Ghetto Mods

silentbogo · Mar 22, 2021

LoL. For some reason I have this association in my brain, when I see your photo, @Valantar :

natr0n · Mar 23, 2021

Valantar said:
Tore down my PC yesterday, disassembled and cleaned the CPU and GPU blocks plus pump+res combo. Still waiting on QDCs to arrive, so rather than putting the loop back in just to tear it down in a week I put in the RX 570 from my travel PC and put the old 212 Evo on the 5800X. But the case still needs airflow, and the front fan bracket is stuck to the no longer installed front radiator. What to do?

Well, it's obvious, really.

Use a nail clipper to clean it up a bit. There is an art to zipties.

Valantar · Mar 23, 2021

natr0n said:
Use a nail clipper to clean it up a bit. There is an art to zipties.

I have edge snip pliers for that. But nah, this is just for a few days, no need to clean anything up in that little time.

DeathtoGnomes · Mar 27, 2021

So I came across an image fromm r/techsupportgore

Do you think it has watercooling?

http://imgur.com/bxu4bhm

Space Dynamics · Mar 29, 2021

I
I had to find a way to cool my S9150

So I tried a fan...

Reached 89 (slooowwwllyy) before I shut it down

Two fans?

That did it, steady 84ish. Excellent.

Valantar · Mar 29, 2021

Space Dynamics said:
I
I had to find a way to cool my S9150

View attachment 194247

So I tried a fan...

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Reached 89 (slooowwwllyy) before I shut it down

Two fans?

View attachment 194249

That did it, steady 84ish. Excellent.

Given the size and density of that heatsink it's no wonder if a single axial fan couldn't do much - you'd need a lot of pressure to maintain good airflow through that monster. Stacking fans seems like a good way of achieving that! I would tape the seam between the fan and the large side of the heatsink too though - that looks like a prime spot for air to escape.

Caring1 · Mar 29, 2021

Space Dynamics said:
I had to find a way to cool my S9150

View attachment 194247

So I tried a fan...

Reached 89 (slooowwwllyy) before I shut it down

Two fans?

This option on eBay might not be as cheap but it's purpose built.

AMD FirePro S9150 Server GPU cooling fan shroud duct | eBay

This custom designed shroud is a perfect way of cooling a passive-heatsink AMD FirePro™ S9150 Server GPGPU (not included) in a desktop case. The fan is optional - if you want the fan, be sure to select "Fan included" option = Yes.

www.ebay.com.au

silentbogo · Mar 29, 2021

S9150 is an excellent card. Wanted to ask: does it support mxGPU?
Also, it seems like this card has a standard 53mm mounting bracket. You may be able to replace stock heatsink with something a little beefier and more appropriate.
There are tons of dead 200-series cards, which means there are lots of spare HSFs for sale everywhere. MSI Lightning or TwinFrozr should do.
I'd give you one of my spare TwinFrozrs, if Elon Musk agrees to ship it at a discount to orbit

Vayra86 · Apr 7, 2021

Space Dynamics said:
I
I had to find a way to cool my S9150

View attachment 194247

So I tried a fan...

View attachment 194248

Reached 89 (slooowwwllyy) before I shut it down

Two fans?

View attachment 194249

That did it, steady 84ish. Excellent.

That one is just screaming for a thin & Light version with one Delta fan. A comparison/bench between the two...

In case you're ever bored, I know I am

Either way, big kudos for how your mind works. Needs moar. Add moar. Love it.

Komshija · Apr 7, 2021

Valantar said:
Tore down my PC yesterday, disassembled and cleaned the CPU and GPU blocks plus pump+res combo. Still waiting on QDCs to arrive, so rather than putting the loop back in just to tear it down in a week I put in the RX 570 from my travel PC and put the old 212 Evo on the 5800X. But the case still needs airflow, and the front fan bracket is stuck to the no longer installed front radiator. What to do?

You can buy two flat aluminum sheets, about 1-2 mm thick and about 20 mm wide, cut them to necessary length to fit inside the case and drill 4 mm holes right through the aluminum sheets and the case for the screws. Buy 4 long screws with nuts and fasten the fan. You could paint them to match your case color.

Valantar · Apr 7, 2021

Komshija said:
You can buy two flat aluminum sheets, about 1-2 mm thick and about 20 mm wide, cut them to necessary length to fit inside the case and drill 4 mm holes right through the aluminum sheets and the case for the screws. Buy 4 long screws with nuts and fasten the fan. You could paint them to match your case color.

