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You can uhh send me one ;) I can use it for my CPU fanQuote:
Originally posted by Gandalf_Grey_
because a dimmer thingy is cool! haha how do you like that! neve expected that coming! HA!, just kidding :p Actually I have these dimmer thingys that i don't know what to do with :p
Seriously where did you get those.
uh school, well i think i deserve it. every day for the past 2 weeks i have given up my lunch hour to format computers, i have gone through about 10 (it takes longer to stick 95 on a machine that has no network connection and no CD-ROM, so i have to put the installation files on a hard drive, then install dos on each individual machine, then install the hard drive, then copy the installation files to it, then install it, then set it up to work with the routers that they are to be hooked into :P) bah i got them out of the junk electonics room, i only took 2! that isn't such a HUGE crime, 40 cents for about 20 hours of work, plus all the other crap i have done for that school
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Originally posted by j2k
instead of starting a new thread, thought I'd might as well post it here as it's related...
does anyone know where i could get a totally clear case?
It will probabally be easier and cheaper to make your own....
or you could mod a fishtank
so instread of helping people with computer problems you guys turned this forum into a chat room so you can talk about computers.
really degraded this forum.
you finally got it and no you want to abuse it.
Chill...this is the ONE thread we've had related to case modding and such :)Quote:
Originally posted by scoutt
so instread of helping people with computer problems you guys turned this forum into a chat room so you can talk about computers.
really degraded this forum.
you finally got it and no you want to abuse it.
Scout if you havent noticed their have not been many Computer problems lately, so why shouldnt we be able to talk about something, PC related, but does not involve solving someones computer problems? Its not like their quetions are ignored either.
yeah but you were talking about dimmer switches at school. also I have been around long enough to see if that you fool around in forums and not talk about what the forum is about it will get moved or the forum will become "post don't count."Quote:
Originally posted by jpbtennisman
Chill...this is the ONE thread we've had related to case modding and such :)
but then again don't mind me as I am having one of those days. :p
yeah ok did you even read my post? i want to modify my case to hook it up through the dimmer switch i got from school so that an intake fan i am going to put in will not keep me awake during the night
This forum IS called General PC, no? I dont see the word "problem" anywhere near it. If you want to talk about anything that has anything to do with your PC, it seems to fit quite nicely into this forum.
Z.
I got some blank stencils, I am going to look for a good design then copy it, then spray paint it case panel :D
I had a kinda tangential thought about all this cooling and modding stuff last summer.
I thought it would be cool if someone manufactured case jackets filled with some kind of fluid (I originally thought water, but there are some obvious considerations to take into account), that you could stick in the freezer, and put around your case on a hot day. It wouldn't do an amazing job at cooling, but it would bring the ambient temperature down and make your fans a little more efficient. the jacket would have to have openings in it for air circulation, but well...its an idea :)
i'm about to finish my first watercooling project this weekend (if everything goes right). i did some major mod on my case, cut the hole for the radiator and stuff and painted the entire case...
will post pictures when i'm done!
jpb,
i got EP-8KHA+ brand new for $65 :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
laterz...
Thats cool, cant wait to see the pics :)
Interesting...:DQuote:
Originally posted by ShIzO
i'm about to finish my first watercooling project this weekend (if everything goes right). i did some major mod on my case, cut the hole for the radiator and stuff and painted the entire case...
will post pictures when i'm done!
jpb,
i got EP-8KHA+ brand new for $65 :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
laterz...
over the weekend i got around to putting in an extra fan into the back of my computer, then on monday, despite all warning labels, i cracked open a fried power supply @ school and got a fan out of there (i am quite handy with electricity and know what i am tlaking about). Anyways it doesn't have the same connecter as the one coming out of the power supply so the fan i bought had an extension for the daisy chain which i just spliced and stuck on that extra fan, i learned at school that if you touch two exposed ends of power cables while the computer is running it will create a great spark, the computer immediately goes off, and it scares the **** out of you, no damage thouhg (i would NEVER try that with my computer, however it was a 486, hell, i had the hard drive successfully running with no cover on it :) )
uh... why resistors? havent you ever heard of 12v LEDs ?!Quote:
Originally posted by mastermind94
You can build those LED wired with LEDs and 1Kohm resisters and plug that in the 12V out of ur power supply.
I got Black light inside my PC it is awesome, i'll take a picture when i'll get home, I spent like $USD 25.00 on it...
What are those things called that people use to wrap around there wires? and how much voltage goes to the LEDs?
Cable ties? :DQuote:
Originally posted by Gimlin
What are those things called that people use to wrap around there wires? and how much voltage goes to the LEDs?
No idea.
electrical tape? oh those things shaped like cones wire connecters
Lol I mean then things that go around the whole wire. Arg how can I say it... The **** you have around your wires in your case. (Nice site btw) The silvery tube things around the wires.Quote:
Originally posted by jpbtennisman
Cable ties? :D
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Oh! Those are rounded IDE cables...I bought them at a store :DQuote:
Originally posted by Gimlin
Lol I mean then things that go around the whole wire. Arg how can I say it... The **** you have around your wires in your case. (Nice site btw) The silvery tube things around the wires.
Try Plycon for those...they seem to make good ones, thou mine are from Newegg
/edit: No Plycon in Canada :( lemme find a PC modding store in Canada
http://www.tweakbox.com/cables.html
Cool, what about the blue things around the wires what they called?
My friend says it's called spiral wrap. Don't know much more about it though.Quote:
Originally posted by Gimlin
Cool, what about the blue things around the wires what they called?
i don't have that many cables i just tuck them into the CD bay
would that add a lot of extra heat? it looks like it wouldQuote:
Originally posted by jpbtennisman
My friend says it's called spiral wrap. Don't know much more about it though.
its only over the wires, your wires emit no heat whatsoever
Don't see why it would.Quote:
Originally posted by sail3005
would that add a lot of extra heat? it looks like it would
just seems like the more junk you cram into a crowded area the hotter it will get. oh well.
Actually if you get rounded IDE cables it will improve airflow since it makes more room in the case.Quote:
Originally posted by sail3005
just seems like the more junk you cram into a crowded area the hotter it will get. oh well.
i see. that actually makes a lot of sense. i wish i knew more about this stuff. :(
You learn quickly...trust me if you can do C++ you can learn about hardware easily.Quote:
Originally posted by sail3005
i see. that actually makes a lot of sense. i wish i knew more about this stuff. :(
yeah, i just need motivation. I should be getting my new comp soon, that should set me on track. :)
Wouldn't believe that about 8 months ago i was a fresh out of the water n00b...Quote:
Originally posted by sail3005
yeah, i just need motivation. I should be getting my new comp soon, that should set me on track. :)
kinda like me right now, oh ya i think i am going to order that heat sink sometime this week :D :D :D yay ryans getting lower temps!
I am not going to spend much on modding so I thought I would start simple with a paint job and some LED. Tell me what you think of this. Note: the picture is off a 1080b while mine is 1030b but the differences are minor.
http://www.vbforums.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=935565
Not those colors...but good idea...Quote:
Originally posted by Gimlin
I am not going to spend much on modding so I thought I would start simple with a paint job and some LED. Tell me what you think of this. Note: the picture is off a 1080b while mine is 1030b but the differences are minor.
http://www.vbforums.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=935565
dont like the colors? lol :D :p
What about green and black sorta like an x box :)
That'd be awesome. Show those console wimps who's boss when you show em a GF3, GF4, or 8500 cranking out 100fps at 1024x768:cool:Quote:
Originally posted by Gimlin
What about green and black sorta like an x box :)