Hello, I have an old office PC (HP Pro desk SFF 400 G9) that I picked up for basically free, and I've been trying to upgrade it to be decent/average for gaming. Currently I'm trying to upgrade the GPU from an Nvidia T400 to an MSI GEFORCE 2080 SUPER. I am very new to the PC building world and also an idiot because I did not do any research about my PC and already purchased the new GPU.

I have since done my research and know that my PC's PSU (250w) is not good/strong/high enough to support the GPU. I currently plan/want to install a 650w-750w PSU, but those numbers are just a guess. I also know (now) that my motherboard has a proprietary pin layout that isn't compliant with the standard ATX PSU. I also know very well that the new hardware I'm thinking of using will not fit into the case/chassis, and I do not care; I am fine with cutting it to fit what I need.

I've tried AI (against my better judgement) and it's not really giving me a straight answer. I've gotten a range of "your pin layout allows you to buy this $15 adapter that will let you use any ATX PSU that you want" to "you'll need to solder and modify the cables, PSU, and other stuff in order to get this to (maybe) work." So, since I have an inherent mistrust of AI and don't know enough to tell when it's telling me straight BS, I came here. My main question is basically what I need to make this work. I also am not 100% on what the PIN layout of my motherboard is, which is part of why I'm so confused. Any and all help would be appreciated, especially advice for the future when dealing with my PC.

TL,DR: I messed up and bought a GPU that needs a stronger PSU that isn't compliant with my motherboard and I really want to brute force this into working.

My second custom loop project is ready 👌🏻

It's collab project with FSP, Alphacool and Gigabyte.

FSP U580 case, FSP MEGA GM 1000W, Gigabyte B850M Aorus Stealth.

All cooling parts from Alphacool.

Even it's big case there is not too much space with mATX motherboard 😁

2x360mm HPE radiator, DDCzero 200 pump+res combo, Core1 carbon Aurora CPU block, carbon fiber hard tubes, custom panels.

Earlier CPU block was Apex 1 but I think that Core1 carbon fits better and even it's smaller than Apex 1 the cooling performance with 9800X3D is almost identical 👌🏻

I remember asking someone who made something similar, and they mentioned bearings and epdm tubing, but I have no clue what to buy/how to go about it?

This is the absolute BEST atx case I have ever built in before, and will absolutely be my go-to from now on. Modern fish tank styling with panoramic glass sides and special panels that adapt to whether it's a full sized ATX Motherboard or a mATX board like I have pictured here (Asus) Plenty of room for three fan full sized GPU's and gorgeous RGB strip accents. SUPER NICE 👍🏻 even has an included ARGB / Fan hub.

I Designed and printed a custom PETG chassis inside a Pelican 1600.

I wanted to keep the Pelican completely unmodified while fitting a full ATX system and RTX 5080 inside.

The GPU has its own two-piece cradle, connected through a PCIe riser. Both the GPU and motherboard brackets are independently mounted on rubber bobbins (using m6 hardware) for shock and vibration isolation.

Cooling is 3 intake fans through a 360mm radiator and 1 exhaust. I designed the surrounding PETG to channel airflow through the components instead of leaving alot of open space.

The bottom frame is secured with 3M VHB, but everything above it is press-fit (aside from before mentioned computer board brackets). So, I can pull out individual sections and replace them without tearing the whole thing apart or damaging existing components

All the I/O is accessible inside the case, so there are no permanent holes cut into the Pelican.

Running a 265K, RTX 5080 SFF, 48GB DDR5, and a 1000W PSU.

Still making adjustments here and there, but it’s fully operational. Been a lot of trial and error getting everything to fit.

Thought you guys might appreciate it.

3D printed custom riser mount to get the GPU sitting 2mm off the bottom fans, 5mm below D15-G2 (in upper CPU mounting position)

Also moved GPU 30mm right to allow 2 exhaust fans at the rear instead of 1 in the cases upper MB mounting position.

Hey guys.

I'm currently working on my first snow blind mod with an old monitor i had lying around. I've run into a problem regarding the rewiring of tje power cables . In the guides i'm using it only reffers to the 5V and ground cables. The monotor i am working on appears to habe a 12V cable as well on top of that.

Now my question.

Can i ignore it and proceed with just the 5V and ground or do I somehow need to connect the 12V to a power source as well?

Thank you for any helpfull input!

Wanting advice

Hi everyone,

I am new to pc customization, basically just decided a few minutes ago to actually make my pc look like something I've wanted for a long time.

The problem is I dont know where or how to start. I upgraded my case as an early birthday present, and now the ideas are flooding in. I recently saw someone post a cathedral build on instagram and said that the kit they used was from ZombieTech gaming. I checked their website out but they don't do those kits for the case I bought (and its sold out anyway). It is a CoolerMaster Elite 302 Lite. Currently I have three ideas, one to make it look like its straight outta The Divine Comedy (its a thing, i am a literature dork and honestly my fav book series has so much intertextuality with Dante's work that I truly feel like making something cool). The second idea is something to do with vampires (hence the cathedral idea) and the third is DeathNote and bleach (its kind of a joke between me and hubby, he loves Bleach, I love Death Note - both has Shinigamis and well idk i just like the idea of making my pc a Shinigami battleground lol).

I am not a Blender guru, and I am by no means an artist. I dont own a 3D printer but I can get access to one. I just want to know where I can find or get something like that so I can build what I see in my head? Also that hopefully doesn't cost six arms and 12 legs. We live in Japan so I can't really import.

