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Mon Apr 17, 2006 10:47 am Reply and quote this post
KrazyKaveMan's Krazy Kase Mod
aka KKMKKM


Part 1:
Realizing my needs
Ok so you might be wondering what is going on so i will explain.

My goal is to reach a stable overclock of 350MHZ on my radeon 9250 which has a default of 220-40MHZ so im going to do a bunch of stuff to try and get it there.

This is the Before Picture


Part 2:
Finding Materials

So now i have to figure out how to help my video card get lower temps to get higher clocks.
this is how this turned out
\"Dad i need some kind of fan.\"
\"What do you need one for?\"
\"To blow at my video card so i can overclock it better.\"
\"I have an old bathroom fan you can use that im keeping as a spare\"

And thats where this wild thing began

Materials:
Scissors
Cardboard
Exacto rug cutting knife
The Fan of coarse
And a big ruler thing i never used



Part 3:
Building the dang thing

The Bathroom Fan moves 70 cubic feet per minute and the volume of my computer case is just over 1 cubic foot. (i'll let you do the math)
for those of you too lazy the air theorecticly would change inside the case 1.17 times a second.

So i then cut out a piece of cardboard a little bit bigger than my original side casing.



Then my bro painted it with his Graffiti and stencil skillzza



KKM = KrazyKaveMan

This is as far as i took pictures but right now i looks pretty much the same but with more duct tape



Part 4:
The Results

Well it didnt turn out as well as i thought it would it seems my GPU has a Core Clock limit of around 320MHZ it runs just fine upto 315-18 Area but right when i hit 320 or above it jumps from about 0 artifact to 7000+ so i think i hit the roof. I even tried making duct work inside to guide the air aroung the gpu before it went into the exaust.

So in the end even though i didnt get my desired results... It was still a really fun and cool thing to do.

Last edited by krazykaveman on Thu Apr 20, 2006 9:07 pm; edited 1 time in total

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Mon Apr 17, 2006 11:20 am Reply and quote this post
Cool.
I never thought I would see a bathroom fan attached to the side of a computer.

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Wed Apr 19, 2006 6:53 pm Reply and quote this post
Props for innovation, I guess you don't mind the looks. ;)
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Wed Apr 19, 2006 10:10 pm Reply and quote this post
Wow, you used cardboard? lol!

You get points for creative use of materials...

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Thu Apr 20, 2006 3:27 pm Reply and quote this post
Quote:
Cool.
I never thought I would see a bathroom fan attached to the side of a computer.

lol actually I've thought about doing the same thing.  My dad has been remodeling our bathrooms, and putting in whisper-silent fans.  They would be perfect.  But, they're pretty expensive, at least for fans.

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Thu Apr 20, 2006 10:53 pm Reply and quote this post
there i updated with the latest
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Fri Apr 21, 2006 10:48 am Reply and quote this post
You still pushed that silicon to 100 MHz past it's recommended limit. I didn't think that'd happen, honestly, but it did. Kudos, and good job.
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Fri Apr 21, 2006 11:57 am Reply and quote this post
I'll show you my lego 'mod' for my video card.

My 9500 OC's from 275 to 405 more or less reliably.

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Fri Apr 21, 2006 2:12 pm Reply and quote this post
Thanks guys for your feedback

Lego mod? how did you use lego for your Video card?

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Fri Apr 21, 2006 5:41 pm Reply and quote this post
This is how...


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Fri Apr 21, 2006 6:06 pm Reply and quote this post
That's a pretty case! What is it? Is it any good?
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Fri Apr 21, 2006 6:32 pm Reply and quote this post
Antec \"super mini tower\" that I got at Best Buy for like $70 (I needed a new powersupply, and figured I'd get a case w/ one in it... and we had $50 of credit at BB. 300Watt PSU.

I had to cut the holes in the front myself.

Its not bad, but it is a little small inside.  Pretty easy to work in, however.



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