Ghetto Mods

lexluthermiester · Feb 20, 2023

joemama said:
Added some heatsinks to my wifi router
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Top-notch mod! Well nice!

Mussels · Feb 20, 2023

joemama said:
Added some heatsinks to my wifi router
View attachment 284665

I do that sorta silliness to mine as well, since my routers high spec as all hell for some reason - helps prevent dropouts in summer

BCM63138 chipset - dual core 1GHz CPU with 1GB DDR3 RAM, when so many modern routers have just 128MB or 256MB for high end overpriced stuff - and this is a $20 second hand router any aussie can snag (the gen 1/1.1 telstra routers)

de.das.dude · Feb 20, 2023

joemama said:
Added some heatsinks to my wifi router
View attachment 284665

tell me you used superglue because otherwise its not a ghetto mod lol.

joemama · Feb 20, 2023

de.das.dude said:
tell me you used superglue because otherwise its not a ghetto mod lol.

I used some left over thermal pads from where I work, they were originally going to be thrown away and I thought they would still be useful so I kept them.

Jetster · Feb 20, 2023

80251 · Feb 20, 2023

How long is that electrical tape going to last in the high heat of a PC case?

P4-630 · Feb 20, 2023

80251 said:
How long is that electrical tape going to last in the high heat of a PC case?

Case temp is nowhere near melting heat....

I'd use this though:

It just sticks the fan directly onto the heatsink.
I used it before for such a purpose.

freeagent · Feb 20, 2023

As long as it doesn't hit 30c in his space the tape shouldn't stretch too much, depends on the glue too I guess

Jetster · Feb 20, 2023

You're talking about this fix like it's actually an option

RyzenMaster.sys · Feb 20, 2023

This was my fan solution for quieting an rx5700 I had a few years ago.

Not great but it did the trick.

Recently I got a 3d printer and have attempted to try making a less ghetto fan mod for a PowerColor RX470 I bought which lacked a fan or shroud. A couple of attempts later as well as some paint, glue, and sanding, I got this.

Im rather happy with how this turned out, although I feel I should have sanded it more to make it look less 3d printed. Although it looks much less ghetto than my prior fan mods, it's still a bit hack and probably won't hold up as well as some f12s zip tied to a card. The fan here is robbed from an MSI Armor 470 which had one good and one bad fan. I hacked the bad fans wires off and then covered the ends with some heat shrink. The fan is double sided foam taped to the heatsink, and the shroud is also taped to the heatsink.

I do have it designed that I can screw the shroud properly to the heatsink using the original screw holes, but the tape seems to work fine for this, however I am worried it might now hold up for the fan. If I screw the fan directly into the heatsink it no longer aligns with the fan hole sadly.

As far as temps, it's cool and quiet. 60c or so in furmark. Will have to mess around with it and make sure it has the factory bios on it and is clocking appropriately since I'm certain this is ex mining

1freedude · Feb 20, 2023

RyzenMaster.sys said:
This was my fan solution for quieting an rx5700 I had a few years ago. View attachment 284737 View attachment 284738
Not great but it did the trick.

Recently I got a 3d printer and have attempted to try making a less ghetto fan mod for a PowerColor RX470 I bought which lacked a fan or shroud. A couple of attempts later as well as some paint, glue, and sanding, I got this.View attachment 284742
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Im rather happy with how this turned out, although I feel I should have sanded it more to make it look less 3d printed. Although it looks much less ghetto than my prior fan mods, it's still a bit hack and probably won't hold up as well as some f12s zip tied to a card. The fan here is robbed from an MSI Armor 470 which had one good and one bad fan. I hacked the bad fans wires off and then covered the ends with some heat shrink. The fan is double sided foam taped to the heatsink, and the shroud is also taped to the heatsink.

I do have it designed that I can screw the shroud properly to the heatsink using the original screw holes, but the tape seems to work fine for this, however I am worried it might now hold up for the fan. If I screw the fan directly into the heatsink it no longer aligns with the fan hole sadly.

As far as temps, it's cool and quiet. 60c or so in furmark. Will have to mess around with it and make sure it has the factory bios on it and is clocking appropriately since I'm certain this is ex mining

Looks great, but off topic. Please refrain from beauty and finesse in this thread

Fangio1951 · Feb 20, 2023

1freedude said:
Looks great, but off topic. Please refrain from beauty and finesse in this thread

Yeah = that shroud doesn't look Ghetto enough

Good job at the 3d printing though. :clap:

freeagent · Feb 20, 2023

Break a corner off and it’ll fit right in

Looks OEM

Count von Schwalbe · Feb 20, 2023

RyzenMaster.sys said:
feel I should have sanded it more to make it look less 3d printed

If you do more, use ABS and rub it down with Acetone. It will dissolve the ridges and fill the voids.

nomdeplume · Feb 20, 2023

Jetster said:
You're talking about this fix like it's actually an option

Juxtaposition with AIO water cooling is the real story here.

Low or high heat specialty electrical tape is nothing new. Bit worried about your lack of structural reinforcement on the left side where PCIe slot removed ability to perform a full wrap. Looks to me like you could also improvise a sag support from below on that side.

RyzenMaster.sys · Feb 20, 2023

I'd add some zip ties for added structure

Mussels · Feb 21, 2023

80251 said:
How long is that electrical tape going to last in the high heat of a PC case?

anywhere from 5 minutes to 5 1/2 minutes

I used cable ties to hold my fan on after watching it fall off before the PC had even been powered on - this is a GTX 970 with cold boot issues, and those issues seemed to be the stock fan shroud warping the card

I then used tape and card from some computer parts box to guide the airflow a little better, which did take almost 10C off the VRMs
Yes - one of the alu panels is being yanked off by a cable tie. It's fun.

Jetster · Feb 21, 2023

LSI controller, drilled as hole in the side of the case, zip ties
Don't use tape, the glue gets soft and makes a mess

Veseleil · Feb 21, 2023

Zip ties - the Holy Grail of the ghetto mods.

OneMoar · Feb 21, 2023

reposting this because you kids are doing it wrong
you gotta power the fan from the gpus header so the speed control works

Jetster · Feb 21, 2023

OneMoar said:
reposting this because you kids are doing it wrong
you gotta power the fan from the gpus header so the speed control works

So one fan blows in and one out. Got it thanks

Arco · Feb 21, 2023

I think this belongs here...

Jetster · Feb 21, 2023

nomdeplume · Feb 21, 2023

The tumbleweave of ghetto mods

lexluthermiester · Feb 21, 2023

80251 said:
How long is that electrical tape going to last in the high heat of a PC case?

Not long. Zip ties can be a better solution! Or superglue...

1freedude said:
Looks great, but off topic. Please refrain from beauty and finesse in this thread

It might be nice looking, but it's still a bit ghetto..

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