For a setup used for a grand total of two weeks that would be quite extreme overkill

QDCs are in place and the loop got installed yesterday, working excellently, so the zip-ties are thankfully gone now.

RealKGB · Apr 7, 2021

Improved CPU temps by 2C.

bobbybluz · Apr 10, 2021

I decided to get out the Dremel so I could use an Arctic Freezer II 360 AIO with six 120mm 110cfm fans in push/pull and still have room inside my $20 Craigslist NZXT 440 case. All the fans and radiator are mounted externally. This should keep my i9 9900K cool above 5Ghz. Here's the first mockup after doing the case surgery with the fans & radiator in place. I had three Silverstone FM121's and three EverFlow R121225BU's on hand (same actual fans but the Silverstones are white and the Everflows black minus the speed control the Silverstones come with). All have Molex connectors. The case is also modded to mount an XFX R9 Fury X radiator externally at the rear. Final assembly will be tomorrow. Still a minor bit of work with the files to get everything exact.

jboydgolfer · Apr 10, 2021

bobbybluz said:
I decided to get out the Dremel so I could use an Arctic Freezer II 360 AIO with six 120mm 110cfm fans in push/pull and still have room inside my $20 Craigslist NZXT 440 case. All the fans and radiator are mounted externally. This should keep my i9 9900K cool above 5Ghz. Here's the first mockup after doing the case surgery with the fans & radiator in place. I had three Silverstone FM121's and three EverFlow R121225BU's on hand (same actual fans but the Silverstones are white and the Everflows black minus the speed control the Silverstones come with). All have Molex connectors. The case is also modded to mount an XFX R9 Fury X externally at the rear. Final assembly will be tomorrow. Still a minor bit of work with the files to get everything exact.

oh wow.....thats bulky :laugh:

outta cool well

AsRock · Apr 10, 2021

hat said:
My old ASUS RT-N66R actually has a pretty beefy heatsink in it for a router. Looks something like this: http://mail.smallnetbuilder.com/ima...us_rtac66u/asus_rtac66u_board_top_w_htsnk.jpg

Looks like you can get one used for about $30 these days. I paid... something like $100 for mine new years ago. Not a bad router at all if you don't need anything faster than wireless N or you don't exactly have a gigabit hookup.

You should see the one on the Apple Airport extreme, big ol blocks of aluminum which is spread across the top of the unit.

bobbybluz · Apr 10, 2021

jboydgolfer said:
oh wow.....thats bulky
outta cool well

I discovered years ago that mounting radiators & fans externally frees up a lot of space inside cases plus usually cools better as well. On the NZXT 440 the only way to use that 38mm thick 360 radiator was external mounting plus the bottom fans raise it high enough to clear the top of the case so I could cut a smaller hole plus not obstruct the USB 3.0 ports as well as being able to use the existing case 360 fan mounting holes with no mods to them.

freeagent · Apr 10, 2021

I did that with the first H100, running 4x 120x38s.. worked pretty good

Better than stock that's for sure, and just as loud :laugh:

Sorta

bobbybluz · Apr 10, 2021

freeagent said:
I did that with the first H100, running 4x 120x38s.. worked pretty good

Better than stock that's for sure, and just as loud

Sorta

The first one I did externally years ago was a H100 too. I've got a batch of 150cfm 120 x 27 Deltas coming from China. They've been in the USA for a week now and nobody knows where they are. They should be fun to play with.

micropage7 · Apr 11, 2021

When you don't have paper tape for masking

I use brochure for masking, i need to make some holes for tv box ventilation

freeagent · Apr 12, 2021

It’s getting a little warmer and I know my mems always appreciate airflow so I opened up the top a little and put a fan directly above them and slightly in front of the CPU fan, within about .5mm. They are about 3c happier with roughly the same noise I had with 4x 120x38s.

Edit:

Yes my PC is beside my desk, but that white stuff is not what you think..

