r/pcmods

I have a relatively rare ASRock Z170 Pro4 D3 on a 6700K with high end DDR3 and would like to mod it for an 8700K or maybe 9900K in the future

Ive OCd the ram to 2400 CL10 so it competes with early DDR4, fun project PC with a modded 2080Ti coming

Thoughts?

Grabbed an old thermaltake aio and the Intel bracket lines up close enough to thread 4 long fan screws through the whole pcb and used peg springs for even mounting pressure.

Will change for a Corsair 120mm aio and 3d print a custom blower shroud for vram and vrms, can't forget vram sinks.

Thoughts?

Edit: This is for an upcoming Z170 on top end DDR3 Modded with i7 8700K and 20TB HDD Storage beast

So i may as well mod the GPU too 😅

In one absurd moment, I looked at my NR200P and thought…

“Damn… a screen would actually look really good here.”

And somehow, that tiny little thought turned into this:

an NR200P with a built-in 14” 2K 100Hz display.

Here’s the case before and after the transformation.

Use a little AI edit because i shot it's not good hehe.

Hey guys,

I'm nearly done with my steampunk server. I just need some advice for the outer shell.

I've given the chassis an aged rusted feel and all the modular parts have been done in hammered gunmetal or kept black.

Sticking with old and new theme, what colours would compliment it? Noting that you won't see too much of the chassis or interior, I'm leaning towards gold for certain smaller parts to make it pop, apart from that I'm not too sure. Any advice appreciated 👍🏼

I was bored of the PSU cage so I threw a WOWNOVA 5” at it. Fun project - entirely unnecessary but tinkering is most of the appeal with PCs.

I have a relatively weird looking RTX 3070 Emtek "Black Monster" which I got second hand from a local seller. Decided to make it look a lot cleaner with a custom 3D printed shroud. Designed it in Fusion, printed in two parts using PETG and added some Wooden Vinyl for aesthetics and I think it turned out pretty well.

This connected goes to the front power button switch and led connected with it. Is there an adapter i can use? I appreciate the help in advance !!

New temps are 26C idle and no greater than 71C under load (Steed Nomad, 4k).

Before modding, the card would hover around 40C idle and start blasting off with its single blower fan as soon as it hit 70C. I replaced the entire fan header with a Raijintek Morpheus that I had bought years ago (it was a "ooh, piece of candy" purchase but I never put it to use until now) and attached two Corsair RS120 fans running at 50% via mobo chassis header.

I'm very happy with the results and yes the gpu has doubled in width but at least it can breathe easy again while still performing incredibly on 1440p gaming and fairly well on low/medium 4k gaming.

Raijintek Morpheus: https://a.co/d/0aqF6IZj

Collaboration build with Be Quiet.

Introducing Dark Rock PRO 6, which offers a straightforward and minimalist design combined with incredible cooling performance.

Project built with the Dark Rock theme where I was really far from my comfort zone 😅

As some of you may know, I usually use wood in my builds but now was a good reason to try something new and different.

I'm used to precise measurements and cuts but now that I had to create a rock from scratch without them, there were a lot of challenges ahead but despite them the end result turned out really well even though this was my first time trying something like this 👌🏻

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12cm tall lightsaber glowing anti sag gpu support. It a translucent petg 3d printed tube and i put a 30cm 3V led strip inside. Thinking of a crossguard.

Thinking of ways to get a second GPU onto this case. It came with the metal riser bracket pictured here, but I'd like to move the riser card to the second PCIE slot, and add another GPU

So far all I can come up with would be to have an identical bracket fabricated, then tap some new holes adjacent to the motherboard, then install with another riser cable, or somehow have a horizontal sag bracket fitted to the case

The GPU would essentially cover the majority of the Mobo, but even as it sits its already a PITA to make any changes, so ergonomics be damned

