This is how we roll... The Ghetto Mod Thread - Page 33

the3coopers · 2nd August 2012, 3:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Creekin

brand new mobo box...hmmm thats a grey area imho
yes its sufficiently computery..but is it ghetto??
judges?

Hmmm - I think I have made an unfair accusation. I now notice my error, however I have serious concerns that the builder has attempted to somewhat "deghetto" the installation by turning the carton inside out.

Upon reflection I can only assume this was done because the shiny printed surface improves the laminar flow - and hence it can be deemed as a performance mod, rather than a deliberate attempt to deceive the judges.

Bush Elephant · 2nd August 2012, 11:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by the3coopers

Hmmm - I think I have made an unfair accusation. I now notice my error, however I have serious concerns that the builder has attempted to somewhat "deghetto" the installation by turning the carton inside out.

Upon reflection I can only assume this was done because the shiny printed surface improves the laminar flow - and hence it can be deemed as a performance mod, rather than a deliberate attempt to deceive the judges.

lol actually i wanted to infuse the air with gigabyte powa! nah honestly didn't think about it when i was using the sticky tape to piece the entire thing together with

trackhappy · 3rd August 2012, 6:51 PM

So yesterday I picked up a Juniper SSG20 firewall for $25 at a computer shop... these go for $400 and up on eBay. So it was a bit of a bargain.

Only problem though, is that the fan controller was dead. I didn't know about this until I got home and I wouldn't let that stop me. So I wired up my own, straight to the plug.

I could have done it two ways. I could have stripped the fan wires and they might have reached to the plug, but I didn't want to do that. What if the fan dies later on? What if I wanted to buy a quieter fan? I don't even know how loud this fan is yet! So I made another fan plug.

I used individual heatshrink tube on each wire plus a larger tube to go over that for strength - this is a plug so I like it to be able to take the force of disconnecting them.

That capacitor(?) is a wee bit close for comfort, but not too bad. It didn't heat up too much or explode so that has to be a good thing, right?

All wired up and ready to go. Perfect lengths, too. I opted not to put tubing around this, as there aren't any suitable places to shrink it down, besides, I don't think those wires are going anywhere. A bit of a tug before putting it back together hopefully confirms that.

So, that's my butchering of a several hundred dollar piece of networking equipment.

WishBone17 · 4th August 2012, 12:34 AM

This is pretty ghetto for my standard,

My computer towers above my head (see here)and being a full tower, its pain in the arse to get up and reach the fan controller whenever i want to turn fans down.

So what I did was double sided tape the fan controller to the top of the power supply.

Its Dodgy, but meh, makes my life easier.

BigDave · 4th August 2012, 6:16 AM

And now you leave the side panel off?

Holdenkicks · 10th August 2012, 12:20 PM

I built this on a $0 budget a few years ago. Going for gold here:

sorry I dont have any more pics, but be assured there wasnt any screws used at all. I think every thing was held together with packing tape (hey, gaffer tape is far too expensive for bums like me!)

Sugarfly · 10th August 2012, 12:48 PM

Thats one rocking electric wok.

WishBone17 · 10th August 2012, 1:33 PM

LOFL! that is totally shithouse!

Atleast get a nice clean box to start with, and Tiffany is the worst brand ever.

Awesome ghettoness but.

Recharge · 10th August 2012, 1:39 PM

dude! for the love of jebus, resize before posting!

StreekG · 10th August 2012, 2:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WishBone17

LOFL! that is totally shithouse!

Atleast get a nice clean box to start with, and Tiffany is the worst brand ever.

Awesome ghettoness but.

Because everybody likes a nice clean box

admiralranga · 10th August 2012, 3:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Holdenkicks

Going for silver here:

Fixed, welcome to australia.

Holdenkicks · 10th August 2012, 10:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by admiralranga

Fixed, welcome to australia.

pmsl! it was really just a temporary pc. it was thrown together back when athlon XP's were the norm, and those specs on the side in texta are correct.

echineon · 10th August 2012, 10:18 PM

I think ranga's referring to the recent Olympic event holden...

Holdenkicks · 11th August 2012, 11:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by echineon

I think ranga's referring to the recent Olympic event holden...

Yeah I know that why I thought it was funny

no harm
Done.

the3coopers · 11th August 2012, 11:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Recharge

dude! for the love of jebus, resize before posting!

Agreed - those pics are far too large!

We are unable to see and appreciate the Tiffany goodness properly

3rd August 2012, 6:51 PM	#483
trackhappy Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Shithole, 4510 Posts: 732	So yesterday I picked up a Juniper SSG20 firewall for $25 at a computer shop... these go for $400 and up on eBay. So it was a bit of a bargain. Only problem though, is that the fan controller was dead. I didn't know about this until I got home and I wouldn't let that stop me. So I wired up my own, straight to the plug. I could have done it two ways. I could have stripped the fan wires and they might have reached to the plug, but I didn't want to do that. What if the fan dies later on? What if I wanted to buy a quieter fan? I don't even know how loud this fan is yet! So I made another fan plug. I used individual heatshrink tube on each wire plus a larger tube to go over that for strength - this is a plug so I like it to be able to take the force of disconnecting them. That capacitor(?) is a wee bit close for comfort, but not too bad. It didn't heat up too much or explode so that has to be a good thing, right? All wired up and ready to go. Perfect lengths, too. I opted not to put tubing around this, as there aren't any suitable places to shrink it down, besides, I don't think those wires are going anywhere. A bit of a tug before putting it back together hopefully confirms that. So, that's my butchering of a several hundred dollar piece of networking equipment. __________________ MAIN RIG: Core i5-750 @ ~~3.5~~ 2.6 GHz air \| Asus P7P55D LE \| 12GB RAM \| 8800GT, GT210 \| OCZ Vertex II 80GB SSD \| 6.5TB HDDs \| G15v2 \| G9x FILE SERVER: HP MicroServer N40L: 1.5GHz dual-core AMD \| 8TB HDDs \| Samsung Series 830 64GB SSD \| 6GB RAM My Weather Observations

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10th August 2012, 12:20 PM	#486
Holdenkicks Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Central Coast Posts: 424	I built this on a $0 budget a few years ago. Going for gold here: sorry I dont have any more pics, but be assured there wasnt any screws used at all. I think every thing was held together with packing tape (hey, gaffer tape is far too expensive for bums like me!) __________________ Laptop: HP 8510p \| Core 2 2.2GHz \| 2Gb DDR2 \| HD2600 \| 500GB 7200RPM \| DVD-RW \| 15.4" 1680x1050 LCD \| Win XP PRO SFF HTPC: P4 2.66GHz \| 1Gb DDR333 \| 9200SE \| 160Gb HDD \| DVR-111 DVD-RW \| DNTV Live! \| Win XP PRO Server: P4 1.8GHz \| 512mb DDR266 \| Audigy 2ZS \| 8gb IDE CF card as HDD \| Lacie electron22blue 22" CRT \| Win XP PRO

10th August 2012, 1:39 PM	#489
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