Some of us cram them into closets never to be seen again, others deny their existence, but there is something we've all got, ghetto mods. When there just isn't the time to pull the tools out and create a master piece of engineering, or when you dont have the tools at all, you're forced to create something ghetto fabulous. Post pics of your ghetto mods. I'm sure you've all got one or two lying around, post pics here.
I'll go first. The beginning of summer meant increased time on my pc, so I knew the heat would rise, and being in the desert with 100+ temps all summer I knew that would make the temps rise even further. I've got a 600MHz Celeron, a case with no fans, a cheap mother, and no tools. So what did I do to ensure the safety of my computer from heat? I built a fan adapter. The stock fan on a 370 socket is just a small 50mm fan, I upped it to a 80mm Panaflow from an old computer. Old fan had 17cfm, 80mm fan pushes out 36cfm. Not a bad increase. Also had to get rid of the factory AC that had been on there since the day I bought the computer, 5 years ago. Before all the changes my computer ran about 56C load with the side panel off and a box fan blowing in. Now with the side panel on with no fan, just the one on the heat sink, it runs about 49C under load. Before changes, 47C idle with side panel off and box fan blowing in. Now it runs anywhere from 39-42C idle with sidle panel on with no fan. What did I use to create the adapter? Since I had no tools I was forced to go back to my childhood and use k'nex. Now without further a'do pics. Since these pics were taken I've redesigned it for more airflow. Note, my case has no fans and I cant mod any into it. There are 3 fans in all my system, CPU, GPU, and PSU. That wide gap next to the socket is where the PSU sits. Its really a tight fit. Anyone who says I need some cable management gets castrated. There is NO room for it.
http://kaosu.multigl.net/epic/Ben's Heatsink/
Ghetto? I think so.
Post pics of your own so I dont feel like a complete idiot.
I'll go first. The beginning of summer meant increased time on my pc, so I knew the heat would rise, and being in the desert with 100+ temps all summer I knew that would make the temps rise even further. I've got a 600MHz Celeron, a case with no fans, a cheap mother, and no tools. So what did I do to ensure the safety of my computer from heat? I built a fan adapter. The stock fan on a 370 socket is just a small 50mm fan, I upped it to a 80mm Panaflow from an old computer. Old fan had 17cfm, 80mm fan pushes out 36cfm. Not a bad increase. Also had to get rid of the factory AC that had been on there since the day I bought the computer, 5 years ago. Before all the changes my computer ran about 56C load with the side panel off and a box fan blowing in. Now with the side panel on with no fan, just the one on the heat sink, it runs about 49C under load. Before changes, 47C idle with side panel off and box fan blowing in. Now it runs anywhere from 39-42C idle with sidle panel on with no fan. What did I use to create the adapter? Since I had no tools I was forced to go back to my childhood and use k'nex. Now without further a'do pics. Since these pics were taken I've redesigned it for more airflow. Note, my case has no fans and I cant mod any into it. There are 3 fans in all my system, CPU, GPU, and PSU. That wide gap next to the socket is where the PSU sits. Its really a tight fit. Anyone who says I need some cable management gets castrated. There is NO room for it.
http://kaosu.multigl.net/epic/Ben's Heatsink/
Ghetto? I think so.
Post pics of your own so I dont feel like a complete idiot.