Its milk.. dam kids.

xtreemchaos · Apr 19, 2021

every 4 months i have to clean the dust outa me rads and a while ago i made a tool outa a old res. just ad 2kw vac mines a henry.

it really do work a treat. we have African Grays parrots and boy do thay make dust. i love re using kit for diff things

Valantar · Apr 19, 2021

xtreemchaos said:
every 4 months i have to clean the dust outa me rads and a while ago i made a tool outa a old res. just ad 2kw vac mines a henry.
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it really do work a treat. we have African Grays parrots and boy do thay make dust. i love re using kit for diff things

Nice setup! That pic makes me very happy I have dust filters though, if it looks like that after just four months D: I just pulled apart my HTPC/NAS build that hasn't been cleaned in ... probably two years since it last had a storage upgrade, has been running 24/7 for 99% of that time, and used to sit 5cm off the living room floor until we moved 8 months ago, and it still had nowhere near those levels of dust :eek:

xtreemchaos · Apr 19, 2021

thanks Valantar, ive been meaning to get some dust filters i have one on the back of the case but its pointless to trap the dust going out. i used to just use the vac but it never got the dust out the corners now with the small pipe it sucks it right our no bother.

Nuckles56 · Apr 20, 2021

Valantar said:
Nice setup! That pic makes me very happy I have dust filters though, if it looks like that after just four months D: I just pulled apart my HTPC/NAS build that hasn't been cleaned in ... probably two years since it last had a storage upgrade, has been running 24/7 for 99% of that time, and used to sit 5cm off the living room floor until we moved 8 months ago, and it still had nowhere near those levels of dust

I wish I could run mine for that long without cleaning. Mine would have baked its drives long before due to that much dust buildup

delshay · May 22, 2021

Here is what looks like poor soldering of extra capacitors soldered to a 939 CPU.

The soldering looks poor because the 0402 capacitors are too small. You have to stretch the solder at both ends of the capacitor in-order to get them soldered in. To make matters worse the height of the solder can't exceed 0.5mm otherwise it will short-out against the IHS.

There are two extra capacitor per array soldered in at each end. I don't really care how it looks as long as it works & shows improvement. It seems to stabilize the CPU but it hard to say if there is any improvement in overclocking as I have faults elsewhere which is preventing the CPU from high overclock. Until this is fixed, this mod is still unknown if it has any real world performance changes.

System Name	WS#1337
Processor	Ryzen 7 3800X
Motherboard	ASUS X570-PLUS TUF Gaming
Cooling	Xigmatek Scylla 240mm AIO
Memory	4x8GB G.Skill Ares OEM DDR4-3200 (B-die)
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Storage	Adata SX8200 Pro 1TB
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Case	ghetto CM Cosmos RC-1000
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Power Supply	SeaSonic SSR-550FX (80+ GOLD)
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System Name	natr0n-PC
Processor	Various - Ryzen 3600XT & 3700X
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Memory	Various - TEAM VULCAN 32GB DDR4 4000 @ 3667
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Storage	Various
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Case	Various
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Power Supply	Various
Software	XP/7/8.1/10
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Processor	AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
Motherboard	Biostar X370GTN
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Video Card(s)	AMD R9 Fury X
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Power Supply	EVGA Supernova G2 750W
Mouse	Logitech G602
Keyboard	Lenovo Compact Keyboard with Trackpoint
Software	Windows 10 Pro

System Name	Dumbass
Processor	AMD-9370BE @4.6
Motherboard	ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 +SB950
Cooling	CM Nepton 280L
Memory	G.Skill Sniper 16gb DDR3 2400
Video Card(s)	GreenTeam 1080 Gaming X 8GB
Storage	C:\SSD (240GB), D:\Seagate (2TB), E:\Western Digital (1TB)
Display(s)	1x Nixeus NX_EDG27, 2x Dell S2440L (16:9)
Case	Phanteks Enthoo Primo w/8 140mm SP Fans
Audio Device(s)	onboard (realtek?) SPKRS:Logitech Z623 200w 2.1
Power Supply	Corsair HX1000i
Mouse	Logitech G700s
Keyboard	Logitech G910 Orion Spark
Software	windows 10
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System Name	Absolution
Processor	Ryzen 7 3700x
Motherboard	Asus Prime X570-P
Cooling	Dark Rock Pro 4
Memory	32GB (0+16+0+16) 3600 CL18
Video Card(s)	Tesla k80, Gigabyte Vega 64 8GB Gaming OC Edition
Storage	1TB NVME Intel 665p, 2TB SATA SSD Sandisk sdssdh3 2t00, 16GB M.2 Optane, 1.5TB WD Green
Display(s)	GS27QHR DP
Case	Antec Three Hundred Two
Audio Device(s)	Creative Labs X-Fi Titanium HD, Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1850
Power Supply	1000w EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 T2
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64