This is a continuation of my Prototype case layout I posted a little over a year ago. I finally have something that I consider finished and is now actively in use. The primary goal was to build a case around the idea of the GPU not being just an add-in card but to treat it similar to the CPU and motherboard where it's mounted flat to the back so the ports are in-line with the standard IO ports and normal tower style heatsinks can be used. I'm also a big fan of front-to-back airflow through cases which this setup helps with. Two 120mm fans on the front blowing over the CPU and GPU heat sinks and then straight out the rear. Ideally I would use some larger heat sinks. The Scythe mini-Ninja is a great heat sink and works well on the GPU but there's room for something larger. The Thermalright Assassin CPU heat sink is a bit small but I got it for another setup where my Scythe Mugen was too tall. The dimensions of my case are such that I should be able to fit a Noctua NH-D12L which I hope to upgrade to at some point. But my thermal requirements are pretty low and it's working fine as is for now. There's not room for a larger ATX or even an SFX PSU in this setup, so I'm using an HDPlex GaN 500W PSU. These are great little PSUs. I was originally using the 250W version which was fine for my power requirements. But since I picked up the 500W version as well, I'm using that one here. The 250W will probably be used in my home server setup. It's mounted up front right next to the ATX power connector so the short cable works great. The GPU power is a little awkward since it's facing up towards the motherboard. I picked up a right angle connector and modified it a bit to fit here. I would prefer that this cable and the CPU one were cut to be the exact length needed but I didn't want to mess with them anymore so there's a little extract slack right now. Would look a little cleaner without that.

The frame of the case is built with MakerBeam 10mm aluminum beams. I use a 1mm aluminum sheet for the back tray that all of the parts mount to and 1.5mm bead blasted aluminum for the front and rear panels. I got these cut from OSH Cut. I originally had the front with one large opening on 1mm aluminum but it was a little flimsy. Hence the bar through the middle and slightly thicker material. I think it looked better before but it's definitely more sturdy now. I then 3D printed adapters that fit inside the beams for all of the fan, IO and other mountings to the case. The fan mounting uses isolators to ensure they stay nice and quiet. For the front IO, I mounted a Kailh Box Navy keyboard switch with an LED behind it along with a pair of USB 3 type A connectors. I have a spot for a type C as well but this motherboard doesn't have a type E connector so it's used right now. I'm using a Devlin M keycap for the power right now as it fits well being a smaller keycap. I plan on 3D printing something specific for the case that will have a spot for the light to shine through as well. Minor details. It took me a few tried to get the rear IO shield to line up correctly. But of course, since I'm not using a normal GPU mount, I don't have an IO plate for the display ports. I plan on printing something for that as well eventually. The case panels are made with a thin aluminum backing, 3mm matte black acrylic and 3D printed borders that mount to the MakerBeams. Overall I think they came out pretty good. But, as most of my stuff, they are a little rough. They're not exactly flat, especially at some of the corners and I could have done a better job gluing, filling and sanding down the connections to make them look nicer. But again, it works so I'm happy. On the main left side, I 3D printed some inserts to slide into the MakerBeams so that the screw inserts stay mostly in the right spot and I don't have to slide things around to get the panel on. The remaining ones do require this but they won't come off often.

Here are my specs...

Motherboard: ASRock B550M-ITX/AC
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5600X
GPU: MSI RX 6500 XT
Memory: Crucial 32GB DDR4-3200 (2x16GB)
Storage: WD SN770 1TB
PSU: HDPlex GaN 500W
CPU heatsink: Thermalright Assassin X 90 SE with Noctua NF-A9 PWM chromax.Black.swap
GPU heatsink: Scythe mini-Ninja with Noctua NF-A9 PWM chromax.Black.swap
Case fans: 2x Noctua NF-P12 redux-1300 PWM

the pcb is from an intel compute stick.

core m3-6y30

bt/wifi

4gb ram

64gb emmc

512gb sandisk extreme plus

front ports usb2 for controllers

usb3-hub can be connected to back usb-c port.

cooler & fan is custom.

airhole is needed because there is too less fresh air

max temps under heavy load are around 68°C - far from throtteling

the power button & usb ports pcb parts are from a fried psc mini

so no working console was sacrificed for this

no, it isnt a clean work - it is just for fun

and the soc is enough to have a lot of it with this little thingy 😄🥳