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[Kabrevre]

This is my flex. It's a shabby old core duo laptop which I bought for five bucks from the tip, and I got the controller for four dollars from a pawn shop. It's all just hot glue and time spent filing things into the right shape.

You've seen Guitar Hero on PC, but have you seen PC on Guitar Hero?
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[SotosLg]

These are mine!

 

Half Life² : Gordon Freeman edition

 

Broken Peace

 

Mad Max: War Rig

 

Cracked Turbine

[startrek03]

Gonna do that keychain from the original mod very soon! I actually had this idea a while ago and already started removing pins (it's really tedious, if done carefully). Now, I think, I'll finish it.

[NZKshatriya]

This is kind of a mod, but more of a project I am working on for using spare chassis for other things:

3D printer controllers usually are just mounted to the side of the printer, or some come in large controller boxes (with loud fans)

So, I was thinking about taking mITX or Micro ATX cases and using them as a single/multi printer controller and power housing unit.

Can use quiter cooling with more efficient airflow.

 

First mod is a PCI bracket for mounting a control board.  Im using the Big Tree Tech SKR 1.3 (which has the same dimensions and mount locations of the 1.4)

 

My only problem right now is that my FDM printer is down while I need to replace the FEP on my resin printer. 

I have to print this in two parts on the resin printer due to the X axis on the build plate being 120mm, and the X-axis of the bracket being 120mm (the slicing software says nope)

 

Will be working on making an optical drive bay mount to hold industrial PSU's.

Aready have some 120mm and 80mm brackets edited to work with this.

[Zeruel]

I saw that my pre-built case had a 92mm fan vent but mounting holes and the front panel cover blocked air flow. I cut out 92x92mm square and drilled some mounting holes. 

 

Temps are decent for an i7 4770k at ~4.3Ghz. ~55°c   

 

[Kleo Yan]

Hi everyone, 

 

as read on the very first page, listing all the tools and material and method of mod. I did this and will like to share.

I got this 2nd hand graphics card which was at a very bad condition but after mod, I am able to use it.

Right after I did this, a colleague of mine approaches me to do the same as he was having crashes and such. On my first video which is on my card, I have not explain what it does. 

Here is what I did for him and explains how this graphics card mod work. 

 

currently am working on migrating my pc components to the o11d mini case. majority complain about the top panel of the black variant as it's made of acrylic, unlike the white variant which is aluminum. I have done a simple mod and the process on how I did it. In additional alot just use the uni fan SL120 which is nice but everyone is having that, so I wanted something different. so this is what I did. 

Happy New Year 2021 everybody, just to add on with the final product on the migration of my old PC components from a Lan Li Lancool II case to this O11D mini

 

 

[OCNewbee]

This is pretty ugly but here you go.

[R3ap3r_999]

This...is...gold

 

[GetTheClicker]

[MrSmiles]

Um... Maybe I should read guides.

My inventory is...

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“It’s not.” -my mum, concerning my love life, ‘22

 

 

[Pier-Luc Theriault]

I modded my case to switch the drive bay and the power supply so I can have an easier access to the motherboard IO.
Do you know of any commercial case that is made this way? Mine is not really well done because of my tools, skills and time limitations, but I am satisfied with the principle and the result.

[Rivettz]

Here is my PC Case mod. Its a custom PSU Shroud for my Thermaltake F31 Suppressor. Its made from 14 Gauge Steel measured and bent to and cut fit an Aquacomputer Aqua Tube Reservoir. Im using an Alphacool Eisdecke/D5 Pump Combo to pump the fluid and an Alphacool 14mm thick 200mm large Radiator to cool it. I added quick disconnects to aid in switching GPUs in and out of the loop. Im using Koolance QD3 Male and Female quick disconnects. All thats left to do is to find an old laptop hard drive and. . . "Borrow" the magnet and magnet shield to level and secure it to the case. There are literally millimeters between some of these parts. When this project is complete Im going to move all of the parts from my old rig into this one. Its the same case, so it should be easy. I hope you like the progress so far. I cant wait to show the final product. 

 

Heres a list of all the photos in reverse order. I encourage you to scroll down and see the progress. 

 

 

 

[Rivettz]

The thrilling conclusion to my Final Major PC Upgrade for the next 4 years. This journey has been a long fun and busy road. But there must be an ending. For now. I have only small changes and minor tweaks that need to take place, but afterwards. I will say She is complete. I hope you enjoy it as much as my cat does. Thank you all for viewing and you all have a good night.