Ghetto Mods

silentbogo

natr0n

Valantar

DeathtoGnomes

Space Dynamics

Valantar

Caring1

AMD FirePro S9150 Server GPU cooling fan shroud duct | eBay

silentbogo

Vayra86

Komshija

Valantar

RealKGB

bobbybluz

Attachments

jboydgolfer

AsRock

TPU addict

bobbybluz

freeagent

bobbybluz

micropage7

freeagent

xtreemchaos

Valantar

xtreemchaos

Nuckles56

delshay

Attachments

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Motherboard	NZXT N7 Z370 Black
Cooling	Cooler Master 240 RGB AIO / Stock
Memory	Thermaltake Toughram 16GB 4400MHz DDR4 or Gigabyte 16GB 3600MHz DDR4 or Adata 8GB 2133Mhz DDR4
Video Card(s)	Asus Dual 1060 6GB
Storage	Kingston A2000 512Gb NVME
Display(s)	AOC 24" Freesync 1m.s. 75Hz
Case	Corsair 450D High Air Flow.
Audio Device(s)	No need.
Power Supply	FSP Aurum 650W
Mouse	Yes
Keyboard	Of course
Software	W10 Pro 64 bit

Processor	i7 8700k 4.6Ghz @ 1.24V
Motherboard	AsRock Fatal1ty K6 Z370
Cooling	beQuiet! Dark Rock Pro 3
Memory	16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 3200/C16
Video Card(s)	MSI GTX 1080 Gaming X @ 2100/5500
Storage	Samsung 850 EVO 1TB + Samsung 830 256GB + Crucial BX100 250GB + Toshiba 1TB HDD
Display(s)	Gigabyte G34QWC (3440x1440)
Case	Fractal Design Define C TG
Audio Device(s)	Situational :)
Power Supply	EVGA G2 750W
Mouse	Logitech G502 Protheus Spectrum
Keyboard	Lenovo Thinkpad Trackpoint II (Best K/B ever... <3)
Software	W10 x64

System Name	1.21 gigawatts!
Processor	Intel Core i7 6700K
Motherboard	MSI Z170A Krait Gaming 3X
Cooling	Be Quiet! Shadow Rock Slim with Arctic MX-4
Memory	16GB G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 MHz
Video Card(s)	Palit GTX 1080 Game Rock
Storage	Mushkin Triactor 240GB + Toshiba X300 4TB
Display(s)	Philips 237E7QDSB/00 23" FHD AH-IPS
Case	Aerocool Aero-1000 white + 4 Arctic F12 PWM Rev.2 fans
Audio Device(s)	Onboard Audio Boost 3 with Nahimic Audio Enhancer
Power Supply	FSP Hydro G 650W
Mouse	Cougar 700M eSports white
Keyboard	E-Blue Cobra II
Software	Windows 8.1 Pro x64
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Processor	Ryzen 5 3600
Motherboard	Asus ROG Strix B350-F Gaming
Cooling	ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 120mm, Noctua NF-F12
Memory	B-Die 2x8GB 3200 CL14, Vengeance LPX 2x8GB 3200 CL16, OC'd to 3333 MT/s C16-16-16-32 tRC 48
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Storage	Crucial M4 128GB, Crucial MX500 500GB,WD 250GB, WD Black 2TB, WD Caviar Green 3TB, Intel Optane 16GB
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Mouse	Kensington K72369
Keyboard	Microsoft Comfort Curve 2000
Software	Windows 10 Home 64-bit
Benchmark Scores	are good

System Name	"The black one in the dining room"
Processor	Intel Xeon E5 2683 V4 16c/32t
Motherboard	Asus X99 Deluxe
Cooling	Corsair H105 w/4 Silverstone FM121 fans @110cfm ea on the radiator
Memory	64GB G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4 2600 (8x8)
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Storage	960GB MyDigital NVMe. 480GB MyDigital NVMe, 1TB Samsung 860, 4 Western Digital 2TB Black
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Case	Modded Corsair Carbide 500R
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Power Supply	Corsair AX1200i
Mouse	Logitech Performance MX
Keyboard	Logitech K750 Solar, DiNovo Edge
Software	Win 10 Enterprise LTSC