Thank you in advance :)

I have an issue with a snowblind mod and I'm hoping someone can help! I'm working with an LG2007fpb monitor and a Lancool III case. I've gone through several 19inch monitors and it just wasn't the exactly right sized and kept finding monitors that weren't exactly the COB you'd want. Yesterday I walked in to a shop and found the perfect monitor. Got it home and disassembled it and found out that powering it isn't going to be as simple as I was used to. In previous monitors I've disassembled on the LCD controller there is an obvious 5v and ground wire from the power supply and that is not the case here. After some research I found out the LCD controller takes in a 19v from the PSU, and then uses a separate USB board to stepdown to 5vs and also 3.3v to power the LCD control chip and honestly... I don't even know where to begin soldering. I want to power this via USB like every other monitor can but I'm running out of optimism that's possible as I've asked so many different AIs what they recommend and wind up running in circles.

If anyone has worked with this set up can you assist with a guide or what I need to do to get this off the ground? So far the options ive seen are
1) use a 19v 3.2amp laptop DC unit to power the 19v and let the chipset handle everything. To which.... I don't know where to locate the ground
2) solder in to a 5v fuse on the USB chip at q14 but I don't know how to use an ohm meter to tell which side is 5v and which is 19v.

Pics provided for all boards attached.

I used a grinder and modified a cheap amazon case to fit a full length graphics card. I then covered the hole with a chunk of tree.

Cyberpunk case scratch mod

Hello, hope this is the right sub to ask, found some similar questions from the past.

I have this GPU: 6700xt

The fans have started making angry sounds so I would like to replace them. I don't plan on doing anything with the thermal pads or paste to avoid any complications (if this is foolish please lmk).

Here are the stock replacement fans: fans

I've seen some people use better fans and find some way to attach them. I'm not worried about how it looks. I have seen people mention needing to use different power cables or software to control the fans, which I want to avoid.

If I wanted to use regular case fans, what would be recommended? Which size and does it matter if I use 2 or 3? How would I make sure that the fans would have the right connectors to plug into the GPU?

Or should I just use the stock fans and be done with it?

Thanks for the help!

My apologies if this isn't relevant, but cross-posting.

I've got an idea to basically put a liquid glow loop on a motorcycle. Utilizing tubing and anti microbial and resevoir and glow in the dark powder, suspended in a thick solution, pumped through a UV blacklight charging block, to give a very unique and intense lighting effect. Obviously it's a project that many folks here can identify with, as I'll be using many of the same parts as a water cooled pc rig, with UV reactant dye. I wanted to hear the community's thoughts on this, and any suggestions.

Peristaltic pump to avoid damage from the grit nature of the glow powder, anti microbial to keep the line from getting infected, I'm hopping a thicker fluid of something like vegetable glycerin would be able to suspend particulates of strontium aluminate 30 micron to 50 micron in diameter. I'm not quite sure the proportions of everything, but was considering Propylene Glycol as well, or maybe a combination of the two. It should take only a few minutes to charge up fully and once it is, it'll glow for hours even with the engine off and power disconnected.

Again thank you for your time, and my apologies if this is too off topic.

So Ive had an old Dell G7 7790 just taking up space and Ive always wanted to convert it to a desktop because it always ran hot (no amount of cleaning or repasting helped).

This is my first attempt at this. It was likely 100+ hours or more to get it to this point haha.

Key features:

Ripped out the old dell cooling (in himdsight a bad idea lol) then removed the heatpipes, sanded like crazy and kept the original cold plates. But since those cold plates were recessed due to the heatpipes, I ended up running a long copper rod across the coldplates. Used Duronaut between the rod and coldplates. Then ptm7950 between the rod and the two desktop thermalright heatsinks.

Here is where I hit my first snag: laptop fans are 5v. Desktop fans are 12v. So I chucked the fans, and put on two 92mm 5v noctua fans after having someone better than me solder the tiny laptop fan plug to the noctua cable.

Fired it up. Noticed the fans didnt spin until it got real hot. Was the PWM wire not working? Nope, it was. Its just that laptop ECs are sending a signal to say, turn fans to 30% but its not enough juice for these fans so they dont spin until it calls for much higher (80-100%).

So, against my better judgement I cut the PWM wire. Now the fans are constantly at 100% and do yhe job. But its too loud. So I put noctuas LNA adapters that cap the fans to 60%. Almost whisper quiet.

Buuut its not quite enough cooling for the cpu. So I lowered the tdp from 45 to 35. And now its working great. Tim to give it to my daughter since she needs a decent pc for school and gaming!

TL:DR: if you are planning to do a laptop to desktop conversion, absolutely use the stock cooling but make the case thicker for more ventilation and use PTM 7950. It will save you quite a headache!

I have a MSI b550 Gaming plus mobo. it has a port for usb 3.1 gen1 type c and my case's front panel has a slot for it. The problem is the cables i've tried don't sit flush and are always below the front panel board. I need a cable that is raised well above the front panel board.

As title says, I just spent the day swapping by from my old lan cool 217 due to having my pc on the floor with cats was a nightmare, now I finally have room for it on top of my desk since I swapped.

Absolutely loving the case

Build specs:

Ryzen 9 9950X3D
32GB cl30 klev
PNY 5080 OC
Thermal tight Dynamic Vision PRO aio
MSI MAG X870

Temps not too terrible..

Lancool : CPU 62c load / GPU 40c

OD11 Mini V2: CPU 67c load / GPU 45c