling	D15
Memory	Patriot 2x16GB PVS432G320C6K \ G.Skill Flare X5 F5-6000J3238F 2x16GB
Video Card(s)	eVga GTX1060 SSC \ XFX RX 6950XT RX-695XATBD9
Storage	Sammy 860, MX500, Sabrent Rocket 4 Sammy Evo 980 \ 1xSabrent Rocket 4+, Sammy 2x990 Pro
Display(s)	Samsung 1080P \ LG 43UN700
Case	Fractal Design Pop Air 2x140mm fans from Torrent \ Fractal Design Torrent 2 SilverStone FHP141x2
Audio Device(s)	Yamaha RX-V677 \ Yamaha CX-830+Yamaha MX-630 Infinity RS4000\Paradigm P Studio 20, Blue Yeti
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime TX-750 \ Corsair RM1000X Shift
Mouse	Steelseries Sensei wireless \ Steelseries Sensei wireless
Keyboard	Logitech K120 \ Wooting Two HE
Benchmark Scores	Meh benchmarks.

System Name	desktop \| Odroid N2+ \|
Processor	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 \| Amlogic S922X \|
Motherboard	Gigabyte B550M DS3H \|Odroid N2+ \|
Cooling	Inter-Tech Argus SU-200, 3x Arctic P12 case fans \| stock heatsink + fan \|
Memory	Gskill Aegis DDR4 32GB \| 4 GB DDR4 \|
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Pulse RX 6600 (8GB) \| Arm Mali G52 \|
Storage	SK Hynix SSD 240GB, Samsung 840 EVO 250 GB, Toshiba DT01ACA100 1T \| Samsung 850 Evo 500GB \|
Display(s)	AOC G2260VWQ6 \| LG 24MT57D \|
Case	Asus Prime 201 \| Stock case (black version) \|
Audio Device(s)	integrated
Power Supply	BeQuiet! Pure Power 11 400W \| 12v barrel jack \|
Mouse	Logitech G500 \|Steelseries Rival 300
Keyboard	Qpad MK-50 (Cherry MX brown)\| Blaze Keyboard
Software	Windows 10, Various Linux distros \| Gentoo Linux

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	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

Processor	i9 9900KS ( 5 Ghz all the time )
Motherboard	Asus Maximus XI Hero Z390
Cooling	EK Velocity + EK D5 pump + Alphacool full copper silver 360mm radiator
Memory	16GB Corsair Dominator GT ROG Edition 3333 Mhz
Video Card(s)	ASUS TUF RTX 3080 Ti 12GB OC
Storage	M.2 Samsung NVMe 970 Evo Plus 250 GB + 1TB 970 Evo Plus
Display(s)	Asus PG279 IPS 1440p 165Hz G-sync
Case	Cooler Master H500
Power Supply	Asus ROG Thor 850W
Mouse	Razer Deathadder Chroma
Keyboard	Rapoo
Software	Win 10 64 Bit

Ghetto Mods

AsRock

TPU addict

Peter1986C

CAPSLOCKSTUCK

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JunkBear

Mader Yar

New Member

Animalpak

R-T-B

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dorsetknob

"YOUR RMA REQUEST IS CON-REFUSED"

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JunkBear

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RikuKawai

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Toothless

Tech, Games, and TPU!

RikuKawai

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System Name	Pioneer
Processor	Ryzen R9 7950X
Motherboard	GIGABYTE Aorus Elite X670 AX
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 + A whole lotta Sunon and Corsair Maglev blower fans...
Memory	64GB (4x 16GB) G.Skill Flare X5 @ DDR5-6000 CL30
Video Card(s)	XFX RX 7900 XTX Speedster Merc 310
Storage	2x Crucial P5 Plus 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSDs
Display(s)	55" LG 55" B9 OLED 4K Display
Case	Thermaltake Core X31
Audio Device(s)	TOSLINK->Schiit Modi MB->Asgard 2 DAC Amp->AKG Pro K712 Headphones or HDMI->B9 OLED
Power Supply	FSP Hydro Ti Pro 850W
Mouse	Logitech G305 Lightspeed Wireless
Keyboard	WASD Code v3 with Cherry Green keyswitches + PBT DS keycaps
Software	Gentoo Linux x64

System Name	Taihou \| Hiryuu
Processor	Ryzen 7 3700X \| Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
Motherboard	B450 Aorus Pro WiFi \| ThinkPad T14 Gen 3
Cooling	Corsair H60i
Memory	32GB DDR4 3000MHz \| 32GB LPDDR5 6400MHz
Video Card(s)	GTX 1070 \| Radeon 680m
Storage	Samsung SM961 256GB, Intel 660p 1TB, WD Blue SSD 1TB, WD Blue 4TB, WD Green 2TB \| Kingston NV2 2TB
Display(s)	19" Dell M992 (1600x1200@75Hz), 19" LaCie Electron 19blue IV (1600x1200@88Hz), 24.5" AOC G2590FX
Case	CoolerMaster MasterBox Pro 5
Audio Device(s)	Focusrite Scarlet Solo + JDS Atom
Power Supply	Corsair TX650
Mouse	Logitech G502 SE
Keyboard	Red Dragon K552 w/ Purple Zealios v2 65g switches
Software	Windows 10 Education 22H2 \| Windows 10 Pro 22H2

System Name	Veral
Processor	5950x
Motherboard	MSI MEG x570 Ace
Cooling	Corsair H150i RGB Elite
Memory	4x16GB G.Skill TridentZ
Video Card(s)	Powercolor 7900XTX Red Devil
Storage	Crucial P5 Plus 1TB, Samsung 980 1TB, Teamgroup MP34 4TB
Display(s)	Acer Nitro XZ342CK Pbmiiphx + 2x AOC 2425W
Case	Fractal Design Meshify Lite 2
Audio Device(s)	Blue Yeti + SteelSeries Arctis 5 / Samsung HW-T550
Power Supply	Corsair HX850
Mouse	Corsair Nightsword
Keyboard	Corsair K55
VR HMD	HP Reverb G2
Software	Windows 11 Professional
Benchmark Scores	PEBCAK