Ghetto Mods

[Frick]

i just add plastic cover to prevent much dust entering the case, by using plastic and some clear tape

Another old trick is pantyhose.

 

[micropage7]

Another old trick is pantyhose.

but pantyhose will trap some dust on that, i just want to make it clean from outside and no need to take off or clean regularly

 

[de.das.dude]

i have found the best trick to get an industrial blower. and leave everything alone XD

 

[Vario]

Speaker wire brassiere for sagging GPU

 

[micropage7]

Speaker wire brassiere for sagging GPU

duh.. looks pretty tight
is that ok?

 

[Vario]

duh.. looks pretty tight
is that ok?

Yeah when the case is horizontal they exert no pull. I have it carefully set up. I put a level on it it and its pretty much horizontal, its not pulling it vertically, just hanging it where it should be. The photo was taken to show the ram in the slots, so the angle makes it look like I'm torquing out my PCIE slot. I used Zip ties inside the open load bearing/grounded holes of the GPU's leading edge then the speaker wire is double half hitched with a zip tie on the end. They go through some holes in the case roof and are tied together above.

I tried twine, zip tie loops, fishing line, etc. Overall, this is the best solution I've found because the wire is in an insulator so its all the strength of a metal solution without any conductivity that could damage the graphics card. I can't prop up the card with a pencil etc because the gigabyte windforce cooler doesn't have any area where I could safely do so, its very contoured and has lots of spinning fan thingies

but pantyhose will trap some dust on that, i just want to make it clean from outside and no need to take off or clean regularly

I've used aluminum foil plus blue painters tape to block off the bottom of cases where I don't run downfiring power supplies etc. Also used acrylic sheets to block fan holes. Thats not very ghetto though.

 

[LaMokona]

Needed a case for the living room but didn't have any money. I did however, have boxes. The living room PC now sits in an actual case but I kept this just in case.

 

[micropage7]

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Needed a case for the living room but didn't have any money. I did however, have boxes. The living room PC now sits in an actual case but I kept this just in case.

looks good with wood and cardboard

 

[KainXS]

So my Asus GTX460 got really loud the last few months, way louder than the R9 290 and it realllly got my nerves then today the fan failed and I couldn't find a replacement so came up with this

superglued the fans together then tied them to the heatsink, had to glue 2 more pieces of plastic on the sides because there were 2 gaps on the side of the heatsink.

temps dropped 10C vs stock fan at 100% at 1.2V and is nearly silent.

still need to rewire the fans to use the gpu fan header though.

 

[ste2425]

still need to rewire the fans to use the gpu fan header though.

Would them fans draw more then the stock gpu and cause some damage? Got a similar set up on my stock 4850 and wanted to do the same with the stock header. But never did for that reason.

 

[KainXS]

didn't rewire them yet, I tested it though and it worked from the header fine for both but am still using molex, damage, not sure, the stock fan pulls .38A max and the 2 new fans pull .15A max each

 

[Nordic]

Broke the fans on my 7870 Tahiti. Used one of those 2x80mm fan Vantec pci slot fans I had laying around and zip tied it. Took off the pci bracket. Works far better than stock. I just wish the heatsink was bigger. All together is 2.5slots.

 

[micropage7]

Broke the fans on my 7870 Tahiti. Used one of those 2x80mm fan Vantec pci slot fans I had laying around and zip tied it. Took off the pci bracket. Works far better than stock. I just wish the heatsink was bigger. All together is 2.5slots.

wow nice and the fan size match perfectly
and glad it works nicely

 

[micropage7]

my wireless adapter got pretty hot, and i put a coin as heatsink
it just worked for several days before its dead

 

[de.das.dude]

my wireless adapter got pretty hot, and i put a coin as heatsink
it just worked for several days before its dead

thats weird, i use one and mine does not get hot at all.

 

[micropage7]

thats weird, i use one and mine does not get hot at all.

yeah i dunno, first i guess it lack of fresh air since its really hot. hotter than my board chipset
adding the coin and it worked for couple days before it refused to connect at all

 

[de.das.dude]

this is my wifi mod. increases range but not penetration depth. 4 walls of reinforced concrete is too much lol.

 

[micropage7]

this is my wifi mod. increases range but not penetration depth. 4 walls of reinforced concrete is too much lol.

cool, spring antenna
and glad it works well

 

[de.das.dude]

cool, spring antenna
and glad it works well

it not a spring antenna, its a normal antenna, if u dissect ythe ones you get you will find the same thing.

 

[micropage7]

it not a spring antenna, its a normal antenna, if u dissect ythe ones you get you will find the same thing.

i think you put wire from somewhere and make it spring then attach to your wireless

 

[de.das.dude]

i think you put wire from somewhere and make it spring then attach to your wireless

no this is proper antenna wire. this wire is used to make antennas for radios, since my dad was into making radios, there is a lot of this stuff left.
the wire itself is more than 20years older than me but copper is copper

if you look closely you will see that the wire is insulated by cotton threads since at that time plastic insulation was not good and flexible enough.

and its not just any spring. Had to turn it by exactly 7 coils.
for wifi it should be multiples of 3.5.

for radio its multiples of 2.5

 

[Jetster]

When making antennas the length on the wire is related to the frequency which is related to what channel your on. There is probably a Wiki about it. So if you got it exactly the correct length it would improve the performance over stock antenna as they are made for a range of frequencies

 

[de.das.dude]

When making antennas the length on the wire is related to the frequency which is related to what channel your on. There is probably a Wiki about it. So if you got it exactly the correct length it would improve the performance over stock antenna as they are made for a range of frequencies

true. i followed a tutorial.

 

[Frick]

A bit anal here, but it's the number of turns, and not the lenght as such. Well lenght too as the turns can't be too big, but still.

 

[SaiZo]

Ok, so remember when I asked how to create my own 2 molex to a 6 pin PCI-E cable?
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/t...lex-to-6-pin-pci-e-cable.193587/#post-3008019

Well, this is what it was for. This is a system running dual power supply units, built it for my stepson..
The first picture shows the PSU that is running the graphics card (GTS 250, my old card), the second picture shows both the first and secondary PSU - secondary for graphics.

The third picture shows where all the wires go, I had to use my Dremel to make a hole on the top of the case for the cables, soldered correct cables to my own home made adaptor (female and male molex plugs), so if I ever need to do something - I can always disconnect the secondary PSU from the entire system.

The fourth picture is showing the cables from secondary PSU that are needed to start it at the same time as the primary PSU (green and black cables). Used a shrink tube to keep them safe.

The fifth picture, a bit dark and can't see much - shows the GTS 250 in all its glory connected to the PCI-E cable that is soldered to secondary PSUs cables, the sixth picture shows the cables.

And it works..