Modded my P&C 510w DLX

Well Splattered · 21 Jan 2006 at 23:29

Just moddified my P&C 510w DLX

Not the most amazing mod, but needed to be done!

As standard it has a horrible noisy 44db fan which exhausted a lot of warm air! Fitted two 80mm Ambers so now at 21db

Seems to be running fine with no changes to the rock solid lines so far!

Just made an excellent PSU more bareable

JCBeastie · 22 Jan 2006 at 20:46

Add a single 120mm next time.

JCBeastie

Well Splattered · 22 Jan 2006 at 21:09

That means buying one and not using what I had on the shelf collecting dust

mosfet · 22 Jan 2006 at 21:50

Where in the PC case is that? Any chance of a pic of the whole rig?

Well Splattered · 23 Jan 2006 at 01:11

Pic at bottom http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17517667

YY Server cube, PSU at bottom under drives.

lozza23_uk · 24 Jan 2006 at 14:29

Well Splattered said:
Pic at bottom http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17517667

YY Server cube, PSU at bottom under drives.

and a lot of cables...nearly as bad as my machine!

Well Splattered · 24 Jan 2006 at 20:03

Hehe, aye. I have tied them all back now with anchor points and zip ties.

No change in SMART temps on drives, but it looks better!

philstanbridge · 26 Jan 2006 at 21:58

Be very careful using that psu now - I know of two other people who have done the same type of thing and their psu failed within weeks, and in one case it melted and took out the rest of the pc. They use the noisy fans for a reason.

Yewen · 27 Jan 2006 at 00:15

Ahh, is there no overheat safety in these PSU's? Or any for that matter then?

VaderDSL · 27 Jan 2006 at 04:34

That's a scary thought!!! Is the mesh a standard design with the retail unit or did you mod that by adding it as replacement for the standard casing?

Well Splattered · 28 Jan 2006 at 13:56

philstanbridge said:
Be very careful using that psu now - I know of two other people who have done the same type of thing and their psu failed within weeks, and in one case it melted and took out the rest of the pc. They use the noisy fans for a reason.

Thanks for heads up,
No problems here, no voltage fluctuations or problems as yet. I would expect a warmer PSU to have a few voltage fluctuations as a sign of struggle.

I know I have swapped the noisier fan out, but i have also added another on the main sink. The mesh was dremelled to size and folded into shape in my garage so no risk of any missed burr falling into the PSU.

So 2 fans instead of 1.
Mesh instead of enclosed
No chance of burr/offcuts/debris falling and shorting out.

Flawless so far.

Mark A · 28 Jan 2006 at 18:24

Wow nice job, looks like it should be nice and cool with an akasa amber on top.

Mark