COMPUTER MODIFICATIONS AND OVERCLOCKING
This section is dedicated to the person who can't be happy with their
$3000 investment in computer hardware and MUST make it better!
Face it... everything we buy, from computers to automobiles, are compromises.
They were built to be sold at a competitive price, and to appeal to 90%
of all buyers. We are that last 10% who want that extra bit of performance
and don't mind a little extra noise or cost. We load up our cases
with as many fans as we can fit, and put windows in the side to show off
our work. We rig up "fan busses" to lower the speed and noise of
our fans when we don't need them, and crank up the water-cooling rig to
keep our Duron 600 from smoking at 1.2Ghz during the critical CounterStrike
tournament!
Extreme? Yes.
For everyone? Perhaps not... not until they get a taste of it.
Custom Temperature Monitoring
This was my first attempt at a computer mod related web page.
Unfortunately, I did not photo document the mods. It wasn't much...
just a few extra fans and paint. The big deal was the quad display
temperature readout, measuring ambient, case, CPU, and GPU temps, displayed
on the front of the case so no software is needed, and it is visible WHILE
in a program in full screen mode (CounterStrike
anyone?). Of course, I got a million emails asking how to do it,
so rather than repeating it every time, here's what I put together.
The page is basically a copy of a message from the newsgroup with two photos
added. I'm sorry I didn't get any better shots or shots of the guts.
This was done before the Comp-U-Nurse
became available, and since two of those can be fitted to a drive bay cover,
it is much easier to simply buy a couple of them rather than go through
the work that I did on the above.
Regardless, I am leaving the link and article there for those who prefer
a black temp gauge with saved high/low readings and a backlight.
Modification of the Lite-On FS020: From
this THIS is my latest project, and COMPLETELY photo documented. I
started out with the Lite-On FS020 ATX case which I picked up from Outside
Loop. Changes are major... including modification to the stock
fan mounts, the addition of four 80 mm intake fans to the side, dual Comp-U-Nurse
monitors, and a home-brew 12v/9v regulated power source for the case fans.
Use the above link and view all pages in order or follow the individual
links below:
November 12, 2000
to this
Page 1: Stripping the case
Page 2: A Shoulder Strap Mount for
LAN Parties
Page 3: Prepping for the 120 mm Front
Intake Fan
Page 4: Prepping for the 80 mm Side Intake
Fans
Page 5: Making a Window
Page 6: Improving the Stock Intake Filter
November 20, 2000
Page 7: Prepping for the dual rear 120
mm exhaust fans
Page 8: Painting the bezel
Page 9: Painting the box
Page 10: Neon light and Dynamat installation
