hi, just thought id show you my 'mods' [if u can call them that lol] on my fujitsu siemens scaleo h not the best computer but youve gotta work with what youve got lol [BTX = ] custom pc hehe old photo with BFG 8800GT OC2 installed, messy i know but the case is tiny haha then the dredded start up beeps which i found out to be the graphics so that was dead (looking back on it, it was probably because my psu was too low in wattage and amps, only 400w & 28A over both rails, now got a corsair vx450w with 33A on a single rail, ive seen reviews where its been tested up to 567w but that could be a fluke, anyway corsair are pretty good i think,, i think haha) BTX 'no room' b*******s awesome haha so had to go back to the factory 7650GS, [not a bad card i must say], theeen once a single slot 9 series card came out [cuz i can only fit a single slot card in my case FFS i bought a BFG 9800GT OC, ok card but cooler sucked ballz, pushing 50.C at idle, not that good, cod4 looks lush tho, the pizzas do aswell which were cooking nicely on top of it hahaha sooooooooooooooooooooooo...... seeing as MW2 is coming out in like a month i figured id upgrade a few things hehe Thermalright HR-03-GT some fans from play, coolermaster 12cm blue fan and two 8cm fans with built in UV bulb AS5 Zalman VRM/RAM heatsinks 1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 or summat like that lol, and green UV sata cables yumm fittin the heatsink, had to mount it with the heat sink fins on the rear of the card as my bloody cpu heat sink is pretty much over the top of my card, stupid BTX lol Shinyyyy see the corsair psu in the reflection lol? got 30.C from that at idle, havent tested it under load yet ..... [its not finished yet just so u know lol] ..... thats going on the side with clear acrylic in, plus the akasa 220mm fan in the acrylic, dremel might come in handy there me thinks ill try and sort everything else out and post some pics [[[[[[[ neeed to get some [or make some] mounting brackets so that a can run atx style cpu coolers as mine is a big slab of aluminium which looks like a nuns c**t if u ask me lol ]]]]]]] beforeee... afterr.... dont be too harsh im no expert hahahahaha wish i knew what i do now back when i was looking for a pc, wouldnt have gone the btx route thats for sure lol specs, AMD athlon 64 x2 @ 2.4Ghz 4Gb @ 667mhz 9800GT @ 626/900 with Thermalright HR-03-GT & Zalman Ramsinks Corsair VX450w 1.3TB storage [once i get round to fitting the barracuda that is] and a swish apple keyboard peace out...
the block of the cooler on top of the gpu core is literally cold to the touch, whereas before on the reference cooler even the black plastic casing of the heatsink was warm/hot, i know its cold because i have a 220mm fan pointing at the cooler but only 1/3 of its airflow is hitting the fins, should be good when i direct 2 or 3 80mms right at it hehe