There are two Separate loops in the system one of which is wired to a switch. The top loop consists of:

-Thermaltake Pacific PR2U Dual 5.25" Bay D5 Pump/Resorvior Combo

-EK ZMT Tubing

-A mixture of Chrome Plated Brass Rotary Fittings Bit Fenix and Alpha Cool

-Alphacool NexXxos 280mm 45mm Thick Copper Pass-through Radiator

-Alphacool NexXxos 140mm 45mm Thick Copper Radiator

-8x XSPC G1/4 1/2ID Chrome Compression Fittings

-Freeze Mod AM4 CPU Waterblock

-3x Noctua Redux 140mm fans

The Bottom Loop Consists of:

-Custom Made 2mm Thick Steel PSU Shroud

-Aqua Computer Aqua Tube POM Reservoir

-Alphacool Eisdeck 5 w/D5 655 Pump

-EK ZMT Tubing

- 2x Alphacool 45° Chrome Plated Brass Rotary Fittings

- 2x Bitfenix 90° Chrome Plated Brass Rotary Fittings

- 4x Alphacool Chrome Plates Brass Pass Through Fittings

- 2x Koolance QD3 Quick Disconnects

-Bitfenix Full Cover Water Block 2080ti

-Alphacool NexXxos 200mm 45mm Thick Copper Radiator

-Noctua Chromax 200mm Fan

The fluid I used for both was EK Cryofuel Acid Green

Specs:

Thermaltake F31 Suppressor

Ryzen 9 3950X

32gb G. Skill 3200mhz RAM

Asus B550-E motherboard

Zotac RTX 2080 ti 11gb

EVGA 1000 GS PSU

Samsung 970 Evo NVMe SSD

4x PNY 120 gb SSDs in RAID 0

1x Spectre 120gb SSD

1x Patriot 240gb SSD

1x 1Tb Western Digital Black 7200RPM HDD

1x 2Tb Seagate 5400RPM HDD

Windows 10

[Mnpctech]

I made a video guide tutorial for making a PSU shroud for your PC case that didnt have one, like my Corsair 400R from 2010

 

 

 

[MigratingCoconut]

PC Mods Rundown

Over time I made some mods, aimed mostly at improving cooling and noise. Here they are:
 

1. RAM heatsinks:
   I had some stability issues with my OC(B-DIE likes volts and hates heat), so I replaced the stock heatsink with some 11x11x5mm ones from Aliexpress
   This was after the fan was added. It turns out the OEM heatsink only contacts 4 memory ICs on either side. At the bottom there is a small piece of cardboard that diverts hot air coming out of the GPU.
   
    
2. GPU fan swap, and repaste with PTM7950:
   I tried a few different fans on my 6950XT Red Devil, best of which were a pair T30s. But much greater was the benefit of using PTM7950, which hasn't done much to average temp, but did cut the average to hotspot temp delta in half. A repaste with NT-H2 did the same, but that pumped out after a couple weeks, while the PTM appears to hold well and hopefully keeps doing so.
   
   
   The fans are held in place with bent 78mm paper clips. I either found points to hook around or shoved them below cross members running the width of the cooler. This is secure enough for me to pick up the GPU from either of the fans.
   
   
   And now for some testing results. I'm using Furmark at 90% power limit and undervolted to 1.115V. This results in a load of about 290W.
   T30 with PTM7950
   
   
   
   T30 with NT-H2
   
   
   
   3 Noctua NF-A9s, perform about as good as stock RPM for RPM while being quieter, but have no headroom.
   
   
    
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4. Ducting:
   I made a cardboard duct to prevent the GPU from recycling its own exhaust while also diverting a bit more of the front intake downwards towards it. I don't have any recorded data for this, but it improved my RTX2070s temps by around 7 degrees, about equivalent to running without a side panel
   
   In addition to that I added a couple thermal probes to give me an idea of the air temp at the GPU intake. Technically it doesn't really matter so long as the GPU temps are good enough, but it gives me a general idea of how well the ducting performs and how fast I'll need to spin the intake fans before more speed becomes less effective.
   
   note: this photo is a bit old, current fan setup is 2 P14s and 1 P12 as front intake and 2 P12s as rear and top rear exhaust.
    
5. Moving the front filter to the front of the frame:
   The Corsair 4000D has a front filter attached to a removable frame, and for some reason the filter itself is at the back of it, very close to the fans.
   All I did was tear it off and poke it into place with a soldering iron.
   
   
    
6. Making 140mm fans fit. The 4000D technically supports 140mm fans, but in reality they don't properly overlap with the fanholes and you can only fit 2 140mm without there being enough space left to properly mount a 120mm fan. I ended up disfiguring the top part with a pair of pliers, just peeling the steel away, while for the middle bit I found that we had a few small grindstones that fit on a drill, so the results were much better. The 120mm fan blades are directly behind the holes were the filter's frame's bottom clips go, so I had to clip those off.
   
   The tape at the bottom used to have a purpose, but I don't remember what it was, so I just left it there.

[Yin Izanami]

On 7/15/2020 at 2:22 PM, Kabrevre said:

This is my flex. It's a shabby old core duo laptop which I bought for five bucks from the tip, and I got the controller for four dollars from a pawn shop. It's all just hot glue and time spent filing things into the right shape.

You've seen Guitar Hero on PC, but have you seen PC on Guitar Hero?
*** GH Industrial mod ***

That’s great!

but please

some cable management