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Memory	32GB Corsair RGB fancy boi 5000
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Case	Fractal Design Meshify-C
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Power Supply	Seasonic Focus+ Gold 1000 Watt
Mouse	Logitech G502 spectrum
Keyboard	AZIO MGK-1 RGB (Kaith Blue)
Software	Win 10 Professional 64 bit
Benchmark Scores	the MLGeesiest

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Motherboard	ASRock Z68 \ ASRock AM4 X570 Pro 4
Memory	Samsung low profile 2x8GB \ Patriot 2x16GB PVS432G320C6K
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Mouse	Steelseries Sensei wireless \ Steelseries Sensei wireless
Keyboard	Logitech K120 \ ROCCAT MK Pro ( modded amber leds )
Benchmark Scores	Meh benchmarks.

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Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX 980 Classified
Storage	WD SN750 1TB+500GB, 2x Intel 545s 256, WD1TB Black, 1TB Toshiba
Display(s)	22" Sammy, 55" Hisense
Case	Fractal Design Meshify C
Audio Device(s)	NAD, Mission, Monitor Audio
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime GX-750, Zalman ZM-MFC2, Monster HDP1800
Mouse	Zowie EC2 Evo
Keyboard	Logitech G910
Software	Yes
Benchmark Scores	Yes

System Name	1. The Devils Dialysis VR rig 2. intel teliscope rig 3.MSI GP72MVR Leopard Pro .
Processor	1.3900x @stock 2. i7 7700k @5. 3. i7 7700hq
Motherboard	1.aorus x570 ultra 2. z270 Maximus IX Hero
Cooling	1.Hard tube loop, cpu and gpu 2. Hard loop cpu only
Memory	1.hyperx preditor @3600 16gb 2.vengence 32gb @3000 3. 16gb hyperx @2400
Video Card(s)	1.MSI 1080 8gb with EKWB 2. Sapphire Nitro+ rx580 8gb @1450 3. gtx 1060 3gb
Storage	1 M.2 500gb , 2 3tb HDs 2. 256gb ssd, 3tbHD 3. 256 m.2. 1tb ssd
Display(s)	1.LG 50inch UHD , oculus rift S. 2 SONY bravia 1080p, . 3. 17 inch 120 hz display
Case	1. Thermaltake P5 2. loop
Audio Device(s)	1 Onboard 2 Onboard 3 Onboard
Power Supply	1.seasonic gx 850w 2. seasonic gx 750w
Mouse	1 ROG Gladius 2 Corsair m65 pro
Keyboard	1. ROG Strix Flare 2. Corsair F75 RBG 3. steelseries RBG
VR HMD	rift and rift S
Software	1. win 10 enterpise 2. win10 pro 3, win10 home
Benchmark Scores	1.7821 cb20 ,cb15 3442 1c 204 cpu-z 1c 539 12c 8847 2. 1106 cb 3.cb 970

System Name	Storm Wrought \| Blackwood (HTPC)
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 3700x @stock ~4.25GHz boost speed \| i7 2600k
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570 Aorus Pro WIFI m-ITX \| Some POS gigabyte board
Cooling	BQ Dark Rock Slim, BQ shadow wings 3 High Spd, stock 180mm \|BQ Shadow rock LP + 4x120mm Noctua redux
Memory	G.Skill Trident 2x8GB 3600MHz 14-15-16-30 \| 2x4GB 2000MHz @1866
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte GTX 1080ti Aorus Xtreme Edition \| MSI LP GT 1030
Storage	SX8200 Pro 1TB, 850EVO 500GB, 2 & 8TB Seagate Barracuda, LG Blu-ray \| 120GB Sandisk SSD, 4TB WD red
Display(s)	Samsung UJ590UDE 32" UHD monitor \| Sammy 1080p 55" TV
Case	Silverstone TJ08B-E \| Custom built wooden case (Aus native timbers)
Audio Device(s)	Onboard, HD 599 cans \| Logitech z163's
Power Supply	Corsair RMx 550 \| Corsair SF 450
Mouse	GMMK w/ Zelio V2 62g (78g for spacebar) tactile switches & Glorious black keycaps\| Some logitech one
Keyboard	Rapoo v56 \| Some logitech one
VR HMD	HTC Vive
Software	Win 10 Edu \| Ubuntu 20.04
Benchmark Scores	Look in the various benchmark threads