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System Name | Acer Aspire V3-771G-53218G75Maii |
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Processor | Core i5 3210M (2,5-3,1Ghz) |
Memory | 8GB DDR3 SODIMM |
Video Card(s) | Geforce GT650M |
Storage | Samsung 830 256GB - 750GB Toshiba drive |
Software | Windows 7 x64 Home Premium (non-acer-bloatware) |
Where Ghetto Mods get born...
Alright, before I start to ruin more topics by expressing my sometimes ridiculously off-topic fiddling and tinkering thoughts, I decided to create a special place where all of us tinker-thinkers can come and put their tinkering ideas.
Wot's that? Care to elaborate on the matter?
But of course! I'm the kind of guy that sees stuff lying around in his room and wants to make something with it. Many of these mods will be referred to as ghetto mods, as they will utilise zero or very little freshly bought goods.
Making leftover stuff into something new, useless or not, is something of a sport to me.
But how do I participate? Does it involve picking numbers/my nose?
Nay, nothing special is needed. Just spare parts otherwise cluttering a random space in your room, and a little inspiration for yourself and others.
This club is both for displaying ideas and to ask for them. Think of it as a think tank.
Of course, input is highly appreciated.
An example using two standard fangrills, eight screws and two HDD's:
My current "inventory":
A copper-core Core2Duo cooler
Several 80/92mm fans
some 80/92mm fangrills
TONS OF SCREWS
two big things that are meant to be fangrills but suck at it due to turbulence noice
Leftover cables (16 of em) from a 20-24 pin converter plus a 20pin female/male set
Some cutoff molex cabling
Copper braid I just cut out of a rounded IDE cable
The fanduct formerly residing on the side of my mATX case
An old working PSU with a crap noisy fan (doesn't necessarily have to survive)
Lots, and lots of ducttape
Current ideas (in random order):
Whack the aluminum fins off of the stock cooler and gaze at the shiny copper
Make some interesting concept cooling using the copper braid or summit on the stock cooler
Find out if mounting an 80mm fan on the bottom of the stock cooler really is as pointless as I think it is
Also, the heatsink fits exactly inside the fan duct somehow
Alright! I think I like this kind of stuff!
Great! Feel free to show your ghetto modding here and hopefully help some fellow fiddlers to build something amazingly simple and cool!
Alright, before I start to ruin more topics by expressing my sometimes ridiculously off-topic fiddling and tinkering thoughts, I decided to create a special place where all of us tinker-thinkers can come and put their tinkering ideas.
Wot's that? Care to elaborate on the matter?
But of course! I'm the kind of guy that sees stuff lying around in his room and wants to make something with it. Many of these mods will be referred to as ghetto mods, as they will utilise zero or very little freshly bought goods.
Making leftover stuff into something new, useless or not, is something of a sport to me.
But how do I participate? Does it involve picking numbers/my nose?
Nay, nothing special is needed. Just spare parts otherwise cluttering a random space in your room, and a little inspiration for yourself and others.
This club is both for displaying ideas and to ask for them. Think of it as a think tank.
Of course, input is highly appreciated.
An example using two standard fangrills, eight screws and two HDD's:
My current "inventory":
A copper-core Core2Duo cooler
Several 80/92mm fans
some 80/92mm fangrills
TONS OF SCREWS
two big things that are meant to be fangrills but suck at it due to turbulence noice
Leftover cables (16 of em) from a 20-24 pin converter plus a 20pin female/male set
Some cutoff molex cabling
Copper braid I just cut out of a rounded IDE cable
The fanduct formerly residing on the side of my mATX case
An old working PSU with a crap noisy fan (doesn't necessarily have to survive)
Lots, and lots of ducttape
Current ideas (in random order):
Whack the aluminum fins off of the stock cooler and gaze at the shiny copper
Make some interesting concept cooling using the copper braid or summit on the stock cooler
Find out if mounting an 80mm fan on the bottom of the stock cooler really is as pointless as I think it is
Also, the heatsink fits exactly inside the fan duct somehow
Alright! I think I like this kind of stuff!
Great! Feel free to show your ghetto modding here and hopefully help some fellow fiddlers to build something amazingly simple and cool!